Inventory
27.50 Linear Feet
May 1983
Revised February 2000
Introduction
Mr. William Franz Wirt and former Gary school superintendent Gordon McAndrew donated the William A. and Mildred H. Wirt Papers to the Calumet Regional Archives on September 3 and September 9, 1974, respectively.
Property rights in the collection are held by the Calumet Regional Archives; literary rights are dedicated to the public. There are no restrictions on access to the collection.
Linear feet of shelf space: 27.50 linear feet.
Number of containers: 28 boxes.
Calumet Regional Archives Collection 101
Processed By: Stephen McShane
Date: May, 1983
Scope and Content
The William A. and Mildred H. Wirt Papers document the history of the Gary school system from 1907 to 1962. The collection records the activities of William Albert Wirt, first superintendent of the Gary public school system, from 1897 to 1938. In addition, these papers document the activities of Mildred Harter Wirt, Auditorium Department Supervisor,from 1895 to 1962. Twenty distinct record series constitute the collection, including correspondence, William A. Wirt and Mildred H. Wirt; personal and financial records, William and Mildred Wirt; writings, William and Mildred Wirt; other literary productions (reports on Gary schools, auditorium topics, and general auditorium theory); published printed material (Gary schools, local history, organizations, and general education and economic topics); materials from the Gary College, the Steel City Garage, the Gary Civic Concert Association, and Northwestern University; photographs; newsclippings; and oversize items. Most of the documents have been arranged chronolog
The correspondence of William A. Wirt (1897-1938) contains information relating to the Gary schools including statistics on teachers and students as well as Wirt's publications on the work-study-play system. In addition, the series retains data on Wirt's charges against Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal, accusing the President's advisors of seeking the collapse of the American political, social, and economic system and substitution of a planned economic, socialist system of government. Also, Wirt's correspondence deals with the Committee for the Nation and the superintendent's involvement with a town planning company. Mildred H. Wirt's correspondence (1923-1962) focuses upon auditorium topics and teachers as well as the publishing of Platoon School magazine. The major portion of this series, however, relates to Mrs. Wirt's parents, relatives, and step-children and describes various family problems and concerns; letters from her father, D.W. Harter, contain some information on the United Labor News, a labor n
Next, William Wirt's writings (1911-1937) detail his views on both education and economic topics. Articles written prior to the 1930's reveal Wirt's theories on reorganizing schools along the platoon scheme, and many of the publications describe the attempt to implement the Wirt plan in New York City. Articles and drafts written during the New Deal years center upon economic topics such as dollar revaluation, gold, government and business relationships, and the threat of a planned economy. Wirt continued to write about his education theories, however, particularly in The Great Lockout in America's Citizenship Plants in 1937. The writings of Mildred Wirt discuss the role of the auditorium in the school curriculum and techniques of teaching drama and performing arts.
Reports on the Gary schools and auditorium activities (1915-1960) constitute a major series in the collection. The reports contain a wide range of information including student performance reports, schedules of subjects, teacher assignments, attendance reports, test scores, analyses of the Gary system, curriculum guides, annual report balance sheets, revenue data, some salary information, directories, surveys, and comparison studies. Meanwhile, auditorium reports, programs, and scripts detail names of student presentations, source materials, remarks of instructors, and lists of plays at virtually all of the schools in Gary. The scripts and program sheets cover subjects such as English, Mathematics, Social Studies, Languages, and Nature Study. This series provides much useful information regarding the administration of the Gary schools as well as the techniques implemented in the platoon system, particularly the Auditorium Department. In addition, the series of records generated by Mrs. Wirt while teaching at
A large volume of printed material (1901-1960) comprises pamphlets, magazine articles, and reports about the Gary schools, education, economics, and local history and organizations. Numerous pamphlets describe the work-study-play plan in Gary and New York and include studies of subjects, costs, school building design, and programs in the Gary schools. The general education series contains reports on platoon systems throughout the nation as well as the state of education in the early twentieth century. In addition, auditorium theory material provides many examples of auditorium programs developed during the period. Articles and publication on economics primarily deal with controversies during the New Deal era and the possible threat of socialism during the 1930's. This series furnishes several accounts of William Wirt's appearance before the Bulwinkle committee in the U.S. Congress, organized to investigate Wirt's charges against the Roosevelt "Brain Trust." Finally, printed materials from local organizations
Several series center upon particular local enterprises and organizations including the Wirt Motor Company, Gary College, and the Gary Civic Concert Association. First, the Gary College series describes the establishment and history of this institution to provide higher education for poor students. Correspondence, reports, and enrollment and financial statistics provide helpful information on the College. Next, records from the Wirt Motor Company and Steel City Garage offer a brief insight into William Wirt's business ventures. Third, the Gary Civic Concert Association series highlights the activities of local culture in Gary. These three series illustrate the diversity of the Wirts' interests and provide a useful account of several aspects of local historical development.
Photographs (1900-1960), furnish a visual record of William and Mildred Wirt. Although the series primarily contains photographs of the Harter family, photographs of drama productions portray auditorium students in various scenes and provide details on sets, costumes, and choreography. The series also retains several photographs of Froebel and Horace Mann schools in the early decades of the century. Finally, the oversize material series (1921-1952) contains additional photographs of the Wirts, Harters, and student plays, as well as newspapers and clippings describing William Wirt's educational and economic philosophies. Also, the oversize series includes Gary school financial ledger sheets for 1921-1922 and 1940-1952.
The William A. and Mildred H. Wirt Papers not only furnish information on the activities and views of two well-known Gary educators, but also document the history of the famous Gary schools' work-study-play system and the history of education in the first decades of the twentieth century. In addition, the collection is a valuable source for the study of local organizations and historical regional development as well as providing insight into aspects of the New Deal era.
Researchers should note that biographical information on William A. Wirt and Mildred H. Wirt is located in Box 1, File Folders 1 and 2. Other collections held by the Calumet Regional Archives documenting the history of education in the Calumet Region include the E.A. Spaulding Collection (CRA 029), the IUN Collection (CRA 031), the Mark Roser Collection (CRA 033), the Allegra Nesbit Collection (CRA 089), the Guy Wulfing Collection (CRA 107), the Jaffee Collection (CRA 108), the Kenneth Resur Collection (CRA 124), the Peter Huminsky Collection (CRA 129), and the Gary Schools Administrative Center Records (CRA 132). Researchers may also find helpful information in Ronald D. Cohen's and Raymond A. Mohl's work, The Paradox of Progressive Education: The Gary Plan and Urban Schooling (Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press Corporation, 1979) and in James B. Lane's work, City of the Century: A History of Gary, Indiana (Bloo
Historical Sketch
One of the most famous figures in Gary development as well as the history of education in the twentieth century, William Albert Wirt was born on a farm near Markle, Indiana, in 1874. After attending school in Markle and Bluffton, Indiana, Mr. Wirt entered DePauw University and graduated with an M.A. in Political Science. He began teaching in Redkey, Indiana and assumed the post of superintendent of schools in Bluffton in 1899.
While in Bluffton, William Wirt developed a philosophy of education partially based upon a set of values derived from his rural background. He viewed the self-sufficient family farm as containing all of the characteristics necessary for a student's development, particularly vocational training, physical activity, and character growth. Work and productivity characterized rural life, and Mr. Wirt believed that the rapid urbanization occurring in the early twentieth century threatened the rural values necessary for total development of children. Wirt maintained that the public schools should provide an oasis to instill the values of family, work, and productivity among urban students and produce an efficient, orderly society of solid, productive citizens. In short, William Wirt believed that, "Public schools, endowed with the mission of 'the ennobling of daily and common work by making it beautiful'" could solve "the great economic and social problems of our time' '' 1 In Bluffton, Wirt in
In 1907, Wirt became superintendent of schools in Gary and began implementing his educational values in the local schools. He initiated teacher hiring standards, designed school buildings, lengthened the school day, and organized the schools according to his ideals. The core of the schools' organization in Gary centered upon the platoon or work-study-play system. Above the primary grades, students were divided into two platoons -- one platoon used the academic classrooms, while the second platoon was divided between the shops, nature studies, auditorium, gymnasium, and outdoor facilities. In the Gary plan, all of the school equipment remained in use during the entire school day; this system promoted efficiency in the school operations while developing the intellectual, manual, and recreational skills of the children.
The platoon system gained acceptance in Gary and received national attention during the early decades of the twentieth century. In 1914, the city of New York hired Superintendent Wirt as a consultant to introduce the work-study-play system in the New York schools. In the following three years, however, the Gary system encountered resistance from students, parents, and labor leaders concerned that the plan simply trained children to work in factories. By 1917, the Gary system in New York became a political issue and after the election of an antiplatoon plan candidate for mayor in 1918, the New York schools abandoned the work-study-play project.
