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Reminiscences of Science Hill School: typescript, 1897, 1956-1897

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Title

Reminiscences of Science Hill School: typescript, 1897

Date

1956-1897

Repository

University of Kentucky Special CollectionsLexington, Kentucky 40506

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Conditions Governing Access note

Collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Reminiscences of Science Hill School: typescript, 1897, 1F56M-232, Special Collections, University of Kentucky.

Extent

1 reel of microfilm.

Biography/History

Student. Mary Ferguson was a student at Science Hill School, Shelbyville, Ky, in the 1850's.

Scope and Content

The microfilm contains a copy of Mary Ferguson's "Reminiscences of Science Hill School," a recollection, in 1897, of school days some forty years earlier. She discusses examinations at the school, and the deterioration of children's manners in the years following her childhood. Much of her reminiscences deal with a schoolgirl's feelings about the 1856 presidential election between Millard Filmore and James Buchanan.

Subjects

  • Ferguson, Mary.
  • Buchanan, James, 1791-1868.
  • Fillmore, Millard, 1800-1874.
  • Science Hill School (Shelbyville, Ky.)
  • Education, Secondary--Kentucky.
  • Presidents--United States--Election--1856.
  • Students.