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Title	Spencerian Penmanship Copybook
Subject	Education Penmanship Universities and colleges Business schools
Place	New York (New York) Ashtabula County (Ohio) Cleveland (Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description	This copybook with twelve sheets of paper was used to teach students Spencerian penmanship, a style of handwriting developed by Platt R. Spencer in the early nineteenth century. The top of each page includes an example of writing for student to copy on the rest of the page. This is the tenth lesson in one of the four series. The envelope is 7" x 9" (17.8 x 22.86 cm) and includes 12 sheets of paper. The Spencerian system became the standard for quality writing from about 1850 to 1925, with the height of popularity in the 1890s. The demise of the skill in the business world was precipitated by the advent of the typewriter and the system of shorthand. Other new, less ornate writing systems became popular in schools; many formulated by students of Spencer and based on some of his principals. Platt R. Spencer (1800-1864), born in E. Fishkill, New York, moved with his mother and several siblings to Ashtabula County, Ohio in 1810. He developed a style of penmanship that he called "Semi-Angular Script" but which is more commonly known as "Spencerian Penmanship." His style included not only the creation of letters but also exercises for practicing them, body positions, and particular full-arm movements (as opposed to wrist actions). The exercises were often performed to the rhythm of poetry, which he also wrote. Spencer became involved in establishing business colleges in the United States. His writing system was marketed by mail and taught at his seminary on North Myers Road in Geneva Township, in classes on the road, and in the colleges. His family also marketed exhibition pieces, etchings, ink, pens, and instructional books.
Creator	Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Company
Date of Original	1870
Collection	http://www.dnmyers.edu/library
Source	Published material Myers University
Type	Text

Title	Om917_1069985_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
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Image Height	2903
Image Width	3652
File Size	3555.497 KB
Full Text	.MrllleaJy. ^X^ojss^Ji^n..-^^^^.

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