Lawton Union High School Graduation Booklet
Scope and Contents
The booklet contains three different sheets of paper. The first and smallest pinkish page announces the class, location, and time of the event. The second, slightly larger green-blue page has a schedule of features of the event including prayers, essays, other speeches, and then the presentation of diplomas. The last and largest yellowish page has a list of the teachers and members of the Board of Education, along with two graduates.
Dates
- Creation: 1884
Biographical / Historical
Lawton Union School seems to have been a school in Lawton, Michigan, maybe a predecessor to the current Lawton Public Schools. From the news about the graduates, it seems to have been a pre-secondary or secondary school. Reverend O. D Watkins held a prayer during the ceremony at the M. E. Church the graduation was held at.
Extent
0.05 Cubic Feet ; The booklet contains three different sheets of paper, the largest measuring 4½” by 3” and the smallest measuring 3” by 3”.
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection is composed of a graduation booklet from Lawton Union School for the class of 1884.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Starring Endowment
Physical Description
The booklet contains three different sheets of paper, the largest measuring 4½” by 3” and the smallest measuring 3” by 3”. Each of the papers has a small hole in the top left corner, and they are stuck together by being put on the small metal ring affixed to the largest paper.
The papers are in decent condition. All of them have signs of aging, and the colors of the paper have likely faded slightly. The back of the booklet has a layer of the paper torn away, as well as some other discoloration damage. Besides the browning coloration, the paper has held up rather well, with no tears or creases.
Function
Geographic
Topical
- Title
- Lawton Union School Graduation Booklet Finding Aid
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Meena Jacobs, Mallory Heslinger
- Date
- 2024-09-05
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Western Michigan University Archives & Regional History Collections Repository
Charles C. and Lynn L. Zhang Legacy Collections Center
1650 Oakland Drive
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5307 US
(269) 387-8490
arch-collect@wmich.edu