Sarah Louise Arnold Papers, 1894-1954 1894-1904.

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Sarah Louise Arnold Papers, 1894-1954 1894-1904.

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Sarah Louise Arnold (SLA), educator and administrator, authored books and articles on home economics, English, phonetics and teaching. The collection documents primarily SLA's term as superintendent of the primary schools in Minneapolis, Minnesota (1888-1894) through her administration of the Boston, Massachusetts primary schools (1894-1902). The collection also contains limited materials covering SLA's administration as Dean and Director of the School of Household Economics at Simmons College (1902-1920), the years she worked for the U.S. Food Administration (1917-1920), her presidency of the Girl Scouts (1925), and her time as a member of the Board of Governors of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union (1902-1924). Types of documents in the collection include clippings, photographs, scrapbooks, correspondence, some writings by SLA, a travel diary of SLA's trip to Europe, and a thesis on SLA by her niece (Rachel Arnold Hefler, 1954). SLA occasioally published under the pseudonym Susan Hall.

2 boxes (1.65 linear ft.).ku.

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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