Description
These records from the School of Education at Stanford University consist of kindergarten records including drawings and short
stories by the children, 1892-93; class reading under Clara Vostrovsky; stories, correspondence and notes, 1893-1894 ; and
a scrapbook of child studies and learning definitions from schools across the United States, 1891. The third volume contains
material by Earl Barnes and Mary Sheldon Barnes.
Background
In October 1892 the Dept. of Education at Stanford University established a kindergarten on campus, to serve in part as a
laboratory for advanced students of the education department; it was under the direction of Prof. Earl Barnes and instructor
Margaret Schallenberger. Many children of the Stanford faculty attended.
Restrictions
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections and University
Archives.