Palmer Method Palmer Method The Palmer Method of penmanship instruction was developed and promoted by Austin Palmer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It was largely created as a simplified style of the "Spencerian Method", which had been the major standardized system of handwriting since the 1840s. The Palmer Method soon became the most popular handwriting system in the United States. Under the method, students were taught to adopt a uniform system of cursive writing with rhythmic motions. The method developed around 1888 and was introduced in the book "Palmer's Guide to Business Writing" (1894). Palmer's method involved "muscle motion"
Colin A. Palmer Colin A. Palmer Colin Alphonsous Palmer is an American historian. He was a Dodge Professor of History and African American studies at Princeton University. Palmer is an author of several monographs pertaining to the history of diasporic Africans. His works mainly focus on the effects of the enslavement and colonization of Africans. The effects that he discusses is known as the African Diaspora . Palmer attended the University of West Indies and the college of London for his Bachelor and then went on to receive his masters and PH.D from the University of Wisconsin. He went on to teach several