Teachers

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Willie Lee Atkyns, Jr. was born 13 September 1913 in Washington, D.C. Atkyns is a painter, teacher and printmaker.

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Topic of interview: Their involvement with the Montessori Movement. Place: Their home in Arlington, VA. Narrator: Gil Donahue and Sonja Donahue. Occupations: Librarian/Bibliographer/Govt. research projects, etc. and Teacher, consultant. Area of expertise: Montessori movement in the U.S. Interviewer: Marcella Raphael. Length of acquaintance: 1961-99.

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Topic of Interview: Involvement with the Montessori Movement. Place: Gravel apartment, NYC. Narrator: Douglas Gravel. Area of expertise. Narrator: Maria Gravel. Area of expertise: Montessori movement, early childhood education. Interviewer: Marcy Raphael. Length of acquaintance: 40 years.

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Topic of interview: Beginnings of AMS. Place: Gravel home Narrator: Douglas Gravel. Area of expertise: American Montessori Society. Interviewer: Marcy Raphael. Length of acquaintance: 40 years.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains financial and legal documents, correspondence, publications, maps, photographs, postcards, diplomas, certificates, journals, diaries, manuscripts, notes, clippings and similar materials retained by members of the extended Leavenworth family dating from the 1750s through 1993. As can be expected, the documentation is less plentiful for the earlier generations and becomes increasingly voluminous and diverse for the more recent generations. Of particular interest are the...

Scope and Content From the Collection: The collection contains financial and legal documents, correspondence, publications, maps, photographs, postcards, diplomas, certificates, journals, diaries, manuscripts, notes, clippings and similar materials retained by members of the extended Leavenworth family dating from the 1750s through 1993. As can be expected, the documentation is less plentiful for the earlier generations and becomes increasingly voluminous and diverse for the more recent generations. Of particular interest are the...

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Topic of interview: Beginnings of Illinois Montessori Society. Place: Chicago. Narrator: Paul Dunn, Kathy Dunn, and Marytherese Small. Interviewer: Marcy Raphael. Length of acquaintance: 1 day.

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The collection contains correspondence between American Buddhist poet Will Petersen and Cid Corman.

Scope and Content From the Collection: The documents in the American Montessori Society (AMS) Records extend from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, though the bulk falls between 1960 and 1985. They encompass a variety of subjects and activities, including routine administrative and financial records, research, historical correspondence and writings, official publications, and publicity.The early history of AMS appears in Series...

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A graduate of the University of Connecticut (B.A., 1951) and the University of Texas--Austin (M.A.), had a long career in all aspects of music and musicology, including teaching, writing, performing, conducting and directing.