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The education of John Dewey : a biography
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Department of Public Education the Board of Education of the city and county of San Francisco
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Image of a diploma issued in 1881 to Julia L. McCarthy from the San Francisco Girls' High School; three allegorical women (one with art supplies, one with a torch and eagle, and one with a book and quill pen) above San Francisco seal at bottom center; decorative border made up of "poetry" and "philosophy" columns and portraits of Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Morse, William Shakespeare, and Alexander Humboldt surrounding text.
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Map of Fredericksburg Va. & Vicinity
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No old shelf mark. Apparently drawn after the Civil War to show the location of various field hospitals during that conflict. Probably the same J. Letterman as Jonathan Letterman, known today as the "Father of Battlefield Medicine." His three tiered system of battlefield evacuation for injured soldiers is still used today. Possibly from the same publication as ephMPMISS0004. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography.
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Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2-1881: The Relation of Education to Industry and Technical Training in American Schools
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One pamphlet, copyright 1881, entitled Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 2-1881: The Relation of Education to Industry and Technical Training in American Schools, by Emerson Elbridge White, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington. This pamphlet is 22 numbered pages in length and is not illustrated. A table of contents is listed on p, 3, which is divided into two sections: Technical Training in American Schools and The Relation of Education to Industry. The embossed ownership stamp of the Essex Institute is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the title page, and a Dewey decimal call number is written in ms. on the verso of the title page. An ink stamp of the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass., dated Aug. 29, 1881, is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the front cover.
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Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 3-1879: The Value of Common School Education to Common Labor
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One pamphlet, copyright 1879, entitled Circulars of Information of the Bureau of Education, No. 3-1879: The Value of Common School Education to Common Labor, by Edward Jarvis, published by the Government Printing Office, Washington. This pamphlet is 38 numbered pages in length, and is not illustrated. The overall theme of the book concerns the value of education to common laborers. Descriptions of the tasks and work conditions of various types of common labor (including wood splitter, shoveller, and weaver) are given. The crux of the author's argument appears on p. 25: "The value that is created and added to matter by labor is in the ratio of the skill of the worker or the appropriateness of his exertions and the rapidity with which they are made. ... When the mind is torpid, the hand works alone, and for want of a watchful guide it moves in an uncertain manner and with doubtful effect..." The embossed ownership stamp of the Essex Institute is stamped in the upper right-hand corner of the title page. A Dewey Decimal call number is written in ms. on the verso of the title page.
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Correspondence, Dewey, Melvil - Dye
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A collection of 4,382 items from 1827 to 1940, which contains personal and business documents, correspondence, diaries, speeches, essays, and ephemera. The personal correspondence of John Martin Vincent, chiefly his family correspondence, contains comments on politics, religion, race, economics, and history. Also included are the papers of Vincent's father, John Martin Vincent (1820-1863) which includes letters, sermons, addresses, diaries, travel journals, and legal papers. Also present are five letters from Woodrow Wilson to John Martin Vincent.
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Art Education Alert: Aids America to Meet Wartime Needs
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One book, copyright 1942, entitled Art Education Alert: Aids America to Meet Wartime Needs, published by the Pratt Institute, New York. This booklet is 48 pages in length, and contains black and white illustrations. The front cover is decorated in bold blue and red graphics, with the phrase "Four Freedoms: religion, want, speech, fear" along the left-hand side. The insides of the front and back covers are illustrated with a black and white visual representation of the wartime program for art. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is quoted on the title page. He cites the school as a significant factor in preserving American government. The introduction makes clear the way art can be instrumental for this purpose: "Art today is selling the prosecution of the war to our people: it is selling the need for conservation, for enlisting in the services, for stamping out rumor, for cooperating with civilian agencies, for financially supporting the government and the Red Cross." The book is organized according to age level-appropriate activities. "Introduction, A Plan for Art Education; The Elementary School Level; The Junior High Level; The Senior High Level; The Adult Education Level; The Supplement; Art in the War Today; Materials, Sources." "Mabel Spofford" is written in ms. at the top of the front cover.
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