Pictured left to right: Marian Archer MacDonald, seated, holding Joyce; Gleason L. Archer (President, 1937-1948, and Founder of Suffolk University); Virginia Atkinson Archer; Gleason L. Archer, Jr., seated, holding Gleason L. Archer III; Faith…
Pictured left to right: Gleason L. Archer (President, 1937-1948, and Founder of Suffolk University); Marian Archer MacDonald; Gleason L. Archer, Jr.; Elizabeth Archer; Allan Archer.
Postcard message reads: "Here is where I became a lawyer at 9.30 this morning G.L. Archer August 21 '06", addressed to Rev. L.S. Williams (uncle of Gleason L. Archer) in East Wilton, Maine
Pictured left to right: Gleason L. Archer (President, 1937-1948, and Founder of Suffolk University); Elizabeth Archer; and Hiram Archer cutting cake at unidentified Suffolk University event
Written on reverse: "Taken on my 47th engagement anniversary May 20, 1950, This copy I send with love to the Proposer (Boston Public Gardens) signed - an old sweetheart of thine"
Postcard message reads: "Here is where I became a lawyer at 9.30 this morning G.L. Archer August 21 '06", addressed to Rev. L.S. Williams (uncle of Gleason L. Archer) in East Wilton, Maine
This gold-leafed glass sign hung in the bay window of founder Gleason L. Archer's the first floor apartment and advertised Archer's Evening Law School (now Suffolk University Law School) to passersby.
The ring design features the Suffolk Law School motto: "Honestas Et Diligentia" encircling "Suffolk Law" with a scale. Archer's name is engraved inside the ring.
Text on the front reads: "Second Year. School opens Sept. 18, 1906." Tagline at bottom: "Three evenings a week for three thirty-one week years fit you to practice law." The back of the advertisement lists the courses offered for the Fall, Winter, and…
Text on the front reads: "Practical Law in Private Class for Young Business Men. Apply at once to G. L. Archer, 826 Old South Building." Handwritten text on the back reads: "Fall Term Oct 17 1905-Dec 21 '05; Winter Jan 2 '06-Mar 23 '06; Spring Apr 3…