American Montessori Society Records

Finding aid prepared by Paul E. Schlotthauer and Latisha Nielsen.
Finding aid encoded by Betsy Pittman in June 2006.

Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center
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© 2007 University of Connecticut


Overview of the Collection
Repository:	Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
Creator:	American Montessori Society.
Title:	American Montessori Society Records.
Dates:	undated, 1907-2008.
Quantity:	48.6 linear feet.
Identification:	MSS20060230
Language:	English.
Abstract:	The American Montessori Society (AMS) Records document the history of an important American educational organization, and consist of printed, typescript, and handwritten materials; sound recordings; films; photographs; and slides. The collection, although not complete, reflects AMS's professional and administrative activities and also provides historical information about the Montessori system of education in general.

History

Maria Montessori (1870-1952), the first woman in Italy to receive a medical degree from the University of Rome, developed her theories of education at the turn of the century while working as a young doctor in an asylum for mentally disabled children. In the Montessori method, children use special learning materials in a prepared environment to sequentially develop and master concepts and motor skills. Teachers guide but do not control, each child progresses at his or her own pace, and the noncompetitive atmosphere of the classroom allows working for the pleasure of learning rather than from fear of punishment or anticipation of rewards.

Dr. Montessori developed an international following, and in 1913 and 1915 she toured the United States, lecturing on her educational theories to enthusiastic acclaim. Yet by the 1920s her ideas had been rejected by mainstream American educators. This effectively killed the Montessori movement in the United States for the next several decades, although it continued to flourish in Europe, especially among Catholic educational institutions.

In the late 1950s Nancy McCormick Rambusch, a young teacher who had undergone Montessori training in London, became inspired with the idea of reviving Montessori education in America. Initially conducting classes from her New York apartment, she soon founded and became headmistress of Whitby, a lay-Catholic school in Greenwich, Connecticut, which became the flagship school of the American Montessori revival. Rambusch and Whitby gained a reputation and supporters; they and the Montessori method soon became the subjects of articles and interviews in both Catholic and secular journals and magazines. They also attracted the attention of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), the guardian and promulgator of Maria Montessori's ideals under the directorship of her son, Mario, who authorized Rambusch to act as AMI's representative in America. This led, in 1960, to the founding of the American Montessori Society (AMS), with Rambusch as its first president.

During the early years the fortunes of AMS and Whitby School were intertwined; the two institutions even shared Board members. Although Rambusch was active in Catholic circles, she recognized that Montessori had to transcend religious boundaries and would have to acquire nonsectarian appeal if it was to succeed in the United States. She also firmly believed that aspects of the Montessori method had to be modified to accommodate the culture of mid-twentieth- century America and its children, and that the movement should not be confined to private institutions.

These ideas strained relations with AMI, which felt that Dr. Montessori's principles were universal and could not be modified without destroying their integrity. Despite good-faith attempts on both sides, the philosophical differences could not be reconciled, while additional controversies over finances and control deepened the rift. Ultimately, in 1963, AMI withdrew its recognition of AMS as a Montessori society, and from that point until the present AMS has existed independently of AMI.

Nineteen-sixty-three was a critical year for AMS. Nancy McCormick Rambusch had been travelling around the country tirelessly promoting Montessori and drumming up support among educators and parents. The results were overwhelmingly positive: the number of Montessori schools in America increased and the AMS office in Greenwich was flooded with requests for information about the method and about how to open Montessori schools. The society was weakened, however, by conflicts not only with AMI but within AMS itself. Moreover, the administrative affairs of the office were in chaos, and the organization was in danger of disintegrating.

This situation was remedied when Cleo Monson was hired in January 1963 as Executive Secretary to reorganize AMS's office, but her administrative abilities soon rendered her indispensable as the coordinator of virtually all the society's activities. In 1973 she became the first National Director, a position of pivotal importance that she essentially created and that she held until her retirement in 1978. In her own way she was as responsible as Nancy McCormick Rambusch for the existence of AMS.

In 1963, six months after Monson arrived, Rambusch resigned as president and embarked upon a distinguished career in children's education that continued until her death in 1994. Also in 1963, the national office of AMS moved from Greenwich to New York, where it has since remained.

Following the turbulence of these early years, AMS found firmer footing and began to flourish. As the society grew, it had to cope with the practical issues that face all organizations, including fundraising, formation of policies, codification of professional standards and ethics, and public relations, both within and without the Montessori community. Various committees and programs sprang into existence to meet these needs, and this required the talents and resources of members willing to organize and direct these important activities. Within a decade of its existence, therefore, AMS's internal structure necessarily increased in complexity. Yet the society continued to avoid bureaucracy as much as possible by using the main office in New York as a coordinating hub.

Because Montessori schools were not required to affiliate with the national organization, AMS sought to establish relationships with local schools through various forms of outreach. It published literature about the Montessori method and AMS, collected research, some of which appeared in the society's various journals and newsletters, and established the Consultation Program, in which trained consultants would visit affiliated schools, observe classes and the physical environment, and offer suggestions and feedback. AMS developed standards for teacher training and certification as well as pedagogical resources to meet Montessori educational needs.

AMS's seminars and conferences also served to foster communication, professional growth, and a shared sense of identity among Montessori teachers. A national seminar was held annually, and several regional conferences took place each year. These meetings featured lectures, workshops, presentations, and exhibits, and allowed members to network, exchange ideas, and develop or hone their teaching skills. Portions of these seminars were recorded or filmed to serve as future resources. The society was very proud of the success of its first International Symposium, held in Athens in 1979, which featured as speakers several internationally renowned educators and scholars.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, AMS constantly sought to widen its appeal. Its ties with the Comite Hispano Montessori, for instance, enabled the Montessori method and resources to thrive in Spanish-speaking communities in the Americas and the Caribbean. AMS collected literature from and established relationships with other educational groups and organizations, including the National Association for the Education of Young Children and the Child Development Associate Consortium, and concerned itself with home schooling, day care, and alternative educational methods such as the Waldorf Institutes. In this way it attempted to keep abreast of contemporary developments in children's education and resist parochialism by entering into dialogue with those who shared AMS's concerns for the educational welfare of children.

AMS succeeded in reviving the Montessori method in the United States and gaining recognition for it as a valid educational system. The society has become the foremost resource in America for Montessori education and teacher training. Through its varied activities it continues to provide information, support, and advice to schools, teachers, and parents, and to integrate the ideas of Maria Montessori and her many followers into the structure of American education.

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Scope and Content

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 VI, VII, and VIII, which include Board of Directors' minutes, financial reports, articles on the Montessori movement and AMS, and correspondence among key figures in the movement and organization. These papers chronicle the founding of AMS in connection with Whitby School in Greenwich, Connecticut; the difficult relationship between AMS and the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI); and the problems AMS had to confront as it established its reputation and authority as a promoter of Montessori education. Especially important in this regard are the files of Nancy McCormick Rambusch (Series VII), the founder of AMS; this series provides historical information not only about AMS but also about the personal and professional life of Rambusch as revealed in correspondence, research, articles, and interviews.

AMS's minutes and bylaws may be found in Series I and II, respectively. Series II though is incomplete. Minutes are also included in the records found in Series IV and VI. The Administrative Files (Series III) deal with professional and operational administrative aspects of AMS and some of its committees and progrAMS. They include, among other documents, a policy statement (1963), correspondence of the Educational Advisory Committee, fundraising appeals and brochures, drafts of the AMS Management Guide, and correspondence and legal information about evaluating the credentials of foreign Montessori teacher trainees. There are also leases and maintenance correspondence for the AMS offices in New York, and personnel correspondence about insurance progrAMS for Montessori teachers.

The Mailings Scrapbooks in Series IV contain the letters, publicity, publications, and other literature generated by AMS and sent to its members and Board members during 1974-1983, affording a general overview of the society's functions and activities for that period. Series XV also contains scrapbooks of AMS's public-relations efforts as it sought to advertise its mission, and includes lists of AMS publications and materials. AMS also sought outreach through films, and the correspondence, scripts, and publicity for several film projects will be found in Series XVI.

Historical background and information on the Montessori movement and its founder will be found in Series X. Writings by and about Maria Montessori, transcripts of her historic lectures given in California in 1915, and articles about the history and evolution of the method both in general and in the United States are included; many of these papers were donated to the society by Montessori educators and supporters.

