The majority of the materials are related to Haskell’s education from primary through graduate school, with additional items from her early career and retirement. The Correspondence Series contains her first teaching recommendation letter in 1915, a teaching appointment notice, and a few personal letters ending in 1954. The Grade Cards and Transcripts Series span her eighth grade year in 1909 through a master’s degree program in 1938. The Ephemera Series comprises dinner and event programs she attended in her early career from 1923-1939. The Clippings Series (1937-1955) cover a variety of topics, as well as coverage of the 1955 Trenton State College centennial. The Prints Series includes four etchings or reproductions of St. Petersburg Florida churches inscribed: “for Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wilhelm” by Will Kay Hagerman (Kent Hagerman). 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.
Haskell, Lulu Clough, 1895-1970The Correspondence Series contains her first teaching recommendation letter in 1915, a teaching appointment notice, and a few personal letters ending in 1954.
Recommendation letters for teaching jobs
Recommendation letter for Lulu Clough from Levi Seeley, Professor of Pedagogy at New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton.
Recommendation letter for Lulu Clough from Charles C. Hewitt, Instructor in History of Education and School Management at New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton.
Recommendation letter for Lulu Clough from William Wetzell, teacher at Trenton High School.
Teaching appointment notice for Lulu Haskell for New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton with an annual salary of $2,600.
Letter from Lowell Johnson, Director of Physical Education Department at Roosevelt High School in Dunellen, New Jersey, complimenting Haskell on "Listener Speaks Program" radio show.
Letter from Magdalene Houlroyd, and clipping and photograph about retirement
Letter from Magdalena Houlroyd on Duke University note card congratulating Lulu Clough Haskell on her retirement from Trenton State.