Despite the failure in New York, Wirt's system continued to achieve popularity during the 1920's. In Gary, the schools grew rapidly to serve the growing population and enrollment. Buildings, staff, and funding increased with the higher demand for education in the city. Outside of Gary, over 200 cities in forty-one states experimented with the platoon system, and in 1925, the National Association for the Study of the Platoon or Work-Study-Play School Organization formed to publicize the advantages of the platoon system. William Wirt not only received national recognition, but also gained worldwide fame from England to Japan.
In addition to his duties as school superintendent, Mr. Wirt became involved in several business ventures including real estate development in Dune Acres, president of Gary's National Bank of America, a partnership in a city planning firm, and owner in a Nash automobile dealership. Unfortunately, all of these projects yielded little financial gain and eventually failed with the onset of the Great Depression.
In 1927, Mr. Wirt married Mildred Harter, the general supervisor of speech in the Gary schools. Born in 1895, in Memphis, Tennessee, Miss Harter had attended high school in Huntington, Indiana and graduated from the Indiana State Normal School in Terre Haute in 1915. After beginning her teaching career in Summitville, Indiana, Miss Harter came to Gary in 1918 as a teacher at the Beveridge School. From 1919 to 1926, she taught at Froebel School and became the director of speech and drama in the Gary school system in 1929. During her career, Mildred Harter Wirt developed a philosophy of the role of auditorium training in the school curriculum and wrote several articles on auditorium theory. In addition, she taught summer courses in auditorium subjects at Northwestern University and the University of Chicago. In 1948, Mrs. Wirt earned a Ph.d. in education from Jefferson College in Jefferson, Texas, with a thesis entitled, "Educational Philosophy of the Gary Public Schools." Besides teaching, Mildred Wirt became
While the 1920's saw the growth and expansion of Wirt's influence and organization plan in Gary, the 1930's brought controversy and dissent among Wirt's proponents and supporters of the Gary schools. The Depression resulted in smaller budgets, program cuts, reductions in teachers's salaries, a shortened school year, and cancellation of night school and summer courses. Although these programs were restored by 1937, teacher discontent over salaries continued to appear in the late 1930's. In addition, arguments arose over the proper role of vocational training in the schools, and Gary's black community became increasingly impatient with segregation policy in the schools.
In addition to these concerns, William Wirt launched an attack upon Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs, charging that the New Deal threatened American individualism by attempting government planning of the economy. He wrote pamphlets, articles, and addresses on the economy, particularly regarding the manipulation of the dollar to solve the economic crisis. Finally, Wirt accused the New Deal of being infiltrated by communists designing the collapse of the American system.
Wirt's charges received national attention when the school superintendent appeared before the Bulwinkle investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1934. After his testimony against the Roosevelt Brain Trust, he was denounced as a reactionary by Democrats and those on the left, and defended by those on the right. Although the committee rejected Wirt's charges, the superintendent continued to write and speak on the dangers of the New Deal economic programs.
Several years after his spectacular accusations against Franklin Roosevelt's administration, and as problems of segregation and teacher discontent continued, William A. Wirt suffered a heart attack and died on March 12, 1938. Within two years, much of the work-study-play plan fell from favor among school officials, and William Wirt's platoon system of educating the "whole child" disappeared from the Gary schools' organization. Historian Ronald D. Cohen summarized William Wirt's contributions to the Gary schools by stating, " at their worst, the Gary schools were places where bored, frightened students were endlessly herded from room to playground to auditorium; at their best they were free, exciting, creative environments, assisting and enriching the lives of rich and poor, black and white, native and immigrant children. For many, they surely promoted opportunity."2
Notes
1. Cohen, Ronald D. and Mohl, Raymond A.. The Paradox of Progressive Education: The Gary Plan and Urban Schooling, (Port Washington, New York: Kennikat Press Corporation, 1979), p.13.
2. Lane, James B.. City of the Century: A History of Gary, Indiana, (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 1978), p. 65.
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 1 |
1-2 |
Biographical Information, William Wirt, Ca. 1930
Biographical Information, Mildred Wirt, 1950 |
Series I: Correspondence - William A. Wirt
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 1 |
3 |
Correspondence and Related Materials, Industrial Town Planners, 1918, 1920-1922 |
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4 |
Correspondence, Alice Barrows, 1926, (1932-1934) |
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5 |
Correspondence, William Wirt to Mildred Wirt, (1932-1936) |
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6 |
Correspondence, Committee for the Nation, 1932-1937 |
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7 |
Correspondence, The Great Lockout, 1937-1941 |
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8-15 |
Correspondence, William Wirt, General, (1897-1938) |
Series IA: Correspondence - Wirt Children
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 1 |
18-19 |
Correspondence, William A. Wirt to William Franz Wirt, 1907, 1910, 1926, 1931-1938 |
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20 |
Correspondence, William Franz Wirt, (1932-1949) |
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21 |
Correspondence, Incoming to William Franz Wirt, (1907-1974) |
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22-23 |
Correspondence, Eleanor Wirt, (1929-1943) |
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24 |
Correspondence, Regarding Eleanor Wirt, 1938-1939 |
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25-26 |
Correspondence, Sherwood Wirt, (1929-1948) |
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27 |
Correspondence, Regarding Sherwood Wirt, 1938 |
Series II: Correspondence - Mildred H. Wirt
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 1 |
28 |
Correspondence, Tri Kappa, (1925-1945) |
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| 2 |
1 |
Correspondence, Platoon School Magazine, (1927-1938) |
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2 |
Correspondence, Auditorium Business, 1928-1930 |
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3 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and Teachers, (1928-1940) |
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4 |
Correspondence, Commercial, Mildred Wirt, (1930-1940) |
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5 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and Various Organizations, (1930-1939) |
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6 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and Students, 1932-1939 |
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7 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and William Franz Wirt, (1932-1944) |
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8 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt, Apartment Rentals, 1932, 1939-1940 |
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9 |
Correspondence, Letters of Inquiry, (1935-1939)
List of Correspondents, Christmas, 1935 |
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10 |
Correspondence, Antonia Wolf to Mildred Wirt, 1939-1940 |
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11 |
Correspondence, School, 1938, 1947-1949 |
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12-16 |
Letters of Sympathy, Death of William A. Wirt, March, 1938 |
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17 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and Alice Harter, (1939-1949) |
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18 |
Correspondence, Mildred Wirt and D.W. Harter, 1939, (1951-1960) |
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19 |
Correspondence, Carrie Harter Templeton, (1895-1910) |
| 2 |
20 |
Correspondence, Death of Carrie Harter Templeton, June, 1946 |
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21 |
Correspondence, Charles S. Coons to Gary Board of Education, June 16, 1941 |