As the movement gained momentum, Montessori educators and scholars conducted and published research on a variety of relevant educational topics. The AMS office collected various papers, articles, bibliographies, and abstracts to serve as an in-house resource for Montessori scholarship, and these will be found in Series XI. Although they date largely from the 1960s and thus do not reflect the most current research, they provide a glimpse of the state of American Montessori studies at the time. Series IX contains pedagogical resources that show how Montessori education was actually conducted in the classroom, including lesson plans, outlines, and the Teacher's Manual for the 1966-1976 Teacher Training Program.

AMS published numerous journals, newsletters, and other publications, and many of these appear in Series XIV. All the titles represented contain significant gaps but still permit the reader to grasp the scope of the organization's activities and interests through the years. Non-AMS publications will be found in Series XXI, and include writings on Montessorian topics by organizations other than AMS, including AMI. Of particular interest is Mario Montessori's "yellow paper," which set forth AMI's philosophical disagreements with AMS in the early 1960s.

AMS encouraged affiliation by Montessori schools, and this topic is covered in Series XVII, which contains lists of affiliates, bylaws and administrative forms of individual schools, statistical data, and various brochures and other information regarding affiliated schools in general and also specific schools. One of the ways AMS sought to cement ties between affiliates and the national society was through the Consultation Program, the records of which are located in Series XII. They include general correspondence as well as files of individual consultants and several coordinators of the Program, and offer insights into the operations of this important group. The activities of the Comite Hispano Montessori, an association for Spanish-speaking Montessorians in North, Central, and South America as well as the Caribbean, are reflected in the correspondence, publicity, directories, and consultation reports that comprise Series XIX.

In Series XIII are located files for various national and regional seminars from 1963-1990. Registration lists, correspondence dealing with exhibitors and presenters, brochures and programs, financial reports and records, and evaluation questionnaires allow an understanding of the importance of these meetings as vehicles for fostering, maintaining, and developing aspects of the Montessori method.

AMS also interacted with organizations and concerns not directly within the Montessori orbit. Series V chronicles the relationship between AMS and government agencies, especially the Pennsylvania Department of Education, as the society sought to achieve official recognition of Montessori teacher-training methods and educational instruction. AMS's connections with other groups relevant to its interests are depicted in Series XX, which includes articles, brochures, and correspondence. Represented are day-care and home-schooling organizations, educational toy companies, and Waldorf Institutes. Series 18 is devoted to the Child Development Associate Consortium (CDAC), of which AMS eventually became a member.

Audiocassettes, audiotapes, CDs and phonograph records are located in Series XXII. The tapes and cassettes contain lectures, speeches, and workshops conducted mainly at various AMS seminars from the 1960s through the 1980s. Films and videocassettes about various aspects of the Montessori method are located in Series XXIII. Of interest is an interview with Nancy McCormick Rambusch and Cleo Monson about the beginnings of AMS, taped in 1986.

Photographs and slides are included in Series XXIV. The slides illustrate Montessori teaching activities and events, such as the Montessori Centennial Celebration in 1970. The photographs cover a wide range of professional and social activities, including seminars. Depicted are many of the individuals, including Nancy McCormick Rambusch, who are represented in the papers of the collection.

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Arrangement

Series I: Minutes (1963-1995) include the minutes from Board of Directors' meetings, including various emendations, arranged chronologically. See also Series IV and VI.

Series II: By-Laws and Amendments (undated, circa 1960-1973) contain the By-Laws of AMS with changes and corrections over the years, arranged chronologically. Not all years within the range are included.

Series III: Administrative Files (undated, 1959-1978) includes various files dealing with administrative aspects of AMS and its various committees regarding professional activities and day-to-day operations. Subseries A contains AMS's Policy Statement from 1963 and the National Director's Report to the Board of Directors from 1976. Subseries B contains various versions of the AMS Management Guide, a manual on setting up Montessori schools, featuring included or discarded items such as sample policies and forms for admissions and scholarships, many from Montessori-affiliated schools, and procedures on teaching methods. Subseries C contains correspondence, mainly from 1963-1964, of the Educational Advisory Committee. Subseries D deals with the problem of evaluating the academic credentials of foreign Montessori teaching trainees. The materials, which include pamphlets and correspondence, date mainly from 1965-1974; much of the correspondence is with the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (see also Series V). Subseries E consists of correspondence (1959-1978) about the Visitor Exchange Program and includes legal information from the Department of State and the Federal Register. Subseries F contains the proceedings of a 1973 seminar designed to share details about models of day care and about needs and goals that helped shape Montessori programs. Subseries G contains correspondence, appeals, brochures, and response cards pertaining to the 1981 drive to raise funds for AMS among affiliated schools. Subseries H includes office-maintenance and personnel-related records, including leases (1963-1973, with gaps) for the AMS offices at 175 Fifth Avenue, correspondence about building maintenance, and correspondence regarding insurance benefits and plans for Montessori teachers.

Series IV: Mailing Scrapbooks (1974-1983) contains ten scrapbooks, compiled annually, bring together a collection of items mailed to AMS members and Board members each year. They feature such documents as Board minutes, reports on the Consultation Program, financial reports, publications such as AMS News, questionnaires, information on conferences and seminars, and brochures and publicity. Many of these items may be duplicated in other series.

Series V: Federal and State Agencies (1962-1983) conatins correspondence primarily with the Pennsylvania Department of Education, including the State Board of Private Academic Schools, and details the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's recognition and licensing of Montessori teacher-training methods and the recognition of the Montessori method as a valid form of instruction in private licensed schools. Included are various state criteria for licensing, such as the Rules and Regulations Governing Private Academic Schools and Agents (1980). The policy changes by the State Board of Private Academic Schools toward Montessori schools is also documented. Some correspondence with the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is also included (see also Series III, Subseries D).

Series VI: Royall O'Brien Files (1962) includes materials, originally in a looseleaf binder, of Royall O'Brien, an AMS Board member from 1962-1968. They document the early history of AMS in 1962, and include minutes, correspondence, administrative and financial reports, memoranda, and other records that O'Brien would have received as a Board member. Many are duplicated elsewhere, especially in Series VII. The original arrangement of the papers has been retained.

Series VII: Nancy McCormick Rambusch Files (undated, circa 1956-1994) chronicles a portion of the professional life and activities of Nancy McCormick Rambusch, the founder of AMS and the person most responsible for reviving the Montessori movement in the United States. Subseries A, arranged chronologically from the late 1950s-1977 (with the bulk 1960-1963) contains general and business correspondence relating to Rambusch's activities at Whitby School and the early years of AMS. Included are minutes from the Boards of both Whitby and the AMS, Rambusch's resignations as president of AMS and as headmistress of Whitby, and letters from individuals interested in the Montessori method or wishing to open Montessori schools. Telegrams and letters to and from Mario Montessori, Rambusch, and others in AMI and AMS chart the gradually deteriorating relationship between the two groups (see also Series VIII). Especially significant in this regard are two documents of Mario Montessori: the 1959 paper in which he appoints Rambusch as an official representative of AMI in the United States and authorizes a mandate to begin an American Montessori group, and a typescript version of the "yellow paper" written several years later, in which he outlines his philosophical disagreements with AMS that eventually led to a rift between the organizations (see Series XXI for the printed version). Some of the documents are fragile thermofaxes. There are numerous handwritten letters, usually by Rambusch's friends, that are personal but deal largely with Montessori matters. Most of the correspondence is to Rambusch, with relatively little from her; some letters are about her and are included here because they deal with topics relevant to the subseries. There are also letters and memos on administrative matters that would have concerned her as president of AMS. Subseries B consists largely of handwritten letters, postcards, and notes from friends on personal, social, and family matters, though some mention Montessori in passing. Many are by friends and teachers from Rambusch's student years, and depict the Catholic social and educational circles in which she moved and through which the Montessori movement gained a foothold in the United States. Some of the correspondence is undated; most falls between 1961 and 1963. Subseries C contains research and articles by Rambusch and writings about her. Included are typescripts of articles and papers, arranged alphabetically by title and dating from the 1960s through the 1980s, that she wrote on various aspects of children's education and the Montessori system (additional materials by Rambusch will be found in Series IX). In addition to manuscripts (both typed and handwritten) of lectures, speeches, and interviews that she gave, there is also an annotated bibliography and critique of selected works on Montessori compiled by Rambusch in 1962 (see Series XI, Subseries B for other bibliographies on Montessori research). This subseries also contains articles about Rambusch that appeared in various newspapers and magazines, many of them Catholic. Most date from the early 1960s and many profile Whitby School in connection with the Montessori method and AMS. Included are reviews of Rambusch's book, Learning How To Learn, published in 1962. Some of the newspaper clippings are brittle. Subseries D contains announcements of Rambusch's illness and death in 1994, and includes correspondence regarding her funeral, professional tributes, the program from her funeral Mass, and discussions about the establishment by AMS of the Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch Lecture Series and The Founder's Endowment Fund in her memory. There is also a folder of obituary clippings, some of them brittle.

