Phelps (Eugenia F.) paper cutting, paper weaving, and card sewing albums, circa 1915

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Summary

Title:
Eugenia F. Phelps paper cutting, paper weaving, and card sewing albums
Dates:
circa 1915
Creators:
Phelps, Eugenia F.
Abstract:
Three accordion-fold albums, each demonstrating one of the "gifts" (educational forms of play) devised by kindergarten originator Friedrich Wilhelm Frobel. Each album bears the name of Eugenia T. Phelps (b. 1894), a kindergarten teacher in the New York City public school system, as well as the stamp of J.W. Schermerhorn & Co., a publisher of children's educational materials and early promotor of Frobel's methods.
Containers:
Box: 1
Extent:
1.46 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Eugenia F. Phelps paper cutting, paper weaving, and card sewing albums, Collection no. 6113, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Three accordion-fold albums, each demonstrating one of the "gifts" (educational forms of play) devised by kindergarten originator Friedrich Wilhelm Frobel. 120 leaves in total, on which are mounted more than 200 examples of paper cutting, paper weaving, and card sewing techniques and patterns. Each album bears the name of Eugenia T. Phelps (b. 1894), a kindergarten teacher in the New York City public school system, as well as the stamp of J.W. Schermerhorn & Co., a publisher of children's educational materials and early promotor of Frobel's methods. (Bookseller's description)

Biographical / historical:

Eugenia F. Phelps waas a kindergarten teacher in Staten Island, New York. As evidenced by the Schermerhorn stamp in these albums, Phelps was a practitioner of the Frobel method of education, and the founder of the kindergarten. Frobel encouraged young women to undertake serious study to become kindergarten teachers, and many traveled from the United States to Germany to study his methods. He advocated the concept of educational "gifts" and many of his followers They created albums like these as they practiced different gifts.

Acquisition information:
Purchased from Walkabout Books, April 13, 2016.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sue Luftschein
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2016-04-27 14:15:21 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Eugenia F. Phelps paper cutting, paper weaving, and card sewing albums, Collection no. 6113, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
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