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The Knapp Foundation, 1963

 File — Box: 2, Folder: 3

Scope and Contents

From the Record Group:

The collection is composed of materials related to the administration, operation, and various activities of the Lida Lee Tall School. Included are correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, policies, programs, historical materials, students’ writings and works, newspaper clippings, and other materials. There is also a scrapbook (1926-1932) containing black and white photographs of the faculty and students at the Normal Elementary School. The Addition of March 2013 chiefly contains materials from 1984-1992 related to the closing of the Lida Lee Tall School in 1991. Included are correspondence, notes, reports, newsletters, newspaper clippings and other items. The Addition of January 2014 consists of a hand-made album book made in 1938 by the fifth grade students of the Lida Lee Tall School containing hand-colored illustrations and text.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1919-1992

Extent

From the Record Group: 6.5 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Processing Information

Chiefly materials related to the Knapp School Libraries Project, a five-year demonstration project funded by the Knapp Foundation, and administered by the American Association of School Libraries, for the selection and further development of eight demonstration school libraries in New York, Washington, Indiana, Maryland, Texas, Oregon, Utah, and Illinois.

Repository Details

Part of the Towson University Special Collections and University Archives Repository

Contact:
Albert S. Cook Library
8000 York Rd
Towson MD 21252 United States