University of Chicago Library of Chicago Laboratory …Curriculum Committee, reports, 1956-1957 Box 5 Folder 8 Health Education Curriculum Committee, course of study, 1951-1953 Box

University of Chicago Library

Guide to the Universityof Chicago Laboratory

School Records 1891-1986

© 2006 University of Chicago Library

Table of Contents

3Descriptive Summary3Information on Use3Access3Citation3Scope Note3Related Resources4Subject Headings4INVENTORY4Series I: University Elementary and High School Materials4Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs7Subseries 2: Curriculum8Subseries 3: Faculty Materials8Subseries 4: Parent-Teacher Association8Subseries 5: Parents' Association9Subseries 6: Student Affairs9Subseries 7: University Nursery Schools9Series II: University Elementary School9Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs10Subseries 2: Curriculum10Subseries 3: Faculty Materials11Subseries 4: Student Affairs12Series III: University High School Materials12Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs14Subseries 2: Curriculum15Subseries 3: Faculty Materials15Subseries 4: Student Affairs16Subseries 5: University High School Alumni Association21Series IV: Miscellaneous21Series V: Oversize

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Descriptive Summary

Identifier ICU.SPCL.LABSCHOOL

Title University of Chicago. Laboratory School. Records

Date 1891-1986

Size 14 linear ft. (28 boxes)

Repository Special Collections Research CenterUniversity of Chicago Library1100 East 57th StreetChicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.

Abstract The Laboratory School Records Contain reports, minutes, memoranda,student records, academic calendars, correspondence, alumni questionnaires,publications, tests, and scrapbooks. The collection includes materials relatedto both the Elementary and the High School. The major topics covered inthe records include administration, curriculum, faculty, parents' association,student affairs, and alumni.

Information on Use

Access

No restrictions.

Citation

When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: University of Chicago.Laboratory School. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, Universityof Chicago Library

Scope Note

The Laboratory School Records Contain reports, minutes, memoranda, student records,academic calendars, correspondence, alumni questionnaires, publications, tests, and scrapbooks.The collection includes materials related to both the Elementary and the High School. Themajor topics covered in the records include administration, curriculum, faculty, parents'association, student affairs, and alumni.

The collection is comprised of five series: University Elementary and High School Materials;Series II: University Elementary School Materials; Series III: University High School Materials;Series IV: Miscellaneous; and Series V: Oversize Materials.

Related Resources

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The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/spcl/select.html

University of Chicago. Laboratory School. Addenda

University of Chicago. Laboratory School. Work Reports

Subject Headings

• University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools-History• University of Chicago. Laboratory Schools• Laboratory schools-Illinois-Chicago

INVENTORY

Series I: University Elementary and High School Materials

Subseries 1: Administrative Affairs

Box 1Folder 1

Academic calendars, 1930-1953Box 1Folder 2

Announcements and promotional materials, 1937-1986Box 1Folder 3

Chancellor of the University, report on the Laboratory Schools, May 6, 1952Box 1Folder 4

Committee of the Council of the Laboratory Schools and Clinics, reportBox 1Folder 5

Education, School of, inventory of material from secretary's office pertaining to theestablishment of the School of Education

Box 1Folder 6

Educational Records Bureau, Educational Records Supplementary Bulletin A, C, and F,"Summary and Selected Bibliography of Research Relating to the Diagnosis and Teachingof Reading, 1930-1937," 1937-1939

Box 1Folder 7

Finance Committee, notesBox 1Folder 8

5 to 9'ers, minutes of first meeting, September 16, 1954

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Box 1Folder 9

Guidance Office, reports, 1959Box 1Folder 10-11

Guidance Office, inventory of Laboratory School and Chicago Manual Training Schoolcollections located in office

Box 2Folder 1

Institutional Cooperation, Committee on, material on teacher education programs atUniversity, 1960

Box 2Folder 2

"Manual of Procedure for Teachers," 1952Box 2Folder 3

McGuire, M. Ruth, Dr., student medical procedures and forms, 1926Box 2Folder 4

Miscellaneous memoranda and notes, ca. 1955Box 2Folder 5

Physical plant data, 1923Box 2Folder 6

Policy Committee, reports and memoranda, 1953Box 2Folder 7

Policy Committee, reports and memoranda, 1956Box 2Folder 8

Programmed Instruction, Center for, memoranda, 1962Box 2Folder 9

"Present and Projected Physical Facility Requirements of the University of ChicagoLaboratory Schools," May 18, 1966

