warner_j Guide to the Jennie Warner Papers 1908-1917 MS 025 Processed by Meg Moughan

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Western Connecticut State University, Publisher Machine-readable finding aid derived from a MS Word dcoument, dated: 2007. Machine-readable finding aid created by Brian Stevens. Description is in English. Descriptive Summary Jennie Warner Papers1908-1917 MS 025 The language of the materials is English 1 linear feet (2 boxes) Western Connecticut State University
Warner, Jennie Esther. Ruth A. Haas Library Jennie Esther Warner graduated from Danbury Normal School in 1917. The collection includes some of her texts and notebooks from her time at the DNS and Danbury High School. Provenance

Provenance is unknown.

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Historical/Biographical Note

Jennie Esther Warner graduated from Danbury Normal School in 1917. A lifelong resident of Danbury, Connecticut, she married Frank M. Stone between 1916 and 1923. The couple had at least one child, a son, Frank M. Stone, Jr. Both father and son worked at the family business, The Stone Company, Inc., a local hardware and painting/decorating store.

Jennie lived at 15 Abbott Avenue for her entire married life. While attending DNS, during 1916, Jennie boarded at 15 Ellsworth Avenue. This address was owned by one of her relatives, Theodore O. Warner, Jr.

Sources:

Danbury/Bethel City Directories, 1923, 1916, 1936, 1948, 1915, 1972, 1984. WCSU Alumni Directory, 1984.

Scope and Content Note

This small collection contains materials from Jennie’s high school and college days. Several issues of Danbury High School’s literary journal/yearbook are included. The rest of the collection is made up of materials from Jennie’s two years at DNS. Of particular interest are her student notebooks from various classes. Also included are science, history, and algebra texts. The science textbook, Elementary Science, was authored by Lothrop D. Higgins, the second principal of the college. He started out here as a science teacher.

 Arrangement

Folders are arranged chronologically.

The files are grouped into 1 series:

Inventory. Access Points Subject Names: Warner, Jennie Esther. Stone, Frank M., Jr. Warner, Theodore O., Jr. Subject Organizations: Danbury Normal School. Subject Places: Danbury (Conn.) Document Types: Notes. Notebooks. Textbooks. School yearbooks. Container List

[The following section contains a detailed listing of the materials in the collection.]

Inventory 1 1-3 Danbury High School Chronicle 1910-1914 1 4 Student Notebook: Art (fragile) 1916-1917 1 5 Student Notebook: Art of Teaching 1916-1917 1 6 Student Notebook: Bible Study 1916-1917 1 7-8 Student Notebook: Chemistry II, Div. 1A (2 notebooks) 1916-1917 1 9 Student Notebook: Civics 1916-1917 1 10 Student Notebook: Gymnasium 1A 1916-1917 1 11 Student Notebook: Laboratory 1A 1916-1917 1 12 Student Notebook: Language 1916-1917 1 13 Student Notebook: Literature 1A 1916-1917 1 14 Student Notebook: Literature and Language 2A 1916-1917 1 15 Student Notebook: Memory Gems 1916-1917 1 16 Student Notebook: Music 1916-1917 1 17 Student Notebook: Word Puzzles 1916-1917 2 1 Textbook: Elementary Science, Lothrop D. Higgins (Danbury, CT: Normal School, 1914) 1914 2 2 Textbook: Essentials of American History and Civics, Harriet Hoffman McLaury (Brooklyn, NY: T. J. McEvoy, 1911) 1911 2 3 Textbook: Houston's Writing Lessons, Harry Houston (New Haven, CT: 1901) 1901 2 4 Textbook: Modern Illustrative Bookkeeping, E. Virgil Neal (New York, NY: American Book Company, 1901) 1901 2 5 Textbook: Standard Algebra, William J. Milne (New York: American Book Company, 1908) (fragile) 1908