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Record Creator: | Spitler, Maude Dillion | |
Title: | Maude Dillion Spitler Collection | |
Date Span: | 1892-1940 | Click here to view the finding aid format suitable for requesting material at the Archives. |
Abstract: | Maude Dillion (Dillion or Dillan) Spitler, (1876-1962), Evangelical United Brethren Church layperson, attended Ohio Weslyan University and graduated from Missouri University with a Master’s Degree in English. There are thirteen composition notebooks from Spitler's years from an unknown High School in Dayton, Ohio. In addition there is a 1892 report from the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky, as well as assorted publications by John William Lloyd. | |
Extent: | 0.59 cubic feet | |
Identification: | gcah.ms.631 |
Maude Dillion (Dillon or Dillan) Spitler, (1876-1962), Evangelical United Brethren Church layperson, attended Ohio Wesleyan University and graduated from Missouri University with a Master’s Degree in English. She was cultured and an excellent French linguist, developing her interest in the arts through her scholarly work. Maude was the author of many published articles, including an account of John Kemp, Sr. coming to Ohio in 1805, which is now in the hands of many Ohio Kemp families. She never married.
Thirteen composition books belonging to Maude Spitler are included in this collection. These books appear to be notebooks from classes Spitler took. Some of the classes include English, composition and rhetoric, science, mathematics, chemistry, and geography. The handwriting is clear. The inclusive dates appear to be 1892-1984. Spitler attended an academic institution identified only as C.H.S. near Dayton, Ohio. In addition there is a 1892 report from the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky, as well as assorted publications by John William Lloyd.
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Call Number | Folder Title | Date(s) |
1306-4-1: 1 | Class book: Grammar | Undated |
1306-4-1: 2 | Class book: History | Undated |
1306-4-1: 3 | Class book: Vocabulary and Diction | Undated |
1306-4-1: 4 | Class book: Anatomy | Undated |
1306-4-1: 5 | Class book: Poetry | Undated |
1306-4-1: 6 | Class book: Dramatics | Undated |
1306-4-1: 7 | Class book: Science | 1894 |
1306-4-1: 8 | Class book: Chemistry | 1893 |
1306-4-1: 9 | Class book: Science | 1893 |
1306-4-1: 10 | Class book: Helpers Society | Undated |
1306-4-1: 11 | Class book: Poetry | Undated |
1306-4-1: 12 | Class book: Composition and Rhetoric | Undated |
1306-4-1: 13 | Class book: Science | 1892 |
1584-5-6: 1 | Publications by John William Lloyd | 1899-1940 |
1584-5-6: 2 | Eleventh Annual Report of the Covington Protestant Children's Home of Covington, Kentucky | 1892 |