Marjorie Hindley Collection

This collection contains materials regarding the summer sessions held at Ohio University from 1912-1914. Specifically, this collection deals with women's experiences at Ohio University during this time, especially in the Training School. The Training school was attended by women who sought a teaching certificate for the state of Ohio. This collection includes photographs, credit slips, a certificate of professional instruction, and several miscellaneous Ohio University pamphlets from Marjorie Hindley's experience. This collection is arranged by topic and then chronologically.

According to Eric W. Stewart, his grandmother, Marjorie Hindley, was born in 1892 in Huron County, Ohio. North Fairfield was the center of her universe. She attended summer sessions at Ohio University in 1912, 13, and 14 in order to establish and maintain her teaching credentials. She taught in Fitchville, a bit east of North Fairfield on the same state highway. She married Thayer Perry in 1915 and determined that neither of their children, Donald and Doris, were going to be farmers, so when the time came, off both of them went to Ohio University to find their own paths. Thus began a string of four generations (and counting) of Ohio University students in the family.