First issue of Manual Training Magazine, 1899

First issue of Manual Training Magazine, 1899

Featured here is the first issue of Manual Training Magazine edited by Charles Alpheus Bennett, who served as one of the earliest professors at Bradley Polytechnic Institute. An expert in industrial education, Bennett formed Manual Training Magazine in 1899, publishing the periodical here in Peoria. He worked at Bradley until 1920 when he resigned to devote his time to his publishing firm, Manual Arts Press. Follow this link to see more digitized issues of Bennett's magazines:
https://archive.org/details/manualarts00benniala.

Charles Bennett donated his collection of Manual Arts books and these can be viewed in our reading room.

Charles Alpheus Bennett, editor

October 1899

Industrial education

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