1890-91 Normal Schools Dataset

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1890-91 Public Normal Schools

City	State	College	Principal or President	Appropriation from State, county, or city for support during year	Appropriation from State, county, or city for building or repairs during year	Teaching staff for students in professional course	Teaching staff wholly for other departments	Number of professional male students	Number of professional female students	Number of graduates during the year	Number of nonprofessional students	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Notes
Birmingham	Alabama	Birmingham Normal Training School	Mrs. Ella N. Allen	1,000	0	1	0	0	10	6	0	1	36
Florence	Alabama	State Normal College	James K. Powers	7,500	0	8	1	101	117	17	0	3	36
Jacksonville	Alabama	State Normal School	Carleton B. Gibson	2,500	0	6	1	30	35	5	93	3	40
Livingston	Alabama	Alabama Normal School for Girls	Miss Julia S. Tutwiler	2,689	0	6	3	0	35	14	85	4	36
Montgomery	Alabama	State Normal School for Colored Students	W.B. Patterson	7,500	3,000			198	255
Normal	Alabama	Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School	William H. Councill	4,000	0	4	12	46	50	16	167	3	40
Troy	Alabama	State Normal College	Edwin R. Eldridge	3,000	0	2	10	63	77	19	163	4	38
Tuskegee	Alabama	Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute	Booker T. Washington	3,230	0	31	0	250	200	24	230	4	36
Tempe	Arizona	Arizona Territorial Normal School	Dayton A. Reed	7,000	0	2	0	14	25	2	16	3	40
Pine Bluff	Arkansas	Branch Normal School	J.C. Corbin	4,973	0	5	0	43	21	11	0	2	40
Chico	California	State Normal School	Edward T. Pierce	16,250	25,000	8	0	27	110	15	0	3	40
Los Angeles	California	State Normal School	Ira More	21,000	0	14	0	33	302	72	0	3	40
San Francisco	California	Normal Class	Mrs. Mary W. Kincaid			2	0	0	73	73	0	1	40	No data reported for appropriations.
San Jose	California	State Normal School	Charles W. Childs	41,000	40,000	25	0	50	500	104	0	3	40
New Britain	Connecticut	Normal Training School	Clarence F. Carroll	20,000	25,000	24	0	1	371	77	0	2	40
New Haven	Connecticut	Training Department of Welch Training School	Misses M.R. Webster and B.W. Howes			19	0	0	33	27	0	1	40	No data reported for appropriations.
Washington DC	District of Columbia	Washington Normal School	Miss Ida Gilbert Myers			5	5	0	45	42	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Washington DC	District of Columbia	Washington (Colored) Normal School	Miss Lucy E. Moten			6	0	2	24	26	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
De Finial Springs	Florida	State Normal College (for white students)	H.N. Felkel	4,000	0	3	1	57	43	6	0	2	34
Tallahassee	Florida	Florida State Normal and Industrial College (for colored students)	F. DeS. Tucker	4,000	3,000	3	3	9	5	0	52	2	38
Carbondale	Illinois	Southern Illinois Normal University	Robert Allyn	26,529	0	15	0	229	144	18	287	34	30
Englewood	Illinois	Cook County Normal School	Francis W. Parker	43,000	4,000	26	0	20	195	69	0	12	49
Normal	Illinois	Illinois State Normal University	John W. Cook	27,450	0	15	4	225	430	32	145	3	38
Indianapolis	Illinois	Indianapolis Normal School	M.E. Nicholson			0	9	0	32	18	0	1	39
Terre Haute	Indiana	Indiana State Normal School	William W. Parsons	30,000	0	21	0	400	609	42	0	34	39
Cedar Falls	Iowa	Iowa State Normal School	Homer H. Seerley	17,500	6,000	15	0	216	530	81	0	34	36	Appropriation for building or repairs is for the president's cottage.
Sioux City	Iowa	Sioux City Training School	Sarah M. Row			9	0	0	14	14	0	1	36	No data provided for appropriations.
