Spencerian Saga: Spencerian Saga 2009 - Lakehouse Inn & Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Spencerian Saga 2009 - Lakehouse Inn & Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio

View of Lake Erie which tickles our doorsteps.

Lakehouse Inn & Winery is an idyllic location to hold a conference.

On a blustery day, when winds were 80 miles per hour, the white caps pounded the shores of the lake.We heard the next day that several counties were without power and that some schools were closed.

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Platt Rogers Spencer

SPENCER, Platt Rogers c.1800-1864 Spencer was an American calligrapher who published the Spencerian Method of penmanship in 1848. It became the standard of writing in every school in the USA. He was one of ten children and after his father died when he was five, his mother moved the family from NY to Ohio. His mother tried to provide an education for the children but she could barely provide sustenance to them. She taught and encouraged Spencer to write but could not provide paper for him until he was seven years of age. When he was twelve, he enrolled in his first school. Spencer became a clerk in several local businesses and practiced his penmanship at work. By 1860, schools had adopted his style of lettering and it soon became the style adopted by clerks working for the US government. He soon operated schools to teach the Spencerian style of lettering in Geneva and Cleveland, Ohio, and later, in Pennsylvania. When he died, his sons continued teaching their father's technique.

Spencerian Saga

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Spencerian Saga 2009 - Lakehouse Inn & Winery, Geneva-on-the-Lake, Ohio

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