Item 104c: A Photograph and Letter from Raeple to Gilbert [Stuart McClintock] of Shade’s Glen Bucks Township School [removed to legal box #2] , 1956 Oct[ober]
Item — Box: 15, Folder: 159c
Dates
- 1956 Oct[ober]
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Photograph/Letter
General Condition:
Good
Measurements:
(photograph) 6 ¾ x 4 ¾ in.; (letter) 8 ¼ x 6 in.
Description:
The following items depict a letter and photograph of a schoolhouse in Bucks township, written by Raeple [or Raepple], to Gilbert Stuart McClintock in October of 1956. An annotation on the back of the photograph mentions that this was the Shade’s Glen School, the last one room school house. The letter mentions that Raeple and others photographed the school, and an upcoming feature story on it is to be published forthcoming. He also mentions sending some other photographs he made for Connie Reynolds Behlin, as well as some lantern slides while she gave a talk to them before the Women’s Club on the Susquehanna River Bridges.
Transcription Attempt:
{Letter}
Raeple {signature}
{Photograph, Back}
Shades Glen Buck Township School Oct[ober] 1956 One of the last one room schools.
Raeple {signature}
{Photograph, Back}
Shades Glen Buck Township School Oct[ober] 1956 One of the last one room schools.
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu
