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David C. Locke scrapbook, 1932-1937

Summary
Collection ID:
SIL-DL.MSS001779B
Creators:
Locke, L. Leland (Leslie Leland), b. 1875
Locke, David C.
Dates:
1932-1937
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
1 Volume
approximately 50 leaves
ill.
36 cm.
Repository:
Scrapbook consisting mainly of miscellaneous newsclippings from the New York Tribune and other sources dating from 1932 and 1937, apparently compiled by David C. Locke, a public school administrator in Monaca, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania. Many of the articles have a general focus on education (particularly with a technical, scientific, or mathematical theme, such as the ideas of Albert Einstein); also represented are news stories on Pennsylvania history; medical trivia; inventions; eugenics; highway design; calendar reform; the metric system; government service (federal and local); alcohol and post-Prohibition American culture; brain teasers and puzzles; poetry; prayers; and comics. There are also some handwritten genealogical details about the Locke family.
Biographical/Historical note
Biographical/Historical note
David C. Locke was an educator (supervising principal and superintendent of schools) in Monaca, Beaver Co., Pennsylvania, in the early decades of the 20th century. He was also a graduate of Grove City College.
More Information
General note
General note
Title devised by cataloger.
General note
The cover title ("Minutes of Committee on High & Normal Schools") is completely unrelated to the contents of the scrapbook.
General note
Items are tipped in or mounted on the leaves of a commercially-produced blank book, with page numbers stamped in blue. Some leaves were removed at some point in the past, either by Mr. David C. Locke or a subsequent owner. A few items are laid in.
General note
A handwritten letter from David C. Locke to Leslie Leland Locke is tipped in at the end of the volume.
Local Notes
Local Notes
SCDIRB copy 39088016107195 has a contemporary gilt-tooled black half-leather binding with black embossed-cloth paper boards, and faux marbled edges.
Keywords
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Pennsylvania -- history Geographic Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Mathematics Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Puzzles Topical Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Locke family Family Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Repository Contact
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