Woodbine	Iowa	Woodbine Normal School	Messrs. Kinney, Reddell and Reed	4,000	2,400	6	0	80	120	10	25	2	40
Emporia	Kansas	State Normal School of Kansas	A.R. Taylor	22,175	0	17	0	414	620		25	34	40	Appropriation for support during year includes $17,000 interest from endowment of public lands, which interest is here considered as an annual appropriation.
Louisville	Kansas	Louisville Normal School	Hiram Roberts	4,320	0	6	0	0	36	36	0	1	42	Data for 1889-90.
Natchitoches	Louisiana	Louisiana State Normal School	Thomas D. Boyd	10,000	2,500	7	3	16	122	18	0	3	33
Castine	Maine	State Normal School	Albert F. Richardson	6,000	0	6	0	50	205	23	0	2	38
Farmington	Maine	State Normal and Training School	George C. Purington	6,740	0	8	0	32	154	28	0	2	38
Gorham	Maine	State Normal School	William J. Corthell	6,333	279	8	0	34	100	52	0	2	39
Portland	Maine	Teachers' Practice School	Sarah M. Taylor			3	0	0	10	10	0	2	38	No data provided for appropriations.
Springfield	Maine	Springfield Normal School	H.J. Piper	1,000	0	3	0			10			22
Baltimore	Maryland	Maryland State Normal School	E.B. Prettyman	10,500	0	9	0	20	215	64	96	3	36
Boston	Massachusetts	Boston Normal School	Larkin Dunton			31	0	0	188	65	0	1	40
Boston	Massachusetts	Massachusetts Normal Art School	George H. Bartlett	16,200	0	2	9	0	24	6	225	2	40
Bridgewater	Massachusetts	State Normal School						16	99			24	40
Fall River	Massachusetts	Fall River Training School	Elizabeth Hammett			2	0	18	0	12	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Framingham	Massachusetts	State Normal School	Ellen Hyde	16,600	0	16	0	16	167	45	0	2	40
Haverhill	Massachusetts	Haverhill Training School	Cora A. Newton			2	0	0	11	5	0	1	41	No data provided for appropriations.
Lawrence	Massachusetts	Lawrence Training School	Lillie P. Shepard			2	0	0	17	12	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Salem	Massachusetts	State Normal School	Daniel B. Hagar	15,000	1,500	13	0	0	269	65	0	24	40
Springfield	Massachusetts	Bay State Normal Training School	Miss E.M. Reed			1	0	0	16	16	0	1	40	Data for 1889-90; No data provided for appropriations.
Westfield	Massachusetts	State Normal School	James C. Greenough	13,700	0	8	0	6	136	24	0	2	40	Appropriation for support during the year not including $800 in student aid.
Worcester	Massachusetts	State Normal School	E. Harlow Russell	13,150	0	9	0	2	168	0	39	2	40
Ypsilanti	Michigan	State Normal School	John M.B. Sill	36,360	0	29	0	309	600	124	0	34	40
Mankato	Minnesota	State Normal School	Edward Searing	18,000	0	13	0	60	270	40	283	34	38
St. Cloud	Minnesota	State Normal School	Joseph Carhart	18,000	15,000	14	0	62	149	24	12	34	38
St. Paul	Minnesota	St. Paul Teachers' Training School	Miss Jane L. Terry			9	3	1	43	24	0	1	38	No data provided for appropriations.
Winona	Minnesota	State Normal School	Irwin Shepard	22,500	0	15	0	54	229	50	0	34	38
Holly Springs	Mississippi	Mississippi State Normal School	E.D. Miller	2,500	0	4	0	93	77	4	0	2	38
Tougaloo	Mississippi	Tougaloo University	Frank G. Woodworth	1,500	0	3	13	19	14	0	350	4	30	Data for 1889-90.
Walthall	Mississippi	Walthall Normal School	Daniel Harmon	520	0	3	1	4	0	2	120	1	42	Data for 1889-90.
