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Foundation of the Music Vale Seminary
The foundation of the Music Vale Seminary which now serves as Annie Pugsley's garden
Southern Gal'
Some of the Southern gal's parents were astounded when they were told that Oramel's intense loyalty to the Union cause made all the students make a declaration to the North. Thismay have resulted in some attendance drop. The Ladies Loyal Union…
Young Student With Flowers in Her Hair
Young women came from the Carolina, Kentucky, Kansas, Nova Scotia, and some as far as the West Indies.
Young Student with Chain-Link Cross Necklace
Young women came from the Carolinas, Kentucky, Kansas, Nova Scotia, and some as far as the West Indies.
Oramel Whittlesey is flanked by his two daughters and the rest of the faculty of Music Vale Seminary
Head of school and teachers at the Music Vale Seminary
Karolyn (Kate) Bradford Whittlesey
The youngest daughter of Oramel and Charlotte was Karolyn (Kate) Bradford Whittlesey, born April 2, 1843. She taught harp, piano, and guitar at Music Vale. Kate never married. She moved to Topeka, Kansas, to teach music. She became head of the…