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
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.
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…