Cape Girardeau	Missouri	State Normal School	Richard C. Norton	10,000	0	10	0	238	148	53	0	4	40
Jefferson City	Missouri	Lincoln Institute	Inman E. Page	18,000	10,000	7	0	22	20	1	163	4	40
Kirksville	Missouri	State Normal School	W.D. Dobson	12,500	0	11	1	281	279	64	0	4	40
St. Louis	Missouri	St. Louis Normal School	F. Louis Soldan			9	0	0	220	85	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Warrensburg	Missouri	State Normal School	George L. Osborne	12,500	0	15	0	338	491	70	0	4	40
Peru	Nebraska	State Normal School	George L. Farnham	18,850	13,000	13	0	122	347	62	206	23	38
Manchester	New Hampshire	Training School for Teachers	Caroline E. Wing			1	0	0	12	13	0	1	37	Data for 1889-90.
Plymouth	New Hampshire	State Normal School	Charles C. Rounds	7,000		6	0	3	99	21	1	2	38	Data for 1889-90.
Newark	New Jersey	City Public Normal and Training School	Kersey S. Blake	4,276	0	10	0	0	81	40	0	2	40
Paterson	New Jersey	Normal Training Class	L.H. White			3	0	0	28	28	0	2	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Trenton	New Jersey	State Normal School	James M. Green	20,000	48,000	11	13	31	305	93	88	3	40
Albany	New York	State Normal College	William J. Milne	26,000	13,000	17	0	73	425	150	0	12	40
Albany	New York	Teachers' Training Class of Albany High School	O.D. Robinson	700	0	1	0	0	31	26	0	1	40
Brooklyn	New York	Brooklyn Training School for Teachers	John Gallagher	18,000	0	15	0	0	78	65	0	1	40
Buffalo	New York	State Normal School	James M. Cassety	23,500	3,500	12	7	50	315	67	18	2	40
Cortland	New York	State Normal and Training School	J.D. Hoose	21,000	0	15	0	125	267	82	8	2	40
Fredonia	New York	State Normal and Training School	Francis B. Palmer	18,000	51,500	16	0	62	190	42	75	2	40
Geneseo	New York	Geneseo State Normal School	John M. Milne	21,000	0	17	0	150	340	106	70	2	40
New Paltz	New York	State Normal School	Frank S. Capen	20,689	2,633	14	0	48	143	31	14	3	40
New York	New York	Normal College of the City of New York	Thomas Hunter	125,000	0	40	28	0	1,257	290	371	4	29
Oneonta	New York	State Normal and Training School	James M. Milne	17,500	0	14	0	73	198	21	17	1	40
Oswego	New York	State Normal and Training School	E.A. Sheldon	22,200	0	16	0	55	380	75	0	1	40
Potsdam	New York	State Normal and Training School	T.B. Stowell	21,750	0	20	0	152	376	55	153	34	40
Rochester	New York	Normal Training Class	S.A. Ellis	200	0	1	0	0	120	103	0	1	40
Syracuse	New York	Teachers' Training Class	W.K. Wickes	442	0	4	0	0	34	34	0	1	40	Data for 1890-91.
Fayetteville	North Carolina	State Colored Normal School	G.H. Williams	2,000	0	3	0	26	49	8	70	6	36
Goldsboro	North Carolina	State Normal School	James D. Martin	1,700		3	1	40	79	2	19	3	36
Plymouth	North Carolina	State Normal School	H.C. Crosby	1,500	0	3	0	33	49	2	37	3	40
Maryville	North Dakota	State Normal School	James McNaughton	500	20,000	5	1	16	21	0	13	4	36
Athens	Ohio	Pedagogical Department of the Ohio University	J.P. Gordy	3,500	0	5	7	75	0	5	0	4	40	Number of male students is a rough estimate.
Cincinnati	Ohio	Cincinnati Normal School	Mrs. Carrie N. Lathrop			5	0	0	76	24	0	1	40	No data provided for appropriations.
Cleveland	Ohio	Normal Training School	Ellen G. Roodey			13	0	0	99	51	0	1	38	No data provided for appropriations.
