Student Confessions at Millersville State Normal School, 1889–1920
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: ABSTRACT The Student Confessions ledgers at Millersville University’s archives contain a trove of information about student vice and crime in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, spanning from social vices to property crimes to violent crimes. This vignette discusses the background of the disciplinary system at Millersville State Normal School and some example confessions contained in the ledgers, highlighting the potential value of the collection for scholars interested in studying crime and vice in the period.
Source: Pennsylvania history
Authors: Ashley Sherman, Frank Vitale IV
Institution: Millersville University
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4413192801