Edith Lisolette Gordon papers, 1917-1989, bulk 1975-1980 [manuscript].

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Edith Lisolette Gordon papers, 1917-1989, bulk 1975-1980 [manuscript].

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Contains materials compiled by Edith Gordon in the course of collecting Bank Street oral histories and writing her dissertation, including research, correspondence, tapes, transcripts, photographs, drafts, and administrative records. Also included are files containing notes and clippings on numerous important figures in the history of the College.

6.25 linear feet.

Bank Street College of Education Library

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Bank Street College of Education Library

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Bureau of Educational Experiments

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Gordon, Edith Lisolette Oppenheimer.

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Edith L. Gordon entered the graduate school of Bank Street College of Education in 1955 as part of an experimental program sponsored by the Ford Foundation in which students began teaching in inner city schools after only one semester of coursework and student teaching. In 1974 on a professional visit to the Bank Street School for Children Gordon learned from President Francis Roberts that no history of Bank Street existed. Realizing the importance of beginning such a pr...

Bank Street College of Education

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