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Catalog Number |
S1826 |
Title |
Esther Finck slam book, 1933-c1939 |
Scope & Content |
Esther Finck slam book for the circa 1938-1939 school year (seventh grade) at Portsmouth Junior High School. The volume was originally an autograph book gifted by Jeanette Ila Jensen in 1933, with autographs dating from 1934 in Bennington, Nebraska, and 1935 in Maryland. "Slam books" were passed around at school for classmates to comment on one another (the intention was that the comments would be anonymous). Typically, the book's owner would write a question and the students would fill in their responses. Finck's slam book is fifty-eight numbered pages; some pages appear to be missing. Pages 1 to 16 include autographs and poems from Finck's classmates and teachers at school in Bennington, Nebraska, in 1934 and in Maryland (the Washington, D.C., area) in 1935. Page 17 begins the "slam book," listing Finck's name and address at 605 Lincoln Avenue In Portsmouth. Finck was in the seventh grade, dating the entries to the 1938-1939 school year. Her home room teacher at Portsmouth Junior High School that year was Miss [Edith J.] Mospan. Each page gives the name of Finck's classmates in ink, with comments about that student written primarily in pencil. PEOPLE INDEX Jensen, Jeanette Ila 1 Witte, Wilma 4 Sievers, Jean 5 Collins, Betty Jane 11 Mrs. Hull 12 Thompson, Norma 13 Hadan, Myra Lee 14 Sievers, Eloise 15 Peterson, Viola 16 Finck, Esther 17 Ms. Mospan 17 Moore, Thomas 18a Gilbert, Ruth 18b Corbin, Gordon 19a Hickey, Theresa 19b Greer, Ray 20a Finck, Esther 20b Brackett, Junior 21a Marden, Frances 21b Buckley, George 22a Frink, Nancy 22b Pike, Henry 23a Marriner, Helen 23b Morang, Steven 24a Trefethen, Frances 24b Dockham, Frederick 25a Sanderson, Shirley 25b Gamester, Freddie 26a Jarvis, Dorothy 26b Marshall, Ronald 27a Shaw, Anita 27b Taylor, Jimmie 28a Randall, Ann 28b Claffin, Joe 29a Holiday, Doris 29b Markham, George 30a Rowell, Norma 30b Buckley, George 31a Woods, Jackie 31b Ham, Charles "Charlie" 32a White, Joan 32b Dowe, Robert 33a Beal, Barbara 33b Smart, Bob 34a Walker, Jane 34b Springer, Lois 35a Fitz, Olivia 35b Tellis, Deane 36a Schurman, Betty 36b Aubertine, Alice 38a Waldron, Ann 38b Brawn, Gordon 39a Sukeforth, Barbara 39b Neri, Ida 40a Lund, Yvonne 40b Reynolds, Edwin 41a Marshall, Priscilla 41b Dearden, Phyllis 42a Snyder, Peggy 42b Rouner, Betsy 43a Conner, Betty 43b Perham, Barbara 44a Phelps, Flora 44b Ladrie, Evelyn 45a Peterson, Marjorie 45b Hand, Francis 46a Stevens, Barbara 46b Mates, William 47a Noyes, Marjorie 47b Aspen, Sonja 48a Badger, Norma 48b Ferrini, Azio 49a Simpson, Joyce 49b Davis, Calvin 51a Paganelli, Mary 51b Garrant, Inez 52a Curley, Blossom 52b Richmond, Thomas 53a Lord, Betty 53b Procter, Carolyn 54a Beery, Evelyn 54b Beane, Eunice 55a Beane, Rosma 55a Paras, Bessie 55b Ward, Jane 56a Gray, Frances 56b Dawson, David 57a Ames, Edna 57b Gardener, Clifford 58a Lyras, Marion 58b Lyras, Marguerite 58b Boss, Keith inside back cover |
Admin/Biographical History |
Esther K. Finck was born on December 15, 1925, in Bennington, Nebraska, where she lived until 1934. Her parents, Reinhard W. Finck and Helene C. (Lage) Finck, came from Germany. By 1935, the Fincks had moved to the Washington, D.C., area, and then moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Esther's father worked at the navy yards in Washington and Portsmouth. The Fincks lived at 605 Lincoln Avenue in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Esther was a student at Portsmouth High School, graduating as a member of the class of 1944. Beginning as a secretary, Esther worked at an insurance company, later becoming a real estate and insurance agent. She worked at Frank D. Butler Agency and others. In later years, she worked as a companion homemaker for Portsmouth Regional Visiting Nurses Association. Esther Finck was a member of North Congregational Church in Portsmouth. She died on September 27, 2010, in Portsmouth. |
