1890s Autograph Album of Myra, a Student at Gorham Normal School at Gorham, Maine

1890s autograph album of Myra, a student at Gorham Normal School in the second half of the 1890s.

A few references in the album seem to point, perhaps mistakenly or in gest, to Fogg as Myra's surname. She may have lived in the Kennebunk area or perhaps just vacationed there.

Note: the covers of this album, which measures approximately 8" by 5-1/2",  are badly warped, as you can see from the scan above.  The album contains the sentiments of 71 of Myra's classmates.  An alphabetical list of the inscribers appears at the end of this post.

Some inscribers' names appear in these catalogs linked below.  I didn't see a Myra, but perhaps Myra was a nickname or middle name.

• 1895-1896 catalog of the Western State Normal and Training School at Gorham, Maine
• 1896-1897 catalog of the Western State Normal and Training School at Gorham, Maine

Sample Pages:

Inscribers in the Album

• Myra, album owner
• Myrtie E. Abbott of Shapleigh, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 15, 1894
• Addie L. Adams of Wells, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Mildred W. Coy
• Ina M. Allen of Cumberland Mills, Maine; inscribed on February 27, 1895; shared the page with Mamie McGavitt or McCavitt
• Eva B. Ayer of Windham Center, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School
• Alice E. Ballantyne; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on May 3, 1893
• Carrie S. Bayes of Kennebunk, Maine; shared the page with Ethel S. Moore; Mamie Grayer; and Kitty A. Henchy
• Jennie M. Bickford of Westbrook, Maine; inscribed on March 26, 1895
• Laura Boothby of Saco, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 10, 1895
• Carrie M. Carlton of Cedar Grove, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Normal School on April 29, 1893.  The Cedar Grove in Dresden, Maine; shared the page with Blanche M. Houdlette; Emmie A. Day and Annie S. Houdlette
• Bertha F. Church; shared the page with Alice A. Dennett; shared
• Nellie Collins of Portland, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Mary Harvell; Florence G. Hill; and Edith Thompson
• Mildred W. Coy of Welchville, Maine; Welchville is in Oxford County; inscribed on January 15, 1894; shared the page with Addie L. Adams
• Clara Crawford of North Baldwin, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 14, 1895
• Lillian M. Davies of Cumberland Mills, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on June 2, 1893
• Emmie A. Day of West Dresden, Maine; inscribed on April 29, 1893; shared the page with Carrie M. Carlton; Blanche M. Houdlette and Annie S. Houdlette
• Alice A. Dennett, inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on May 1, 1893; shared the page with Bertha F. Church
• Ina A. Dennett of Saco, Maine, inscribed at Gorham Normal School on February 27, 1895; shared the page with Georgina M. Durant
• Winnie Dennis of Everett, Massachusetts; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on January 2, 1893; shared the page with Winnie Dennis
• Cora B. Dillingham of Springvale, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Lillian Ridley
• Lizzie Doring of Perry, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 6, 1894
• Georgina M. Durant of Berwick, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 1, 1895; shared the page with Ina A. Dennett
• Callie M. Flanders of Buxton Center, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on November 26. "95-97"
• May Ella Folsom of Belfast, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on November 1, 1893; shared the page with Bertha L. Leach
• Nellie B. Fossett of Pemaquid, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on March 21, 1893 [or May 21, 1893]
• Mamie Grayer; shared the page with Ethel S. Moore; Kitty A. Henchy; and Carrie S. Bayes
• Annie B. Hanson of Machiasport, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on March 13, 1893
• Mary Harvell of Robbinston, Maine; shared the page with Florence G. Hill; Edith Thompson; and Nellie Collins
• Grace Haskell of West Gardiner, Maine; inscribed on January 15, 1894
• Mabel G. Hathaway of South Paris, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on June 3, 1893; shared the page with Mary L. Trafton
• Kitty A. Henchy; shared the page with Ethel S. Moore; Mamie Grayer; and Carrie S. Bayes
• Florence G. Hill of Woodfords, Maine; shared the page with Mary Harvell; Edith Thompson; and Nellie Collins
• Ethel May Hobbs of Springvale, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 15, 1894
• Annie S. Houdlette of Dresden, Maine; inscribed on April 29, 1893; shared the page with Carrie M. Carlton; Blanche M. Houdlette and Emmie A. Day
