L. H. Hausam Explained
Louis Henry Hausam (June 14, 1870 - January 13, 1941) was a professor of writing and graphology in the United States. He was president of the Hausam School of Penmanship in Hutchinson, Kansas[1] and founded Great Western Business and Normal College in Concordia, Kansas.[2]
Hausam published the "New Education in Penmanship" in 1898, called "the greatest work of the kind ever published." He authored other textbooks on writing, penmanship, and graphology while actively working with several business colleges of his day.[3]
Notes and References
- Book: Blackmar, Frank W.. Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc.. III Part 2. Standard Pub. Co.. Chicago. 1912. March 10, 2013. L. H. Hausam, president of the Hausam School of Penmanship, Hutchinson, Kan., was born in St. Charles, Mo., June 14, 1870. https://web.archive.org/web/20050422083117/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/1912/h3/hausam_l_h.html. April 22, 2005. dead.
- Web site: THE GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS AND NORMAL COLLEGE. Kansas Skyways. Biographical history of Cloud County, Kansas. November 23, 2010. E.F.. Hollibaugh. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121014035120/http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/archives/cloud/1903/concordia3.shtml. October 14, 2012.
- Book: Stacy, L. E.. The blue book: containing photographs and sketches of a few commercial teachers. 87. March 10, 2013. Tribune Publishing Company. 1907.