Scope and Contents This manuscript item is the composition notebook of student Ella P. Woodward, who identifies herself as "1st Junior Sept." early in the notebook. The notebook contains numerous short stories, poems, essays, and other short compositions; each is graded and includes remarks and criticisms from Ella's teacher. The last entry is dated June 21, 1878.Particularly notable is Ella's essay regarding her visit to the famous New York phrenologist Dr. Fowler: "My uncle has for a...