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“The Girl Graduate: Her Own Book," scrapbook by Emma R. Kerns Crofton, Normal School Class of 1916 · Item · ca. 1911-1917
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This scrapbook includes photographs, illustrations, commencement and class day booklets, correspondence, report cards, and ephemera collected by Emma R. Kerns, Model School Class of 1916. It offers insight into the daily lives and school careers of the Model students throughout the school's final years before its closure after the 1917 academic year. Later annotations also appear; some are perhaps by Miss Kerns before her death in 1977, but others most likely were added by past Trentoniana librarians following the book's donation ca. 1977. Any additions in a clearly different hand have been rendered in italics. Some of these italicized annotations simply read "index," probably referring to Trentoniana's card catalogue.

Due to the volume's bulky nature, it was not possible to digitize without disbinding the entire volume and scanning pages individually. Two photos of the book before this process are included at the end of the PDF. Pages have been scanned in order, skipping any blank sections; as a result, page numbers may appear to jump. Kerns also pasted many booklets and folded items into these pages, and these items sometimes required multiple scans to entirely capture. Finally, note that file size limits have required a significant amount of compression to host this PDF, and may negatively affect the quality of the images. An unaltered version is available through Trentoniana upon request.

A partial transcription of the handwritten sections is included.

Kerns, Emma R. (Emma Rebecca), 1896-1977
Normal School Class Day booklet, 1911 · Item · 1911
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This small booklet records the Class Day exercises for the Normal School's Class of 1911, depicting the class roster, the order of exercises, the names of students performing, and officers of various bodies. Of particular note is the mention of the "Suffragette Office of 'The Seal,'" referring to what seems to have been an all-female cohort on the staff of the school newspaper. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Normal School Commencement and Senior Spring Fest invitation and program, 1918 · Item · 1918
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This invitation to the Normal School commencement for the Class of 1918 includes an outline of events for the ceremony. The booklet had, at an unknown point, been pasted to a black backing with the "Senior Spring Festival" program from the same event on the reverse. For the corresponding commencement booklet, see the related materials below. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Normal School commencement program, 1878 · Item · 1878
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This booklet from the 1878 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Normal School Commencement booklet, 1879 · Item · 1879
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This booklet from the 1879 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Normal School Commencement booklet, 1880 · Item · 1880
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This booklet from the 1880 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)
Normal School Commencement booklet, 1881 · Item · 1881
Part of TFPL New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools at Trenton and Successor Institutions Collection

This booklet from the 1881 Normal School commencement at Taylor Opera House includes lists of graduating students (both the February and June classes), including their home towns. It also contains the list of commencement exercises. No transcription.

New Jersey State Normal School (Trenton, N.J.)