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Davis, Louise Farwell, papers (1892-1981)

 Collection — Container: 1
Identifier: 05-004-1

Scope and Contents

The Louise Farwell Davis Papers consist of an “abstract” of her Yale University Ph.D. Dissertation, a Curriculum Vitae written in April 1930, news clippings and photographs.

Louise Farwell Davis was on the Faculty of the National Kindergarten and Elementary College/National College of Education from 1928 until ca. 1956.

Dates

  • Created: [ca. 1892 to ca. 1950]
  • Other: Date acquired: 04/25/2008

Creator

Extent

0.20 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Source of Acquisition

Steven Farwell

Related Publications

Louise Farwell Davis wrote or contributed to several books and articles, among them: “The Supervised Handwork Period in Kindergarten and First Grade,” Chicago Schools Journal, Vol. 7, No. 8, 1925-26, pp. 304-307. Bessie Lee Gambrill and Louise Farwell, An Analytical List of Kindergarten-Primary Tests of Intelligence and Achievement, New Haven, Conn., Whitlock's Book Store, 1927.

Reactions of Kindergarten, First-, and Second-Grade Children to Constructive Play Materials (Genetic Psychology Monographs, Vol. 8), Worcester, Mass., Clark University, 1930 (her Yale University Ph.D. dissertation).

National College of Education (Evanston, Ill.). Children's School, Curriculum Records of the Children's School, National College of Education, Evanston, Ill., National College of Education, 1932 [Second ed. 1940].

“Case Histories of Children Presenting Visual Difficulties of a Functional Nature,” Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 17, No. 3, Proceedings of the Third Reading Laboratory Institute, (Nov. 1939), pp. 128-137.

“Developing Visual Efficiency,” Peabody Journal of Education, Vol. 22, No. 3, (Nov. 1944), pp. 170-178.

Louise Farwell Davis, Vivienne Ilg, Martha K. Springer, and Doreen Hamck, First Grade Recognition Program (Monograph on Language Arts No. 47), Evanston, Ill., Rowe, Peterson and Co., 1946.

Recommended Children's Books of 1951 as Professionally Evaluated by Librarians for Librarians in Library Journal, New York, Library Journal, 1952.

Recommended Children's Books of 1952 as Professionally Evaluated by Librarians for Librarians in Library Journal, New York, Library Journal, 1953.

Separated Materials

Photographs for this collection are housed separately

Processing Information

Described at the folder level. Single-level minimum description

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Repository Details

Part of the National Louis University Archives and Special Collections Repository

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