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[identification of item], “The Ladies’ Garland: A Literary Journal” edited by Students of the Female Seminary at Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois), SPEC.RARE.MMS.0384, Rare Books and Manuscripts Library, Ohio State University
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Founded as Knox Manual Labor College in 1837 by George Washington Gale and a group of Congregationalists and Presbyterians from New York, Knox College started its first academic year in 1841 in Galesburg, Illinois. Although the college planned to include education for women in its curriculum, it did not provide advanced courses of study for women until 1848. By the 1850s, the Knox College established the Female Collegiate Department and offered coursework for women students pursuing certificates of completion. In 1856, the college finished building the Female Seminary to house female students. Although women were allowed to attend men’s college courses and receive Bachelor of Arts degrees starting in 1870, the Female Seminary remained open and was later renamed Whiting Hall in 1879.
“The Ladies’ Garland: A Literary Journal” was a student publication written and published by the Female Seminary’s students from circa 1858 to 1862. It collected submissions from students for fiction, original works, and notices about Knox College’s campus life.
“The Ladies’ Garland: A Literary Journal” edited by Students of the Female Seminary at Knox College (Galesburg, Illinois) contains Number 1 of “The Ladies’ Garland: A Literary Journal”, edited and published on 20 January, 1858, by students enrolled in Knox College’s Female Seminary in Galesburg, Illinois. The 52-page handwritten issue was edited by Huldah Whitman, Antoinette Harding, and Emily E. Field and includes editorials, poetry, essays, English translations of German texts, ongoing original serials like the Chronicle, notices, books notices, and reports on events on the campus. The issue is primarily written in English with some text written in German.