Early Textbooks, 1891-1935

Early Textbooks

The guide: A manual of instructions and business forms to accompany the tablet method of bookkeeping and business training, by Charles L. Ellis, 1897. Cover title: Guide to actual business practice and practical bookkeeping. Possibly volume 1 of 3; 98 pages. Inside front cover reads: "J Hess, St John University, Collegeville, Minn." Donated to the Archives by Carol Hess, whose father John was a student at St. John's in 1900.

Musselman's practical book-keeping, by D.L. Musselman. Revised edition, 1891. Front cover stamped St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn. Donated to the University Archives by Stearns County Historical Society.

The college omnibus, edited by James Dow McCallum, 1934. Inside front cover reads: "Ermin J. Windschitl, Gregory Hall, St. John's University." Inserted: St. Thomas Homecoming, listing the starting lineup and the rosters of both football teams, no date [1937?]. Donated to the Archives by Barbara W. Sommer, whose father Erwin J. Windschitl was a 1938 alumnus of St. John's University.

The Bennett band book, by Harold Bennett, [1935]. Subsequent numbered volumes published; this would be "no. 1." Score. Part for 3rd trombone treble clef. Found in collection.