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Marble Hill Nursery School foundational documentation, 1953-1956, inclusive
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Includes agendas, notes, drafts of committee assignments, correspondence, a tentative budget, a "Report on Findings and Recomendations for the Formation of a Permanent 'Playschool'," and the "Constitution and By-laws of the Marble Hill Tenants Association."
Television program proposals, 1954, inclusive
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Correspondence and proposals discussing Evelyn Lowell's idea for an educational children's television program, tentatively titled "Wonderland Playground," sent to executives of the CBS and DuMont Television Networks.
"Playing is Children's Work", 1956, inclusive
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Drafts and copies of Evelyn Lowell's article "Playing is Children's Work," a guide for parents interested in creating a playschool in their communities, with correspondence to various magazine where she hoped it would be published.
Marble Hill Nursery School 10th anniversary, 1965, inclusive
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Material documenting the school's 10th anniversary celebration, with a copy of the May 21, 1965 program, and the notes of a speech Evelyn Lowell delivered at the event.
Print matter (6 items), 1925-1954, undated, inclusive
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(1) Grace T. Hallock and C. E. Turner, "Health Heroes: Louis Pasteur" (1925)
(2) Leona Baumgartner et al., "The Day Care of Little Children in a Big City: A report of the work of the Day Care Unit of the Department of Health, New York City" (May 1946)
(3) Nina Ridenour and Isabel Johnson, "Some Special Problems of Children" (1947)
(4) "Parent Conducted Activities in Public Housing Projects in New York City: A Report Prepared by the Day Care Committee of the Division of Child Welfare" (August 1953)
(5) "Directory of Day Care Agencies in New York City" (January 1954)
(6) "Guide for the Health Program in the Day Care Center" (n.d.)