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By Mark Burnette
Collection Overview
Title: Baker, Edna Dean (1883-1956), papers, 1905-1956
Predominant Dates:1916-1949
ID: 12/002
Primary Creator: Baker, Edna Dean (1883-1956)
Extent: 1.5 Linear Feet
Subjects: Baker, Clara Belle, 1885-1961, Baker, Edna Dean, 1883-1956, College presidents, Kindergarten, Teachers, Teachers colleges, Travel
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Personal papers, correspondence, published works, manuscripts, addresses and scrapbooks of Edna Dean Baker. Materials are from her time as a Kindergartener in training, as a teacher and as the president of National Kindergarten and Elementary College and National College of Education, now National Louis University.
Biographical Note
President of National-Louis University from 1920-1949. Early student of Elizabeth Harrison in the 1910's.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
National Louis University Archives and Special Collections
Processing Information:
Described at the folder level.
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1917 to 1955],
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Box 2: Articles and Addresses, 1917 to 1949],
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Box 3: Manuscripts, 1917 to 1951],
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Box 4: Miscellaneous records and related materials],
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Box 5: Oversized Documents - Separated from other Edna Dean Baker Documents, Ca. 1900-10],
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Box 6: Edna Dean Baker's scrapbook of Kindergarten Work.],
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Item 7: Expense ledger for N.K.E.C., 1921-22],
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All]
- Box 1: Correspondence, 1917 to 1955
- Box 1
- Folder 1: Correspondence re: National Kindergarten and Elementary College students visiting Chicago area kindergartens., 1917-04
- Folder 2: 2 letters from Stella Louis Wood re: International Kindergarten Union Conference., 1918-05
- Folder 3: Edna Dean Baker correspondence with Elizabeth Harrison., [1922-1927]
- Folder 4: Edna Dean Baker letter to Social Progress (magazine) with biographical sketch of Elizabeth Harrison., 1923
- Folder 5: Edna Dean Baker correspondence with Merritt Starr (counsel to National Kindergarten and Elementary College 1922-31 and pres. of Board, 1926-31)., 1923 to 1930
- Folder 6: Correspondence among Ethel Shepherd, Mabel [Kearns?], Mrs. Borland and Edna Dean Baker re Elizabeth Harrison's pension., 1925-07
- Folder 7: Edna Dean Baker correspondence regarding Elizabeth Harrison (including Jane Addams)., 1927
- Folder 8: Correspondence with Alumnae, 1920s-1940s (including Bertha Covell, Twin City Alumnae Chapter; Margaret Trace; Angela Chandler; Julia Billings; Anna Betts; Laura Cragin; Alice Fitts), 1920 to 1940
- Folder 9: Edna Dean Baker Correspondence, telegrams, postcards descriptions from Europe., 1928 Summer
- Folder 10: Edna Dean Baker correspondence with Belle Woodson., 1928
- Folder 11: Letters to Edna Dean Baker from Francis M. Arnold., 1929 Summer
- Folder 12: Edna Dean Baker Correspondence related to Curriculum Records of the Children's School / National College of Education (Evanston, IL: National College of Education, 1932, 1940)., 1932
- Folder 13: Edna Dean Baker letters to National College of Education from Japan., 1932-07
- Folder 14: Edna Dean Baker Letter to the American Kindergarten Training School in Sofia, Bulgaria., 1939-04-05
- Folder 15: Letters to parents re: Weekend overnights, Children's School health., ca. 1942
- Folder 16: Correspondence regarding Student Recruitment., ca. 1942
- Folder 17: Correspondence regarding BOT, Fundraising, etc.., ca. 1942
- Folder 18: Edna Dean Baker letter to Mary Neuman., 1953
- Folder 19: Correspondence from National College of Education soliciting reminiscences about Edna Dean Baker, 1955., 1955
Browse by Box:
[Box 1: Correspondence, 1917 to 1955],
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Box 2: Articles and Addresses, 1917 to 1949],
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Box 3: Manuscripts, 1917 to 1951],
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Box 4: Miscellaneous records and related materials],
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Box 5: Oversized Documents - Separated from other Edna Dean Baker Documents, Ca. 1900-10],
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Box 6: Edna Dean Baker's scrapbook of Kindergarten Work.],
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Item 7: Expense ledger for N.K.E.C., 1921-22],
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All]
