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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.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Baker, Clara Belle, papers

 Collection — 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 — 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 Student Evaluation Records

 Collection — 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

Learning Resource Center Records

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-3
Scope and Contents

Records of the Learning Resource Center of the National College of Education. Bulletin issues talking about the center and a floor plan of the center's facilities.

Dates: Created: 1946

Psychological and ability tests for children

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-4
Scope and Contents

Psychological, linguistic and cognitive ability tests for children to be administered by schools and state testing agencies.  Created by a number or publishers and authors.  These tests were often administered by the university's Learning Resource Center.

Dates: Created: 1963-1989

Writings on Kindergarten and Early Childhood Educational Theory and Practice, published and unpublished

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-001-7
Scope and Contents

Publications, essays, chilren's stories, transcripts of speeches and method manuals for educators.  Many of the writings are specific to the kindergarten and the kindergarten movement and are written by prominent educators in the Kindergarten Movement and early-childhood education. Collection also includes writings and programs from the International Kindergarten Union and the National Kindergarten Association.

Dates: Created: 1872-1970