E.M. Standing Collection on the Montessori Method, 1895-1980 (bulk 1939-1970).

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E.M. Standing Collection on the Montessori Method, 1895-1980 (bulk 1939-1970).

The collection contains correspondence, lecture notes, manuscripts, essays, speech texts, photographs, files, clippings, ephemera, sound recordings and publications. Materials document the educational philosophy of Maria Montessori as seen through the writings and correspondence of E.M. Standing and reflect the growing interest in Maria Montessori's teachings and pedagogy from Europe and South Asia to the United States in the 1920s. Also documented is the historical development and establishment of Montessori-based schools and teacher training programs in Seattle, WA and the greater Pacific Northwest and western United States. The collection includes early administrative records and correspondence pertaining to the formation of Seattle University's Montessori Teacher Training Program. The bulk of the materials in this collection are from circa 1939 to 1970. The collection is primarily in English, with some material in Italian, French, Spanish, and Latin. The folder numbering sequence shown in the finding aid is not reproduced on the folders themselves.

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Montessori, Maria, 1870-1952

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Physician and educator. From the description of Maria Montessori lectures, 1913-1917. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71070542 Biographical Note 1870, Aug. 31 Born, Chiaravalle, Italy 1886 1890 Attended Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vin...

Chattin-McNichols, John

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Marken, Karla.

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Seattle University. E.M. Standing Montessori Studies Center.

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Trudeau, Christina M, 1930-

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Seattle University. School of Education.

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Codd, William J., SJ.

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Standing, E. M. (E. Mortimer), 1887-

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Edwin Mortimer Standing (1887-1967) was a close friend and assistant to pioneering Italian educator Maria Montessori for over thirty years. Born in Madagascar to Quaker missionaries Lucy and Herbert Standing, Standing was educated at Cambridge University. After working as a tutor in India in the early 1920's, Standing converted to Catholicism in 1923 and spent the next three decades directing Montessori teacher-training courses in Italy, India and the United Kingdom. He authored several books, i...