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Baker Demonstration School

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1917-

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Baker, Clara Belle, papers

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 04-001-1
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, articles and addresses, manuscripts for curriculum records, and miscellaneous items.  Most records relating to the administration of the Demonstration School.

Dates: Created: 1928-1961; Other: Majority of material found in 1930-1932

Children's School/ Baker Demonstration School records and promotional materials

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 04-001-2
Scope and Contents

Programs, bulletins, advertisements and schedules for the Children's School of the National College of Education.  Describes the services and curriculum of the school, special school events and fund raising campaigns. Also includes original announcement of the opening of the demonstration school at the National Kindergarten and Elementary College's new Evanston campus in 1926.

Dates: Created: 1926-1966

Children's School: Kindergarten Students, Faculty, and Staff, 1880-1990

 Collection
Identifier: 09-003-1
Scope and Contents

Photographs of faculty, staff, and students of the Children's School participating in various activities and special events related to the Children's School. Also includes photographs from other children's schools, both nationally and internationally, including the Hull House Kindergarten. World's Fair Kindergarten exhibit photographs are also contained in this collection.

Dates: Created: 1880-1990

Children's School Photographs

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 09-003-2
Scope and Contents

Photographs of student workshops, lectures, and other classes.

Dates: Created: 1967-1984

Children's School Student Evaluation Records

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 04-001-4
Scope and Contents

Contains student assessment and evaluation materials, including examples of report cards from other schools in the United States and notes on evaluating students.

Dates: Created: 1914-1951

Curriculum Records of the Children's School

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 04-001-3
Scope and Contents

Editions of the curriculum record and philosophy of the Children's School of the National College of Education, later the Baker Demonstration School.

Dates: Created: 1932-1965

Demonstration School [presentation on lantern slides]

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 09-003-4
Scope and Contents

48 glass lantern slides depicting the Baker Demonstration School and teachers in training at that school from the beginning of the 20th century to the 1920's.

Possibly a presentation designed for students that might enroll in the teacher training program and parents of children that might attend the children's school. Includes images of school children, students of the National College of Education, student plays and student activities.

Dates: Created: 1900-1925

NCE/Baker Misc. papers

 Unprocessed Material — Container: 1
Identifier: 2012-02-05/10