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S.B. Coulson kindergarten student teacher notebook (Addition 51) 2024-0090, 1886-1894

 File — Box: 11, Folder: 6

Scope and Contents

This addition to MSS 16758, The University of Virginia Collection on the History of Childhood, Parenting, and Family Building, contains one notebook kept by S.B. Coulson with notes regarding Friedrich Fröbel teaching approach and use of Fröbel gifts, which include play materials such as balls, cylinders, cubes, and tablets.

The instructors were "Miss Doyle," "Miss Symond," and "Mrs. Meleney," the latter being Carrie Coit Meleney, a student and later prolific correspondent of Maria Kraus-Boelté (1836-1918), a pioneer of Fröbel education in the United States and author of the textbook, "The kindergarten guide" (1877). The notebook also contains diagrams and illustrations depicting configurations of tiles and boxes. Several pages have been torn out of the notebook.

Dates

  • Creation: 1886-1894

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use.

Full Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (12 document boxes, 2 os boxes and 1 cubic box)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library Repository

Contact:
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
P.O. Box 400110
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22904-4110 United States