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22-29 |
Correspondence, Mildred Harter Wirt, General, (1923-1949) |
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| 3 |
1-5 |
Correspondence, Mildred Harter Wirt, General, (1951-1962) |
Series III: Personal and Financial Records, William A. and Mildred H. Wirt
| Box |
File |
Description |
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6 |
Accident Insurance Policy, William, Wirt, n.d. |
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7 |
Insurance Cards, William Wirt, n.d. |
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8-9 |
Financial Statements, 1935-1940 |
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10-11 |
Wirt Invoices and Statements, (1920-1937) |
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12 |
Minutes, Dune Acres Board of Directors, 1932 |
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13 |
Dune Acres Publications and Land Records, 1923-1924, 1929, 1938, 1948 |
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14 |
Dune Acres Financial Sheet, n.d. |
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15 |
Constitution and By-Laws, City Club of New York, 1923 |
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16 |
Will Earhart, "William Wirt's Contribution to the Arts," February 23, 1932 |
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17 |
Award Booklet, Membership in National Education Association, 1929 |
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18 |
Appointment Book, William Wirt, 1933 |
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19 |
Pocket Calendar, 1938 |
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20 |
Register of Visitors, Funeral of William Wirt, March 14, 1938 |
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21 |
Memorial Tributes to Dr. Wirt, March, 1938 |
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22 |
Memorial Service Program for William Wirt, March 1938 |
| 3 |
23 |
Scholastic Convocation, Memorial to William Wirt, June 24, 1938 |
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24 |
Resolution of Indiana Board of Education Upon Death of William Wirt, 1938 |
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25 |
List of Visitors and Callers at Wirt Home, Death of William Wirt, March, 1938 |
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26 |
List of Mourners, Death of William Wirt, 1938 |
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27 |
Tribute to William Wirt by Jefferson School Student, 1941 |
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28 |
Testimonials to William Wirt, n.d. |
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29 |
Program, Ceremony to Honor Elizabeth Pynchon Ames, n.d. |
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30 |
Teacher's Application, Mildred Gene Harter, July 1, 1918 |
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31 |
Teacher's Contract, Mildred Harter Wirt, 1921 |
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32 |
Wedding Booklet, William A. Wirt & Mildred Gene Harter, August 10, 1927 |
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33 |
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34 |
Salary Information, Mildred Wirt, 1958-1961 |
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35 |
Insurance Policies, Lake George Property, 1916, (1936-1951) |
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36 |
Mortgage and Related Materials, Lake George, New York, (1935-1938) |
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37 |
Auto Insurance Policy, Mildred Wirt, 1938-1939 |
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38 |
Automobile Papers, Mildred Wirt, 1937-1939, (1958-1960) |
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39 |
Life Insurance Policy, Mildred Wirt, 1957 |
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40-41 |
Invoices, Mildred Wirt, (1927-1960) |
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| 4 |
1 |
Bank Book, Mildred Wirt, 1938 |
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2 |
Account Book, 1938-1939 |
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3 |
Expenses, Eleanor Wirt, 1933 |
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4 |
Invoices, Eleanor Wirt, 1935-1939 |
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5 |
Invoices, Sherwood Wirt, 1936-1937 |
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6-8 |
Yearbooks, Huntington High School, (1913-1920) |
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9 |
Yearbook Pages, Huntington High School, (1915-1924) |
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10 |
Huntington High School Award, 1917(?) |
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11 |
D. W. Harter, Addresses and Occupational Information, (1934-1943), 1959 |
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12 |
D.W. Harter, Financial Records,(1922-1958) |
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13 |
D.W. Harter, Membership Cards, (1926-1938) |
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14 |
D.W. Harter, 1950 |
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15 |
Petition to Establish Tri-City Labor News, n.d. |
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16 |
Pamphlet, "Friendly Comments and Endorsements," United Labor News, (1930-1940) |
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17 |
Tribute to Mary L. Clark by Carrie Templeton, n.d. |
| 4 |
18 |
Appointment Book, 1925 |
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19 |
Pocket Diary, Unidentified, 1926 |
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20 |
Appointment Book, 1948 |
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21-22 |
Address Book, 1949 |
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23 |
Guest List, Unidentified, n.d. |
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24 |
List of Addresses, Mildred Wirt, (1926-1940) |
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25 |
Notes to Maid, Mildred Wirt, 1937-1938 |
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26-30 |
Greeting Cards, Mildred Wirt, (1932-1939) |
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31 |
Home Inventory, n.d. |
Series IV: William A. Wirt Writings
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 5 |
1 |
William Wirt, Reprint of Letter to Board of School Trustees 1911 |
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2 |
William Wirt, "The Place of the Public School in a Community Program for Child Welfare", The Child, July, 1912 |
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3 |
Educational Report, Lake County Schools, 1913 |
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4 |
William Wirt, "A Report Upon the Feasibility of Securing Prevocational Training", 1914 |
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5 |
"A Report on a Plan of Organization for Co-Operative and Continuation Courses", 1914 |
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6 |
"The Reorganization of Public School 89", 1915 |
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7 |
"The Official Wirt Reports to New York City Board of Education", 1916 |
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8 |
Leaflets, Duplicate School Program Plans, 1918 |
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9 |
Draft of Speech on Work-Study-Play Education, ca. 1926 |
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10 |
"Gary Public Schools", from the History of the Lake and Calumet Region of Indiana, 1927 |
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11 |
Wirt Notes, Gary Schools, 1930-1937 |
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12 |
Wirt Manuscripts Discussing Work-Study-Play School, 1931 |
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13 |
"How Can America Secure a Market?", 1932 |
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14 |
"How Will the Revaluation of the Dollar Operate?", 1932 |
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15 |
"Our Government's Responsibilities for the Present Depression", 1932 |
| 5 |
16 |
Resolution Submitted to the State Board of Education, March 4, 1932 |
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17 |
"The School's Responsibility for Post-War Depression", 1932 |
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18 |
"Shall We Save Debtors, Creditors, or Both", 1932 |
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19 |
"The Way Out of the Present Depression", 1932 |
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20 |
William Wirt, Articles, 1932-1933 |
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21 |
Draft, "An Honest Dollar", 1933? |
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22-23 |
"An Honest Dollar", 1933? |
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24 |