Dayton	Ohio	State Normal School	Mary F. Hall	1,500	0	5	0	0	26	25	0	1	40
Ashland	Oregon	State Normal School	J.S. Sweet	0	0	4	3	10	30	11	38	4	36	Data for 1889-90.
Monmouth	Oregon	State Normal School	P.L. Campbell	0	0	6	2	60	60	21	70	2	40
Weston	Oregon	Eastern Oregon State Normal School	F.. Van Winkle	100	65	5	6	6	6	1	26	3	36
Bloomsburg	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	J.P. Welsh			16	0	44	146	82	121	24	42	Appropriation for support during the year for the twelve state normal schools is $90,000.
California	Pennsylvania	Southwestern State Normal School	Theo. B. Noss			12	5	180	230	35	92	2	42
Clarion	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	A.J. Davis			16	2	160	168	29	30	3	42
Edinboro	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	J.A. Cooper		22,500	11	4	321	380	89	78	2	42
Erie	Pennsylvania	Teachers' Training Class	H.C. Missimer			9	0	0	21	19	0	1	40
Indiana	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	Z.X. Snyder			20	0	184	397	45	175	2	42	Data for 1889-90.
Kutztown	Pennsylvania	Keystone State Normal School	Nathan C. Schaeffer			21	0	394	174	76	0	2	42
Lock Haven	Pennsylvania	Central State Normal School	James Eldon			15	4	211	225	44	30	2	42
Mansfield	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	D.C. Thomas		50,000	14	2	250	450	95	85	23	14
Millersville	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	E. Oram Lyte			29	0	325	302	72	0	3	42
Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	Girls' Normal School of Philadelphia	George W. Fetter	53,528		50	0	0	1,782	383	0	4	40
Shippensburg	Pennsylvania	Cumberland Valley State Normal School	G.M.D. Eckels			12	0	125	125	80	0	3	42
Slippery Rock	Pennsylvania	State Normal School	Albert Elias Maltby			11	0	105	193	11	0	2	42	Data for 1889-90.
West Chester	Pennsylvania	West Chester State Normal School	G.M. Phillips		7,500	25	2	102	242	37	346	3	42
Providence	Rhode Island	State Normal School	George A. Littlefield	12,874	0	9	0	2	201	24	0	3	40
Columbia	South Carolina	Winthrop Training School for Teachers	D.B. Johnson	1,050	0	5	0	0	54	34	0	1	36
Madison	South Dakota	State Normal School	William H.H. Beadle	11,700	0	8	0	49	144	9	0	3	38
Spearfish	South Dakota	State Normal School	Fayette L. Cook	12,300	0	10	0	63	96	13	0	4	36
Knoxville	Tennessee	Knoxville College	J.B. McCulloch	1,097	0	6	6	45	27	7	67	4	36
Nashville	Tennessee	Peabody Normal College	William H. Payne	10,000	0	18	0	72	190	70		34	30
Huntsville	Texas	Sam Houston State Normal School	J. Baldwin	20,000	0	11	0	101	219	78	0	3	37
Castleton	Vermont	State Normal School	Abel E. Levenworth											This school has not answered the inquiries of the Bureau for two years.
