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BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
1 MINUTES AND DOCUMENTS OF THE FERRER MODERN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
1 Certificate of Incorporation, 1918
2 *Trustees' and Association minutes, 1958-1961
3 Minutes, correspondence and attachments, 1958-1961
4 Minutes, correspondence and attachments, 1961
MINUTES AND REPORTS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH
AMERICA
5 *Annual convention: minutes, 1931 and 1946-1948
6 *Annual convention: reports of the principal, 1922-1938
7 *Annual convention: reports of the principal, 1939-1947
8 *Report of teacher Anna Schwartz, 1936-1940 and 1943-1950
9 *Reports of teachers other than Anna Schwartz, 1922-1948
REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
10 *Principal's reports, 1922-1925
11 *Principal's reports, 1933-1939
12 *Secretary's reports/financial reports, 1920-1948
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL
13 *Report to Parent-Teacher Meeting, January 19, 1939
14 *Report to the Conference of June 1-2, 1935
15 Correspondence, 1920 and 1935-1936
16 Correspondence, 1937-1939
17 Correspondence, 1940-1944
18 Correspondence, 1946-1949
19 Correspondence, 1950-1952
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE
20 1919-1972
DOCUMENTATION OF MISCELLANEOUS MEETINGS
21 *Minutes of a meeting concerning Elizabeth Byrne Ferm's
book, 1946
22 Names of those invited to Dr. Paul Avrich's apartment,
1970
*Denotes preservation photocopies on acid-free paper
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
2 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 3-8 and 13]
1 The Modern School, 1912-1914
2 The Modern School, 1915 [poor condition]
3 The Modern School, 1916
4 The Modern School, January-April, 1917
5 The Modern School, May-July, 1917
6 The Modern School, August-October, 1917
7 The Modern School, November-December, 1917
8 The Modern School, February-March, 1918
9 The Modern School, April-May, 1918
10 The Modern School, June-August, 1918
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3 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2, 4-8 and 13]
1 The Modern School, September, 1918
2 The Modern School, October, 1918
3 The Modern School, November-December, 1918
4 The Modern School, January, 1919
5 The Modern School, February, 1919
6 The Modern School, March, 1919
7 The Modern School, April-May, 1919
8 The Modern School, June-July, 1919
9 The Modern School, August-September, 1919
10 The Modern School, January-March, 1920
11-12 The Modern School, April-June, 1920
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4 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2-3, 5-8 and 13]
1 The Modern School, October-December, 1920
2 The Modern School, April, 1921
3 The Modern School, Summer, 1921
4 The Modern School, September, 1921
5 The Modern School, October-December, 1921
6 The Modern School, Midwinter, 1922
7 The Modern School, Summer, 1922
8 The Modern School, August, 1943
9 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1930-1936 (programs)
10 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1938-1939 (programs)
11 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1940 (program)
12 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1941-1942 (programs)
13 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1943-1945 (programs)
14 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1946-1947 (programs)
15 Daybreak Costume Dance, 1948-1949 (programs)
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
5 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2-4, 6-8 and 13]
1-2 Linoleum Cuts, ca. 1929 [2 copies]
3 Open Vistas, January-April, 1925
4-6 Voice of the Children, September, 1922 [3 copies]
7 Voice of the Children, ca. 1923 [2 copies]
8 Voice of the Children, ca. 1923 [different issue]
9 Voice of the Children, ca. 1924
10 Voice of the Children, January, 1925
11 Voice of the Children, ca. 1926
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
6 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2-5, 7-8 and 13]
1 Voice of the Children, February-March, 1929
2 Voice of the Children, March-May, 1929
3 Voice of the Children, July-September, 1929
4 Voice of the Children, ca. 1929
5 Voice of the Children, November, 1929
6 Voice of the Children, January-March, 1930
7 Voice of the Children, May-July, 1930
8 Voice of the Children, September-December, 1930
9 Voice of the Children, March-August, 1931
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7 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2-6, 8 and 13]
1 Voice of the Children, December, 1931, and May, 1932
