The Thomas & Place Family Collection

Various diaries, notebooks, correspondence from the Place and Thomas collections acquired from a family estate sale. Most of the items belonged to Mabel Thomas, a teacher who was working in New York State. She had an interest in teaching students who struggled to learn in a traditional setting. She would go on to open the Thomas School in Connecticut. There are several diaries in the process of being scanned, where she discusses day to day activities of teaching, conversations with her partner Miss Winsor, and dealing with students and other teachers.