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 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.