Alternative name: Chicago Kindergarten College (see Nationa-Louis University)

Scope and Contents Includes documents of the Chicago Kindergarten College, National Kindergarten College and National Kindergarten and Elementary College (predecessors to NLU). Founded in 1886 as Miss Harrison's Kindergarten Training School, the school became the Chicago Kindergarten College in 1893. In 1912, when the college partnered with the National Kindergarten Assosciation, the school became the National Kindergarten College. In 1917, the school expanded the curriculum to include elementary education,...

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Information on various Chicago-area settlements including Hull House, Howell House (formerly Bohemian settlement), and Chicago Commons social settlement.

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Physical copies of course catalogs for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education courses at National Louis University.

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Notebooks,drawings, and Froebel Gift work belonging to various guests or visitors and non-students of the Chicago Kindergarten College. Work belonging to Susan Blow, Carolina Gerke, who studied with Froebel's widow, Minna Shellhorn, who studied with Froebel, Mabel Agnes Gerrish, Carrie Coit, Margaret Maclachlan,and Edward Heall.

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Yearbooks for National Louis University and its predecessors.  Includes photographs of students, athletic teams, clubs, faculty and various student activities.