Box 2Folder 10

Press releases, 1946-1967Box 2Folder 11

Radiograph records, 1921-1923Box 2Folder 12

Radiograph records, 1940Box 2

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Folder 13Records Office, 1940-1941

Box 2Folder 14

Records Office, follow-up data on June 1948 graduates, December 12, 1949Box 3Folder 1

Records Office, Hicklin, W. J., "The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools Recordsand Reporting Procedures," February 28, 1958

Box 3Folder 2

Records Office, Iowa Every-Pupil Tests of Basic Skills, 1951-1952Box 3Folder 3

Research data, 1926-1928, 1940-1943Box 3Folder 4

Research data, summary, April 1946Box 3Folder 5

Research and Development Committee, memoranda, 1963Box 3Folder 6

Social Committee, statement, 1955-1956Box 3Folder 7

Special Services Department, meetings, minutes, 195Box 3Folder 8

State aid to non-public schools, constitutional convention, 1969-1970Box 3Folder 9

State aid to non-public schools, Illinois Legislature, 1969-1970Box 3Folder 10

State aid to non-public schools, opponents, 1969-1970Box 3Folder 11

State aid to non-public schools, advocates, 1969-1970Box 3Folder 12

State aid to non-public schools, Schlickman Commission, 1969-1970Box 3Folder 13

State aid to non-public schools, legislatures outside of Illinois, 1969-1970Box 3

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Folder 14State aid to non-public schools, newspaper clippings, 1969-1970

Box 3Folder 15

State aid to non-public schools, Erickson Study Committee, 1969-1970Box 4Folder 1-7

Student records, ca. 1905Box 5Folder 1

Student regulations and parental indemnity waivers, 1953Box 5Folder 2

Summer sessions, promotional pamphlets, 1906-1980Box 5Folder 3

Summer sessions, reports, 1953-1954Box 5Folder 4

Zook, Dott Earl "A Study in Physical Growth of Boys by Means of Water Displacement,1926-1931"

Subseries 2: Curriculum

Box 5Folder 5

Cooperative reports, 1949Box 5Folder 6

Curriculum Committee, reports, 1951-1952Box 5Folder 7

Curriculum Committee, reports, 1956-1957Box 5Folder 8

Health Education Curriculum Committee, course of study, 1951-1953Box 5Folder 9

Language instruction, reading, and literature reports, 1936Box 5Folder 10

Non-Verbal Communication, Committee on, correspondence and memoranda, 1953Box 5Folder 11

Physical education staff, meetings, minutes, 1953Box 5Folder 12-13

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Placement tests (standardized), ca. 1949Box 5Folder 14

Progress and semester reports forms

Subseries 3: Faculty Materials

Box 6Folder 1

Circulars, 1922Box 6Folder 2

Faculty Notes, October 26, 1955Box 6Folder 3

Interviews with Laboratory School faculty, summary of resultsBox 6Folder 4

Little Faculty I, meetings, minutes, 1954-1955Box 6Folder 5

Memoranda, 1956Box 6Folder 6

Personnel policy, ca. 1955Box 6Folder 7

Plan for Staff Study, 1949Box 6Folder 8

Thurston, Mildred and Richard Congreve, correspondence with faculty, 1961-1962

Subseries 4: Parent-Teacher Association

Box 6Folder 9

Executive Committee, minutes, 1904Box 6Folder 10

Executive Committee, minutes, 1904-1926

Subseries 5: Parents' Association

Box 6Folder 11

Blaine, Anita McCormick, "The Founding of the School of Education," address deliveredto meeting of the Association on June 5, 1911

Box 6Folder 12

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Handbook of the Parents' Association, correspondence, 1901-1927Box 6Folder 13

Manual, 1969-1970Box 6Folder 14

Meetings, minutes, October 1909-April 1920Box 6Folder 15

Meetings, minutes, 1915-1921Box 7Folder 1

Meetings, minutes, 1924-1927Box 7Folder 2-3

Meetings, minutes, 1930-1934Box 7Folder 4

Meetings, minutes, November 16, 1955

Subseries 6: Student Affairs

Box 7Folder 5

Participation Study, 1948

Subseries 7: University Nursery Schools

Box 7Folder 6

Handbook, 1982-1985Box 7Folder 7

Programs and pamphlets, 1937-1946

Series II: University Elementary School


Box 7Folder 8-9

Announcements, 1905-1909Box 7Folder 10

Class lists, kindergarten, 1955-1956Box 7Folder 11-12

Evans, Charles Clayton, "Illness and the Cause of Absence among Elementary Children,"reports, 1928