"The World is Short of Gold Dollars, But is Not Short of Currency", 1933 |
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25-26 |
"Which Way, America?" Articles, 1933-1934 |
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27 |
"Which Way, America?" Address, 1934 |
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28 |
"Which Way, America?", Notes and Drafts, 1934-1935 |
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29 |
America Must Lose by a "Planned Economy", The Stepping-Stone to a Regimented State, 1934 |
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30 |
Comments Regarding America Must Lose Pamphlet, n.d. |
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31 |
"Education for Citizenship", Address at Morgan Park Military Academy, June 10, 1934 |
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32 |
"Supporting Our President", Draft, 1934 |
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33 |
"Education in a Modern World", 1935 |
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34 |
"The School as (or Should not be) an Agency for Propaganda", Articles and Drafts, 1935 |
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35 |
"Why Does Gary Spend Money for Schools Other Than the Regular Day Schools", 1935 |
| 5 |
36 |
"Keeping America Safe for Democracy", 1936 |
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37 |
"Public School Expenditures and the Tax Burden", 1936 |
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38 |
Summaries of Oral Evidence Regarding Roosevelt "Brain Trust", 1936 |
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39 |
The Great Lockout in America's Citizenship Plants, Part 1, 1937 |
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| 6 |
1 |
The Great Lockout, Photographs and Related Materials, 1910, 1924-25, 1936-37 |
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2 |
Library of Congress Copyright Request, The Great Lockout |
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3 |
Drafts, "Introduction", The Great Lockout, n.d. |
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4-8 |
Chapters 1-5, Drafts, The Great Lockout, n.d. |
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9 |
Chapter 6 Drafts (?), The Great Lockout, Part 2, n.d. |
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10 |
Illustration Captions, The Great Lockout, n.d. |
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11 |
Mailing List, The Great Lockout, n.d. |
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12 |
"Cost to the Taxpayer", Drafts, 1936(?) |
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13 |
Wirt Notes, Economic Topics, ca. 1930's |
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14 |
Critiques of Reports on Gary Schools, n.d. |
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15 |
"Discussion of Community Schools", Draft, n.d. |
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16 |
"The Effect of the Deposit Currency in Prices", Draft, n.d. |
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17 |
"Fair Incomes", Draft, n.d. |
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18 |
"Greater Use of Our Child Welfare Agencies by Eliminating Peak Loads; Multiple use of Child Welfare Agencies", n.d. |
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19 |
"The Other Side of the New Deal", n.d. |
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20 |
"Plain Facts About the Rockefeller Foundation Survey of the Gary Schools", n.d. |
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21 |
"Progress in Education Through School Administration", n.d. |
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22 |
"Rise in Expenditures for Public Education", n.d. |
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23 |
"The Schools Responsibility for Post-War Depression", n.d. |
| 6 |
24 |
"Ways and Means for a Closer Union Between the School and the Non-School Activities", n.d. |
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25 |
"Why Work-Study-Play-Schools?", n.d. |
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26 |
Address on Educational Goals, William Wirt?, n.d. |
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27 |
Wirt Speech Excerpts, n.d. |
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28 |
Address Cards, Agricultural Publications, n.d. |
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29 |
Miscellaneous Notes on Platoon Schools, n.d. |
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30 |
Notecards, Economic Topics, n.d. |
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31 |
Notecards, Education, n.d. |
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32 |
List of Superintendents in Other States, n.d. |
Series V : Mildred Harter Wirt Writings
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File |
Description |
| 6 |
33 |
Mildred Wirt, Writings and Speeches, 1940-1943 |
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34 |
Draft, "A Study of Auditorium Practices in the Elementary Platoon School", n.d. |
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35 |
"Practical Suggestions for Conducting the Auditorium in Work-Study-Play Schools", n.d. |
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36 |
"The Auditorium as a Workshop for Creative Youth", n.d. |
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37-38 |
Rough Drafts, Various, n.d. |
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| 7 |
1-3 |
Notes, Auditorium Subjects, 1937-38, 1944 |
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4-5 |
Notes, Mildred Wirt, 1935-1936 |
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6 |
Notes, List of Subjects, n.d. |
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7 |
Lecture Notecards, n.d. |
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8 |
Class Notes n.d. |
Series VI : Reports,Gary Schools, General
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File |
Description |
| 7 |
9 |
Various Reports on Platoon Schools, 1915-1916, 1926-27, 1935-36 |
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10 |
Survey Reports/Test Scores, Gary Schools, (1916-1923) |
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11 |
Gary School Statistics, 1918 |
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12 |
Graduation Announcements, Emerson High School, 1918, 1920 |
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13-14 |
Visual Education Correspondence and Related Material, (1920-1931) |
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15 |
Comparative Financial Statistics, Gary and area schools, 1921-1922 |
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| 8 |
1 |
Reports and correspondence, Continuation School, 1921-1923 |
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2 |
Gary school statistics, (1922-1927) |
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3 |
Invitation, Froebel High School Alumni Reunion, 1923 |
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4 |
Bell, "The Program and Matters Pertinent, Horace Mann School, school year 1923-1924", 1951 |
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5-6 |
Music Education Material, 1923-1929 |
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7 |
Bell, " An Analysis and Comparison of Gary School Costs with Other Indiana City Schools, 1924-25", n.d. |
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8 |
Bell, "An Analysis Comparing the Public Schools of Joliet, Illinois and Gary, Indiana, May, 1926 |
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9 |
Statistics, Gary Schools, 1926-1927 |
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10 |
School board statistics and related materials, 1928-1933 |
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11 |
Teacher success rankings, 1927-1928 |
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12 |
Visiting reports, Gary schools, 1928 |
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13 |
Principal-supervisor bulletins, Gary schools, 1928-1929 |
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14 |
Suppliers, Gary schools, ca. 1928 |
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15 |
Statistics, night school, 1928-1929 |
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16 |
Program, D.A.R. Spirit of America Pageant, 1928-29 |
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17 |
Programs, Memorial auditorium presentations, 1929-30 |
| 8 |
18 |
Financial statistics, Gary schools, (1929-1933) |
|
19 |
Teacher application and related material, (1930-1949) |
|
20 |
Special events lists, Gary schools, 1930-1931 |
|
21 |
Programs, Algebra, January, 1931 |
|
22 |
Gary Schools Teacher lists and rating summaries, 1931-1934 |
|
23 |
Financial statistics and taxes, Lake County and Gary schools, 1933-1935 |
|
24 |
Gary schools Monthly Bulletin, November, 1933 |
