Julia Gage (Gerrish) Autograph Album, 1880

Most of this series is comprised of Oberlin College programs from rhetoricals, class days, and commencements during the college days of William and Julia Gerrish in the 1880s. Included here is an autograph album belonging to Julia Gage (Gerrish), which is signed by many of her classmates (Oberlin class of 1884). Also included are a few early grade cards for "Willie Gerrish" in the early 1870s, and several college essays written by William Gerrish in the mid 1880s. The last folder contains miscellaneous items including two blank pledge cards for the Women's Christian Temperance Union. In a separate box is a banner from Oberlin High School, which William Gerrish Metcalf believed may have been made by his mother Martha Gerrish Metcalf. It measures 18" x 28." Sewn on one side is "OHS," and on the other is "'07."