Yoke Penmanship Collection Archive

Below are high resolution 1200 dpi scans of original exemplars from my personal collection. I present these high resolution scans for personal use and study only please and ask that they may not be used for commercial purposes without my written permission.

I encourage everyone who has original documents to scan their items at high resolution for everyone to enjoy. If you provide a place for the public to access it freely, I will add it to the links section of my website.

Click on the images below to download the high resolution version.

C.V. Howe Letter 2mm X-Height W.A. Baird Letter 3mm X-Height L. Madarasz 1.75mm X Height C.P. Zaner 7mm X-Height C.W. Norder 250mm x 85mm (Original Used in the Zanerian Manual with Scanned Reverse Side) W.E. Dennis 250mm x 215mm F. Schofield 280mm x 210mm Robert C. Spencer 195mm Wide P.R. Spencer Jr. 255mm x 192mm P.R. Spencer Sr. 140mm x 75mm P.R. Spencer Sr. 140mm x 80mm P.R. Spencer Sr. 3mm X-Height (Body of Letter) L.M. Kelchner 160mm x 240mm L.M. Kelchner #2 216mm x 279mm F.B. Courtney 7mm X-Height Flourish & Needle-Stitch Script Lester Fields' Zanerian Gold Seal Certificate Draft (Main Body Text 5mm X-Height) (The paper this is on is roughly 16" wide and 10" tall, I was able to fit only the written section in my scanner) Lester Fields' Zanerian Gold Seal Certificate Final (Main Body Text 4mm X-height) (The paper this is on is roughly 16" wide and 10" tall, I was able to fit only the written section in my scanner) Gaskell's Guide (Book) 1902 Zanerian Catalog J.W. Yoke Scrapbook Pages 1-17 are my Great-Great Grandfathers own work. The remaining 69 pages are from other penman. Examples such as Musselman, Gaskell, Preston and more P.R. Spencer Sr Several Original Specimens E.A. Lupfer Business Penmanship Certificate Exemplar 2mm X-Height J.S. Yoke Penmanship Practice (JS Yoke was not a penman like his son, I love this because it shows everyday writing from 1833) Gaskells Compendium of Copy Slips Standard Business Envelope Size Gem City Business College Journal March 1989 Noyes System of Practical Penmanship 1839 (I will be rescanning this, as it came out very overexposed. This note will be gone once I do) The Western Penman October 1871 The Western Penman January 1873 The Western Penman March 1872 JW Roberts Flourish 8.5" x 13" Joseph Gillott Catalogue 1918 H.S. Blanchard Flourish #1 215mm x 140mm H.S. Blanchard Flourish #2 215mm x 140mm H.S. Blanchard Flourish #3 215mm x 140mm H.S. Blanchard Flourish #4 215mm x 140mm E.W. Bloser Signature 100mm x 59mm Forrest E. Whittenburg Signature 88mmx 50mm Palmer Method Flyer 8.5" x 11" Palmer Method Flyer 2 Paul Thompsen Flourish 1933 85mm x 48mm (not here to be an exemplar for study, but an example of everyday penmanship) C.V. Howe 82mm x 228mm (1.25mm x-height) C.V. Howe 82mm x 228mm (1.5mm x-height) C.C. Canan Diploma (yet to be scanned at high res) Many Others.... to be scanned

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