Daybreak

Main (Thompson) Library location: North wing -- Sixth window. Brothers Geoffroy, Jean, and Enguilbert de Marnef printed collaboratively and shared a printing press in Paris at the Sign of the Pelican, founded by Geoffroy, from which they issued their first publication Les sept degres de l'echelle in
Group portrait of the Debate Club
Group portrait of the Debate Club
Group portrait of the student group
Group portrait of the members of the student group
3 letters from DeCaindry to her sister Helen. DeCaindry uses the familiar "thee" form to address her sister. She writes about student and academic life, including the planting of the class tree.
VC 1872
VC 1872
VC 1872
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