Series VIII: AMI/AMS Correspondence (1963-1966) includes correspondence between AMI and AMS that had nothing to do with Nancy McCormick Rambusch or was written after she resigned as president of AMS in 1963. The series serves as a supplement to Series VII, Subseries A in chronicling the relationship between the two groups and showing the various difficulties that existed between the organizations. Some were financial; others involved AMI's reluctance to recognize AMS teacher training and issue diplomas and credentials to those trained under AMS auspices.

Series IX: Teaching Materials and Pedagogical Resouces (undated, 1962-1967) includes a glossary compiled in 1962 by Nancy McCormick Rambusch, Reginald C. Orem, and George L. Stevens; lesson plans and outlines; explanations of Montessori activities and apparatus; and the Teacher's Manual for the 1966-1967 Montessori Teacher Training Program, some of which was prepared by Rambusch.

Series X: Historical Articles and Papers (undated, 1915-1998) includes writings on Maria Montessori and the Montessori method and movement from a historical perspective. Subseries A features writings by Maria Montessori, including Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, and historical and biographical articles about her. There are clippings and letters, some on fading thermofaxes, and the words and music for "Hymn for Maria Montessori" by Katy Paraskevopulu. Subseries B contains articles on the Montessori movement that describe its evolution and what it actually is. They are concerned with the movement in general, not specific aspects of research. Most date from the early- and mid-1960s when the movement was gaining momentum; many, therefore, are from Catholic publications and mention Nancy McCormick Rambusch (duplicates of some of these articles will be found in Series VII, Subseries C). Subseries C contains typed copies of transcripts of lectures given in 1915 by Maria Montessori in San Francisco, San Diego, and Los Angeles. There is also a manuscript by Buckenmeyer on Maria Montessori based on conversations in 1969 with Edna Andriano, who cared for Mario Montessori when he was a child. Subseries D includes articles and correspondence on the history of Montessori by the educator Sol Cohen. Subseries E features materials on Montessori donated by Ray Franchi after the death of his wife, Lucille, a Montessori educator. Typescripts and newspaper clippings from the San Francisco Call & Post of the texts of Maria Montessori's 1915 lectures are included, as is a copy of Maria Montessori: A Centenary Anthology. In addition, there is a letter written by Lucille Franchi to Hillary Clinton about children's education; "Letters to Susan, A Discouraged Teacher," in which Franchi discusses aspects of the Montessori method; and an imaginary conversation between Maria Montessori and Gandhi composed by Ray Franchi. Subseries F contains excerpts of notes taken by E. M. Standing during lectures given by Maria Montessori in 1921. Subseries G contains notebooks, correspondence and professional records of Lakshmi A. Kripalani who was trained by Maria Montessori in 1946 in Karachi, India (now Pakistan) before working in Montessori schools in New Jersey. Subseries H contains the notebooks of Edith Cary who trainined under Maria Montessori in London, England, before opening the first Montessori school in Mansfield, Connecticut (Oak Grove).

Series XI: Research (undated, 1960s-circa 1970) contains writings concerning research on specific aspects of the Montessori system. Subseries A consists of papers and articles, mainly in typescript, reflecting the research of numerous scholars and educators. These were collected by the AMS office to serve as a resource for Montessori scholarship; some later appeared in publications by AMS or other organizations. They are arranged alphabetically by author's last name. Subseries B contains bibliographies of Montessori research, including an index card file (see Series VII Subseries C for a bibliography by Nancy McCormick Rambusch), and abstracts of articles and dissertations on Montessori.

Series XII: Consultation Program (undated, 1965-1979) contains mainly administrative aspects and functions of AMS's Consultation Program (also known as the Visitation Program). Subseries A contains lists of AMS School Visitors, mainly from the 1960s and 1970s, the Consultation Services Handbook, annual reports to the Board of Directors, and correspondence and reports dealing with expenses and financial matters such as travelling reimbursements for consultants. Subseries B consists of correspondence about specific visits to participating schools. Procedural activities of the Consultation Program are discussed. There are reports to the Board of Directors (1965-1979) and public relations appeals describing the benefits of the Consultation Program in an effort to increase participation by AMS-affiliated schools. Subseries C, D, and E contain the files of three coordinators of the Consultation Program. There are many handwritten and typed notes and memos, usually but not always to or from the coordinators; sometimes the documents are copies of letters and other papers that a coordinator would naturally need to know about and maintain in her files. Routine administrative matters are discussed, as well as problems or issues with individuals within the program. Subseries F includes correspondence of individual consultants, usually to or from the coordinator or Cleo Monson, arranged alphabetically by last name of the consultant. The letters and memos generally address routine housekeeping matters such as expense reports and reimbursements.

Series XIII: Seminars and Conferences (undated, 1963-1990) chronicles the seminars and conferences, both national and regional, conducted every year by AMS. Special meetings, such as the International Symposium in Athens (1979) and the 19th International Montessori Congress in Amsterdam (1979), are also covered. Not all the seminars held during 1963-1990 are included, but there is a list of all the seminars for these years at the beginning of the series, as well as registration lists for the conferences of 1963-1977 and brochures and other publicity for conferences between 1985 and 1990. For each seminar there are letters, memos, and other records dealing with exhibits and exhibitors, presenters, publicity, financial matters, and hotels and convention centers. For most seminars there are programs listing the presenters, speakers, and various activities. A large portion of the documents concern the types of routine financial transactions between convention centers and the organization, or participants and the organization, that typically occur during meetings of professional societies. There are also evaluation forms completed by the participants that provide impressions of the strengths and weaknesses of a particular conference and how successful or well-received it was.

Series XIV: AMS Publications (undated, 1960-1999) includes issues of various journals and newsletters published by AMS, and also correspondence related to them. Each subseries is devoted to a specific publication. The publications themselves have been separated from the collection and are cataloged. There are gaps in every subseries, though the most complete is Subseries A, the American Montessori Society Bulletin, which also contains a list of published issues. Subseries C, D, and F reflect title changes for the same publication: in 1970 AMS News Notes became AMS Newsletter, which, later that same year, became AMS News. In 1980, however, a new American Montessori Society Newsletter began that had no relation to the old AMS Newsletter (the only difference in the later title was that the name of the organization was spelled out instead of abbreviated). In this collection, to avoid possible confusion, the AMS Newsletter has been designated o.s. (old series) while the American Montessori Society Newsletter has been designated n.s. (new series), though these distinctions were never used by the publications themselves. In Subseries I the Constructive Triangle, the AMS's official journal, is represented by only a few issues, but there is an index of articles and the text of several articles, mainly in typescript.

Series XV: Brochures, Pamphlets, Publicity and Press Releases (undated) provides a sampling of the literature generated by AMS over the years to advertise its mission and the Montessori method, and includes lists of AMS publications and materials. Included are compilations of this literature created by the AMS office in the form of seven scrapbooks: one consists of general materials; the other six are organized around specific topics.

Series XVI: Correspondence and Publicity for AMS Films (undated, 1973) consists of correspondence, scripts, and publicity about several film projects that AMS was involved in, including Montessori: An Education for Life and the AMS Slide/Film Contest of 1973.

Series XVII: Montessori and AMS-affiliated Schools (undated, 1962-1976) contains records relating to AMS-affiliated schools in general and also specific schools. Some of the included items are lists of affiliates, various bylaws, overviews of and statistical data on affiliates, questionnaire, tuition, and application forms, information on how to start an affiliated school, brochures, publicity, mailings, and floor plans from specific schools, admissions policies, and affiliate membership appeals. Folders for specific schools are arranged alphabetically by title.