2 Voice of the Children, April and September, 1933
3 Voice of the Children, June, 1934, and April, 1935
4 Voice of the Children, September, 1935
5 Voice of the Children, ca. 1941
6 William Thurston Brown, Citizenship in Education, ca. 1918
7 William Thurston Brown, Education for Constructive
Democracy, ca. 1918
8 William Thurston Brown, The Most Important Educational
Experiment in America, ca. 1919
9 Alexis Ferm, The Problem of Education, ca. 1934 [4 copies]
10-11 Elizabeth Ferm, The Spirit of Freedom in Education, 1923
[4 copies]
12 Has Propaganda Any Value in Education?, ca. 1928
[2 copies]
13 Inklings of Activities of Children, ca. 1937 [4 copies]
14 Harry Kelly, The Ferrer Modern School, 1920
15 The Modern School: An Experiment in Libertarian Education,
1948 [4 copies]
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8 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See Also: Boxes 2-7 and 13]
1-3 Modern School of Stelton, 1940 [5 copies]
4 Henry Schnittkind, Shambles, ca. 1916
5 Carl Zigrosser, The Modern School, 1917
6 Conference programs, tickets, etc., ca. 1922-1945
PHOTOGRAPHS [See Also: Boxes 14-17]
7 Ferrer School at Forest View Grove, 1914
8 Halftone reproductions of views at Stelton, 1920s
(views used in Joseph Cohen's 1925 pamphlet The Modern
School and in The Stelton Outlook, 1933)
NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
9 Modern School history, 1922-1952
10 The Road to Freedom, excerpts, 1925-1931
MEMOIRS OF INDIVIDUALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE MODERN SCHOOL
11 Lillian Rifkind Blumenfeld, 1974
12 Pauline Henderson, 1958
13 Harry Kelly, ca. 1925
14 Carl Zigrosser, ca. 1931
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
9 ALEXIS FERM PAPERS AND COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE
[See Also: Boxes 10 and 18]
1-4 "Sven: The Life of an Ordinary Boy" (autobiography)
5 *"Education and Schooling"
6 *"Educational Methods"
7 Mrs. Sam Adel, 1950-1968
8 John Aronoff, 1938-1943
9 Judith (Lighter) Bokelman, 1930-1970
10 Frances Sweida Browning, 1953-1969
11 Aurora Greenhouse, 1959-1971
12 Sasha and Gladys Hourwich, 1945 and 1948-1950
13 Sasha and Gladys Hourwich, 1951-1959
14 Sema Lighter, 1947-1971
15 Received by Nathan Marer about Alexis Ferm Fund, 1959-1966
16 Received by Nathan Marer about Alexis Ferm Fund, 1967-1970
17 Alexis Ferm Fund: financial records, 1965-1968
18 Anna Schwartz letter and article, 1948 and 1970
19 Edgar and Martin Tafel, 1947, 1963, 1969-1970 and 1973
20 Newspaper clippings found in scrapbook, 1945-1957
21 Correspondence found in scrapbook, 1955-1957
22 News clippings, 1933, 1948-1951 and 1969-1970
23 Newspaper clipping--obituary, 1971
24 Miscellaneous items, 1897 and 1970
*Denotes preservation photocopies on acid-free paper
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
10 ALEXIS FERM PAPERS AND COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE
[See Also: Boxes 9 and 18]
1 Diary, August 30, 1893-November 7, 1945 (with gaps)
ELIZABETH BYRNE FERM PAPERS [See Also: Box 11]
Writings
2 "Freedom in Education," typescript, ca. 1949
3-5 *Typescript chapters from Freedom in Education
6 Articles from Mother Earth
*Denotes preservation photocopies on acid-free paper
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
11 ELIZABETH BYRNE FERM PAPERS [See Also: Box 10]
Writings
1 *Typescripts of published articles
2 *Lectures, 1895-1900s
3 *Poems, 1906
4 *Miscellaneous writings, notes, etc.
Articles about Elizabeth Byrne Ferm
5 1905 and 1921
6 Typescript obituary
7 Obituary, 1944
8 Typescript book review, 1949
9 Book reviews, 1949
JO ANN WHEELER BURBANK PAPERS
10 Correspondence, 1944-1969
11 Correspondence, January-May, 1970
12 Correspondence, September-December, 1970
13 Correspondence, 1971-1972
14 Memoir, 1970
ITEMS MADE AT THE MODERN SCHOOL [See Also: Box 19]
15 Birthday Card by Philip and Sasha Hourwich
16 Abstract Card by Philip and Sasha Hourwich
COLLECTED MATERIALS CONCERNING OTHER MODERN SCHOOLS
[See Also: Box 12]
17 April Farms incorporation hearing transcript, 1925
18 Experimental Schools [issue re. Stony Ford and Home
School], 1917
19 Manumit Summer School [Pawling, New York], 1928
*Denotes preservation photocopies on acid-free paper
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12 COLLECTED MATERIALS CONCERNING OTHER MODERN SCHOOLS
[See Also: Box 11]
1 Open Pages [Mohegan Colony], April-July, 1932
PUBLICATIONS INCLUDING REFERENCES TO THE MODERN SCHOOL
2 Everyman [Los Angeles, California], 1914 (Modern School
Special Issue)
3 The Human Culture Digest, 1941 (articles about the Modern
School)
4 Mother Earth, 1911-1912
5 Mother Earth, 1914-1915
6 Mother Earth, May-October, 1916
