RICHMOND >> We had a penmanship teacher in junior high who wore the same dress every day for the middle half of the year. At either end of our days of making careful letters on lined paper, she wore ...

Words are an essential means of communication, yet how we put them down in writing has been continuously shaped over time by technologies, cultural and business needs, and education. Once a universal ...

The other day Jim-the-Landlord asked me if I had any stationery. "Not the little thank-you-note kind," he said. "I need to write a letter." Boy, did he come to the right place. Since forever I have ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Brass button with a “PALMER / METHOD ...

The King didn't invent the popular method of teaching cursive. Among athletes, he perfected it. Pen in hand, his right arm moved in a slow, circular motion for several seconds, as if rehearsing. Then, ...

At Lancaster, cursive writing is introduced in third grade, and pupils practice their letters at home. In West Seneca Central schools, cursive writing has come back to life as the district redefined ...

Halle O'Brien writes during after-school cursive club, held by teacher Sherisse Kenerson, at Holmes Middle School in Alexandria, Va. In Sherisse Kenerson’s after-school classroom, Sandi takes out a ...