Call Number:
LA205 .T57 1976
Early American Books and Pamphlets in the field of Education
UMI
Format:
MICROFILM
Subject Category:
Education, History US
Collection Dates:
01/01/1708 - 12/31/1898
Location:
UNLV Microforms
Summary:
This 14 reel collection features 130 books and pamphlets divided into four sub categories: ideas, theory and argument; institutional activities and history; biography; and textbooks. The focus is primarily American education in the 1800s. Some references are made to European education models and plans for establishment of public schools. All aspects of education are addressed from the primary to university level. Included are histories and practices of various universities: William and Mary College, Brown University, Harvard, Columbia, University of Michigan, Yale, University of Virginia, University of California, Amherst College, and others. Biographies of notable educators Ezra Stiles, Gallaudet, Pestalozzi and others are included in the biography portion of the collection.
Finding Aids:
Accompanied by guide. (Micro LA205 .T57 1976 guide)
