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Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2012.5.1 |
Title |
Anna Noyes (1874-1972), Educator |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Anna Noyes (1874-1972) portraying her mother Margaret Van Brunt Moore Gausmann. Noyes was known in Leonia for her Old Orchard School on Hillside Avenue. The rustic setting appealed to city children and some of the boarding pupils came from New York City theatrical families. The school flourished during the World War I period. Noyes earned a Bachelor's degree from Teachers College, Columbia University and had taught in South Orange for three years. After receiving her Master's degree in Education she established the Old Orchard School which thrived for 15 years. The book that Noyes wrote, entitled "Three Petticoats", features stories from her mother who grew up in Leonia and tells of the early history of the Borough. SEE ALSO: Oral Histories Box 3 and Notable Leonians File. |
Date |
1954 |
People |
Anna Noyes |
Subjects |
People Educators & Authors |
Search Terms |
Photographs, 20th century |
Collection |
Photographs-people |
Source |
Bea Forshay Smith |