[A floor plan showing a classroom inside of a schoolhouse in Newportville, Pa., highlighting the location of the teacher's desk, the pupils' desks, and the blackboard]

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Title: [A floor plan showing a classroom inside of a schoolhouse in Newportville, Pa., highlighting the location of the teacher's desk, the pupils' desks, and the blackboard]
Date: [ca. 1855-1857]
Creator: Vandergrift, William R.
Notes: William R. Vandergrift Ms., [ca. 1855-1857]. s.l., page 1. From a collection of correspondence and documents from during and after the Civil War. The Civil War material includes personal letters to Barber's mother; a 15-page letter to a friend that describes a railroad trip from Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Baltimore; Barber's discharge letter, which has a drop of blood on it from a fist fight with another soldier; and a letter of dishonorable discharge for three men (Barber is not one of them) for cowardice in battle. Of special interest is a letter to William from his brother Joseph, December 10, 1861, which includes a full-page pencil sketch of the layout of Fort Ethan Allen in Arlington, Virginia.
Names and Subjects: Blackboards--1850-1860.; Classrooms--1850-1860.; Classrooms--Pictorial works.; Desks--1850-1860.; Floor plans--1850-1860.; Newportville (Pa.); School buildings.; Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Floor plans (orthographic projections); Line drawings.; Pencil drawings.
Collection Title: William Harrison Barber papers
Collection Creator: Stackhouse, Howard G.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 6865
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-11-30 11:50:37

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Image Size: 5680 x 7714
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 6865
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