Series XVIII: Child Development Associate Consortium (undated, circa 1972-1976) The AMS eventually became a member of the Child Development Associate Consortium (CDAC), a private, nonprofit organization consisting of numerous societies directly involved in child development and early childhood education. The documents in this series consist of brochures and correspondence about CDAC and AMS's membership in it, as well as minutes from CDAC's Board of Directors' meetings and information on credentials and certification, including a 1974 paper by CDAC.

Series XIX: Comite Hispano Montessori (undated, circa 1975-1991) The Comite Hispano Montessori is a nonprofit Montessori organization providing a communication network and services for educators in Spanish-speaking communities in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. The series contains correspondence, publicity, and directories of the Comite Hispano Montessori, consultation reports on affiliate schools, and teachers' résumés. Clippings, correspondence, and a financial report for a seminar in June 1979 held in Monterrey, Mexico, are also included.

Series XX: Educational Groups and Organizations (undated) contains correspondence, brochures, and other literature on various groups relevant to AMS's interests, such as educational toy companies, day-care and home-schooling organizations, and Waldorf Institutes. Included is the manual Home Study Course in Modern Montessori Teaching by the School of Modern Montessori. Of interest are the materials on the Waldorf Institutes, especially the Rudolf Steiner School in New York, which consist of pamphlets explaining the history and content of anthroposophy, literature on schools, events, and curricula, and an article in Holistic Education 3:4 (Winter 1990) that features a comparison of the Waldorf and Montessori methods in a discussion among educators from both traditions.

Series XXI: Non-AMS Publications (undated) includes writings from organizations other than AMS on Montessorian topics, including an article on teaching music by the Montessori method in Piano Quarterly 58 (Winter 1996-97). Publications by AMI are also located here, and include Mario Montessori's "yellow paper" outlining his philosophical disagreements with the AMS (see Series VII, Subseries A for the typescript version), a few issues of AMI's journal Communications, an index to articles in Communications, and materials from the 13th International Montessori Congress, held in April 1964 in Amsterdam.

Series XXII: Sound Recordings (undated, 1969-2005) includes audiocassettes, reel-to-reel audiotapes, and LP phonograph records. The cassettes and tapes consist of lectures, speeches, presentations, and workshops, mainly from various AMS seminars. Subseries A consists of approximately 2787 audiocassettes dating from the 1970s through 2003. Nancy McCormick Rambusch and other prominent Montessorians are featured on many of the cassettes. Subseries B includes 58 audiotapes (reel-to-reel) from the early 1960s and the AMS Chicago Seminar of June 1969. The most recent tape dates from 1970. Subseries C contains master and duplicate recordings of Folk Tunes and Music of the Masters Adapted for the Classroom by Elsie Braun Barnett. Subseries D contains a CD version of the Barnett phonorecord.

Series XXIII: Videocassettes and Films (undated, 1970-1987) includes Subseries A which consists of videocassettes from the 1980s, including an interview by Bob Motley of Nancy McCormick Rambusch and Cleo Monson at the AMS Seminar in Wilmington, Delaware, in November 1986, for which a transcript is included. Subseries B contains numerous films, mostly by AMS and about aspects of the Montessori method.

Series XXIV: Photographs and Slides (undated, 1907-1980) contains Subseries A consisting of photographs that depict the numerous activities and phases of AMS throughout its history, and include photographs of Nancy McCormick Rambusch and many other individuals whose names appear frequently throughout this collection. Seminars, social events such as Christmas parties and Cleo Monson's retirement festivities in 1978, proofs for various publications, and Montessori schools, classrooms, and students are well represented. Subseries B features slides illustrating Montessori teaching activities and events, such as the Montessori Centennial Celebration in 1970.

Series XXV: Unprocessed additions (undated, 1955-2007) includes materials that have been recently added to the collection but remain unprocessed.

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American Montessori Society newsletter Dodd Periodicals

American Montessori Society ... fall regional conference : [program] Dodd Periodicals

American Montessori Society bulletin Dodd Periodicals

AMS news Dodd Periodicals

Annual national conference : [program] Dodd Periodicals

Annual report to the membership Dodd Periodicals

L’Association "Centre Nascita Montessori" a´ Rome : une ide´e, une histoire de`s 1947 jusqu’a` aujourd’hui Dodd A8212

Constructive triangle Dodd Periodicals

Learning how to learn : an American approach to Montessori Dodd A8294

M the folios Dodd Periodicals

M : the magazine for Montessori families Dodd Periodicals

Il materiale Montessori in cataloghi editi a New York, Londra, Bucarest, Berlino, Gonzaga tra gli anni dieci e trenta Dodd C9465

Montessori: a therapeutic tool for the mentally retarded child Dodd XA I.33 no.36

Montessori Birth Centre Association in Rome Dodd A8211

Montessori community directory Dodd Periodicals

Montessori community resource Dodd Periodicals

Montessori elementary material Dodd A8296

Montessori life Dodd Periodicals

Montessori method : scientific pedagogy as applied to child education in The Children’s Houses with additions and revisions by the author Dodd A8293

Nascita del "segno" : un’esperienza con bambini piccoli condotta da Luisa Gardini Stocchi Dodd C9466

National Montessori reporter Dodd Periodicals

National seminar : [program] Dodd Periodicals

News notes Dodd Periodicals

Public school Montessorian Dodd Periodicals Oversize

Il quaderno Montessori Dodd Periodicals

Regional seminar : [program] Dodd Periodicals

Spontaneous activity in education Dodd A8295

Teaching opportunities in AMS-member schools Dodd A8297

Verifiche : periodico di cultura e di politica dell’educazione Dodd Periodicals

Whitby School, 30 Years Dodd

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Persons:

Monson, Cleo.

Montessori, Maria.

Rambusch, Nancy McCormick.

Organizations:

American Montessori Society.

Places:

Greenwich (Conn.)

Subjects:

Education--United States.

Montessori method of education.

Women educators.

Document Types:

Administrative Records.

Audio cassettes.

Audio visual materials.

Bylaws.

Correspondence.

Financial Records.

Fliers. [printed matter]

Interviews.

Manuscripts.

Minutes.

Motion picture film.

Newsletters.

Notes.

Oral Histories.

Photocopies.

Photographs.

Publications.

School Records.

Scrap-Books.

Sound recordings.

Typescripts.

Videocassettes.

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Administrative Information

Custodial History

The collection was acquired in 1997 by Special Collections, Milbank Memorial Library, Columbia Teachers College, under the supervision of David Ment, Associate Director and Head, Special Collections, and Bette Weneck, Manuscript Curator, Special Collections.

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], American Montessori Society Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The collection was transferred in 2006 to the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center by the American Montessori Society, in coordination with Special Collections at Columbia Teachers College. Ongoing donations from AMS and individuals are integrated regularly.

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Detailed Description


Series I: Minutes, 1963-1995
44:1	1963 June
44:2	1964 November
44:3	1964 October - 1968 June
44:4	1968 October - 1972 June
44:5	1972 October - 1976 June
45:6	1976 October - 1980 June
45:7	1980 October - 1984 June
45:8	1984 November
45:9	1985 April
45:10	1985 November
46:11	1986 April
46:12	1986 November
46:13	1987 April
46:14	1987 November
46:15	1988 April
47:16	1988 November
47:17	1989 November
47:18	1989 April
48:19	1990 November
48:20	1990 April
48:21	1991 [incomplete]
48:22	1992 January
48:23	1992 November
48:24	1993 Spring [incomplete]
48:25	1993 November
48:26	1994 April
48:27	1994 October
48:28	1995 May
48:29	1995 November


Series II: By-Laws and Amendments, circa 1960-1973
1:1	undated, circa 1960
1:2	1962
1:3	1963
1:4	1964
1:5	1965
1:6	1967
1:7	1971
1:8	1972
1:9	1973


