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| Title: | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic. Records |
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| Dates: | 1900-1901 |
| Size: | 2.75 linear ft. (2 boxes and 7 volumes) |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Contains memoranda, architectural drawings and plans, course catalogs, and faculty meeting agenda. Includes notes from the director of the Institute, Francis W. Parker. |
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When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic. Records, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Francis Wayland Parker (October 9, 1837 – March 2, 1902) was a pioneer of the progressive school movement in the United States. He believed that education should include the complete development of an individual-mental, physical, and moral.
Parker was born in Bedford, New Hampshire in Hillsborough County. He was educated in the public schools and began his career as a village teacher in New Hampshire at age 16.
In August 1861, at the beginning of the American Civil War, Parker enlisted as a private in the 4th New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry. He was elected lieutenant and was later promoted to captain and commander of the company. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and commander of the 4th New Hampshire in January 1865. He was captured and held prisoner in North Carolina in May, 1865.
After the war ended, Colonel Parker resumed teaching, first in Ohio where he became the head of the normal school in Dayton, Ohio. In 1872, he traveled to Germany to study at the University of Berlin.
In 1875, Parker was named superintendent of schools in Quincy, Massachusetts. There he developed the Quincy Plan, which eliminated harsh discipline and de-emphasized rote memorization, replacing them with elements of progressive education such as group activities, the teaching of the arts and sciences, and informal methods of instruction.
He continued to implement his theories as superintendent of Boston's public schools (1880–83), as principal of the Cook County Normal School, Chicago (1883–99), and as founder and principal (1899–1901) of the Chicago Institute, which became the University of Chicago School of Education in 1901.
Series I: Chicago INSTITUTE RECORDS
Series II: ADDENDA
Series III: UNBOXED
The following related resources are located in the Department of Special Collections:
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Francis W. Parker Scrapbooks and Miscellaneous Papers
Presidents' Papers 1889-1925, particularly the correspondence between Anita McCormack Blaine and William Rainey Harper, Box 8, Folder 21-23
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Preliminary Announcement, 1900 [including architects drawings and floor plans for the proposed building]
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| Box 1 Folder 2 | Interfaculty memoranda, including special notes from the Director [F.W.Parker] or the Dean [W.S. Jackman], faculty committee membership, faculty meeting agenda, information on specific courses. |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Morning Exercise programs, November 7, 1900-January 15, 1901 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Student Record Forms [for both professional students and elementary school students |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Student Record Forms [for both professional students and elementary school students |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Student Record Forms [for both professional students and elementary school students |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Catalogue of papers on file in the office of the dean |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | List of high school students and language classes |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Notes on the organization of the school museum |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Faculty and Administration salaries, 1900-01 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Names of birds |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Preliminary list of birds |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Catalogue of the materials constituting the teaching equipment of Chicago Institute |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | List of birds and mammals |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Museum committee report |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Course list for students of Chicago Institute |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Report III to the Board of Trustees, 15 Sep 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Outline for revising curriculum 21 Dec 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Report of physical plant problems, 1901 |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Purchasing equipment correspondence |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Material added to the catalog list, Dep of Mathematics |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Dean's reports to the President, 1900-01 |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Functions of the dean |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Partial list of course outline |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | Alphabetic list of mounted birds in the museum |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Report on the course of study |
| Box 2 Folder 21 | Course of study, copy |
| Box 2 Folder 22 | Course of study, prospects, 7 Jan 1901 |
| Box 2 Folder 23 | Notes on Physics |
| Box 2 Folder 24 | Memo on the purchase of supplies |
| Box 2 Folder 25 | Application for Admission |
| Box 2 Folder 26 | Museum for 1901 |
| Box 2 Folder 27 | Not to the faculty, #8 |
| Box 2 Folder 28 | Reports of registration and attendance, 1900-01 |
| Box 2 Folder 29 | Information for parents concerning the country home school |
| Box 2 Folder 30 | Report to the president of the high school, 8 Nov 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 31 | Reports to the Board of Trustees, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 32 | Report on the library, 18 Aug 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 33 | Reports of Field committee, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 34 | Report on the program |
| Box 2 Folder 35 | Notice to heads of department, #1 |
| Box 2 Folder 36 | Report of Committee on Entertainments, 1901 |
| Box 2 Folder 37 | Report on 9th grade students |
| Box 2 Folder 38 | University Elementary School. Chicago Institute, Lectures and programs, 1900-1901 |
| Box 2 Folder 39 | University Elementary School. Chicago Institute, Summer School, 2 July-10 Aug 1900 |
| Volume 1 | Chicago Institute Records, Chicago Institute Course of Study, 1900-1901. |
| Volume 2 | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic, Students Matriculated, 1-4400 |
| Volume 3 | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagocic, Index |
| Volume 4 | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic, Extension Division, Students Matriculated, 1-880, 1900-01 |
| Volume 5 | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic, Index, Extension Division |
| Volume 6-7 | Chicago Institute, Academic and Pedagogic, Receipt books |