Child care services

Abstract The records in this record group of the institution were first generated by the Nursery School of the Bureau of Educational Experiments (BEE) beginning in 1918 and, later, the Bank Street School for Children. In nine decades of Bank Street College and predecessor, BEE, several programs were established to observe, care for, educate, and measure the learning of children. Correspondence, observational research, reports, audiovisual media, publications, student work, and other record types...

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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.

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The Jessie Stanton Papers were generated by Stanton in the course of her professional life, in the mid-twentieth century. Much of the materials concern her studies and lead roles in the fields of preschool education and child welfare. Her work was collected in observational notes, reports, speeches, correspondence, publications, and other formats.

Scope and Contents The papers of Barbara Biber reflect her leadership roles at the Bureau of Educational Experiments and Bank Street College and her contributions to the study of the psychological development of children and related fields. This subgroup consists of biographical materials, correspondence, and records of research studies, faculty and administrative activities, courses taught, and the work of her students. Also included are drafts of lectures, papers presented at professional meetings,...