Guide to the John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York), circa 1917-1920 SPEC.RARE.0355 Finding aid prepared by David Mezick Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections

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2025 June This finding aid was produced using the Archivists' Toolkit 2025-06-27T16:56-0400 English Describing Archives: A Content Standard John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York) SPEC.RARE.0355 Ohio State University Libraries Special Collections 0.303 Cubic feet circa 1917-1920 John Palen Wood (1903-2003) was a student at Townsend Harris Hall from around 1917-1920. Townsend Harris Hall, which later became Townsend Harris High School, was a public preparatory high school for boys located in Manhattan, New York. The John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York), dated circa 1917-1920, are notebooks containing notes by John Palen Wood from when he was a high school student at Townsend Harris Hall. Included are notes about American and English literature and writing exercises that Wood wrote for English classes. (1) 2.5" letter document box; (1) flat box English Wood, John Palen, 1903-2003 Arrangement of Materials

The John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York) are arranged chronologically.

Acquisitions Information

Accession No. RARE.2025.0063: David Brewer, 2023 February

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[identification of item], John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York), SPEC.RARE.0355, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University

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Biographical Note

John Palen Wood (1903-2003) was a student at Townsend Harris Hall from around 1917-1920. Townsend Harris Hall, which later became Townsend Harris High School, was a public preparatory high school for boys located in Manhattan, New York that was connected with the City College of New York. Wood was born in Newport News, Virginia, and moved to New York to attend high school. He later went to Cornell University in Ithaca, New York where he earned a Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering in 1925.

Scope and Contents

The John P. Wood Notebooks for English Classes at Townsend Harris High School (New York, New York) dated circa 1917-1920 are notebooks containing handwritten notes by John Palen Wood from when he was a high school student at Townsend Harris Hall, which later became Townsend Harris High School. Included are notes for English classes that Wood took about American and English authors, poets, novels and poetry, as well as definitions of words. Writing exercises or themes written by Wood are also included.

Townsend Harris High School (Manhattan, New York, N.Y.) Wood, John Palen, 1903-2003 American literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York--20th century English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York--20th century English literature--Study and teaching (Secondary)--New York (State)--New York--20th century High school boys--New York (State)--New York--20th century High school students' writings, American--New York (State)--New York--20th century Notebooks Preparatory schools--New York (State)--New York--20th century C English 2g 1 1 circa 1917 C-25-J 1 2 1917 February-March B24 English 4a 2 1 1917 March-1919 October B24 English 3a 2 2 1918 September-November A24 English 6e 1 3 1919 October-1920 January