Series 2: Documents and photographs
Notes and documents on school history, circa 1890-1958, inclusive
Calvin Patterson correspondence, 1897
Calvin Patterson memorial window, 1903
Scope and Contents
This folder contains a photograph and descriptions of the window, the report of the committee that commissioned the window, and related invoices, receipts, and correspondence, including from Tiffany Studios.
Historical note
Calvin Patterson was the second principal of Girls' High School. He died on January 28, 1902 and the following year then-principal William L. Felter appointed a committee to consider erecting a memorial to Patterson. These efforts resulted in the commission of a Tiffany stained glass window to be installed between rooms 116 and 117 at the school in Patterson's memory. The window depicted Alcuin and Charlemagne but unfortunately is no longer extant, having been destroyed by fire.
Sources
- Michelle Cohen, Public Art for Public Schools (2009, p. 73).
Separated Materials
The committee report and related invoices, receipts and correspondence were originally stored in a custom black leather portfolio with white silk endpapers. This portfolio was badly deteriorated and causing damage to the materials within it. The archivist discarded the portfolio but photocopied the cover engraved with the words "Calvin Patterson Memorial - Report of Committee" in gilt lettering.
Administrative documents, circa 1906-1962, inclusive
Lists of prominent graduates, circa 1940s, inclusive
Alumni correspondence, 1946-1964, inclusive
Images, circa 1890s-1918, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Three cabinet card portraits of young women circa 1890s, possibly students, two with names on verso: Jennie W. Jeuness and Marguerite T. Lee. One small painted portrait of Mrs. E.F. Pettengill, date unknown. Two copies of an image of the school library from the publication School Libraries: Planning and Equipping the School Library (1918).