|
25 |
Gary teachers salary statistics, 1933-1938 |
|
26 |
Notices, Indiana State Teachers' Retirement Fund, 1933-1934 |
|
27 |
Special events for teachers, 1934-1935 |
|
28 |
Reports, Gary public schools Work, Study, Play camps for Boys, 1934-1935 |
|
29 |
Gary schools directory, 1934-1937 |
|
30 |
Letters to Indiana legislators concerning taxes, 1935 |
|
31 |
Burger, "The Work, Study, Play or Platoon School Evolution of School Organization", April, 1936 |
|
32 |
Teacher Examination Form, September 26, 1936 |
|
33 |
College graduates' dinner, 1936 |
|
34 |
Gary schools attendance report, 1937 |
|
35 |
Program, Third Scholastic Convocation, June 16, 1937? |
|
36 |
Superintendent's office salary files, 1937-1938 |
| 8 |
37 |
Salary statistics, Gary schools (?), 1937-1938 |
|
38 |
Teachers' Union materials, 1938 |
|
39 |
G.E. Wulfing, "Educational Aims Attained Through Appropriate Administration", 193? |
|
40 |
Program, annual school award presentation, May, 1940 |
|
41 |
Kindergarten and primary department bulletins, 1940-42 |
|
42 |
Statistics, Gary schools, 1940-1951 |
|
43 |
Gary schools, financial and tax information, 1942-43 |
|
44 |
Statement, dedication of marker for first work-study play school, 1943 |
|
|
|
| 9 |
1 |
Gary public schools directory, October, 1944 |
|
2 |
Gary schools, secretarial job statistics, 1946 |
|
3 |
Teacher Salary Schedules, 1947-1948 |
|
4 |
Costume inventories, Gary Schools, 1946, 1950, 1952 |
|
5 |
Survey Report, School Buildings, and Sites, Gary, March 1947 |
|
6 |
Philosopher, Lew Wallace School, September-October, 1949 |
|
7-9 |
Directories, Gary Public Schools, (1951-1959) |
|
10 |
Our Poems, Gary Elementary School Students,1955 |
|
11 |
Program, Americanization and Adult Elementary Education, Gary School Center, November, 1957 |
|
12 |
Master Calendars, Gary Schools, (1957-1961) |
|
13 |
Instruction Guide, Physical Education, Grades 1-3, Gary Schools, 1957 |
|
14 |
Construction Agreements, Gary Schools, 1957 |
|
15 |
Curriculum Guide, Science, Gary Schools, 1957 |
|
16 |
Curriculum Guide, Gary Schools, 1958 |
|
17 |
Speech Curriculum Guides, 1958 |
|
18 |
Manual for New Teachers, 1957 |
|
19 |
Gary Schools, Forms, Rough Drafts, 1957 |
| 9 |
20 |
Appendix, Gary Schools, Policies, 1957 |
|
21 |
Science Instruction Materials, 1957-1959 |
|
22 |
Gary Schools Stock Supply List, July, 1958 |
|
23 |
Minutes, Elementary Principles Meeting, October 17, 1958 |
|
24 |
Superintendent's Calendar, 1959-1960 |
|
25 |
Training and Experience Statistics, Lake County Teachers, 1959-1960 |
|
26 |
Teacher-Coordinator's Report of Class Visitations, English Dept., 1959-1960 |
|
27 |
Gary Schools Teaching Schedules, 1959-61 |
|
28 |
Catalog of Reference Materials from the Educational Reference Center, ca.1950's |
|
29 |
Minutes, Board of Trustees Meeting, September 27, 1960 |
|
30 |
Committee to Oversee Arithmetic Practice Exercises, Gary Schools, 1960 |
|
31 |
Charts comparing "OLD" and "NEW" Gary School Plans, n.d. |
|
32 |
"Condition of Effort to Re-Organize Schools on Work-Study-Play Plan", n.d. |
|
33 |
Music Instruction Topics, Gary Schools, n.d. |
|
34 |
Teacher Evaluation Form, n.d. |
|
35 |
Teaching Aids, n.d. |
|
36 |
Description of Responsibilities, Supervisor of Speech, Gary Schools, n.d. |
|
37-38 |
Stuart A. Courtis, "The Gary Survey", n.d. |
|
39 |
Employee List, Gary Schools, (?), n.d. |
| 9 |
40 |
Floor Plans, Edison School, n.d. |
|
41 |
Report on History of Work-Study-Play Schools in Gary, n.d. |
|
42 |
Marietta Johnson and G. E. Wulfing, "Basic Educational Philosophy-Gary Public Schools", n.d. |
|
43 |
Stationary Heads, Gary Public Schools, n.d. |
|
44 |
Report on Teacher Salaries, n.d. |
|
45 |
Personnel Policies, Gary Schools, n.d. |
Series VII: Reports, Gary Schools, Auditorium Department
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 10 |
1-2 |
Old Auditorium Programs, (1926-1932) |
|
3 |
Drama Activities, Gary Schools, 1926-1927 |
|
4 |
Auditorium Bulletins, (1926-1951) |
|
5 |
Auditorium Departments, Calendars of Events, 1927-1931 |
|
6 |
Completed Questionnaires, Proposals for National Auditorium Meeting, 1928-1929 |
|
7 |
Meeting Notes, 1929-1930 |
|
8 |
Monthly Record of Programs, Children's Theatre, 1929-1942 |
|
9-24 |
List of Plays, Roosevelt Primary School, Tolleston School, Tolleston Primary School, West Horace Mann School, West Lew Wallace School, West Pulaski School, West Roosevelt School, Beveridge School, Edison School, Emerson School, Franklin School, Froebel School, Froebel Primary School, Jefferson School, Lew Wallace Elementary School, Emerson Primary School (1929-1937) |
|
25 |
Holiday Programs given in Gary, 1929-1937 |
|
26 |
Operetta's and Children's Plays given in Gary, (1929-1937) |
|
27 |
List of Plays, Glen Park Schools, 1930-1937 |
|
28 |
Speech and Music Teachers, 1930-1931, 1939, (1949-1957) |
|
29 |
Suggested Teaching Materials, Auditorium, (1931-1942) |
| 10 |
30-32 |
List of Plays, Longfellow School, (1931-1937) |
|
33 |
Programs given in the Various Schools, 1932-1936 |
|
34 |
Interscholastic Speech Events, Gary Schools, 1932-1942 |
|
35 |
Duties of Auditorium Teachers, 1932 |
|
36 |
List of Plays, East Pulaski School, 1933-1937 |
|
37 |
Auditorium Training Plan Sheets, Emerson, Franklin, Jefferson, and Horace Mann Schools, (1933-1934) |
|
38 |
Classroom Teachers Monthly Record of Programs, Dramatic, 1933-1943 |
|
39 |
List of Plays, Ambridge School, (1934-1937) |
|
40 |
List of Plays, Lincoln School, 1936-1937 |
|
41 |
Auditorium Monthly Financial Reports, 1940 |
|
42 |
Auditorium Interests and Aims, 1940-1941 |
|
43-44 |
Auditorium Teachers Instruction Materials, (1940 1943), 1957 |
|
45 |
Children's Theatre, 1944-1947 |
|
46 |
Teacher Reports, Speech Departments, Gary Schools, 1956-1960 |
|
47 |
Program, "Kind Lady", Froebel Auditorium, March, 1958 |
|
48 |
Letters from Emerson and Froebel Students, "How to Improve the Auditorium", n.d. |
|
49 |
Teaching Objectives, Fourth-Sixth Grade Speech, n.d. |
|
50 |
List of Suggested Plays, n.d. |
|
51 |
Auditorium Equipment Needs, n.d. |
|
|
|
| 11 |
1 |
Auditorium Address List, n.d. |
|
2 |
Classic Reprints, Art, (60), n.d. |
|
3-7 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Art, 1926-1939 |
|
8 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Auditorium Training, 1931, (1937-1939) |
|
9-10 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Commerce, (1928-1939) |
|
11 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Cooking and Sewing, 1926, 1931 |
|
12-16 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, English, (1924-1930) |
|
|
|
| 12 |
1-13 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, English, 1930-1939 |
|
14-16 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, English, Final copies, (1929-1935) |
|
17-18 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Geography, (1926-1938) |
|
19 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Health, 1927-1930 |
|
|
|
| 13 |
1 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Health, (1931-1938) |
|
2-6 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Home Economics, (1926-1939) |
|
7-8 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Languages, 1927-1938 |
|
9-10 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Library, (1928-1939) |
|
11-16 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Mathematics, 1928-1931 |
|
|
|
| 14 |
1-3 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Mathematics, (1931-1942) |
|
4 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Music, (1929-1939) |
|
5-13 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Nature Study, (1926-1939) |
|
14 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Penmanship, (1928-1938) |
|
15 |
Physical Education, (1928-1939) |
|
16 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Reading, 1927-1929 |
|
|
|
| 15 |
1-3 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Reading, 1932-1939 |
|
4 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Safety, (1930-1938) |
|
5-7 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Sciences, (1926-1939) |
|
8-14 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Social Studies, 1929-1930 |
|
|
|
| 16 |
1-4 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Social Studies, 1931-1939 |
|
5-6 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Speech, 1928-1939 |
|
7 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Spelling, 1928-1938 |
|
8-10 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Vocational, 1926-1938 |
|
11 |
Auditorium Programs and Scripts, Final Copies, All Subjects, 1926-1931 |
Series VIII: Published Printed Material, Gary Schools
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 16 |
12 |
Dorr, "Keeping the Children in School", Hampton's Magazine, July, 1911 |
|
13 |
"Notes to Visitors," Emerson Schools, 1911 |
|
14 |
