Name/Title
Kerford, Catherine: Lincoln University Diploma, 1934Entry/Object ID
AM2016.3.41Scope and Content
Kerford, Catherine: Lincoln University Diploma, 1934. Lincoln University, a black college in Jefferson City, Missouri. Bachelor of Arts diploma for Catherine Elouise Kerford, June 1, 1934.
A = Diploma in leather case that folds over diploma. Catherine's name embossed in gold on diploma case along with "Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri".
B = Birth Certificate in envelope, Born Mar. 12, 1912, to Elijah & Angie (Matthews) Kerford, in St. Joseph, Missouri.
C = Biography, handwritten
"Miss C. Kerford was born and reared in St. Joseph, Missouri. She attended the old Bartlett High School at 18th Angelique.
After graduating from high school she attended Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Missouri, receiving a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
After teaching in the St. Joseph Public School System for several years, she decided to do some graduate work at Kansas State Teachers College, Pittsburg, Kansas.
Later she decided to do some specialization work pertaining to the slow learner in the elementary grades. She attended and received her Master's degree from New York University, New York City, New York.
Miss Kerford has taught at Lincoln and Bartlett School and presently as third grade teacher at Everett School her in the city.
Unsigned, undated.Lexicon
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Catherine Kerford