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  Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
  Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second of wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front of a body of water. A light house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
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  Clara Francis Hopkins "Saugatuck, Michigan. July 27, 1914"
  Photograph of a woman identified as Clara Francis Hopkins. Hopkins was the second of wife of Mark Jefferson. Hopkins stands in front of a body of water. A light house can be seen in the background. Jefferson would often use the same negative to create a lantern slide as well as a mounted stereographic card. When possible we have indicated if it is a repeat image, however this is not always the case. As such, there may be a corresponding digitized glass lantern slide, and a mounted stereographic card associated with this stereographic negative within the Mark Jefferson Collection.
• Clark, John Alden
  While a student at the Lawrence Institute of Technology, John volunteered for aviation cadet training in the fall of 1942. He was called up in February 1943, and reported for basic training in May, at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. In September 1943, John was dispatched to Twenty-Nine Palms, California for his primary flight school and advanced training. In the summer of 1944, he was assigned to 8th Air Force Combat Operations Training, at a base in Tennessee. Once in England, his crew served as a replacement flight crew for the 8th Air Force 100th Bomb Group, commonly known as the “Bloody Hundred.” While overseas, John and his crew flew 32 missions in Germany, including one that ended in a crash landing in Belgium, on January 5, 1945. His crew’s tour of duty ended on March 8, 1945. Upon returning to the United States, John completed his education at the University of Michigan and MIT.
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  Clarke Jr., Benjamin
  Benjamin Clark was born on November 11, 1919, in Fogo, Newfoundland. He enlisted in the Army Air Force following high school. After basic and advanced training, Benjamin was assigned to the 306th Squadron "Hells Angels" as a waist gunner on a B-17. After six missions, his plane was shot down and he became a POW. Of the ten crew members, only seven survived. After his capture by the Germans, he was taken to a Stalag 17-B where he spent more than two years. Since there were spies in the camps, he was especially careful to whom he spoke. After two years in camp, all prisoners were forced to walk 800 miles to the front lines, because the Germans were trying to avoid the Russians. General Patton rescued the prisoners and informed them that "...you guys are back in the U. S. Army." Mr. Clark was discharged on September 27, 1945 and returned to Dearborn, Michigan.
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  Class in History of Education First Floor - Room 2.
  This image depicts a class called The History of Education being taught by Daniel Putnam, who taught the Theory of Art and Teaching courses in addition to psychology courses. This class only took half of one semester to complete and focused on the history of schools, school systems, and education in general. To help students understand how the field of education had progressed, Putnam taught about great educational leaders of both the past and the present.
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  Class in History Second Floor - Room 48, Mary Putnam
  This image depicts a History class being taught by Mary Putnam, who is sitting behind the desk at the head of the room. The History curriculum at the Normal school focused heavily on the history of the Western world, with American and English history being prioritized. The Normal’s General History coursework focused heavily on Greek and Roman history, and the extent to which the history of non-Western cultures were covered is not discussed in the course description. Much of the discussion relating to non-Western societies appears to have been relegated to the Geography department.
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  Class In History Second Floor - Room 49.
  This image depicts a history class being taught by Florence Shultes, an instructor in the History and Civil Government department. One of the conditions of admission into the Normal school was that students were required to have knowledge of the significant elements of American history and be able to express critical thinking skills. This is made evident in the 1893-94 Normal register when it states, “History furnishes material for judgements, and unless the pupil has learned to see the relations between the facts, to compare, to judge, that is to think, to use the facts, he is not ready for any such study as Political History.” (p.56)
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  Class in Literature 2nd Floor - Room 44
  This image depicts a Literature class being taught by the head of the English Language and Literature department, Florus Barbour. When Barbour began his teaching career, he viewed teaching only as a stepping stone to his desired career path of preaching from behind the pulpit. Eventually, however, Barbour grew to understand the importance of public school work and the teaching profession, and grew deeply loyal to the Michigan State Normal School. The English Department head never fully departed from his theological interests, as he impressed upon his students the “value and importance of moral and religious character in teachers” (Putnam).
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  Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 31.
  This image depicts a literature class being taught by Abbie Pearce. On the chalkboard lining the side wall is the quote: "Genius is universal, genius is an immense capacity for taking pains" which was a common proverbial saying in the 19th century, and may have originated from English reformer Jane Hopkins. There is another quote left reading: "A good book is the spiritual life blood of a master spirit,” by English poet John Milton. Due to both quotations having a connection to English individuals, this image may depict the last term in the Literary Course that focused on the study of English masterpieces.
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  Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 42
  This image depicts a Literature class. There is a prominent quote on the chalkboard that reads, “Truth is the highest thing a man may keep.” Literature played a prominent role in the lives of many students at the Normal, as the four largest clubs at the Normal were literary societies. Additionally the English Language and Literature Department was one of the largest departments at the Normal in 1893 which, along with the Mathematics Department, had four staff members (some departments only had one staff member at the time).
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  Class in Literature Second Floor - Room 42.
  This image depicts a Literature class being led by the woman standing at the front of the room, who is likely Lois McMahon. On the chalkboard, there is a quote by British essayist Thomas Carlyle that reads, “Literature is the thought of thinking souls.” The full literature course extends through four semesters, each semester being devoted to one subject. The four subjects that are covered in the Literature course are: English Literature, American Literature, Old and Middle English, and Masterpiece Study.
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  Class in Literature Second Floor Room - 41, Abigail Pearce
  This image depicts another angle of Abbie Pearce’s Literature class (see 4-8). Abbie Pearce was one of 3 founding advisors of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority that still has chapters at EMU and around the US today. Pearce, alongside Ada Norton (in the Mathematics department), came up with the cultural and ritual aspects of the sorority.