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.
This photo album created by Louise Woodruff Bush documents the activities of her family. It is undated.
Bush, Louise E. Woodruff, 1887-1963Class of 1911 and Gamma Sigma group portraits.
This photograph shows the attendees of the Class of 1911's 46th Reunion of the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton North Jersey Alumni Association.
This photograph shows the attendees of the Class of 1911's 49th Reunion of the New Jersey State Teachers College at Trenton North Jersey Alumni Association.
The Publications and Ephemera Series comprises materials specific to the Class of 1911 and Gamma Sigma Nu. The Class of 1911 materials include Normal School publications such as The Signal newspaper and The Seal yearbook, as well as ephemera related to Commencement and Class Day activities. The Gamma Sigma Nu materials include newsletters and reunion booklets. The date span is 1911-2000.
Content warning: the illustration and description of the mural in Box 1, Folder 3, includes inaccurate, derogatory, and/or offensive depictions of people indigenous to the area.
Predominately contains newsletters and student activities of the class of 1907, and reunion materials related to Gamma Sigma Nu. The collection also contains copies of The Seal yearbook and The Signal newspaper.
February 1911, Commencement issue of The Signal, a student-produced newspaper from The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ. In the Normal School years, the school periodically held graduations during February and June.
Established in 1885, The Signal is one of the older student newspapers in the country, and among the oldest collegiate weeklies. Starting as a literary publication, it evolved from being a booklet to a full news publication with different sections covering a variety of campus events.
New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)Content warning: the illustration and description of the mural include inaccurate, derogatory, and/or offensive depictions of people indigenous to the area.
New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)Class Day program belonging to then Edna B. Van Sickle. Edna Buck Van Sickle Budd was born in 1890 to Walter N. Van Sickle and Theresa Buck in Unionville, New York. Shortly after, the family moved to Wantage, New Jersey. She attended the New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton where she was president of the class of 1911, a member of Gamma Sigma literary society, and a member of the short-lived social club the “Sacred Nine.” She taught 6th grade in Chatham, New Jersey Schools for three years before marrying Merritt L. Budd (1887-1952) in 1914. After her children were born, she was active in their school’s Parent Teacher Association and a wide array of religious, civic, and history organizations. She also remained active in the Trenton State College, Gamma Sigma Nu alumni group. She died in 1982