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Guide to the Edith Dowley and the Bing Nursery School Collection
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Call Number: SC0453
Creator:
Dowley, Edith Mary.
Title: Edith Dowley and the Bing Nursery School collection
Dates: 1970-1993
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear feet
Summary: These papers, collected by Sally Bush in preparation for a book on Dowley, include a transcript of an interview with Dowley,
1979; two reports from school visitations done by Dowley, 1970; clippings and articles on Dowley and pre-schools, 1978-93;
correspondence of Sally Bush, 1991-93; and audio tapes of two programs on Bing Nursery School, 1991-92, and reminiscences
of Dowley by several associates, 1992.
Language(s): The materials are in English.
Repository:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Green Library
557 Escondido Mall
Stanford, CA 94305-6064
Email: specialcollections@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 725-1022
URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc
Gift of Sally Bush, 1993.
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.
Edith Dowley and the Bing Nursery School Collection (SC0453). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford
University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Biographical/Historical Sketch
Edith Mary Dowley was professor of psychology and education at Stanford University and founding director of its Bing Nursery
School. Dowley earned her M.A. at the University of Michigan in 1934 and her doctorate in education at Stanford in 1951. She
taught at Stanford from 1949 until her retirement in 1975.
These papers, collected by Sally Bush in preparation for a book on Dowley, include a transcript of an interview with Dowley,
1979; two reports from school visitations done by Dowley, 1970; clippings and articles on Dowley and pre-schools, 1978-93;
correspondence of Sally Bush, 1991-93; and audio tapes of two programs on Bing Nursery School, 1991-92, and reminiscences
of Dowley by several associates, 1992.
Bush, Sally.
Dowley, Edith Mary.
Stanford University. Bing Nursery School.
Interviews.
Nursery schools --California.
Phonotapes.