Joseph Adams Puffer

Background

Puffer, Joseph Adams was born on February 13, 1872 in Harrington, Maine, United States. Son of William Henry and Susannah Wood (Coffin) Puffer.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1896. Bachelor of Sacred Theology, Boston University, 1900. Student reform and industrial schools of England, 1904.

Honorary fellow in psychology and pedagogy, Clark University, 1905-1907. Graduate student of education, University of Illinois, 1913-1914. Student vocational education, Harvard, 1925.

Career

Teacher, Harrington, Maine, 1888-1889. Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Biddeford Pool, Maine, 1900-1901. Principal high school, Richmond, Maine, 1902.

Principal Massachusetts Industrial School for Boys, Westboro, Massachusetts, 1902-1905. Pastor First Unitarian Church, Gardner, Massachusetts, 1905-1908, First Parish Church, Needham, Massachusetts, 1908-1911. Probation officer Boston Juvenile Court, 1907-1910.

Director Beacon Vocation Bureau, Boston, 1910-1918. Instructor teachers’ institute, 1910-1913. Lecturer in farmers’ institute, University of Illinois, 1913-1914.

Lecturer on vocational problems, normal schools and colls., 1914-1918. Field secretary, National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missoury, 1918-1920. Associate editor of Public Welfare, 1918-1920.

Lecturer and vocational secretary Army Young Men’s Christian Association, Eastern, Central and Southern departments, 1918-1919. Field secretary National Child Welfare assosiation, New York, 1920-1921, of National Public Welfare League, Kansas City, Missoury, 1921-1923. Field director Co-operative Club International, Kansas City, Missoury Dir Beacon Boys’ Bureau, Boston.

Author: The Boy and His Gang, 1912. Vocational Guidance, 1914. Editor of Vocational Guidance Series, 1915.

Home: Berlin, Mass.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: The Boy and His Gang, 1912. Vocational Guidance, 1914. Editor of Vocational Guidance Series, 1915.

Connections

Married Emily Hope Rice, October 1, 1903. Children: Evelyn Hope, Ruth Rice, Stanwood Adams, Marjorie.

Father:

William Henry Puffer

Mother:

Susannah Wood (Coffin) Puffer

Spouse:

Emily Hope Rice

child:

Evelyn Hope Puffer

child:

Ruth Rice Puffer

child:

Stanwood Adams Puffer

child:

Marjorie Puffer