Dr. Martin School , Young Ladies Institute. This folder contains an article from the August 3, 1933 St. Joseph Gazette about the Young Ladies Institute of which Rev. Dr. Charles Martin was principal. The school was located on the northeast corner of 5th and Antoine Streets. Among the pictures included in the article is the graduating class of 1883. Of particular interest in the article is a picture of Clara Nelson who became the wife of Charles Hamilton Hillix and was the mother of C. Helson Hillix, the husband of Mary Hillix. Also in the folder is a picture of the school, itself, taken in 1871 showing students and staff standing on the porch and balconies. This picture has been scanned on disk, History 21
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