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The Clara Wolverton Papers contain materials from her early education beginning in 1892, through Normal School, and her earliest teaching years ending in 1903. It comprises personal items such as her grades book, greeting cards, and notes of affection from her students, as well as professional items such as her teaching contracts and letters of recommendation, and also printed commencement programs and tickets and clippings. There are only a few items after this time period, and they document her involvement in the Red Cross and Botanical Society of Pennsylvania.

There are no materials related to teaching at Trenton Public Schools or attending University of Pennsylvania.

Her collection also initially contained six books, four of which were cataloged and added to the Historical Textbooks and General Collections of Gitenstein Library, and two were deaccessioned due to duplication.

Clara Wolverton’s “Grades Book” is a handwritten notebook documenting her teachers’ names and the grades she earned in each subject from Centennial Grammar School 1892 - 1894, Trenton High School 1894 - 1898, through New Jersey State Normal School 1898 - February 1901. There are some additional loose pages with calculations and class lists also housed with the book.

Letter from Edna James Blain or Blair Smith to Clara's mother asking permission for her to spend the night in order to view the inauguration parade in January 1896.

Teacher's Contract for Clara Wolverton from Board of Education of the Township of Manchester, Passaic County, New Jersey for Haledon #2 Public School.

Recommendation letter for Clara Wolverton from Absalom Grundy, Supervising Principal, Manchester Township Schools.

Invitation for a "Handkerchief Bazaar" fundraiser from the Ladies Aid Society to Clara Wolverton.