Series III: Administrative Files, undated, 1959-1978
	Subseries A: Administrative Reports and Policy Statements, 1963, 1976
1:1		AMS Policy Statement, 1963
1:2		National Director's Report to the AMS Board of Directors, 1976
	Subseries B: AMS Management Guide before completion, undated
1:3-6		AMS Management Guide Before Completion, undated
	Subseries C: Educational Advisory Committee, undated
2:7		Educational Advisory Committee, undated
	Subseries D: Evaluation of Foreign Student Credentials, undated
2:8		Evaluation of Foreign Student Credentials, undated
	Subseries E: Visitor Exchange Program, undated
2:9		Visitor Exchange Program, undated
	Subseries F: AMS Regional Semniar on all day programs, 1973 April
2:10		Report on AMS Regional Seminar on All Day Programs, 1973 April
	Subseries G: Fundraising Drive, 1981
2:11-12		Fundraising Drive, 1981
	Subseries H: Office Maintenance and Personnel Files, undated
2:13		AMS Physical Properties: Leases, Correspondence, Maintenance, undated
2:14		Insurance for Teachers, undated


Series IV: Mailing Scrapbooks, 1974-1983
3	1974-1975
4	1976-1977
5	1978-1979
6	1980-1981
7	1982-1983


Series V: Federal and State Agencies, 1962-1983
7:1	Pennsylvania Department of Education, General Correspondence, 1969-1980
8a:2	Pennsylvania State Board of Private Academic Schools: Policy Changes Toward Montessori Schools, 1962-1983
8a:3	U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1968-1976


Series VI: Royall O'Brien Files, 1962
8a:1	1962


Series VII: Nancy McCormick Rambusch Files, undated, circa 1956-1994
	Subseries A: General and Business Correspondence, 1955-1977
8b:1		Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), 1955-1959
8b:2a		AMI, Affiliation, 1960
8b:2b		AMI, XIIth Congress, 1960
8b:2c		Whitby School, 1960
8b:3a		AMI, Affiliation, 1961
8b:3b		AMS, general, 1961
8b:3c		Whitby School, 1961
8b:4a		AMS, AMI, Whitby, 1962 January - May
8b:4b		AMS, AMI, Whitby, 1962 June - December
9:5		General and Business Correspondence, 1963-1977
	Subseries B: Personal Correspondence and Papers, undated
9:6		Personal Correspondence and Papers, undated
	Subseries C: Writings by and about Nancy McCormick Rambusch, undated, 1962-1981
9:7		Articles, Interviews and Reviews by and about Nancy McCormick Rambusch, undated
9:8		"The American Response to Montessori: 1910-1919," 1964
9:9		"Annotated Bibliography and Critique of Selected Montessori Works in English," 1962
9:10		"At What Age Should Systematic Reading Instruction Begin," undated
9:11		"The Children's House Manual," 1977
9:12		"Learning to Read: Discerning the Scriptures," 1967
9:13		"Montessori Glossary," 1962
9:14		"The New Generation of Montessori Schools," 1981
9:15		"The System of Numeration," 1963
	Subseries D: Nancy McCormick Rambusch-Condolensces and Obituary, 1994
10:16		Condolences
10:17		Press Clippings


Series VIII: AMI/AMS Correspondence, 1963-1966
10:1	1963
10:2	1964-1966


Series IX: Teaching Materials and Pedagogical Resouces, undated, 1962-1967
10:1	Montessori Exercises, Lesson Plans, and Nomenclature, undated
10:2	"A Montessori Glossary," 1962
10:3	Montessori Teacher Training Program--1966-1967 Teachers Manual, undated


Series X: Historical Articles and Papers, undated, 1915-
	Subseries A: Historical and Biographical Writings Concerning Maria Montessori, undated
11:1		Articles and Other Writings By or About Maria Montessori, undated
11:2		Dr. Montessori's Own Handbook, undated
	Subseries B: Articles on the History of the Montessori Movement and Method, undated
11:3-5		Articles on the History of the Montessori Movement and Method, undated
	Subseries C: Robert G. Buckenmeyer Papers, undated
11:6		Robert G. Buckenmeyer Transcripts and Manuscripts, undated
	Subseries D: Sol Cohen's Articles on the History of Montessori, undated
11:7		Sol Cohen's Articles on the History of Montessori , undated
	Subseries E: Ray and Lucille Franchi Papers, undated
11:8		Correspondence, undated
11:9		Lectures by Maria Montessori, 1915
11:10		"Maria Montessori: A Centenary Anthropology," undated
12:11		"Letters to Susan, A Discouraged Teacher," undated
12:12		"Two Educational Giants Philosophize," undated
	Subseries F: E.M. Standing Papers, undated
12:13		Notes by E.M. Standing from Maria Montessori's Lectures, undated
	Subseries G: Lakshmi A. Kripalani Papers, undated, 1945-1998
96:1		Association Motessori Internationale (AMI), undated, 1967-1987
96:2		AMI Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1970 July
101		AMI Congress, Italy, 1970
96:3		AMI Conference notes, 1974 August
96:4		AMI Congress, Munich, Austria, 1977 July
96:5		AMI Conference, Amsterdam, Holland 1978
96:6		AMI membership, 1973, 1983
96:7		AMI Congress songs, undated
96:8		AMI, Questions about undated
96:9		AMI-USA Refresher course, St. Louis, MO, 1987 January 16-19
96:10		Correspondence--AMS, 1962-1966
96:11		Correspondence--Special, undated, 1965-1982
96:12		Correspondence--Thank yous, 1971-1975
96:13		Day Care, undated
			TMs, multiple versions
96:14		Diploma, 1972
96:15		Evaluation, undated
96:16		Flyers, 1981
96:17		Hinduasi Publicity, 1970
96:18		International trip, 1982-1983
97:1		Lectures by Maria Montessori, 1946
98		Maria Montessori Lecture Notes, transcribed from stenographer's notes by Lakshmi A. Kripalani, 1946
97:2		Maria Montessori quotes, undated
100		Maria MontessoriTraining Course No. 7, [1946]
99		Maria Montessori Training Course No. 7 Material Book, [1946]
97:3		Mario Montessori talks, 1983-1984
97:4		Memoirs of Acquiring Independence, undated
97:5		Montessori articles, undated
97:6		Montessori core curriculum, 1998 June 16
97:7		Montessori Teacher Training Center of New Jersey, undated, 1971
97:8		Montessori training in Australia, 1978
97:9		Notes, undated, 1974
97:10		Observation report, 1963
97:11		Personal materials, undated, 1946
100		Photographic print (Hindustan Scouts Association), 1945
97:12		Research, undated
97:13		Speeches, 1972
97:14		Trainer's Conference, Baarn 1974
97:15		Writings, 1962-1965
	Subseries H: Edith Cary Papers, 1955-1956
102		Notebooks (2), 1955-1956


Series XI: Research, undated, 1960-circa 1970
	Subseries A: Articles, undated
12:1-2		A - B
12:3-4		C - D
13:5		E - F
13:6		G - H
13:7		I - J
13:8		K - L
13:9		M - N
13:10		O - P
13:11		Q - R
13:12		S - T
13:13		U - V
13:14		W - X
13:15		Y - Z
	Subseries B: Bibliographies and Abstracts, undated
14		Subject Index Cards
15:16		Bibliographies
15:17		Abstracts


Series XII: Consultation Program, undated, 1965-1979
	Subseries A: Reports, Lists and Handbooks, undated, 1965-1971
15:1		Consultation reports, undated
15:2		Consultation Expense Reports, undated
15:3		Consultation Report Forms, undated
15:4		Lists of AMS School Visitors, undated
15:5		Annual Reports to the AMS Board of Directors, 1965-1971
15:6		Consultation Services Handbooks, undated
	Subseries B: General Correspondence, undated
15:7		Consultation
	Subseries C: Lilian DeVault Files, undated
16:8		Lillian DeVault Files
	Subseries D: Sonja M. Donahue Files, undated
16:9		Sonja M. Donahue Files
	Subseries E: Ann Burke Neubert Files, undated
16:10		Ann Burke Neubert Files
	Subseries F: Correspondence to and from Individual Consultants, undated
16:11		A - B
16:12		C - D
16:13		E - F
16:14		G - H
16:15		I - J
16:16		K - L
17:17		M - N
17:18		O - P
17:19		Q - R
17:20		S - T
17:21		U - V
17:22		W - X
17:23		Y - Z


