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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 18 Collections and/or Records:

National College of Education News

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 03-003-4
Scope and Contents

Contains information regarding alumni, campus events, student, faculty, and and other NCE news. Also includes annual president's reports. Formerly published as The Alumnae News, Kindergarten Journal, News-Bulletin, and Our Guidon.

Dates: Created: 1951-1973

National College of Education Quarterly

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

News, announcements, and class schedules for the National College of Education.

Dates: Created: 1979-2008

National College of Education Syllabi

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-5
Scope and Contents

Syllabi for departments and programs in the College of Education. Syllabi and related study materials for the Early Childhood Education Department presented at the First Annual National Conference/Course on Early Childhood Education on 1972-09-15 through 1972-09-17.

Dates: Created: 1972-1984; Other: Majority of material found in 1972; 1984

NCE Bulletins and promotional publications

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-002-2
Scope and Contents

Bulletins and promotional materials that provide information regarding the teaching profession, courses, the National College of Education and school events.Includes booklets titled Views of National Kindergarten and Elementary College, 1921-1925.

Dates: Created: 1921-1990s

Pestalozzi-Froebel Teachers College Materials

 Collection — 1
Identifier: 02-005-1
Scope and Contents

Materials relating the the Pestalozzi- Froebel Teacher's College, including scrapbooks, course catalogs, bulletins, news clippings, Bertha Hofer's certificate of graduation (1890), a 1971 yearbook, and registration announcements.

Dates: Created: 1890-1971

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