United States
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
RG1 Board of Trustees
This record group of the institution was generated by the Board of Trustees beginning in 1917. In over eight decades of Bank Street College and predecessor, The Bureau of Educational Experiments, the Board evolved from one of financial oversight to that of school management, fundraising, and establishing an office of the president. Correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, and charters are large parts of the institutional record-keeping.
RG2 Office of the President
RG4 Institutional Advancement
RG6 Children's Programs
RG10 Subgroup 1: Harriet M. Johnson Papers
The bulk of the Harriet M. Johnson Papers were created by Johnson in the course of her professional life, in the early twentieth century. Much of the materials concern her establishing and administering to the Nursery School of the Bureau of Educational Experiments. Her work was collected in observational notes, reports, speeches, correspondence, publications, and other formats.
RG10 Subgroup 6: Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Papers
The Elizabeth C. Gilkeson Papers were generated by Gilkeson in the course of her professional life, through the mid to late twentieth century. Much of the materials concern her lead role on Bank Street College’s Children’s Programs, the School for Children, as well as her faculty position at Vassar and as founder of Poughkeepsie Day School. Gilkeson’s work was collected in notes, reports, speeches, correspondence, administrative files, and other formats.
RG10 Subgroup 7: Doris B. Wallace Papers
The Doris B. Wallace Papers were created over the course of Wallace’s career with the Research Division of Bank Street, through the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. The materials span her research study endeavors, focusing on the Psychological Impact of School Experience Study, Head Start Evaluation, and community and family. Her work was collected in observational notes, reports, correspondence, publications, administrative files, and several other formats.
RG10 Subgroup 8: Edna K. Shapiro Papers
The Edna K. Shapiro Papers were created over the course of Shapiro’s career with the Research Division of Bank Street in the latter half of the twentieth century. The materials span her research study endeavors and participation on the faculty. Her work was collected in observational notes, reports, correspondence, publications, administrative files, and several other formats.
RG10 Subgroup 9: Gordon J. Klopf Papers
The Gordon J. Klopf Papers were generated by Klopf in the course of his graduate and doctoral studies and professional life, in the mid to late twentieth century. The materials related to his time at Bank Street College fall between the mid-1960s to mid-1980s. Klopf’s work was collected in course materials, reports, speeches, correspondence, administrative files, and other formats.
RG10 Subgroup 10: Vecelia McGhie Papers
This collection documents Vecelia McGhie’s work as Cooperative School student, nursery school teacher and Bank Street College Graduate School staff member. Record genres include administrative records, correspondence, instructional and educational works, notes, publications, reports, and school records. It consists of five series. See the scope and contents note of each series for further information.