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Box 8Folder 1

Guides for parents, 1907-1947Box 8Folder 2

Pamphlets and flyers, 1901-1944Box 8Folder 3-4

Programs, 1912-1930Box 8Folder 5

Supervisors' meetings, minutes, 1909-1912Box 8Folder 6

Weiner, Nella, "Report on Middle School Health Survey," April 1982


Box 8Folder 7

Social studies program, kindergarten, first, and second grades, memoranda, ca. 1955Box 8Folder 8

Music book, 1903Box 8Folder 9

Newman, Robert, "Rapid Test of Children's Favorite Recreational Reading Books,"December 1962

Box 8Folder 10

"A Preliminary Draft of an Experimental Scale for Evaluating Handwriting"Box 8Folder 11

Progressive Achievement Test, grade VIBox 9Folder 1

Studebaker Economy Practice Exercises in Arithmetic, Scott, Foresman, & Company,exercise cards

Box 10Folder 1

Test scores (aggregate), analysis, 1925-1929


Box 10Folder 2

Correspondence and committee reports, 1911-1912Box 10

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Folder 3-4Meetings of faculty, minutes, 1912-1924

Box 10Folder 5

Teacher Training Project, report, October 31, 1954


Box 10Folder 6

Christmas program, 1904Box 10Folder 7

Class publications, 1908-1953Box 10Folder 8

Photographs of student activities and art projects, inventoryBox 10Folder 9

Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 27Box 10Folder 10

Photographs of student activities and art projects, number 111, 134-139, 152, 154Box 10Folder 11

Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 204-206Box 10Folder 12

Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 180-180aBox 10Folder 13


Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 282-282dBox 10Folder 15




Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 286-286d

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Box 11Folder 2



Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 294-294gBox 11Folder 5

Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 313-313bBox 11Folder 6


Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 315-315cBox 11Folder 8





Photographs of student activities and art projects, numbers 402-402c

Series III: University High School Materials


Box 11Folder 13

Accounts, 1912-1919Box 11Folder 14

Accounts, 1919-1920Box 12Folder 1

Administrative report, 1922-1923

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Box 12Folder 2

Administrative report, 1925-1926Box 12Folder 3

Chicago Manual Training School, correspondence, 1967-1968Box 12Folder 4

Convocations, programs and miscellaneous materials, 1903-1980Box 12Folder 5

Class lists, 1935-1938Box 12Folder 6

General Committee of the University High School, minutes, 1903-1908Box 12Folder 7-8

The Midway, account ledger, 1925-1932Box 13Folder 1

Monilaw, W. J., medal, programs and correspondence, 1947-1970Box 13Folder 2

National Scholastic Press Association, 1929Box 13Folder 3

Pamphlets, 1917-1952Box 13Folder 4

Programs, correspondence, 1907-1972Box 13Folder 5-9

Programs and announcements, scrapbook, 1911-1919Box 13Folder 10

Requisitions, 1910-1911Box 13Folder 11

Requisitions, 1911-1912Box 14Folder 1

Requisition receipts for expenditures, volume 1, 1925-1928Box 15Folder 1

Requisition receipts for expenditures, volume 2, 1925-1928Box 16

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Folder 1Scholarships, Crerar, correspondence, 1947-1969

Box 16Folder 2

Scholarships, McBirney, LaVerne Noyes, 1939-1949


Box 16Folder 3

Campbell, Gladys, "Four-Week Study of Moving Pictures by a Senior-High-SchoolEnglish Class"

Box 16Folder 4

Course publicationsBox 16Folder 5

Experimental course, "Correct Usage in Speaking and Writing," 1922-1923Box 16Folder 6

Experimental course, "How Men Live Together," 1922-1923Box 16Folder 7

Experimental course, "How We Live Together," 1922-1923Box 17Folder 1

"Innovations in the Program of Studies and Kinds of Information That Can Be Reportedto the Colleges, 1935"