Johnson	Vermont	State Normal School	A.H. Campbell	4,000	0	10	0	20	121	34	0	23	40
Randolph	Vermont	State Normal School	Edward Conant	3,176	0	5	0	23	105	31	0	1	40
Farmville	Virginia	State Female Normal School	John A. Cunningham	12,000	0	7	2	0	18	13	155	1	40
Hampton	Virginia	Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute	Samuel C. Armstrong	10,000	0	20	23	159	174	35	303	2	36
Petersburg	Virginia	Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute	James Hugo Johnston	15,000	0	12	4	74	79	21	180	3	37
Williamsburg	Virginia	College of William and Mary and State Normal School	Lyon G. Tylor	10,000	0	8	0	116	0	12	66	2	36
Cheney	Washington	State Normal and Training School	W.W. Gillette	9,150	1,500	6	0	8	17	0	25	1	40
Ellensburg	Washington	State Normal and Training School	B.F. Barge	10,000	0	4							40
Fairmount	West Virginia	State Normal School	John H. Roemer	4,000	35,000	7	2	140	100		17	3	39
Glenville	West Virginia	State Normal School	Verona Mapel	2,300	0	3	0	53	45	14	0	3	40
Harpers Ferry	West Virginia	Storer College	N.C. Brackett	630	0	8	0	89	96	13	0	3	36
Huntington	West Virginia	Marshall College, State Normal College	Thomas E. Hodgers	3,000	1,700	4	0	41	78	7	22	3	40
Shepherdstown	West Virginia	Shepherd College, State Normal School	Asa B. Bush	2,200	300	4	1	36	37	4	14	3	40
West Liberty	West Virginia	State Normal School	Robert A. Armstrong	2,500	900	6	0	70	63	9	0	3	40
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	State Normal School	J.J. Mapel	16,479	0	7	4	16	68	26	0	2	40
Oshkosh	Wisconsin	State Normal School	George A. Albee	26,809	0	15	6	140	393	31	287	4	40
Plattsville	Wisconsin	State Normal School	G. McGregor	20,000	11	11	3	101	167	22	0	4	40
Whitewater	Wisconsin	State Normal School	Albert Salisbury	22,854	1,128	17	0	95	226	30	5	2	40
City	State	College	Principal or President	Appropriation from State, county, or city for support during year	Appropriation from State, county, or city for building or repairs during year	Teaching staff for students in professional course	Teaching staff wholly for other departments	Number of professional male students	Number of professional female students	Number of graduates during the year	Number of nonprofessional students	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Notes

Source: “Table 21.—Statistics of schools for training teachers under State or municipal control for 1890-91,” United States Department of the Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1894), 1451 – 1455.

Private Normal Schools

1890-91 Private Normal Schools

City	State	College	Principal or president	Teaching staff for students in professional course	Teaching staff wholly for other departments	Number of professional male students	Number of professional female students	Number of graduates during year	Number of nonprofessional students	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Notes
Huntsville	Alabama	Central Alabama Academy	A.W. McKinney	4	0	83	130	1	0	3	36
Mobile	Alabama	Emerson Normal Institute	Charles M. Stevens	3	7	6	21	6	0	4	32
Southland	Arkansas	Southland College and Normal Institute	William Russell	3	3	4	8	3	214	3	36
Oakland	California	Gilson's Normal and Special Training School	J.C. Gilson	1	0	3	49	0	0	1	44
Stockton	California	Stockton Business College	W.C. Ramsey	3	7	50	25	0	250	1	52
Jasper	Florida	Jasper Normal Institute	J.M. Guilliams	4	2	15	10	2	94	2	40
Augusta	Georgia	Paine Institute	George Wms Walker	6	1	25	21	10	39	4	32
Dixon	Illinois	Northern Illinois Normal School	J.B. Dille	12	10	225	350	31	0	4	40
Geneseo	Illinois	Northwestern Normal	W.H. Campbell	2	3	20	35	4	87	2	40
Oregon	Illinois	Wells School for Teachers and School of Individual Instruction	E.L. Wells	2	0	25	89	0	54		51
Danville	Indiana	Central Normal College	J.A. Joseph	15	0	900	350	105	0	4	48
Ladoga	Indiana	Central Indiana Normal School	J.F. Wariel	6	0	92	84	11	162	3	36
Mitchell	Indiana	Southern Indiana Normal College	E.E. Urner and G.E. Williams	6	0	150	100	28	0	4	47
Valparaiso	Indiana	Northern Indiana Normal School	H.B. Brown	32	0	1,870	1,260	423	0	3	50	Data for 1889-90.
