International Correspondence Schools
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Founded in 1891, ICS offered courses on the installment plan. Ten Courses could be paid for in advance or on a "sixty-days-same-as-cash" basis, but most students opted for paying in three, five, or ten-dollar monthly installments. The installment plan was extremely important because some of the ICS courses were expensive. For example, in 1906, the "Complete Architecture" course cost $110 if paid in advance. The price rose to $122 on the ten-dollar plan, $130 on the five-dollar plan, and $135 on the three-dollar plan. The payment plans allowed people who did not earn much to take advantage of an incredible educational opportunity on a budget.
International Correspondence Schools, Scranton, PA


Name Address Year No. of Subjects and/or Drawing Plates completed Course of Study Diploma or Certificate
Thorson, T. Forest City, Waldorf College 1901 7 S, 48 P Architectural Drawing & Designing Certificate
Jenson, J.P. Forest City, Box 604 1904 3 S Bookkeeping & Business Forms  
Ellsworth, C.T. Forest City, Box 331 1903 6 S General Chemistry  
Conley, W.E. Lake Mills 1902 8 S, 22P Electrical  
Davis, T.O. Lake Mills 1903 5 S Telegraph Engineering  
Narveson, A. Forest City, Box 318 1905 14 S Electric Lighting & Railways Diploma
Kickel, C. Buffalo Center, R.F.D. 2, Box 34 1906 15 S, 5 P Metal Mining  
Halvarsen, M.E. Forest City, Box 703 1902 9 S, 13 P Metal Mining  

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~source The International Correspondence Schools, Education by Mail; publication date 1908
~photo is of the cover of the publication listing the students and graduates
~names extracted by S. Ferrall for Winnebago County IAGenWeb

Note: ICS, now Penn Foster Career School, is still in business today.

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