Box 17Folder 2

"Introduction to Essays," course material, 1938-1939Box 17Folder 3

"Mythology," course material, 1930-1935Box 17Folder 4-5

Rorschach Tests, data, spring 1946Box 17Folder 6

Science Department, report, 1926-1927Box 18Folder 1

"Study of Extra-Curricular Activity in Dramatics"Box 18Folder 2

"Study of Periodical Literature," course material

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Box 18Folder 3

DePencier, Ida, interviews with faculty members, 1958-1975Box 18Folder 4

Faculty Committee on Athletics, minutes, 1906-1913Box 18Folder 5

Meetings of faculty, minutes, October 1913-June 1919Box 18Folder 6

Meetings of faculty, minutes, 1908-1913


Box 18Folder 7

Boys' Club, history, 1907-1910Box 18Folder 8

Boys' Club, Guests Fiftieth Anniversary Mother, Father, Son Party, 1953Box 18Folder 9

Boys' Club, list of members, 1909-1910Box 19Folder 1

Boys' Club, minutes, 1907-1910Box 19Folder 2

Class of 1907, minutes of class meetings, 1903-1907Box 19Folder 3



Class of 1917, minutes of junior and senior class meetings, 1915-1917Box 19Folder 6

Class of 1917, senior class accounts, Paul Randall, treasurerBox 20Folder 1

Engineering Club, scrapbook, 1916-1922

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Box 20Folder 2

Entertainment Committee, minutes, 1917-1920Box 20Folder 3

Girls' Club, minutes, 1911-1912Box 20Folder 4

Girls' Club, minutes, 1955Box 20Folder 5

Henry Clay Club, minutes, 1912-1917Box 20Folder 6

Kanyaratna, Girls' Honor Society, constitution and minutes, 1908-1918Box 20Folder 7

Publications & pamphlets for student activities, 1920-1962Box 21Folder 1

Pupil Responsibility Study, 1940Box 21Folder 2

Sophomore class of 1913, accounts kept by class treasurer, 1912-1913Box 21Folder 3

Sophomore Debating Club, constitution and minutes, January-March 1905Box 21Folder 4

Student Council, constitution and minutes, 1919-1921Box 21Folder 5

Student Council, minutes, 1905Box 21Folder 6

Student Council, minutes, 1916-1919Box 21Folder 7

Student Council, minutes, 1955Box 21Folder 8

Student treasurers, instructions

Subseries 5: University High School Alumni Association

Box 21Folder 9

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Alumni questionnaires, class of 1902Box 21Folder 10















Alumni questionnaires, class of 1918

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Box 22Folder 13















Alumni questionnaires, class of 1935Box 22

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Folder 28Alumni questionnaires, class of 1936

Box 22Folder 29















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Financial reports, 1911-1920

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Box 24Folder 10

Publications, 1959

Series IV: Miscellaneous

Box 24Folder 11

Adams, Olga, "My Adams Family Story, 1849-1969"Box 24Folder 12

Allin, Josephine Turner• "My Valedictory," Kirkland School, 1911• Sauveur College of Languages and the Amherst Summer School, admittance card, 1895• Irving School, graduating exercises, class of 1891, program

Box 24Folder 13

Chave, Margaret and Goodman, Jean, "School Days, 1927-1934"

Series V: Oversize

Box 25Benjamin Casey Allin Materials

Box 25Allin, Benjamin Casey, University High School, diploma, 1904

Box 25Allin, ink drawing (torn in half)

Box 25Allin, Josephine Turner, Kirkland School, diploma, 1895

Box 25Allin, Camp Kirkland, military promotion certificates, 1893-1894

Box 25"Old Glory's Call," musical score, published by J. E. Armstrong,

Box 25Englewood High School, Chicago Visitors' register, 1900-1911

Box 26Scrapbook, samples of printed forms, 1922-1928

Box 27Financial ledger, 1903-1906

Box 27Scrapbook compiled by Wilbur Jackman, 1904-1906

Box 27Scrapbook containing Chicago Institute materials, 1900-1901, School of Educationmaterials, 1901-1904, and Elementary and High School materials, 1903-1904

Box 28Forms for correlation coefficient and ratios

Box 28Parents' Association, award scrolls

Documents

University of Chicago Library of Chicago Laboratory …Curriculum Committee, reports, 1956-1957 Box 5 Folder 8 Health Education Curriculum Committee, course of study, 1951-1953 Box