Spencerian cursive. In the 1860s, schools across the United States were teaching their pupils the Spencerian style, a decorative writing form developed in the mid-1800s by Platt Rogers Spencer.

Apr. 26—GENEVA — The old, handwritten letters contain trivial details of a Pittsburgh woman named Emelina who wrote regularly to her friend, Freeland R. Cook, Esq., of Windsor, circa 1873. "I ...

From the mid 1800s until the 1920s, Spencerian penmanship was the most common style taught in American schools. After 1900, the schools in this area adopted a style known as the Palmer Method ...

In 19th Century classrooms, Tufo explained, the Spencerian style was taught, a very fancy script and a torture to learn. A.N. Palmer and John Robert Gregg, ...

The efficient writing style once thrived in U.S. businesses and schools, but researchers fret that today’s lack of cursive literacy may have a surprising impact on history—and ourselves.

Spencerian script, McGuffey's Readers and recess 1890s-style were among items on the lesson plan at the historic building in Palm Beach ...