L._H._Hausam

L. H. Hausam

Louis Henry Hausam (June 14, 1870January 13, 1941) was a professor of writing and graphology in the United States. He was president of the Hausam School of Penmanship in Hutchinson, Kansas[1] and founded Great Western Business and Normal College in Concordia, Kansas.[2]

Photograph of L. H. Hausam

Hausam published the "New Education in Penmanship" in 1898, called "the greatest work of the kind ever published."[1] He authored other textbooks on writing, penmanship, and graphology while actively working with several business colleges of his day.[3]


References

  1. Blackmar, Frank W. (1912). Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. Vol. III Part 2. Chicago: Standard Pub. Co. Archived from the original on April 22, 2005. Retrieved March 10, 2013. L. H. Hausam, president of the Hausam School of Penmanship, Hutchinson, Kan., was born in St. Charles, Mo., June 14, 1870
  2. Hollibaugh, E.F. "THE GREAT WESTERN BUSINESS AND NORMAL COLLEGE". Biographical history of Cloud County, Kansas. Kansas Skyways. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2010.
  3. Stacy, L. E. (1907). The blue book: containing photographs and sketches of a few commercial teachers. Tribune Publishing Company. p. 87. Retrieved March 10, 2013.

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