7 Mother Earth, December, 1916-January, 1917
8 Mother Earth, March-August, 1917
9 Mother Earth, Craryville, New York, 1933
10 Broadsheet re. proposed Anarchist Federation of America,
1934
MISCELLANEOUS PRINTED ITEMS
11 Maps and short stories, undated
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
13 SCHOOL PUBLICATIONS [See also: Boxes 2-8]
1 Voice of the Children, January 1922, and Number 4,
September, 1922
2 Voice of the Children, January, 1925, and Number 2,
March, 1929
3 Voice of the Children, Number 4, July, 1929, and Number 6,
November, 1929
4 Voice of the Children, Number 6
5 Voice of the Children, Number 7, January, 1930, and
Number 10, July, 1930
6 Voice of the Children, Number 12, December, 1930, and
undated
7 Voice of the Children, Number 13, March, 1931, and Number
21, September, 1935
8 The Stelton Outlook, 1932-1933
9 The Stelton Outlook, 1933 [extra pages]
BOX CONTENTS
14 PHOTOGRAPHS [See Also: Boxes 8 and 15-17]
(photo box) Portraits of teachers, children and others associated
with the Modern School of Stelton, ca. 1900-1962
(25 prints)
Portraits of Alexis Ferm, 1901-1965 (10 prints)
Portraits and views from Alexis and Elizabeth Ferm's
collection, 1907-1932 (6 prints)
Portraits and views from Pioneer Youth Camp, 1929-1934
(9 prints)
Portraits and views of Stelton resident Reuben Rosen,
his family and his home, ca. 1930s (7 prints)
Portraits and views of Alexis Ferm in Fairhope, Alabama,
1950-1955 (10 prints)
BOX CONTENTS
15 PHOTOGRAPHS [See Also: Boxes 8, 14 and 16-17]
(photo box) Group portraits, Stelton, 1915-1925 (13 prints)
Views of Stelton, 1915-ca. 1953 (35 prints)
Portraits and views from other communities: the Mohegan
Modern School, 1941; Fellowship Farm, 1914; Children's
Playhouse, Dyker Heights, 1904-1905 (3 prints)
Miscellaneous anarchist views (5 prints)
BOX CONTENTS
16 PHOTOGRAPHS [See Also: Boxes 8, 14-15 and 17]
(photo box) Portraits, Alexis Ferm, 1895-1958 (6 prints)
Portraits Elizabeth Ferm, Anna Schwartz and other
unidentified people, ca. 1890-1950 (7 prints)
Group portraits, Modern School of Stelton, ca. 1915-1925;
1 at Mohegan School, 1925 (9 prints)
Views, Modern School of Stelton (9 prints)
BOX CONTENTS
17 PHOTOGRAPHS [See Also: Boxes 8 and 14-16]
(photo box) Alexis Ferm (2 portraits) and portrait of an unidentified
woman, ca. 1880-1890 (3 prints: tintypes)
Views, the Modern School of Stelton, 1915-ca. 1953
(12 prints)
Group portraits, Alexis Ferm with Pioneer Youth Camp,
ca. 1930 (4 prints)
Group portrait, Public School, Union, N.J., 1915 (1 print)
View of Alexander Berkman speaking in New York, ca. 1914
(1 print)
BOX CONTENTS
18 ALEXIS FERM PAPERS AND COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE [See Also:
(phase box) Boxes 9-10]
Scrapbook, 1929-1933
BOX CONTENTS
19 ITEMS MADE AT THE MODERN SCHOOL [See Also: Box 11]
(newsp. box) Froebel toy, known as a "gift" (in small box)
Rug (51" x 19.25" when unfolded)
Table runner (59.5" x 15.75" when unfolded)
Weaving depicting a woman bathing (mounted; 15.5" x 15.5")
Mahagony block--Girl's face on front, signed "Eleanor"
on back (in small box)
Restricted--Fragile Original Documents Represented Above by Preservation Photocopies
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
A MINUTES AND DOCUMENTS OF THE FERRER MODERN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION
1 Trustees' and Association Minutes, 1958-1961
MINUTES AND REPORTS OF THE MODERN SCHOOL ASSOCIATION OF NORTH
AMERICA
2 Annual convention: minutes, 1931 and 1946-1948
3 Annual convention: reports of the principal, 1922-1938
4 Annual convention: reports of the principal, 1939-1947
5 Reports of teacher Anna Schwartz, 1936-1940 and 1943-1950
6 Reports of teachers other than Anna Schwartz, 1922-1948
REPORTS OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT
7 Principal's reports, 1922-1925
8 Principal's reports, 1933-1939
9 Secretary's reports/financial reports, 1920-1948
CORRESPONDENCE AND REPORTS OF THE PRINCIPAL
10 Report to Parent-Teacher Meeting, January 19, 1939
11 Report to the Conference of June 1-2, 1935
12 Letter, 1920
DOCUMENTATION OF MISCELLANEOUS MEETINGS
13 Minutes of a meeting concerning Elizabeth Byrne Ferm's
book, 1946
ALEXIS FERM PAPERS AND COLLECTED CORRESPONDENCE
14 Writings: "Education and Schooling" and "Educational
Methods"
ELIZABETH BYRNE FERM PAPERS
15-17 Typescript chapters from Freedom in Education
Restricted--Fragile Original Documents Represented Above by Preservation Photocopies
BOX FOLDER CONTENTS
B ELIZABETH BYRNE FERM PAPERS [continued]
1-2 Typescripts of published articles
3 Lectures, 1895-1900s
4 Poems, 1906
5-6 Miscellaneous writings, notes, etc.
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