"The children are given a chance to draw the pictures suggested by some of their stories and poems." [Photo caption located on the back-side of the photo]

"When reading "Gods and Heroes" the class is taken to the main hall to study the statues." [Photo caption located on the back side of the picture]

"The story of Red Riding Hood can be made much more realistic by an illustration of this sort." [Photo caption located on the back side of the picture] Theater was an important part of the Training School curriculum. The Training School was located on the first floor of the Sullivan Building.

"Occasional dramatization is an aid to good expression in reading. These photographs show three scenes from "Alice in Wonderland" as given in "Child Life", Book IV. "No room! No room! they cried out when they saw Alice coming." [Photo caption located on the back of the picture] The Training School was located on the first floor of the Sullivan Building.

Mary Edwina Harris "Winnie" was a member of Class 37 from Freetown. She entered on August 30, 1872 and graduated on July 7,1874. She taught in Leadville, Colorado, which was one of the world's largest silver camps at the time. It was also home to outlaw Doc Holliday and was the scene of a major mining strike in the 1890s. Winnie married William Thompson of Leadville, Colorado.

Daniel Barnard Hagar was the Principal of the Salem Normal School from 1865-1896. Hagar, the third principal of Salem Normal School, was born in Newton Lower Falls, Massachusetts, on April 22, 1820. Hagar was graduated from Union College in 1843 as valedictorian of his class and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa. Prior to his appointment to Salem Normal, Hagar was principal of Canajoharie Academy, superintendent of schools in New York state, principal of Norwich Academy, and headmaster of Eliot High School in Jamaica Plain. He also served as president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association, and co-founded the National Teachers Association, which became the National Education Association while he was president of the organization. Many changes occurred during Hagar's tenure as principal of Salem Normal School. The school expanded and renovated its building on Broad Street in 1871 because of increasing enrollment. The curriculum grew, with more emphasis given to psychology, music, drawing, calisthenics, and industrial arts. Hagar also developed the idea of a training school for Salem Normal students, but he would not live to see the completion of the new school building he planned, which would devote the entire first floor to a model school. Dr. Hagar died in Sharon, Massachusetts, on July 4, 1896.

Group portrait of the SNS Class of 1886 standing at the entrance to the school building.

The yearbook of the Class of 1919. The book includes a letter from Sumner Webster Cushing, a faculty member who served in the war, as well as a roll of honor of students, faculty, and alumni who served. For the first time, there are candid photographs of students, as well as photographs of members of clubs, and a photograph and dedication to faculty member Harriet Laura Martin.

Yearbook of the Class of 1915 at the Salem Normal School. Includes group photos of the graduating class, the Glee Club, and the football team. Also includes a photograph of Principal J. Asbury Pitman, to whom the yearbook was dedicated.

Yearbook of the Class of 1911 at the Salem Normal School. Includes group photos of the graduating class, the women's basketball team, and the men's basketball team ("our first"). Also includes a photograph of Harriet Laura Martin, to whom the yearbook was dedicated.