Brookline High School
Elizabeth Edmond Brigham “Betty”
Elizabeth Edmond Brigham (“Betty”) was one of 249 graduates in the class of 1929 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Wheaton College; activities listed: Senior Social and Girls' League; lived at 142 Clinton Road. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 37.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 28 more named Brigham
- Full name
- Elizabeth Edmond Brigham
- Known as
- Betty
- Lived at
- 142 Clinton Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Wheaton College
- Pastime
- “Dancing, singing”
Also searched as: Betty Brigham; Elizabeth Brigham; Elizabeth E. Brigham; Beth Brigham.
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 249 names from the Brookline High School class of 1929, Elizabeth stands 23rd. Elizabeth is printed on page 37 of the scan, right at the start of the 31-to-96 run of portrait pages. Across 6 classes of Brookline High School on this site, 14 people give Clinton Road as a street, from 1925 to 1931. Elizabeth shared “Girls' League” with 120 graduates, going by what the yearbook prints. The class of 1929: 36% of printed courses lead to college, versus 45% in 1928 and 39% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | John T. Brookhouse, Barbara D. Bugbee, Esther Burgen |
|---|---|
| Same street | Clinton Road: 4 other classmates |
| Same club | Senior Social: 30 other classmates |
| Same club | Girls' League: 120 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 84 of 127 classmates with a plan (66%) |
| Same course | College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 142 Clinton Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Brigham at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Edmond F Brigham (wife Phyllis L), efficiency engineer householderpage
What Elizabeth did at school
Fellow members from Elizabeth's own class:
What the yearbook said
Is she kind as she is fair ? For beauty lives in kindness
Also grew up on Clinton Road
The class of 1929
Myra Natalie BreskyBrookline 1929
John T. BrookhouseBrookline 1929
Wilfrid Trottier BouvierBrookline 1929
Barbara D. BugbeeBrookline 1929
Lillian BolesBrookline 1929
Esther BurgenBrookline 1929
Others named Brigham
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Arthur Everett BrighamWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1911
Willard BrighamBelmont 1926
Virginia BrighamSpringfield Central 1927
Franklin Newton BrighamFitchburg 1911
Barbara BrighamCambridge 1924
Alfred BrighamCambridge 1928
Also headed for Wheaton College
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 37.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).
Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.
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