Catalogue of Paintings, Gary Public Schools, 1912 |
|
15 |
An Election of Eminent Educators", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 8, 1912 |
|
16 |
Lincoln, Gary Public Schools, January, 1913 |
|
17-18 |
Science Bulletins, Gary Public Schools, July, October, 1914 |
|
19 |
The Story Hour, Gary Public Schools, First to Third Year, 1914 |
|
20 |
Nock, "An Adventure in Education", The American, April, 1914 |
|
21 |
Programme, "Auditorium Periods", Emerson School, 1914 |
|
22 |
New York City Superintendent of Schools, Seventeenth Annual Report, Survey of the Gary and Prevocational Schools, 1914-1915 |
|
23 |
Barrows, "A Reply to Associate Superintendent Shallow's Report on the Gary Schools, 1915 |
|
24 |
"The Gary System-Its Pros and Cons for Other Cities", 1915 |
|
25 |
Zoology Department Reports, Emerson School, 1915, 1925 |
|
26 |
"What Labor Really Thinks", 1917 |
|
27 |
"A Cylinder Press for Emerson School", Class of 1917 |
|
28 |
Golden Anniversary Booklet, Emerson High School, Class of 1917 |
|
29 |
"The Plain Facts About the Gary Schools", 1917 |
|
30 |
"The Truth About the Gary Schools", 1917 |
|
31 |
McMillen, The Gary System: A Bibliography, 1917 |
|
32 |
Flexner & Bachman, The Gary Schools: A General Acct., 1918 |
|
33 |
Gary Public School Study, "Industrial Work", 1918; "Science Teaching", 1918 |
|
|
|
| 17 |
1 |
Gary Public Schools Study, "Physical Training and Play", 1918 |
|
2 |
Gary Public Schools Study, "Household Arts", 1918 |
|
3 |
Gary Public Schools Study, "Organization and Administration", 1918 |
|
4 |
Gary Public Schools Study, "Costs, School Year 1915-1916, " 1918 |
|
5 |
Gary Public Schools Study, "Measurement of Classroom Products", 1919 |
|
6 |
"The Story Hour", Emerson School", 1918 |
|
7 |
Barrows, "First National Conference on the Work-Study-Play or Platoon Plan, 1922 |
|
8 |
Rossman, " What Gary is Doing for its Children", Teachers College Record, December, 1925 |
|
9 |
"Fourth National Conference on the Work-Study-Play Plan", 1925 |
|
10 |
"The Auditorium and its Administration", 1927 |
|
11 |
List of Platoon or Work-Study-Play Schools, June, 1927 |
|
12 |
Bell, "The Work-Study-Play Program" 1927-29 |
|
13 |
Rossman, "Leisure Time and Saturday Schools", American Educational Digest, September, 1928 |
|
14 |
Gary Public Schools Exhibitions of Paintings, 1929-1930 |
|
15 |
"The Platoon School-A Platoon School Primer", December-February, 1930-31 |
|
16 |
Programs, Annual All-City High School Vocal Solo Contest, 1932-1944 |
|
17 |
Roberts, "The Auditorium in the New Education", American Childhood, September 1932 |
|
18 |
"The Taxpayer and the Gary Public Schools", 1934 |
| 17 |
19 |
Shaffer, "The Gary System: A Bibliography, 1916-1935", 1935 |
|
20 |
"Third Annual Scholastic Convocation, Gary Schools", 1936 (?) |
|
21 |
"Choosing Your Life Work - A Message to Gary Boys and Girls", 1937 |
|
22 |
"Tri-State Conference on Pupil Personnel", Gary, 1938 |
|
23 |
Catalog of Pictures Owned by Gary Public Schools, 1939 |
|
24-25 |
Final Report, Purdue Survey Committee for the Gary Board of Education, ca. 1940 |
|
26 |
Exhibit Pamphlets, Steel at War, 1943? |
|
27 |
Emerson Improvement Association leaflet, n.d. |
|
28 |
Kindergarten Manual for Parents, n.d. |
|
29 |
"Old Gary School Program", n.d. |
|
30 |
"Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets On Occupations and Careers in the Horace Mann Senior Conference Room, n.d. |
|
31 |
"I am the Printing Press", Emerson press Ieaflet, n.d. |
|
32 |
Arithmetic, Gary Public Schools, n.d. |
|
33 |
"Office Management, Stenographic and Secretarial studies", Gary Schools, n.d. |
|
34 |
"The Truth About the Gary Schools", n.d. |
| 17 |
35 |
"The Gary Evening Schools", n.d. |
|
36 |
"What Labor Leaders, Educators, and Other Say About the Gary System", n.d. |
|
37 |
Motion Pictures of Gary Schools, n.d. |
|
38 |
"Work-Study-Play Schools-Gary Public Schools", n.d. |
|
39 |
Testimonials to Platoon Schools, n.d. |
Series IX: Gary College
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 17 |
40 |
Proposals to Establish Gary College, 1932 |
|
41 |
Gary College Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, and Director's Minutes, 1932-33 |
|
42 |
Gary College Records of Individual Directors, 1932 |
|
43 |
Correspondence Concerning Establishment of Gary College, 1932 |
|
44 |
Gary College Correspondence, 1931-1935 |
|
45 |
Gary College, Reports, 1931-1935 |
|
46 |
Gary College Reports On Students, 1932-1934 |
|
47 |
State Board of Accounts, Field Examiners Report, Gary College, February, 1936 |
|
48 |
Gary College High School Graduate Enrollment Statistics, 1932 |
|
49 |
Gary College-Mid-Semester Reports, 1933-34 |
|
50 |
Gary College, Financial Statistics, 1930-1934 |
|
51 |
Gary College News, February-April, 1934 |
|
52 |
Gary College Information Pamphlet, n.d. |
|
53 |
Gary College Teacher's Contract, 1927 |
|
54 |
Gary College, Room Usage Statistics, 1941-42 |
Series X: Wirt Motor Company / Steel City Garage
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 18 |
1 |
Franklin-Nash-Wirt Company Audit Statements, 1927 |
|
2 |
Sale Agreement, Franklin-Nash-Wirt Motor Company and Steel City Garage, 1927 |
|
3 |
Steel City Garage vs William Wirt, 1927-1928 |
|
4-5 |
Franklin-Nash-Wirt Company / Steel City Garage Financial Statements, 1926-1930 |
Series XI: Gary Civic Concert Association
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 18 |
6 |
William Wirt File, Gary Civic Concert Association, 1928-1934 |
|
7 |
Subscriber's List, 1928-1930 |
|
8 |
Bulletins and Related Materials, 1928-1930 |
|
9 |
Gary Civic Concert Association, General, n.d. |
Series XII: Tri Kappa and other Organization Materials
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 18 |
10 |
Tri Kappa, Constitution and By-Laws, 1933, 1937 |
|
11 |
Tri Kappa Minute Book, 1936-1938 |
|
12 |
Minutes, Tri Kappa, (?), 1946 |
|
13 |
Tri Kappa Financial Statements, 1937-1941 |
|
14 |
Programs, Tri Kappa Events, 1937-1939 |
|
15-16 |
Cross Keys, March, 1937, June, 1960 |
|
17 |
Beta Associate, Tri Kappa, 1958-1959 |
|
18 |
Plan for Library Services at James Parramore Hospital, n.d. |
|
19 |
Altrusa Club Material, 1948-1949, 1962 |
|
20 |
Daughters of the American Revolution Yearbooks, 1932-1939 |
|
21 |
By-Laws, Beta Mothers Club, October, 1938 |
|
22 |
Year Book, Zeta Phi Eta, 1935-1936, 1940-1941 |
|
23 |
Certificate, Zeta Phi Eta, 1936 |
|
24 |
Anniversary Year Book, the Lake George Club, 1909-1929 |
|
25 |
Material from John King, 1939 ? |
Series XIII: Gary and Indiana Historical Printed Material
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 18 |
26 |
Abstract of Title to Lots 27, 28, Block 29 of Gary Land Company's First Subdivision in Gary, 1853-1926 |
|
27 |
"Our Beloved Principal, E.A. Spaulding, 1912-1952" |
|
28 |
Bailey, "The Founding of Gary", Gary Public Schools, 1916 |
|
29 |
Pamphlet, "Gary Invites You, " 1927 |
|
30 |
Annual Reports, City of Gary, 1935-1936 |
|
31 |
Annual Reports, Lake County Auditor, 1935-1936 |
|
32 |
Tri-State Conference on Pupil Personnel, Gary, 1938 |
|
33 |
First District Teacher's Association, 18th Annual Session, Gary, 1938 |
|
34 |
"Welcome to Gary-the Steel City", 1939 |
|
35 |
Feminine Frontiers Senior Supper, April, 1941 |
|
36 |
Hamilton, "Our Land in the Making", 1945 |
|
37 |
Program, Christ Church, Gary, 1944 |
|
38 |
"Cultural and Entertainment Opportunities in Gary", 1946 |
|
39 |
Guest List, Women's Finance Forum, Gary, April-May, 1952 |
|
40 |
Programs, Northern Indiana Art Salon, Exhibits, 1954, 1957, 1958 |
|
41 |
"Gary Work and Workers", 1956 |
| 18 |
42 |
"Our City Gary", Student Report, 1956 |
|
43 |
Newsletter, Gary Public Library, 1958 |
|
44 |
Campaign Pamphlet, Andy Kovacik, ca. 1950s |
|
45 |
"City on Sand", 1960; 1967. |
|
46 |
Gary Symphony Society, Minutes of April 5, 9, 1962 |
|
47 |
Hoosier Art Salon Leaflets, n.d. |
|
48 |
Telephone Directory, Gary, Indiana, n.d. |
|
49 |
Local Business Advertising, n.d. |
|
50 |
Greeting Card, Indiana University Calumet Center, ca. 1930's |
|
51 |
Indiana University, Gary Center, Bulletins, 1929-1930 |
|
52 |
Invitation, Indiana University, Gary Center Groundbreaking, August 29, 1957 |
|
53 |
Schedule, Indiana University, Gary Center, 1959-1960 |
|
54 |
Indiana University, Department of Speech and Theatre, Newsletter, March, 1960 |
|
55 |
Indiana University, Program, Conference of High School Teachers of the English Language, 1960 |
|
56 |
Gary Players, Indiana University, Gary Extension, 1961 |
|
57 |
The Craftsman, Volume 1, October, 1901-March, 1902 |
|
|
|
| 19 |
1-2 |
The Craftsman, Volume 2, April-September, 1902, Volume 10, Sept, 1906 |
|
3 |
First Reader, 1904 |
|
4 |
State of Indiana, 23rd Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1907 |
|
5 |
Circular, Purdue U. Agricultural Experiment Station "Liming the Soil", 1912 |
|
6 |
"A Day with Riley in Indiana", October, 1917 |
|
7 |
