Photograph albums created and or collected by Louise Woodruff Bush which contain student group photographs, members of Gamma Sigma, photos depicting family life, sports and leisure activities, rural scenes, and Normal School students.
The Seal Yearbooks 1911-1917.
1918 - 1920 The Seal Yearbooks, with ephemera removed from 1919 yearbook.
Contains ephemera related to Commencement such as invitations, tickets, and programs for Senior class activities and the Commencement ceremony from the era of the Normal School from c. 1873 to 1921.
New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)1921 - 1926 The Seal Yearbooks.
Scrapbook and annual Commencement materials.
Scrapbook of Normal School and Model School Commencement and event programs from Series 1, and Annual Commencement materials from Series 2, c. 1869-1935.
New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)Class of 1911 and Gamma Sigma group portraits.
The Certificates and Diplomas Series span from her primary school years in 1904 through 1946. They include, among other items, her Normal School diploma and bachelor’s degree, as well as membership certificates to honorary sororities, Red Cross volunteer service, and her marriage certificate to Josiah Haskell.
The Gertrude Scudder Bodine Collection of Alice Brewster Letters predominantly contains handwritten personal letters on personal stationery documenting the activities and thoughts of Alice Brewster. They were written to her former student and friend Gertrude Scudder Bodine and sometimes included Gertrude’s sister-in-law Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bodine, from 1939 to 1959.
The letters describe Brewster’s life in Portsmouth and North Woodstock, New Hampshire. She describes travel and family interactions, participating in antique fairs, and attending the Trenton State College centennial celebration in 1955, among other topics.
Some of the letters and envelopes have been annotated by Gertrude Bodine who indicated in her donation letter that she withheld certain letters and portions of others due to their personal content. The annotations highlight topics and humor written by Alice Brewster and appear to have been written and compiled for a posthumous 100th birthday event in 1968.
The papers also include two poetry booklets written by Brewster, Bodine’s correspondence planning Brewster’s 1958 birthday fund (financial support to assist Brewster as she struggled with failing eyesight and took on the care of her sister-in-law after her brother’s death), ephemera for the 1968 event, and a photograph of Brewster and an individual noted as Wilmer at the summer cottage.