Grand Rapids Kindergarten Training School records 1891-1919

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Grand Rapids Kindergarten Training School records 1891-1919

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Articles of incorporation and minutes; student registers and alumni rosters; performance records of students; student and teacher's notebooks, mostly those of Clara Wheeler; patterns and other teaching devices; and financial records.

6 linear feet

eng,

Bentley Historical Library

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Bentley Historical Library

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Grand Rapids Kindergarten Training School.

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The kindergarten movement in Grand Rapids, Michigan, began with the establishment of a single school in 1873. In 1884, the Free Kindergarten Association of Grand Rapids was formed with the purpose of promoting interest in kindergarten methods and establishing private kindergartens. In 1891, the Grand Rapids Kindergarten Association was formed "to advance the cause of Kindergartens and to aid general public sentiment in favor of Kindergartens in Grand Rapids." For kindergarten traini...

Wheeler, Clara Marian, 1861-1946.

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Grand Rapids, Michigan educator, principal of the Grand Rapids Kindergarten Training School, and advocate of kindergarten education. From the description of Clara Marian Wheeler papers, 1874-1948. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34422187 Clara Marian Wheeler was born April 25, 1861 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She was the daughter of Reuben and Marian Wheeler. Wheeler was a teacher and spent more than half a century in kindergarten teaching. She was a charter mem...