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Loose pages of candid photographs from annotated photo album created by Mildred Bard of students and faculty at New Jersey State Normal School at Trenton. Subjects include students posing in costume for "Japanese Tea", Senior Day June 1915, Maypole dance, roasting marshmallows, and skits about "The Mumpers." Faculty pictured include: Robert Leavitt, Levi Seeley, Frank Scobey, Ruby Lee Minar, Margaret Cochran Wagg, Minnie Eby, Emma Jane La Fetra, Lillie Williams, Susan Reilly, Grace Heward, Kate Stout. Students include Mildred Bard, Genevieve Tallman who was class president, Anna Barnett, Elizabeth Kendell, and members of Theta Phi and "The Fates."

It is not known whether or not, or where, Ida Totten might have attended a Normal School or received teacher training, but in the fall term of 1883, she began a diary to record her first experience of teaching in Greenville (now called Greendell) School, in Sussex County. She described her frustrations with named children in her class and the challenges of disciplining them, as well as her activities at home on the weekends including attending temperance meetings and church. The final pages of the diary are from May 1884 and contain notes from Page’s Theory and Practice of Teaching, so perhaps she was continuing her teaching education, or had not yet graduated (if she did).
Some of the names mentioned in the diary include: Catherine or Kate Ayers Rutan, Sarah Grace Batley Coleman, Louis Berry, Elsie F. Howell, Abraham or Abram Hubert, Rosie Kinney, Irving Labar, Anna or Annie Longcor, Cora Longcor, Daniel Longcor, William K. Longcor, Stella R. Morris Emmans, Mr. and Mrs. Redding, J. Stackhouse, Annie Stackhouse, Benton Stackhouse, Cassius Stackhouse, Albert Stang, Anson Stang, William Stang, Dr. Sidney Brian Straley, Benjamin Totten, and Jacob or Jake Wolf.

The handwritten diary of Mary Jane Sergeant (Larison) contains a series of journal entries from 1855-1856 describing her experiences and studies while attending the New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton, New Jersey. The diary encompasses the first term of the Normal School and provides a glimpse into the earliest days of its opening years, highlighting the variety of subjects studied including Latin, arithmetic, climatology and cartography and reflecting theory and practice in teachers' colleges in the mid-19th century. Some entries in the latter half of the diary appear out of chronological order. The diary makes mention of the laying of the cornerstone of the first permanent building at the Normal School, the first Principal Willian Phelps, as well as several instructional texts for teachers' education of the period.

Transcript of diary of Ida Totten Hunt, transcribed by Allison Belcher in 2024.
It is not known whether or not, or where, Ida Totten might have attended a Normal School or received teacher training, but in the fall term of 1883, she began a diary to record her first experience of teaching in Greenville (now called Greendell) School, in Sussex County. She described her frustrations with named children in her class and the challenges of disciplining them, as well as her activities at home on the weekends including attending temperance meetings and church. The final pages of the diary are from May 1884 and contain notes from Page’s Theory and Practice of Teaching, so perhaps she was continuing her teaching education, or had not yet graduated (if she did).
Some of the names mentioned in the diary include: Catherine or Kate Ayers Rutan, Sarah Grace Batley Coleman, Louis Berry, Elsie F. Howell, Abraham or Abram Hubert, Rosie Kinney, Irving Labar, Anna or Annie Longcor, Cora Longcor, Daniel Longcor, William K. Longcor, Stella R. Morris Emmans, Mr. and Mrs. Redding, J. Stackhouse, Annie Stackhouse, Benton Stackhouse, Cassius Stackhouse, Albert Stang, Anson Stang, William Stang, Dr. Sidney Brian Straley, Benjamin Totten, and Jacob or Jake Wolf.

Transcript of Mary Jane Sergeant Larison's diary, transcribed by Alison Matthews in 2024.
The handwritten diary of Mary Jane Sergeant (Larison) contains a series of journal entries from 1855-1856 describing her experiences and studies while attending the New Jersey State Normal School in Trenton, New Jersey. The diary encompasses the first term of the Normal School and provides a glimpse into the earliest days of its opening years, highlighting the variety of subjects studied including Latin, arithmetic, climatology and cartography and reflecting theory and practice in teachers' colleges in the mid-19th century. Some entries in the latter half of the diary appear out of chronological order. The diary makes mention of the laying of the cornerstone of the first permanent building at the Normal School, the first Principal Willian Phelps, as well as several instructional texts for teachers' education of the period.

The table of contents lists Literature, Editorial, School News, Organizations, and Athletics.

The Literary essays, poems, play, and one minute stories were written by Newark Librarian John Cotton Dana, and student contributors Marguerite M. Miller, Florence D. Nettleship, Alexander Goldberg, Elma Mitscher, E. Dvorken, Blanche E. Berle, Alex Goldberg, and Mary R. Maurer. Miss Mildred Versoy was thanked for her editorial notes.

School News included the following headings: Social Government News, Our Court System in Working Order, Our Principal Attends Noted Educational Gathering, Chapel Notes, Visitor’s Day March 6, The Japanese Festival, Arts and Crafts Club, and Trip to Washington.

Social News headings include: Our Grads, Entertained, Married, Engaged, and Present Class Officers. There’s an In Memoriam for Myra Hornung.

Athletics headings include: Gymnatic Exhibiton, Girls Basketball, Our Boys’ Team.

The Exchanges section lists other newspapers.

There are four pages of local advertisements.

The first page includes a photomechanical picture of W. Spader Willis, Principal of the Newark State Normal School.

This Christmas Number includes Literature, School News, Athletics, and Practice Notes.

The Literary essays, play, and poems were written by student contributor's Sallie Robinson, Alice W. Holland, Pauline Glassman, and Gertrude A. Kennaly.

School News included the following headings: Teaching of Science, Our New Teachers, The Reciatal, History Repeats Itself, Our Hallow E’en Pary, Chapel Chimes, The Country School, Social Government News, Normal Nuggets, and A Tribute.

Athletics headings include School Spirit, Normal A.A., Basketball, Junior B. vs Junior A., Synopsis of Game, and Athletics in the School Curriculum.

Practice Notes include short examples of student work and dialogue.

There are four pages of local advertisements.

Volume II, No. 2. (there is no Volume II, No. 1 in the collection). No publication date, but the latest date mentioned was March 5. The Annual Subscription costs 50 cents. The editor-in-chief was Helen J. Mac Caskie.

The table of contents calls this issue the Mother Goose Number and lists Literature, School News, Athletics, Practice Notes, and Our Mother Goose.

The following people contributed: Associate Editor: Pauline Glassman; Business Managers: Ruth Landesman and Albin Frey; Circulation Managers: Jennie Rogers, George Whyte; Literature: Mildred Versoy, Isabelle Folsome, Adelaide Scarlet, and Georgianna Seaman; School News: Sadie Lipson, Julia Timer, and Ruth Meyer; Practice Notes: Blanche Maybaum, Mary L. Masterns, and Gertrude Ernst; Athletics: Gertrude Kennaly.

There are six pages of local advertisements.