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Language of Material:
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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: Dorothea K. Almond papers
Creator:
Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham)
Creator:
Almond, Dorothea K.
Identifier/Call Number: SC0663
Identifier/Call Number: 15297
Physical Description:
18 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): 1936-1998
Date (bulk): 1960-1998
Abstract: Papers include correspondence,
newsletters, memos, reports, articles, minutes, and other materials pertaining to childcare
at Stanford, child welfare in general, and other social and civic issues, 1960-1998. Some of
the minutes and other records are from the Children's Center of the Stanford Community. The
collection also includes letters from Gabriel Almond, 1936 and 1947.
This collection is open for research.
All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must
be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special
Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright
owner, heir(s) or assigns. See:
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.
Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of
digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.
Dorothea K. Almond Papers (SC0663). Department of Special Collections and University
Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Dorothea Kaufmann Almond, longtime child and family advocate, grew up in Cologne, Germany,
and moved to the United States in 1934 to study at Teachers College, Columbia University,
where she earned a master's degree in 1941. She moved to Palo Alto in 1963 with her husband,
Stanford professor Gabriel Almond. She served as chair of the Committee on Childcare at
Stanford from 1969 to 1977, was co-director of the Stanford Childcare Resource and Referral
Center from 1978 to 1986, and was a consultant on childcare to the dean of student affairs
from 1979 to 1986. Almond was also active in civic affairs as a member of the League of
Women Voters and co-chair of a committee affiliated with the league on juvenile justice
issues from 1988 to 1991. She died on December 5, 2000.
Papers include correspondence, newsletters, memos, reports, articles, minutes, and other
materials pertaining to childcare at Stanford, child welfare in general, and other social
and civic issues, 1960-1998. Some of the minutes and other records are from the Children's
Center of the Stanford Community. The collection also includes letters from Gabriel Almond,
1936 and 1947.
A substantial part of the collection is unprocessed.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Nursery schools.
Child care services.
Day care centers.
Children's Center of the Stanford Community.
Almond, Dorothea K.
Almond, Gabriel A. (Gabriel Abraham)