[subjects include: Paul L. Diamond, Benjamin D. Boodman, Dr. Robert J. Doman, Elizabeth L. Carlson, Nancy McCormick Rambusch, Cleo Monson, Rambusch Marathon, unidentified photographs, CD of photographs of Nancy Rambusch, Joan Ruffing, Dennis Smith, Glora Dei, children in Montessori schools, Charles V. Bush, James R. McGhee, Maria Montessori, Montessori Teacher Training in Los Angeles 1915, Casa Bambibi, Happy Montessori School, Covent of the Visitation, Greene to the School, Suburban Montessori School, Oklahoma, Sea Pines Montessori School, Fitchburg Montessori School, Mary Lisa Ventura, Trabajamos Community Head Start, chart prepared by Ann Udell, Diablo Valley Montessori School, 1975 American Montessori Society Seminar, Granby, Lucya Prince, Howard Bruner, Georgie Grosde, Jim Hennes, J. McVicker Hunt, John Bremer, negatives]
Includes correspondence with and about E.M. Standing, copies of correspondence with Maria Montessori, "Dr. Maria Montessori and the Montessori Movement: A General Bibliography of Materials in the English Language, 1909-1961."
A diploma, signed by Maria Montessori, from the Internationale Montessori Courso, 1914 and a photograph of the Montessori class in Rome, June 1914. Included in the photograph is Maria Montessori and Packard's friend Charlotte Wiggen. Photograph shows 88 women, one man, and eight children.
Items related to the experiences of Mary Storrs Packard of Maine in her education as a Montessori teacher: Two volumes of a journal by M.S. Packard: a) Rome, March 1914, Via Gregoriana. 36. Packard's extensive class notes, including observances of children playing and learning, and description of day's occurrences. Pasted on second page is a photograph of Maria Montessori and two unidentified women. b) Rome, June 1914, 36 Via Gregoriana. Continues Packard's daily notes. Pasted in the journal is a letter, January 19, 1914, from Signorina Anna Fedeli, telling Packard that Dr. Montessori has accepted her application to take the course. Loose in the album is a photograph of Maria Montessori.
Papers of individuals who took the AMS Teacher Training Course, were trained by Montessori, or were otherwise associated with AMS but did not serve on the Board of Directors. Includes notes and notebooks from AMS Teacher Training Courses, diplomas, and journals documenting the experience of Montessori training.
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