"Indiana High School Standards", 1920 |
|
8 |
"School Information for the Patrons of the School" East Chicago, Indiana, 1925 |
|
9 |
"Lincoln Platoon School", South Bend, 1926-1927 |
|
10 |
Linden Platoon School", South Bend, 1926-1927 |
|
11 |
Indiana School Standards with Instructions for Scoring, 1930 |
|
12 |
"A Study of Teacher Supply and Demand in Indiana", 1930 |
|
13 |
State School Relief in Indiana, 1932 |
|
14 |
"The Taxpayer and the Public Schools", 1933 |
|
15 |
Indiana School Directory, 1934-1935 |
|
16 |
Program of studies and Digest of State Courses of Study for Indiana Schools, 1935 |
| 19 |
17 |
Brown County, Indiana , Centennial Recipe Book, 1937 |
|
18 |
Indiana State Teacher's Association, Annual Meeting, October 27-28, 1938 |
|
19 |
Indiana Teacher, October, 1957 |
|
20 |
Indiana State Teachers Association Retirement Handbooks, 1960 |
|
21 |
Invitation, Dedication of Lilly Library, n.d. |
|
22 |
Brown County Art Gallery Program, n.d. |
|
23 |
Indiana Historical Leaflets, Nos. 1 and 2, n.d. |
Series XIV: Northwestern University Instruction Records
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 19 |
24 |
Secretary's Book, Auditorium at Evanston, Illinois, 1929, 1931-1933, 1936 |
|
25 |
"Why I Took Auditorium Work at Northwestern", Summer 1934? |
|
26 |
Northwestern University Bulletin, Summer 1935, 1936 |
|
27-28 |
Auditorium Examinations, Northwestern University, August 1936; June 1937 |
|
|
|
| 20 |
1-6 |
Auditorium Examinations, Northwestern University, June, August, 1937; 1944 |
|
7 |
Northwestern University, School of Speech, 1938 |
|
8 |
Northwestern School of Education, Fifth Conference Week, July 1960 |
|
9 |
Curriculum Conference Materials, School of Education, Evanston, Illinois, n.d. |
|
10 |
Notebook, Northwestern Summer School, n.d. |
|
11 |
List of Students, Mildred Wirt, Indiana University, 1938 |
Series XV: Reports, Auditorium Theory, General
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 20 |
12 |
Records for School Libraries, November, 1928 |
|
13-15 |
Auditorium Theory Reports/Articles, 1929, 1931-1932, 1938 |
|
16 |
Class Exercises, Play Lists, Story List, 1930-1931 |
|
17 |
Auditorium Programs, Tulsa Public Schools, 1934-1936 |
|
18 |
"Speech Improvement for the Lower Grades", 1937 |
|
19 |
Auditorium Programming Instruction Notes, 1937(?) |
|
20 |
Speech Bibliographies, 1947-1955 |
|
21 |
Outline of Auditorium in Little Rock, Arkansas, n.d. |
|
22 |
Socializing the Auditorium, Detroit, Michigan, n.d. |
|
23 |
Auditorium in Birmingham, Alabama Schools, n.d. |
|
24 |
Auditorium Dramatics in Franklin School, Port Arthur, Texas, n.d. |
|
25 |
Auditorium Instruction Organization Charts, Oklahoma and New York Schools, n.d. |
|
26 |
Auditorium Instruction Manual, n.d. |
|
27 |
Speech Re-Education Material, n.d. |
|
28 |
Statistics, Comprehension Skills, n.d. |
|
29 |
Commentaries on Schools, General, n.d. |
| 20 |
30 |
Bibliographic Cards, Auditorium Publications, ? n.d. |
|
31 |
Rough Notes, Drama Subjects, n.d. |
|
32 |
List of Songs, n.d. |
|
33 |
Book Titles, n.d. |
Series XVI: Published Printed Material, Education, General
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 21 |
1 |
Report, Committee on Secondary School Studies, N.E.A., 1893 |
|
2-3 |
The Elementary School Teacher, July, 1901; February 1902 |
|
4 |
Gulick, "Why 250,000 Children Quit School", World's Work, 1910 |
|
5 |
Reference List, Philosophy of Platoon School, 1911-1934 |
|
6 |
Bobbit, "The Elimination of Waste in Education", The Elementary School Teacher, 1912 |
|
7 |
Second Annual Accounting, Courtis Standard Tests, 1912-1913 |
|
8 |
Annual Accountings, Courtis Standard Research Tests, 1913-1916 |
|
9 |
Instruction Manual, the Courtis Standard Tests in the Three R's, 1914 |
|
10 |
Experimental Studies in Kindergarten Education, 1915 |
|
11 |
Fourteenth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part I, 1915 |
|
12 |
New York City Supt. of Schools, Seventeenth Annual Report, 1915 |
|
13 |
"Saving Millions by Fitting Pupils for Life", 1915 |
|
14 |
The Elementary School Journal, November, 1916 |
|
15 |
Education Exhibits at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1916 |
|
16 |
"Evaluating the Gary Plan in New York City", 1916 |
|
17 |
Leaflet, Gary School League of New York, 1916 |
| 21 |
18 |
"Modern Schools for New York City", 1916 |
|
19 |
President's Report, Girand College, 1916 |
|
20 |
"Brief Fundamentals", 1917 |
|
21 |
"The Duplicate School as an Educational Asset", 1917 |
|
22 |
Taylor, "Some Effects of the Duplicate Schools", 1917 |
|
23 |
"The Truth About the Schools", 1917 |
|
24 |
Sharp, "The Work, Study, Play Idea Makes its Appearance in New York City, ca. 1917 |
|
25 |
"A Study of Handedness", March, 1918 |
|
26 |
Chadwick, "The Value of Play", 1918 |
|
27 |
The Elementary School Journal, 1919 |
|
28 |
Stanford Platoon School Bibliography, 1920-1930 |
|
29 |
"Reports on Morals and Civics", Chicago Schools Journal, September, 1921 |
|
30 |
"The Housing and Equipment of Kindergartens", 1921 |
|
31 |
Detroit Public Schools, Superintendent's Monthly Letter, 1921-1922 |
|
32 |
"The Non-Promotion Problem - An Interesting Solution", 1922 |
|
33 |
"Some Uses of School Assemblies", 1922 |
|
34-37 |
The Detroit Educational Bulletin, 1922-1929 |
| 21 |
38 |
Barrows, "A School Building Program for Washington, North Carolina", 1923 |
|
39 |
Deffenbaugh, "Significant Movements in City School Systems", 1932 |
|
40 |
School Bulletin, St. Paul Dept. of Education, March, 1923 |
|
41 |
School Life, February, 1923 |
|
42-45 |
Journal of Education, 1923-26 |
|
46 |
Rogers, "Municipal School Playground and their Management", January, 1924 |
|
47 |
The Elementary School Journal, Oct. 1924 |
|
48 |
"A Platoon School in Kansas, Missouri", 1924 |
|
49 |
"Organization and Administration of the Duplicate School in Philadelphia", 1924 |
|
50 |
"Correlation in the Work-Study-Play School", January, 1925 |
|
51 |
"The New Viewpoint in Reading, Educational Progress, October, 1925 |
|
52 |
Teacher's College Record, December, 1925 |
|
53 |
"Employee Training", 1925 |
| 21 |
54 |
"The New Technique of Teaching Primary Reading", 1925 |
|
55 |
Dean's Report, Teacher's College, Columbia University, 1925 |
|
56 |
President's Annual Report, Columbia University, 1925 |
|
57 |
"Will it Pay Me to Go to College?", 1925 |
|
58 |
Pamphlets, Playground and Recreation Association of America, 1925? |
|
59 |
Journal of Education, January, 1926 |
|
60 |
Rossman, "Programming the Enriched Curriculum, Educational Review, April, 1926 |
|
61 |
School and Society, March, 1926 |
|
62 |
Official Report, Dept. of Superintendence, 1926 |
|
|
|
| 22 |
1 |
Index, The Platoon School, Volumes I-IV |
|
2-5 |
The Platoon School, 1927-1939 |
|
6 |
"Per Capita Costs in City Schools", 1927-1928 |
|
7 |
The Supervisors Service Bulletin, January-February, 1928 |
|
8 |
"Personality and Public Speaking", The Journal of Expression, Sept. 1928 |
|
9 |
Barrows, "Changing Conceptions of the School Building Problem" 1929 |
|
10 |
School Life, April, 1929 |
|
11 |
Chicago Civic Opera Company, 1929-1930 |
|
12 |
Exercise Drills, ca. 1920 |
|
13 |
Bulletin, U. of Michigan School of Education, January, 1930; April, 1934 |
|
14 |
Educational Research Bulletin, March, 1930 |
|
15 |
Lutz, "Pupil Achievement in Platoon and Non-Platoon Schools", 1932 |
|
16 |
Century of Progress Recipes, 1933 |
|
17 |
School Executives Magazine, May, 1934 |
|
18 |
Journal of the N.E.A., October-December, 1934 |
| 22 |
19 |
Kansas City School Service Bulletin, 1934 |
|
20 |
Educational Music Magazine, September-October, 1935 |
|
21 |
Pamphlet, American Education Week, 1935 |
|
22 |
Ayres, Some Conditions Affecting Problems of Industrial Education in 78 American School Systems, 1935 |
|
23 |
Chicago Park District, Report of Recreational Division, 1935 |
|
24 |
Tenth National Conference, National Association for the Study of the Platoon of Work-Study-Play School Organization, 1935 |
|
25 |
Bulletin, College of Business Administration, U. of Nebraska, 1935-1936 |
|
26 |
Recipes, 1935-1939 |
|
27 |
"The Marott Topics", June, 1936 |
|
28 |
The Dewey School, 1936 |
|
29 |
"Something Better for Birmingham Children", 1936 |
|
30 |
Educational Trends, Jan. - Feb., 1937 |
|
31 |
Research Bulletin, N.E.A., Nov. 1937 |
|
32 |
Pasadena College Information, 1937 |
|
33 |
Centennial Booklet, Francis Wayland Parker, 1937 |
|
34 |
Pamphlets, New York City School, 1937 |
|
35 |
27th Conference, National League to Promote School Attendance, Oct. 1937 |
|
36 |
"Vocational Training for the Distributive Occupations Under the George-Deen Act", Jan. 1938 |
|
37 |
Alumni Bulletin, U. of Chicago, Feb. 1938 |
| 22 |
38 |
23rd Convention, National Association of Teachers of Speech, 1938 |
|
39 |
Symposium Schedule, "Speech as a Social Force in the Modern World", 1938 |
|
40 |
