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Box 1

 Container

Contains 4 Results:

Correspondence, 1890-1924

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

This folder contains a letter from Newell to George C. Crass, father of a student who had been in an accident, dated January 24, 1890; a letter dated August 11, 1888 from Newell to John Groh, a member of the Board of Trustees, regarding school districts; an undated calling card of Mrs. M.A. Newell’sand a photocopy of a wedding announcement from Mrs. Newell regarding the marriage of Josephine Cushing on June 30, 1924.

Dates: 1890-1924

Publications, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents

This folder contains The Ideal Teacher, The Beginning of Industrial Education, Course of Instruction Professional, which is reprinted from the 1866 Maryland State Normal School catalog, and a photocopy of The Maryland School Journal, v.II, no.1, dated September, 1875. All of these items were published by Newell during his lifetime.

Dates: undated

Biographical information, 1894-1983

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents This folder contains biographies of Newell written by The School Bulletinfrom March of 1894 as well as those written by unidentified administrators and archives staff;a questionnaire regarding his background that was filled out, presumably by a family member;the copy of a speech about his life given by his widow, Charlotte Newel, in 1932;a letter written about him by his daughter Belle to M. Theresa Wiedefeld, President of the State Teachers College at Towson on October 13, 1939;a copy of...
Dates: 1894-1983

Material surrounding Newell's death, 1925, undated

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents

This folder contains Newell’s memorial service programs, photocopies of his will and the executor’s account, death notices, burial location in Greenmount Cemetery of Newell and family members, and a remembrance published by The Journal of Educationon June 18, 1925. Also included are copies of a poem by Lizette Woodworth Reese written in remembrance of Newell

Dates: 1925, undated