Salem Classical and High School

Dorothy Claire Donovan

Salem Classical and High School in Salem, Massachusetts, listed Dorothy Claire Donovan among 298 graduates in the class of 1940. The entry gives: activities listed: Commercial Club. Portrait and entry from the Witch, page 34.

Class of 1940

298 in the class of 1940 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: Dorothy Claire Donovan
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1940

Also searched as: Dot Donovan; Dorothy Donovan; Dorothy C. Donovan; Dottie Donovan.

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Same surname 95
Classmates 297

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Of the 298 names from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1940 that have pages here, Dorothy is 69th in surname order. The entry is on page 34 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 17 to page 92. From 1938 to 1945, 44 Salem Classical and High School graduates on this site share the first name Dorothy, spread over 8 classes and peaking at 10 in 1941. This site lists 298 names for the class of 1940, against 298 for 1939 and 331 for 1941. The yearbook calls itself “The Witch”, edited by Claude C. Levescue.

On the same scan page	Hilda Dominika Dombrowski, Sally Isabel Dombrowski, Neil Paul Dooley
The book's own title	The Witch (editor: Claude C. Levescue)

What the page does not say. Write-up or quotation is missing. The rest of the Salem Classical and High School class of 1940 has it often (write-up or quotation 59%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to Dorothy. The scan is the authority.

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Commercial Club

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Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1940, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1940clas).

Published 1940. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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