Name/Title
"A Shorter French Course" TextbookEntry/Object ID
1994.2.1Description
Textbook entitled "A Shorter French Course" by Fraser and Squair. The cover is brown with black letters and displays signs of distress. The interior page is inscribed "Jeanette Croxton / Chicora College / Columbia S.C."Context
Written by Canadian professors William Henry Fraser (1853–1916) and John Squair (1850–1928) and published by D. C. Heath & Co. in 1913, “A Shorter French Course” is an introductory linguistics textbook based on the duo’s previous publication, “French Grammar” (1901). Modified for younger and less advanced students, “A Shorter French Course” offers insight into French pronunciation, grammar, and verb conjugation.
This copy was owned by Jeanette Croxton (1900–1996) while she briefly attended Chicora College at the Hampton-Preston Mansion around 1919. In 1932, she married John Willis Massey (1891–1936), and together the couple had one daughter, Joan (b. 1933), before John’s untimely death. Jeanette lived most of her life in Kershaw County and worked as a seamstress at Superior Cleaners and a salesclerk at Belk Department Store for many years. In 1996, Jeanette was buried in the cemetery behind Beaver Creek Presbyterian Church where she had been a lifelong member.Inscription/Signature/Marks
Type
InscriptionLocation
Interior pageTranscription
Jeanette Croxton, Chicora College, Columbia, South Carolina.Material/Technique
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7-1/2 inWidth
5-1/2 inDepth
1 in
