Creator:
Colvin, Ruth J.
Inclusive Dates:
1980- 2010
Abstract:
American literacy advocate and author. Collection includes videotapes, clippings, slides, and presentations and publications by Colvin.
Type of Material:
Videotapes.
Audiotapes.
Audiocassettes.
Compact discs.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Textbooks.
Subject:
Teachers.
Adult education
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
Literacy -- Developing countries.
Literacy -- United States.
New literates, Writing for.
Creator:
unknown
Inclusive Dates:
1941- 1945
Abstract:
Army manuals, readers, tests, etc., with a few items of memorabilia
Type of Material:
Drawings (visual works)
Examinations (documents)
Photographs.
Readers.
Songbooks.
Textbooks.
Subject:
Adult education
African Americans
Military history
Adult education -- Study and teaching.
Adult education -- United States.
Adult education and state.
Adult education teachers.
African Americans -- Education.
Literacy -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Literacy -- United States.
Reading (Adult education) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Reading (Adult education) -- United States.
Soldiers -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Soldiers -- Education, Non-military -- United States.
Creator:
Yefroikin, S.
Inclusive Dates:
1902- 1968
Abstract:
Papers of the American educator, author. Yefroikin also used the name S. Efron. Collection
includes correspondence, 1912-1966; memorabilia, 1902-1968; and manuscripts, 1920-1968, relating to Yefroikin's
writings and to Jewish secular education, particularly the Workmen's Circle schools. Correspondents include
Chaim Grade and Melech Ravitch.
Type of Material:
Books.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Notes (documents)
Photoprints.
Speeches (documents)
Textbooks.
Subject:
Educators.
Jewish educators.
Jews -- Education -- United States.
Jews -- Education -- Textbooks.
Creator:
Saul, George Brandon, 1901-
Inclusive Dates:
1912- 1969
Abstract:
Papers of the American educator, author, poet, composer.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Musical scores.
Notebooks.
Poems.
Photographs.
Reviews (documents)
Textbooks.
Subject:
Authors.
Composers.
Dramatists.
Educators.
Musicians.
Novelists.
Poets.
Music
Literature -- American Poetry
Literature -- American Fiction
American literature -- 20th century.
American literature -- Book reviews.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Books -- Reviews.
Composers -- United States.
Dramatists, American -- 20th century.
Educators -- United States.
Irish-American literature -- 20th century.
Irish Americans.
Music -- 20th century.
Music -- Poetry.
Musicians -- United States.
Novelists, American -- 20th century.
Plays-in-progress.
Poets, American -- 20th century.
Short stories, American -- 20th century.
Creator:
Barnes, Harry Elmer, 1889-1968.
Inclusive Dates:
1913- 1965
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, and
biographical materials produced by or related to Harry Elmer Barnes, alumnus and
instructor at Syracuse University in the 1910s
Type of Material:
Booklets.
Correspondence.
Manuscripts for publication.
Programs (documents)
Syllabi.
Textbooks.
Subject:
United States -- History.
College teachers.
Historians.
Sociologists.
Higher education.
University Archives
Syracuse University -- History
Syracuse University -- Alumni
Syracuse University -- Faculty and Staff
Historical sociology.
History -- Study and teaching.
Sociology.
Technocracy.
World War, 1939-1945 -- France.
Creator:
American Book Company.
Inclusive Dates:
1801- 1971
Abstract:
The American Book Company was formed in 1890 by consolidation of Van Antwerp, Bragg and Co., A.S. Barnes and Co., D. Appleton and Co., and Iveson, Blakeman and Co. The collection includes the records of the company which manufactured books and educational materials in several locations in the United States, with head offices in New York City; the book list embraced all subjects at all educational levels. The collection is primarily textbooks, including several editions as far back as 1840 of the McGuffey readers; also included are business records and illustrations.
Type of Material:
Annual reports.
Artwork.
Books.
Calendars (documents)
Correspondence.
Drawings (visual works)
Galley proofs.
Illustrations.
Maps (documents)
Paintings (visual works)
Photographs.
Primers (books)
Textbooks.
Watercolors (paintings)
Subject:
McGuffey readers.
Publishers.
Business and Industry
Publishing, printing and book arts
Arithmetic -- Study and teaching.
Education, Elementary -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Education, Primary -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Education, Secondary -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Educational publishing -- United States.
Geography -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
History -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Mathematics -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Music -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Penmanship.
Primers -- 1800-1870.
Primers -- 1870-1950.
Publishers and publishing -- United States.
Readers (Elementary)
Readers (Secondary)
Science -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Textbooks -- Publishing.
Textbooks -- United States.
Vocational education -- Textbooks -- Specimens.
Creator:
Perryville Methodist Church (Perryville, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1862- 1968
Abstract:
Church records, books, financial records, church bulletins, and similar material from the Perryville Methodist Church, founded in 1831 and located in Perryville, Madison County, New York
Type of Material:
Church records.
Minutes (administrative records)
Financial records.
Bibles.
Bibles moralisees (commentaries)
Picture Bibles.
Attendance records.
Checks (bank checks)
Ledgers (account books)
Textbooks.
Programs (organizations)
Subject:
New York (State) -- Religious life and customs.
Clergy.
Sunday school teachers.
Church buildings--New York (State)
Epworth League (U.S.)
Methodist Church -- United States -- History.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society.
Sunday schools -- Exercises, recitations, etc.
Sunday schools -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Sunday schools -- New York (State)
Sunday schools -- Records.
Sunday school teachers -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Women's Society of Christian Service.
Church records and registers -- New York (State)
Methodists.
Creator:
Laubach, Frank Charles, 1884-1970.
Inclusive Dates:
1896- 1974
Abstract:
Personal papers of the missionary, adult educator, and literacy pioneer; also contains organizational records of Laubach Literacy, Inc. Collection includes correspondence, administrative papers, financial papers, U.S. and international projects, writings, photographs, and miscellanea.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Bank statements.
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Essays.
Financial records.
Manuscripts for publication.
Maps (documents)
Motion pictures (visual works)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Poems.
Progress reports.
Proposals.
Readers.
Reports.
Minutes (administrative records)
Textbooks.
Subject:
Adult education teachers.
Adult education
Religion and philosophy
Adult education -- United States.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Clergy -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Educators -- United States.
English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers.
Evening and continuation schools -- United States.
Literacy.
Literacy -- Africa.
Literacy -- Asia.
Literacy -- Colombia.
Literacy -- India.
Literacy -- Latin America.
Literacy -- Mexico.
Literacy -- United States.
Missionaries.
New literates, Writing for.
Television in adult education.
Visual literacy.