Education

Abstract This record group of the institution was generated by the External Affairs office beginning in 1918 and, later, the Division of Institutional Advancement. In nine decades of Bank Street College and predecessor, The Bureau of Educational Experiments, several offices were established to publish educational materials, connect with alumni, fundraise, and publicize the institution internally and externally. Correspondence, reports, audiovisual media, publications, photographs, and other record...

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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,...

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The Charlotte Biber Winsor Papers were generated by Winsor in the course of her professional life, through the mid-twentieth century. Much of the materials concern her work on the graduate program of Bank Street College, the Public School Workshop, research studies, and faculty and administration interaction. Winsor’s work was collected in notes, reports, speeches, correspondence, biographical writings, and other formats.

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The Claudia Lewis Papers were created over the course of Lewis’s life, through much of the twentieth century. The materials span her research study endeavors, focusing heavily on the education of teachers and writing for children. Her work was collected in notes, administrative records, observational reports, article drafts, correspondence, publications, and several other formats.

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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.

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The Irma Simonton Black Papers were created over the course of Black’s adult life in the mid-twentieth century. The materials include her professional writings, communications with publishers, and children’s books and clippings by other writers. Her work was collected in notes, published columns and articles, reports, and correspondence. Black collected the publications of other authors and institutions, and these are represented as well.