Series XIII: Seminars and Conferences, undated, 1963-1990
17:1	List of AMS Seminars, 1963-1989
17:2	Conference Brochures, 1985-1990
18:3	AMS Seminar Registration Lists, 1963-1977
18:4	19th International Montessori Congress, Amsterdam, 1979 April
18:5-6	AMS International Symposium, Athens, 1979
18:7	AMS International Symposium, Papers Read at the Symposium, 1979
18:8	Regional Seminar, Silver Spring, MS, 1979
18:9	AMS/CND West Coast Regional Seminar, Belmont, CA, 1979 April
18:10	Annual Seminar, Memphis, TN, 1982 June
19:11	Southeastern Regional Conference, Miami, FL, 1984 February
19:12	Western Regional Conference, San Diego, CA, 1984 April
19:13-14	National Seminar, Evaston, IL, 1984 June
19:15	National Seminar, Evaston, IL, Exhibits and Finances, 1984 June
20:16	AMS Southwest Regional Conference, Houston, Texas, 1984 November
21:17	AMS Western Regional Conference, Honolulu, HI, 1985 February
21:18	Conference, Dayton, OH, 1985 November
21:19	AMS 25th Anniversary Seminar, Washington, D.C., Ad Hoc Committee, 1985 April
21:20	AMS 25th Anniversary Seminar, Washington, D.C., Exhibitors, 1985 April
21:21	AMS 25th Anniversary Seminar, Washington,D.C., Registration, Presenters, 1985 April
21:22	AMS 25th Anniversary Seminar, Washington, D.C., Evaluation Forms, 1985 April
21:23	AMS 25th Anniversary Seminar, Washington,D.C., Finances, 1985 April
21:24	Regional Conference, Tampa, FL, 1986 February
21:25	Peace and Education Regional Conference, New York, NY, 1986 April
21:26	AMS Annual Seminar, San Francisco, CA, Exhibitors, 1986 April
21:27	AMS Annual Seminar, San Francisco, CA, Registration, 1986 April
21:28	Early Education/Montessori Regional Conference, St. Paul, MN, 1986 June
21:29	AMS Eastern Regional Conference, Wilmington, DE, 1986 November
21:30	Fall Regional Conference, Boston, MA, 1987 October - November
21:31	AMS Western Regional Conference, Berkeley, CA, 1988 February
21:32	National Seminar, Cincinnati, OH, 1988 April
21:33	National Conference, Dallas, TX, 1989 April


Series XIV: AMS Publications, undated, 1960-1999
		[Note: The publications themselves have been removed from the collection, cataloged and are located in Dodd Periodicals.]
	Subseries A: American Montessori Society Bulletin, 1960-1981
22		List of Published AMS Bulletins, 1960-1981
		American Montessori Society Bulletin (incomplete), 1961-1981
	Subseries B: AMS Educational Bulletin, 1963-1964
		AMS Educational Bulletin, 1963-1964
	Subseries C: AMS News, 1970-1979
		AMS News (incomplete), 1970-1979
	Subseries D: AMS Newsletter, 1970
		AMS Newsletter, 1970
	*Subseries E: American Montessori Society Newsletter* (New Series)**, 1980-1981
		American Montessori Society Newsletter, 1980-1981
	Subseries F: AMS News Notes, 1963-1969
		AMS News Notes (incomplete), 1963-1969
	Subseries G: AMS School Heads Network, 1989-1995
		AMS School Heads Network (incomplete), 1989-1995
	Subseries H: AMS Teacher News, 1973-1974
		AMS Teacher News, 1973-1974
	Subseries I: Constructive Triangle , undated, 1968-1989
23		Articles and indexes, typescript, undated
23		Correspondence, 1968-1974
		Constructive Triangle , 1968-1989
	Subseries J: Public School Montessorian, 1988-1998
		Public School Montessorian, 1988-1998
	Subseries K: Montessori Life, 1989-1999
		Montessori Life, 1989-1999


Series XV: Brochures, Pamphlets, Publicity and Press Releases, undated
24:1	Brochures, Pamphlets, Publicity and Press Releases, undated
24:2	Scrapbook: Untitled, undated
24:3	Scrapbook: Disabilities and Handicaps, undated
24:4	Scrapbook: Observing and Recording Children, undated
24:5	Scrapbook: What is the Montessori Method?, undated
24:6	Scrapbook: For Parents and Teachers, undated
25:7	Scrapbook: Music--Movement--Games, undated
25:8	Scrapbook: Infants and Toddlers, undated


Series XVI: Correspondence and Publicity for AMS Films, undated, 1973
25:1	Montessori Films: Correspondence, Publicity, Photographs, undated
25:2	AMS Slide/Film Contest, 1973


Series XVII: Montessori and AMS-affiliated Schools, undated, 1962-1976
25:1	Montessori Schools, undated
25:2	Bylaws of Montessori Schools and Associations, undated
25:3	Lists of AMS-Affiliated Schools, 1962-1967
25:4	Lists of AMS-Affiliated Schools, 1967-1976
26:5	Overview of AMS-Affiliated Schools, undated
26:6	Study Groups That Did Not Affiliate, undated
26:7	Barrie Day School--Silver Spring, MD, undated
26:8	Cazenovia Children's Center--Cazenovia, NY, undated
26:9	Compton Unified School District: Bilingual/Bicultural Preschool Education Program, 1972-1973
26:10	Gloria Dei School--Dayton, OH, undated
26:11	Red Cloud Indian School--Pine Ridge, SD, undated
26:12	Seton Little People's Montessori School Handbook, 1971
26:13	How to Start a Montessori School, undated
26:14	AMS School Guidelines, undated
26:15	AMS Affiliate Questionnaires and Application Information, undated
26:16	Directories, undated
26:17	Statistical Data on School Affiliates, undated
27:18	Statistical Tabulations From School Questionnaires, 1971-1972
27:19	Regional Group Affiliation, undated
27:20	Affiliate Membership Appeals, undated
27:21	Admissions Forms, Agreements, and Policies, undated
27:22	Tuition Agreements, undated


Series XVIII: Child Development Associate Consortium, undated, circa 1972-1976
27:1-2	Child Development Associate Consortium, undated


Series XIX: Comite Hispano Montessori, undated, circa 1975-1991
28:1	General Information, undated
28:2	Consultation Reports, undated
28:3	Seminar, Monterrey, Mexico, 1979 June


Series XX: Educational Groups and Organizations, undated
28:1	Creative Playthings, Inc., undated
28:2	ERIC, undated
28:3	Family learning Center, Rochester City School District, Rochester, NY, undated
28:4	Home Schooling Organizations, undated
28:5	Home Study Course in Modern Montessori Teaching (School of Modern Montessori), undated
28:6	National Association for Family Day Care, undated
28:7	Waldorf Institute/Rudolf Steiner School, undated
28:8	Waldorf--Montessori Comparison, undated


Series XXI: Non-AMS Publications, undated
28:1	Non-AMS Publications, undated
28:2	AMI Communications, undated