"What the University Celebrates", 50th Anniversary, U. of Chicago, Oct. 1940 |
|
41 |
Program Aids for Citizenship Recognition Ceremonies, 1940 (?) |
|
42 |
Quarterly Journal of Speech, December 1942 |
|
43 |
Bulletin, Friends of the Public Schools, Sept. 1944 |
|
44 |
Official Report, Wartime Conferences on Education, 1944 |
|
45 |
Educational Research Service, 1944 |
|
46 |
Vital Speeches of the Day, June, 1945 |
|
47 |
American Educational Theatre Association, News 1947, 1949 |
|
48 |
"Conflict in Education-The Pasadena Case", March, 1951 |
|
49 |
Swoyer, Broken Dolls, 1953 |
|
50 |
Theatre Arts, September, 1957 |
|
51 |
U. of Chicago, Adult Ed. Courses, Autumn, 1957 |
|
52 |
Fundamentals of Speech: A Basic Course for High Schools, 1957 |
|
53 |
Know-How, Feb.-March, 1958 |
|
54 |
Children's Theatre Conference, Aug. 1958 |
|
55 |
"Hogs, Ax Handles, and Woodpeckers", 1958 |
| 22 |
56 |
Central States Speech Association Conference 1960 |
|
57 |
Adams, American Tragedy, n.d. |
|
58 |
"Mothers of New York, What of the Children?", n.d. |
|
59 |
"The Organization and Specialized Activities of the Kenyon Street School, Providence, Rhode Island, n.d. |
|
60 |
Case, "The Platoon School Integrates", n.d. |
|
61 |
"What Makes Education Modern?" |
|
62 |
"The Place of the Library in the Curriculum", n.d. |
|
61 |
"Equipment for School Dramatics", n.d. |
|
62 |
Donizetti's La Favorita, n.d. |
Series XVII: Published Printed Material, Economic Topics
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 23 |
1 |
Various Reports, Economic Topics, 1932-1934 |
|
2 |
Various Articles, 1932-1934 |
|
3 |
Various Pamphlets, New Deal, 1933-1934 |
|
4 |
Commentaries on the New Deal, 1933-1934 |
|
5 |
Radio Address and Commentary on Wirt's Charges Against New Deal, 1934 |
|
6 |
"An Example of Modern Farming", 1910 |
|
7 |
Morgan Park Bulletin, 1918 |
|
8-10 |
Antioch Notes, 1924-1938 |
|
11-14 |
Junior Red Cross News, 1923-1926 |
|
15 |
Synopsis of Rotary Pamphlet, 1925? |
|
16 |
The Red Cross Courier, January, 1926 |
|
17 |
The Dearborn Independent, Feb. 1926 |
|
18 |
Association Men, YMCA Magazine, March-April, 1926 |
|
19 |
The Consensus, July, 1931 |
|
20 |
"Protection Against Depreciated Currency Competition", 1932 |
|
21 |
"Taxes and Government", 1932 |
|
22 |
Rev. Coughlin, "Eight Discourses on the Gold Standard", 1932-1933 |
| 23 |
23 |
"No Inflation-Practical Reconstruction" Feb. 1933 |
|
24 |
National Defense News, April-May, 1933 |
|
25 |
Liberation, May 27, 1933 |
|
26 |
New Deal Herald, June, 1933 |
|
27-28 |
Hearst's International-Cosmopolitan, December, 1933; April, 1934 |
|
29 |
"Wake Up, Australia' A National Warning", 1933 |
|
30 |
"The Present Hour in the Light of Prophecy", 1933 |
|
31-32 |
Graphic, March, Dec.,1933; April, 1934 |
|
33 |
Harpers, February, 1934 |
|
34 |
The Gospel Minister, March 29, 1934 |
|
35 |
The National Aeronautic Magazine, March, 1934 |
|
36 |
National Republic, March, 1934 |
|
37 |
Liberty Magazine, March 10, 1934 |
|
38 |
Scribner's Magazine, August, 1934 |
|
39 |
Newsweek, March, 31, April 7, 1934 |
|
40 |
Time, April 2; June 25; Dec.3, 1934 |
|
41 |
The Literary Digest, March 3; April 7; June 23, 1934 |
|
42 |
Forbes, April 1, 1934 |
|
43 |
Liberation, April 7, 1934 |
|
44 |
Modern Finance, April 16, 1934 |
| 23 |
45 |
Textile Bulletin, April 26, 1934 |
|
46 |
Review of Reviews, April 1934 |
|
47 |
The Torch of Israel, April-June, Oct., 1934 |
|
48 |
"Fundamental Aspects of the Present Industrial Situation", May, 1934 |
|
49 |
"Communist Propaganda in America", June, 1934 |
|
50 |
World's Digest, June, 1934 |
|
51 |
Current Digest, June, 1934 |
|
52 |
Antioch Notes, Oct. 1, 1934 |
|
53 |
Pamphlets, Anglo-American of the First Moscow University, 1934 |
|
54 |
"The Facts are Available", 1934? |
|
55-57 |
Pathfinder, May 18, 25; Oct. 19, 1935 |
|
58 |
The Alumni Bulletin, May, 1935 |
|
59 |
"New Labels on Old Battles", July, 1935 |
|
|
|
| 24 |
1 |
John David Brcin, Sculptor, 1935 |
|
2 |
"Dare We Oppose Red Treason?" ca. 1930s |
|
3 |
Bottom Side Up, 1936 |
|
4 |
Recreation, 1935, 1936 |
|
5 |
The American Way, 1936 |
|
6 |
Vital Speeches of the Day, May 1, 1937 |
|
7 |
The Indiana Woman Voter, May 1937 |
|
8 |
Carter Glass, Constitutional Immorality, 1937 |
|
9 |
"How Can Government and Business Work Together", January 1938 |
|
10 |
Pamphlets, "The Ford Sunday Evening Hour", Jan.-Mar. 1938 |
|
11 |
The American Nationalist Confederation Bulletin, Feb. 1938 |
|
12 |
National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government, 1938 |
|
13 |
USSR Information Bulletin, Aug. 28, 1946 |
|
14 |
"Communist Plot Exposed", 1948? |
|
15 |
"The Ordeal of Dr. Wirt", Chicago Tribune Magazine, April 4, 1954 |
|
16 |
McFadden Speech, "The Greatest Crime in History!", 1962 |
|
17 |
"Facing the Facts", n.d. |
| 24 |
18 |
"The Christian and National Defense", n.d. |
|
19 |
"A Declaration of Independence from Post War Regimentation and the Socialization of Business", n.d. |
|
20 |
Sermon, Dr. Harry Emerson Fosorek, Park Avenue Baptist Church, n.d. |
Series XIX: Newsclippings
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 26 |
1 |
Newsclipping, Gary High School Graduating Class, 1910 |
|
2 |
Newsclippings, (1930-1933) |
|
3 |
Newsclipping, Cartoon Referring to Wirt Charges Against New Deal, April 18, 1934 |
|
4 |
Newsclippings, 1934 |
|
5 |
Newsclippings, 1935-1936 |
|
6 |
Newsclippings, 1937-1938 |
|
7 |
Newsclippings, ca. 1930's |
|
8 |
Newsclippings, 1940, 1948 |
|
9 |
Newsclippings, 1952-1962 |
|
10 |
Newsclippings, n.d. |
|
11 |
Auditorium Collection Catalogues, n.d. |
Series XX: Oversize
| Box |
File |
Description |
|
26 |
Diploma, Mildred Gene Harter, 1915 |
|
27 |
D.A.R., Certificate, Mildred Harter, 1918 |
|
28 |
Harter Family History Lists, n.d. |
|
29 |
Awards to United Labor News, 1935, 1938, 1942 |
|
30 |
The Calumet Weekly News and Glen Park Herald, 1934-1935 |
|
31 |
Today, April 28, May 26, 1934;
Saturday Evening Post, Sept. 15, 1934, August 1, 1936 |
|
32 |
Piano Trade Magazine, Oct., 1937 |
|
33 |
The Delta Yelp, April 9, 1938 |
|
|
|
| 28 |
|
Gary School Statistics Ledger Sheets, (1940-1952) |
Oversize
| Drawer |
File |
Description |
| 3 |
2 |
Comparative Financial Statistics, Ledger Sheets, Gary and Area Schools, 1921-1922 |
|
3 |
Auditorium Balance Sheets, (1940-1952) |
|
4 |
Trust Fund Trial Balance, (1940-1952)
Steel City Garage Ledger Sheets, 1928-1930 |
|
5 |
Floor Plans, Carver School, 1952 |
|
|
|
| 4 |
1-2 |
Galleys, The Great Lockout, n.d. |
|
3 |
Survey Tables, Awards, Posters, Graphics, (1922-1940) |
|
4 |
Blueprints, William A. Wirt School, 1938 |
| 5 |
1 |
Newspapers, (1934-1948) |
|
2 |
Gary Post-Tribune Articles, (1932-1938), (1951-1957) |
|
3 |
Hudson News, 1936-1937 |
|
4 |
Newsclippings, Gary Schools, 1937 |
|
5 |
Newsclippings, General, 1929, 1932, 1937, 1941 |
Large Oversize
| File |
Description |
| 1 |
Chart, Business Activity, 1876-1879
Charts, (2), Business Activity, 1933-1934
Chart, Commodity Prices, 1933-1934
Chart, Realized Incomes, 1909-1930
Chart, Industrial Products, 1928-1935
Chart, Business Cycles, (1812-1934) |
| 2 |
Charts, (24), Oral and Silent Reading Maps, n.d. |
| 3 |
Blue Prints, Franklin School, Community School "Housing plans for Better Government and Better Living, ca. 1934;
Maps, (4), City of Gary, 1954 |
Series: William Franz Wirt (Added to William A. and Mildred H. Wirt Papers, July 1986)
| Box |
File |
Description |
| 29 |
1 |
Birth Records, William Franz Wirt, 1941 |
|
2 |
Resumes, William Franz Wirt, 1919-1952 |
|
3 |
Educational Records, William Franz Wirt, 1922-1939 |
|
4 |
Maritime Records, William Franz Wirt, 1919-1969 |
|
5 |
Correspondence, Civil Engineering Matters, 1936-1937 |
|
6 |
Reports, Produced by William Franz Wirt for Works Progress Administration, 1937-1940 |
|
7 |
Plat, Dune Acres, Indiana, 1924 |
|
8-9 |
Logbooks, Ship's Navigator, (1955-1958) |
Subject Tracings
- African Americans
- Auditorium theory (schools)
- Barrows, Alice
- Business
- Committee for the Nation
- Communism
- Daughters of the American Revolution
- Drama
- Dune Acres
- Economic history
- Edison High School (Gary)
- Education
- Emerson High School
- Evansville
- Franklin School (Gary)
- Froebel School
- Gary
- Gary Civic Concert Association
- Gary College
- Glen Park School
- Harter family
- Horace Mann High School
- Huntington, Indiana
- Immigrants
- Indiana University Northwest
- Labor
- Lake County
- Lew Wallace High School
- National Recovery Act
- New Deal
- Northern Indiana Arts Salon
- Northwestern University
- Planned communities
- Pulaski High School
- Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
- Schools, Gary
- Schools, Indiana
- Schools, New York
- Socialism
- South Bend
- Steel City Garage
- Tugwell, Rexford
- Wirt, Mildred Harter
- Wirt, William A.
- Wirt family
- Wirt School
- Work-Study-Play System
- World War I
- World War II
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