Visual Materials

[Sheet of 16 rewards of merit]

Description: Image of a sheet of 16 rewards of merit, each with a verse surrounded by a floral border.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: approximately 1825-1875
Call number: priJLC_EDU_004531
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the view prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.

[Sheet of six reward of merit cards]

Visual Materials

Image of a sheet of six rewards of merit featuring images of children and families, children at school , and various birds, each with a verse and a decorative border, verses on verso.

priJLC_EDU_003841

[Sheet of 12 rewards of merit]

Visual Materials

Image of a sheet of 12 rewards of merit, with scenes depicting ships at sea, landscapes, children learning from a tutor, livestock, women, George Washington, and other images; blank spaces to fill in who the award is "presented to" and the "instructer [sic]."

priJLC_EDU_004530

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[Sheet of 16 rewards of merit]

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of education prints and ephemera contains over 1,800 printed items related to education in the United States from 1788 to approximately 1930, with the bulk of the items dating from 1850 to 1910. Most of these items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection includes over 30 large-size items comprised mainly of lithographed views of colleges and universities, diplomas and other certificates, penmanship examples, and uncut sheets of rewards of merit. Small-size items number approximately 1,800 and contain a variety of materials, including copy and writing books (composition books), arithmetic and ciphering books, tuition bills, programs and tickets to graduations and other school events, certificates, trade cards, student identification cards, postcards, ribbons, and printed billheads and letterheads (with and without manuscript text). The collection highlights institutions, products, and services relating to personal knowledge, understanding, character building, and moral and social qualities including the tools, equipment, supplies, and structures used for learning and teaching these disciplines in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes items associated with academic achievement, exhibits, lectures, and institutions of learning.

priJLC_EDU_005227