Series XXII: Sound Recordings, undated, 1969-2005
	Subseries A: Audiocassettes, undated, 1972-2005
33:ACass_55-56		"The American Montessori Society for Elementary Classes (Part 1/2)"/Rambusch, Kalpin, and Townsend [#16A/B], undated
33:ACass_50		"Are We Communicating or Just Talking?" Susan Thoroux and Nancy Rambusch, undated
73:ACass_86		Begley, Mary-Whitby, 1997 May 8
32:ACass_44		"Childhood and Society in the Age of Technology"/Bob Korngold, undated
33:ACass_53		"Cooking"/San Filipp, Waters - "Science"/Helen Mills, undated
33:ACass_48		"The Democratic Family"/Oscar C. Christensen, undated
32:ACass_33-34		"Difference Is the Same"/Mansfield, undated
33:ACass_49		"Family Counseling"/Oscar C. Christensen, undated
29:ACass_60		General Meeting, undated
29:ACass_60		General Meeting: Susan Thoroux and Nancy Rambusch, undated
32:ACass_35-36		"Guidelines for Parenting"/Lewis, undated
32:ACass_37-38		"Infants and Toddlers in Nature"/Varga, undated
32:ACass_39		"Ka'aina a me ke kai-Land and Sea"/Ballantine, undated
31:ACass_30		"Language Development" and Board Meeting (Norristown, Pennsylvania), undated
31:ACass_31		"Maria Montessori-Early Feminist"/Rita Kramer, undated
33:ACass_51		"Montessori Education: An Overview", undated
32:ACass_40		Montessori's Cosmic View/Trudeau, undated
33:ACass_59		Music, Jean Miller, undated
79:ACass_110		Nancy McCormick Rambusch: Audio Cassettes of Presentations to the American Montessori Society, undated
				24 Tapes
79:ACass_109		New England Regional Conference: Childhood and Society in the Age of Technology, undated
				Tapes #1-29, missing #1, 4, 13-16, 21, 23, 28
32:ACass_41		"Nature and the Young Child"/Bogart, undated
32:ACass_42-43		"One World-One People"/Renton, undated
33:ACass_45-46		Opening General Session, undated
33:ACass_54		"Playground Planning and Design"/Nelson Van Judah, undated
33:ACass_52		"The Relevancy and Future of Montessori Education" Music/Jean Miller, undated
33:ACass_47		"The Unfolding of the Special Child"/Dudock, undated
29:ACass_2		Seminar: General Session and "Goal of Moral Education"/Susan Thoroux, Boston, MA, 1974 June
29:ACass_1		Seminar: Nancy Rambusch, San Francisco, CA 1972 June 12
29:ACass_3		"Montessori Education in America"/Ann F. Lucas, 1976
29:ACass_4		"Piaget and Montessori: Similarities and Differences"/David S. Kuschner, 1976
29:ACass_5		Seminar: "Practical Applications of Piaget"/David Elkind, Philadelphia, PA, 1977 June
73:ACass_79		Gravel, Douglas, 1979 Febraury 15
		20th Anniversary Seminar, 1980 June
29:ACass_6			MOO1: "History of AMS"
29:ACass_7			MOO2: Keynote/Hechinger
29:ACass_8			MOO3: "Lasting Effects"
29:ACass_9			MOO4: "Montessori in Public"/Mathisen
29:ACass_10			MOO5: "Child's Viewpoint"/Dorothy Dooly
29:ACass_11			MOO6: "First Language"/Barbara Last
29:ACass_12			MOO7: Workshop/Ann Rogovin
30:ACass_13			MOO8: "Ideas and Ideals"/Harold Taylor
30:ACass_14			MOO9: Ruth Gans and Selina Perry
30:ACass_15			MO10: Infant Panel/Gravel et al.
30:ACass_16			MO11: "Environments"/Honig et al. [2 tapes]
30:ACass_17			MO11: "Environments"/Honig et al. [2 tapes]
30:ACass_18			MO13: "Cognitive Movement"/Carbon-Cone
30:ACass_19			MO14: "Missing Link"/James Gibbons
30:ACass_20			MO15: "Special Ed Response"/Koetler
30:ACass_21			MO17: "With a Small M"/Nancy Rambusch
30:ACass_22			MO19: "Toddler"/Vargas
30:ACass_23			MO20: Kolinowski
30:ACass_24			MO22: "Forerunners"/Lane
31:ACass_25			MO23: "Perceptive Development"
31:ACass_26			MO24: "Infants-Book"/Heins
78:ACass_105		21st Annual Seminar: Fantasy and creativity in the Life of the Child, 1981
				Tapes W5A, W5C, GS1-3, MS1-2, W1A-D, W2A-C, W6B-D
79:ACass_111		22nd Annual Seminar: Montessori a definition, 1982
				Tapes #1-36, BQ, missing #1, 3, 20, 32, 35
79:ACass_108		Eastern Regional Conference: Craddle of Independence, 1982
				Tapes GS1, W1A, W1C-D, W2A, W2C-D, W3A-B, W4C-D, W5A, W5D, W6B-D
83/91:ACass_127		Eastern Regional Conference: Mind, Body, Movement: The Elements of Education, Philadelphia, PA, 1982
				Tapes OA1, W1A-D, W2A, W2C-D, W3B, W3D, KN1, W4C-D, W5B-C, W6A, W6C-D, W7A-C, W8A-D, W9A, W9C
88:ACass_149		Northwest Regional Conference: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind, 1982
				Tapes #1-16
86:ACass_140		Western Regional Seminar: Montessori in the 80's, Visions and Reality, 1983
				Tapes #1-35, missing #2, 7,10, 18, 23, 27
83/91:ACass_126		23rd Annual Seminar: Children Guiding Tomorrow's Minds Today, The Future is Now, 1983 June 16 - 19
				Tapes GS1-2, MS1-5, TH1-2, 1WS, 3WS, 5WS, 8WS-10WS, 12WS-15WS, 17WS, #3-5, 8, 10-98, missing #18, 21, 23, 28-30, 32-38, 41, 44, 48-49, 52-54, 57, 60-62, 66, 69-72, 75, 78-79, 81-83, 87-89, 92-93, 95-97
79:ACass_106		24th Annual Seminar: Celebrate the Child within, 1984
				T #1-43, missing #20, 25-27, 30-31, 34, 36, 40
85:ACass_136		Western Regional Seminar: Living, Loving, Learning, San Diego, CA, 1984 April 27 - 29
				Tapes #1-21, missing #8-9, 20
79:ACass_107		Education for a new World, Houston, TX, 1984 November
				Tapes #1-19, missing #1, 11, 14
87:ACass_145		Education for a New World, Houston, TX, 1984 November
				Tapes #23-27
88:ACass_148		25 years Anniversary Seminar, 1985
				Tapes #1-46, missing #7, 15, 29-30, 35, 45
88:ACass_151		National Seminar: Montessori 75 years in America, 1986
				Tapes #1-44, missing #1A, 2, 12, 25, 36
86:ACass_139		AMS Education Looks at Itself, Eastern Regional Seminar, Wilminington, DE, 1986
				Tapes #1-33, missing #8-11, 13-15, 18, 22, 24, 26-29
86:ACass_141		Regional Seminar: Montessori--A New Visibility, Tampa, FL, 1986
				Tapes #1-18
31:ACass_27-28		Regional Conference, Wilmington, Delaware: "Montessori-Past and Future"/Nancy McCormick Rambusch [2 tapes], 1986 November
89:ACass_152		27th Annual Seminar: Environmental Imprints on Children of the Space Age, Miami Beach, FL, 1987
				Tapes #1-26
85:ACass_138		Regional Seminar: Children and Families in the Age of Technology, Boston, MA, 1987 October 31 - November 1
				Tapes #1-39, missing #6, 9, 22-23, 32
84:ACass_131		The Inner World of the Child, Berkeley, CA, 1988 February
				Tapes #1-61, missing #2-4, 9-10, 12, 19-22, 24, 31, 38-39, 41, 44, 51
84:ACass_132		28th Annual Seminar: Priorities and Promises, Education for the 21st Century, Cincinnati, OH, 1988 April 15-17
				Tapes #1-20, missing #4, 7
83:ACass_125		29th Annual Seminar: The Child, The World, The Future, 1989 April
				Tapes #1-44, missing #3-4, 6, 11, 19, 26, 28, 34, 40
88:ACass_150		Heads of School Session, First Annual Summer Seminar, "Communication", Santa Fe, NM, Joseph Procaccini, 1989 July 28 - 30
				Tapes #1-7, missing #2, 6
73:ACass_80		Gravel, Maria, 199? Febraury 15
