02. Colleges and Academic Units
Record Group
Identifier: 02
Contains records of academic units within National Louis University, both current and previous. Documents relating to colleges, programs, and the university library, including memos, correspondence, meeting minutes, handbooks, and statistics. Also includes previous iterations of NLU, dating back to the school's beginnings as a kindergarten training school founded by Elizabeth Harrison.
Creator:
National Louis University
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Chicago Kindergarten College/ National Kindergarten and Elementary College Records
Collection
Identifier: 02-001-1
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,...
Dates:
1886-1930
Chicago Settlements
Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-001-5
Scope and Contents
Information on various Chicago-area settlements including Hull House, Howell House (formerly Bohemian settlement), and Chicago Commons social settlement.
Dates:
Created: 1896-1897