Cambridge High and Latin School

Eleanor Emerson “Morgue”

Eleanor Emerson (“Morgue”) appears in the 1923 yearbook of Cambridge High and Latin School in Cambridge, MA, listed at 14 Story Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 26 more named Emerson

Full name: Eleanor Emerson
Known as: Morgue
Born: April 29, 1906
Lived at: 14 Story Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: West Acton Grammar School
Headed for: Middlebury College

Also searched as: Morgue Emerson; Ellie Emerson; Nell Emerson; Emerson, Eleanor.

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Neighbours 4
Same surname 20
Classmates 318
Same schools 3

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Eleanor is 75th in surname order. Eleanor is printed on page 58 of the scan, in the first third of the 39-to-119 run of portrait pages. Eleanor is also the first name of 4 other people in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923. Among the 253 people in the class who printed a plan, 119 (47%) named a college or university, as Eleanor did (“Middlebury College”). This site lists 319 names for the class of 1923, against 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924.

On the same scan page	Wm. N. Egan, Mary Katherine Fallon, Lillian Lauretta Faris
Same kind of plan	college or university: 119 of 253 classmates with a plan (47%)
Same first name	Eleanor: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 14 Story Street

The 1927 city directory lists Eleanor Emerson with the occupation “student” (page).

The 1926–27 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Emerson at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Edith Emerson, student lived herepage
Eleanor Emerson, student lived herepage

The Emerson household is listed here in 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

SHE HAS A DIM, RELIGIOUS LOOK, A FIRST-CLASS MISSIONARY

She has a dim, religious look, she's self-contained, not airy; and with such dignity she'd make a first-class missionary.

Also grew up on Story Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Emerson

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Also headed for Middlebury College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 58. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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