• Blanche M. Houdlette of Dresden Mills, Maine; inscribed on April 29, 1893; shared the page with Carrie M. Carlton; Emmie A. Day and Annie S. Houdlette
• Musa M. Hupper of St. George, Maine; shared the page with Ella Littlefield
• Grace M. Irvin of East Deering, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 14, 1896; shared the page with Frone Lewis Maddocks and M. Agness Maddocks
• Jessie Kelly of Small Point, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Loretta Kelly
• Loretta Kelly of Small Point, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on April 3, 1893; shared the page with Jessie Kelly
• Lillian R. Kimball of East Bethel, Maine; inscribed on March 7, 1895; shared the page with Alice M. Wheeler
• Bertha L. Leach of West Rockport, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on November 1, 1893; shared the page with May Ella Folsom
• Sadie C. Lincoln of Perry, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 29, 1893
• Ella Littlefield of North Berwick, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on June 1, 1893; shared the page with Musa M. Hupper
• Frone Lewis Maddocks of Palmyra, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on June 12, 1893.  She was Sophronia Lewis Maddocks, who married Richard Furbush in 1901; shared the page with M. Agness Maddocks and Grace M. Irvin
• M. Agness Maddocks of Palmyra, Maine; inscribed on June 12, 1893; shared the page with Frone Lewis Maddocks and Grace M. Irvin
• Esther A. McFaul of West Lubec, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on February 27, 1893
• Mamie McGavitt, or Mamie McCavitt, of Westbrook, Maine; inscribed on March 5, 1895; shared the page with Ina M. Allen
• Nora E. Meserve of Dayton, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 14, 1894
• Ethel S. Moore of Centre Effingham, New Hampshire, inscribed on August 20, 1895; shared the page with Mamie Grayer; Kitty A. Henchy; and Carrie S. Bayes
• Mary J. Morrell of Windham Centre, Maine; classmate
• Lena Ring Nash of North Berwick, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on October 30, 1893
• Louie J. Nash of Windham Center, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School in 1895
• Lila A. Neal of Gorham, Maine; inscribed on April 27, 1893
• Alta W. Paul of Eliot, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on December 29, 1893; shared the page with Lillian B. Witham
• Eleanor E. Perkins; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 15, 1894
• Lue E. Phillips of New Gloucester, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on 1.4 '94
• ? Maude Pullen, inscribed at Gorham Normal School; half of the page missing; presumably Maude R. Pullen of Yarmouthville
• S. Ellen Reed of Boothbay Harbor, Maine; inscribed on January 15, 1894
• Helen J. Reynolds of South Addison, Maine; inscribed at Gorham, Maine, on January 1, 1894; shared the page with Edith E. Smith
• Lillian Ridley of Springvale, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Cora B. Dillingham
• Laura J. Roberts of West Scarborough, Maine; inscribed on June 13, 1893 at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Lulu A. Tozier
• Alice G. Russell of East Deering, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 15, 1894; shared the page with Winnie Dennis
• Edyth Almeda Viola Scamman of West Scarborough, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on May 3, 1893
• Jeannette Shields of Vinalhaven, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 24, 1893
• Edith E. Smith, inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 1, 1894; shared the page with Helen J. Reynolds
• Frances Kirk Spear of Warren, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on April 2, 1895
• Lucille M. Tarbox of Oakdale, Maine; inscribed on October 30, 1893 at Gorham Normal School at Gorham, Maine.  Oakdale is a neighborhood in Portland, Maine. There was another Oakdale, in Monson, Maine, but Lucille lived in Portland.
• Edith Thompson of Deering, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School, possibly Georgie E. Thompson of Deering, Maine; shared the page with Mary Harvell; Florence G. Hill; and Nellie Collins
• Lulu A. Tozier of Fairfield Center, Fairfield, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School; shared the page with Laura J. Roberts
• Mary L. Trafton of Alfred, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on January 15, 1894; shared the page with Mabel G. Hathaway
• Alice M. Wheeler of South Paris, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on March 7, 1895; shared the page with Lillian R. Kimball
• Lillian B. Witham of Lisbon Falls, Maine; inscribed at Gorham Normal School on December 29, 1893; shared the page with Alta W. Paul