Creator |
Finck, Esther K., 1925-2010 |
Collection |
Single Items / Small Collections |
Object Name |
Ephemera |
Date |
1933 - circa 1939 |
Extent of Description |
1 vol. |
Language of Material |
English |
People |
Adams, Dorothy "Dottie" (Jarvis) Allmendinger, Ann (Waldron), 1924-2018 Ames, Edna M., 1925-2010 Beane, Ruth Shirley (Sanderson), 1926-2014 Beery, Evelyn Bergeron, Alice Rita (Aubertine), 1926-1999 Boss, Keith Alden, 1925-1973 Brackett, Junior Brawn, Gordon Francis, 1926-1995 Buckley, George K., 1926-2005 Claffin, Joe Collins, Betty Jane Conner, Betty Corbin, Gordon G., 1926-2000 Curley, Blossom Dowe, Robert Davis, Albert Calvin, 1926-1998 Davis, Joan S. (White), 1926-2010 Dawson, David Livingstone, 1926-2003 Dockham, Frederick H., 1925-2011 Eldredge, Helen E. (Marriner), 1926-2006 Ferrini, Azio Joseph, 1926-1997 Finck, Esther K., 1925-2010 Fleming, Nancy L. (Frink), 1926-2014 French, Sonja (Aspen), 1926-1957 Garrant, Inez Gamester, Frederick H., 1925-1946 Gardiner, Clifford L., 1927-1991 Gats, Ruth M. (Gilbert), 1926-2016 Gray, Frances, 1923-2004 Greer, Raymond Clifton Leach "Ray," 1925-1980 Grenier, Rosma (Bean), 1924-1974 Hadan, Myra Lee, 1926-2009 Ham, Charles Wesley "Charlie," 1926-2009 Hand, Francis M. "Frank," 1926-2010 Hickey, Theresa J., 1926-2008 Hill, Doris M. (Holiday), 1925-1954 Hodgdon, Barbara L. (Perham), 1927-2023 Jensen, Jeanette Ila, 1926-2007 Lund, Yvonne J., 1926-2024 Lyras, Marguerite Mary, 1925-2000 Lyras, Marion Louise MacDonald, Margaret "Peggy" (Snyder), 1926-2020 Marconi, Evelyn Elizabeth (Ladrie), 1925-2018 Marden, Frances L. Markham, George Marshall, Priscilla M., 1926-2014 Marshall, Ronald C., 1926-1995 Mates, William B., 1926-1993 McBride, Marjorie (Noyes), 1926-2012 Moore, Thomas Morang, Steven, 1926-2002 Morgan, Joyce (Simpson), 1926-2014 Mospan, Edith J., 1898-1980 Payne, Barbara (Sukeforth) Perron, Mary G. (Paganelli), 1926-2009 Peterson, Viola M., 1925-2003 Phipps, Olivia S. (Fitz) Pike, Henry Randall, Ann Guptil, Phyllis Anne (Dearden) Reynolds, Edwin C., 1926-1996 Richmond, Thomas N., 1926-2005 Ricker, Ida Ann (Neri), 1926-2012 Rouner, Elizabeth S. "Betsy," 1926-2012 Rowell, Norma B., 1925-1999 Sanderson, Frances (Trefethen), 1926-2008 Schurman, Betty Shaw, Anita P., 1924-1995 Sievers, Eloise V., 1927-2013 Sievers, Jean C., 1926-1998 Smart, Robert C. "Bob," 1925-2002 Smith, Lois I. (Springer), 1926-2020 Stevens, Bessie B. (Paras), 1925-2014 Sukeforth, Marjorie (Peterson), 1926-2005 Swallow, Jane S. (Walker), 1927-2005 Taylor, James Michael "Jimmie," 1925-1940 Telles, Deane Howard, 1924-1974 Thompson, Norma Tomlinson, Flora (Phelps), 1926-1995 Toomire, Barbara J. (Beal), 1924-2016 Vigneau, Norma Carroll (Badger) Ward, Jane, 1925-1961 Watts, Betty J. (Lord), 1927-2013 Williams, Carolyne L. (Procter), 1926-2007 Winch, Barbara L. (Stevens), 1926-2022 Witte, Wilma L., 1911-1992 Woods, Jackie Zeason, Eunice (Bean), 1925-2000 |
Search Terms |
Lincoln Avenue Portsmouth (N.H.) Portsmouth Junior High School |
Subjects |
Autographs Junior high schools Maryland Nebraska Schools Students Teachers Washington (D.C.) |