Nora Schetter Blair essay
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Nora Schetter Blair essay
- Date
- 1890 December
- Creator
- Blair, Nora Schetter
- Extent
- 0.1 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Boarding schools.
- Utopian socialism -- History
- Autobiography.
- Communal living
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by format.
- Preferred Citation
- 2012ms009: [identification of item], Nora Schetter Blair essay, 1890 December, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Nora Schetter Blair attended Brook Farm's school with her brothers as a child in the 1840s. Her teacher was Sophia Willard Dana Ripley, wife of Brook Farm's founder George Ripley.
- Scope and Content
- The Nora Schetter Blair essay (dated 1890 December; 0.1 cubic feet; 1 item) consists of Nora Schetter Blair's essay entitled "School Memories of Brook Farm". In the recollections, Blair remembers the school at Brook Farm and her teacher Sophia Willard Dana Ripley.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Nora Schetter Blair essay, 1890 December
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Table of Contents
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Special Collections Research Center - Closed
The Breckinridge Research Room will be closed starting May 11, 2026, and anticipates re-opening Fall semester 2026 in an alternate location for the duration of the King Library renovation.
Reproduction requests will still be available during the closure.
Contact SCRC with questions.
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