A digital reproduction of the exterior of a letter sent to George R. Perkins (principal of the New York State Normal School, January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852) by Charles R. Coburn of Owego, NY on March 21, 1848. The letter's text is also available.
A digital reproduction of a letter sent to George R. Perkins (principal of the New York State Normal School, January 1, 1848-July 8, 1852) by Charles R. Coburn of Owego, NY on March 21, 1848. The letter reads: Dear Friend, I am requested by the trustees of the school in this village to write to you to see if you have a pupil that will graduate this spring that you can recommend for this school. It is the school that I have taught some time. We want a superior teacher or none. We must have an [sic] man of experience, good disciplinarian, apt to teach, willing to keep up with the real improvements of the day, good moral character if pious all the better. The wages will be about $30 for the first 3 months and if good satisfaction is given they will be raised to $35 per month and board himself. If you have a teacher that will answer our purpose please to write to me without delay. Give my respects to Miss Chichester and tell her that her friends are well. I am at presently engaged in the Owego Academy. Yours with respect and etc. Charles R. Coburn
A portrait of Gladys E. Newell, New York State College for Teachers, Class of 1930. Newell was president of the New York State Teachers Association (now the New York State United Teachers) in 1966 and a social studies teacher for 40 years.
A portrait of Aurelia Hyde, New York State Normal College, Class of 1895. Hyde served as one of the school's First Grade Primary Department Teachers from 1895-1907. She married William Aspinwall, Assistant to the President of the New York State Normal School and later the President of the State Normal School in Worchester, Massachusetts.
A Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA) cartoon depicting "That's the point . . . It works, because they work." School kids, teachers, school nurse, and others turning the handle of a pencil sharpener (School support staff) that sharpens the pencil (education). Paper says "On the job all year round!" The CSEA is New York State's largest union.
Clark Gillies, United University Professions (UUP) member, sitting on a desk, speaking to, left to right: John Tucker, Mark Napier, Lindy Ruff, Dave Andreychuk, and Craig Ramsay.