William Simpson's Retirement Announcement (1953)

Springfield College · 1953

This is the retirement announcement for Springfield College faculty member William Thornton Simpson. The announcement describes his time at the college, love for theatre, and future plans. It also tell the story of “the most exciting experience of his life,” which was when he found an old trunk that had the original manuscript of Edgar Allen Poe’s “Critics and Criticism” and “Annabel Lee.”