Algona	Iowa	Northern Iowa Normal School	F.M. Chaffee	4	5	10	20	0	30	3	36
Des Moines	Iowa	Highland Park Normal College	O.H. Longwell
Dexter	Iowa	Dexter Normal School	C.H. Beaver	4	3	100	100	12	110	3	48
Ottumwa	Iowa	Ottumwa Normal	Martha A. Peck	1	0	0	12	0	37		36
Shenandoah	Iowa	Western Normal College	William M. Croan	6	29					2	48
Fort Scott	Kansas	Kansas Normal College	D.E. Saunders	6	5			30		2	40
Salina	Kansas	Salina Normal University	L.O. Thoroman	10	0	50	50		70
Bowling Green	Kentucky	Southern Normal School and Business College	J.T. Williams			60	40	75	152	1	20
New Orleans	Louisiana	Southern Academic Institute and Kindergarten	Mrs. J.E. Seaman	2	10	0	1	1		2	40
Winsted	Louisiana	Gilbert Academy	W.D. Godman			5	5	10	8
Daleville	Mississippi	Cooper Normal College	Tom F. McBeath	4	3	20	30	9	130	2	40
Jackson	Mississippi	Jackson College	C. Ayer	8	0	70	90	18	117	3	34
Neosho	Missouri	Newton County Normal Institute	Stephen L. Slane	6	0	45	78	10	0
Fremont	Nebraska	Fremont Normal School and Business Institute	W.H. Clemens	12	0	450	375	64	0	1	50
Lumberton	North Carolina	Whitin Normal School	D.P. Allen	1	1	15	12
Raleigh	North Carolina	St. Augustine Normal School and Collegiate Institute	A.B. Hunter	7	1	95	66	0	2	4	32
Ada	Ohio	Ohio Normal University	Henry S. Lehr	3	26	1,080	408	48	988	2	40	Data for 1889-90.
Defiance	Ohio	Defiance College	L.J. Tucker	6	0	117	140	4	48	3	40
Wadsworth	Ohio	Western Reserve Normal College	J.B. Eberly	4	5	25	30	7	104	4	38
Wauseon	Ohio	Northwestern Normal and Collegiate Institute	Solomon Metzler	9	4	40	60	3	400	3	40	Data for 1889-90.
Woodville	Ohio	Evangelical Lutheran Teachers' Seminary	Theodore Mees	4	0	48	0	7	7	5	40
Muncy	Pennsylvania	Lycoming County Normal School	J. George Becht	6	0	112	130	16	11	2	20
Aiken	South Carolina	Schofield Normal and Industrial School	Martha Schofield	5	3	22	25	4	115	4	40
Charleston	South Carolina	Avery Normal Institute	M.A. Holmes	3	5	40	60	17	240	4	36
Greenwood	South Carolina	Brewer Normal School	J.E.B. Jewett	3	3	20	12		268	2	33	Data for 1889-90.
Holladay	Tennessee	Independent Normal School	J.W. Baker	4	1	10	10
Memphis	Tennessee	Le Moyne Normal Institute	Andrew J. Steele	6	10	70	88	8	360	4	34
Austin	Texas	Tilllotson Collegiate and Normal Institute	William M. Brown	4	2	13	12	10	53	2	34
Lynden	Washington	Northwest Normal School	J.R. Bradley	3	0	10	20	0	82	24	40
Buchanan	West Virginia	West Virginia Normal and Classical Academy	W.O. Mills and W.S. Fleming	4	2	30	15	5	43	23	38	Data for 1889-90.
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	National German-American Teachers' Seminary	Emil Dapprich	11	0	11	15	7	0	3	42
St. Francis	Wisconsin	Catholic Normal School of the Holy Family	M.M. Gereud	9	0	36	0	7	55	4	44
Rawlins	Wyoming	Wyoming Normal and Scientific College	J.R. Rollman	3	0	0	7	0	5	2	48
City	State	College	Principal or president	Teaching staff for students in professional course	Teaching staff wholly for other departments	Number of professional male students	Number of professional female students	Number of graduates during year	Number of nonprofessional students	Number of years in course	Number of weeks in scholastic year	Notes

Source: “Table 22.—Statistics of schools for training teachers, not under State or municipal control for 1890-91,” United States Department of the Interior, Report of the Commissioner of Education (Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1894), 1456 – 1457.