82:ACass_119		Winter Regional Seminar: Reaching Out, Montessori in the 1990's, Seattle, WA, 1990 February 15 - 18
				Tapes #1-25, missing #6, 9, 11
82:ACass_123		30th Anniversary: Montessori in Contemporary American Culture, Arlington, VA, 1990 April 25 - 27
				Tapes S12, 13A-B, 14S
84:ACass_130		Winter Regional Seminar, Consultation Workshop, 1990 April 25 - 27
				Tapes 24A-D
82-83:ACass_124		30th Anniversary National Conference: Celebrating Children of the Earth, Washington, D.C., 1990 April 26 - 29
				Tapes #1-43, missing #10, 21, 29 (labels off)
82:ACass_120		Fall Regional Conference: Education For A New World, West Palm Beach, FL, 1990 October 26 - 28
				Tapes #1-28, missing #3, 10, 25-26
82:ACass_121		Fall Regional Seminar, 1991
				Tapes #1-16, missing #8
89:ACass_153		Fall regional Seminar, 1991
				Tapes #17-30, missing #18, 20, 26
82:ACass_122		31st Annual Conference, Boston, MA, 1991 April 26 - 28
				Tapes #1-44, missing #1-2, 7, 15-16, 20, 26, 30-31 (labels off some tapes)
89:ACass_154		Winter Regional Seminar, Anaheim, CA, 1992 February 13 - 15
				Tapes 1A, 1C-D, 2A-D, K1-4, 3A-E, 4B-E, 5A-D, 6A-C, 6E
87:ACass_143		32nd Annual Seminar, Chicago, IL, 1992 April
				Tapes #1-48, missing #18
80:ACass_115		Fall Regional Seminar, Princeton, NJ, 1992 October
				Tapes #1-39, missing #1, 16, 35
79:ACass_112		Winter Regional Seminar, Houston, TX, 1993 February
				Tapes #1-44, missing #10
80:ACass_113		33rd Annual Seminar, 1993 April
				Tapes #1-61, missing #30, 36, 53, 59
33:ACass_58		33rd Annual Seminar: Keynote Speaker: "The Transformation of the Teacher"/Nancy McCormick Rambusch, undated
				Tape #41
80:ACass_114		Fall Regional Seminar, Virginia Beach, VA, 1993 October
				Tapes #1-32, missing #11-12, 20B, 23
81:ACass_118		Winter Regional Seminar, St. Petersburg, FL 1994 February
				Tapes #1-42, missing #27, 40
89:ACass_155		34th Annual Seminar and symposium, Dearborn, MI, 1994 April
				Tapes #1-43, missing #20, 26
89:ACass_156		Summer Regional Seminar, Breckenridge, CO, 1994 August
				Tapes #1-15A
78:ACass_102		Summer Regional Conference, Beckenridge, CO, 1994 August
				Tapes #15B-29
87:ACass_144		Fall Regional Seminar, Cincinnati,OH, 1994 October
				Tapes #1-47, missing #11
86:ACass_142		Winter Regional Seminar, New Orleans, LA, 1995 January
				Tapes #1-62, missing #50
81:ACass_116		Summer Regional Seminar, Honolulu, HI, 1995 August
				Tapes #1-45, missing #16-17,21, 25B, 29, 35, 38
85:ACass_137		36th Annual Conference: Hand in Hand, School and Community Working Toward the 21st Century, 1996
				Tapes #1-54, missing #4, 12
91:ACass_159		Fall Regional Seminar, Philadelphia, PA, 1996 October
				Tapes #1-43, missing K1-2, #3, 24, 34
84:ACass_129		Winter Regional Seminar, San Francisco, CA, 1997 January 31 - February 2
				Tapes K1, L1, #1-46, missing #8, 12, 17, 41
73:ACass_90		Bermingham, John, 1997 June 26
73:ACass_78		Gravel, Douglas, AMS (tape 1-A), 1997 July 2
73:ACass_75-76		Blessington, John, 1997 July 18
73:ACass_77		Warner, Frederick, 1997 September 20
73:ACass_89		Warner, Louise 1997 September 20
73:ACass_87		Drake, Philp, 1997 November 18
73:ACass_91		Rambusch, Robert, 1998 February 9
87-88:ACass_147		38th Annual Conference, Boston, MA, 1998 March
				Tapes K1-4, L1, Rambush lecture, #1-68, missing #12, 16, 20
59:ACass_61		Fall Regional Conference, Tampa, FL, 1998
				Tapes K1-3, #1-48, missing #39
60:ACass_62		Winter Regional Seminar, Houston, TX, 1999
				Tapes K1-2, #1-55, missing #35
61:ACass_63		39th Annual Seminar, Cincinnati, OH, 1999 April
				Tapes K1-3, #1-49
62:ACass_64		39th Annual Seminar, Cincinnati, OH, 1999 April
				Tapes #1-2, 50-95, missing #57, 59, 60, 78, 87
62:ACass_160		Accredation Workshop, Dottie Sweet Feldman, 1999 April
				Tapes A1-4
63:ACass_65		Fall Regional Seminar, Oakland, CA, 1999 October
				Tapes K1-3, #1-65, missing #8, 9, 11, 23, 47, 55, 58
73:ACass_83-85		Donahue, Gil Sonja, 1999 November 10
81:ACass_117		40th Annual National Seminar, New York, NY, 2000 March
				Tapes K1-2, R1, F1-4, H1a-b, #1-50, missing #33, 35
83-84:ACass_128		40th Annual National Seminar, New York, NY, 2000 March
				Tapes H2-6, F5, C1a-b, #51-85, missing #52, 59, 64
68:ACass_88		Midwest Regional Seminar, Grand Rapids, MI, 2000 July 28 - 30
				Tapes K1, K3, A1-7, H1-4, C1, #1-15, 9B-G, 10A-E, missing #4
65:ACass_67		Fall Regional Seminar, Dallas, TX, 2000 October
				Tapes K1-3, W1a-b, 1-56, missing #4, 16, 29
73:ACass_81-82		Rosa Packard, 2000 November 29
85:ACass_135		Teacher Symposium: Public School Track, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2001
				8 Tapes
66-67:ACass_68-69		Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, 2001 April 19 - 22
				Tapes K1-3, R1, F1-7, #1-82, missing #6, 43, 54, 60, 65
76:ACass_93-94		Dunns/ Small, 2001 April 21
76:ACass_92		Perry, C. and D., 2001 April 21
64:ACass_66		Summer Regional Conference, Breckenridge, CO, 2001
				Tapes K1-3, #1-43, missing #16, 21B, 35
76:ACass_95-96		Rasmussen, Patti Tepper, 2002 April 2
76:ACass_97-98		Weiss, Bretta, 2002 April 26
69:ACass_71		42nd Annual Conference, Crystal City, VA, 2002 April 25 - 28
				Tapes K1, K3, R1, 1A-G, 2A, 2C-E, 3A, 3C-M, 4B-J, 5A-D, 5F-G, 6A-E, 7A-I, 7K, 8A-G, 9A-E, 9G, 10A-E
76:ACass_99-100		Eanes, Michael, 2002 October 30
78:ACass_101		Fall Regional Seminar, St. Louis, MO, 2002
				Tapes K2-3, 1-52, missing #17, 47
72:ACass_74		Fall Regional Seminar, Anaheim, CA, 2003 April 19 - 22
				Tapes K1-3, 1A-E, 1G, 2A-B, 2D-G, 3B-G, 4B, 4E-F, 5A-G, 6A-B, 6D-G, 7A-E, C1
68:ACass_70		Annual Conference, Crystal City, VA 2003 April 25 - 28
				Tapes #1-11
70:ACass_72		43rd Annual National Seminar, Covington, KY, 2003 May
				Tapes K1-3, R1, F1, 1A-D, 1F-H, 1J-M, 1O, 2A-B, 2D, 2F-I, 2K-N, 3A-I, 3L-M, 4B-D, 4F-K, 5A-J, 5L, 6A-B
71:ACass_73		43rd Annual National Seminar, Covington, KY, 2003 May
				Tapes 6C-G, 6J-K, 7A-B, 7D-I, 7K, 8A-F, 8H-Ma, 9A-F, 9H-N, 10A, 10C-G, 10I-N, Fund Development workshop 1-2
90-91:ACass_158		44th Annual National Conference, Boston, MA, 2004 April
				Tapes K1-5, F1, 2A-F, 2I, 2L-N, 3B, 3D-E, 3G-N, 4A-H, 4K, 5A-F, 5H-J, 6A-J, 6L-N, 7A-B, D-F, 7H-I, 7K, 7M-N, 8A, 8D-G, 8I-K, 9A-B, 9D-J, 9L-O, 10A-B, 10D-H, 10K-O, 11A-F, 11H-J
87:ACass_146		44th Annual National Seminar, Boston, MA, 2004 April
				Tapes 11K-N
89-90:ACass_157		45th Annual National Conference, Chicago, IL, 2005 April
				Tapes K1-3, F1a-b, F3-4, F7-10, W1-115, missing W7, W23, W25, W39, W41, W47, W60, W71, W90, W97
	Subseries B: Audio tapes (Reel to Reel), undated, 1961-1969
37:RR_28		"A Day at Escuela de Montessori in Redondo Beach, CA", undated
74:RR_36		Junior Course Overview (Math) Mrs. Margaret Clarke, undated
74:RR_37		Junior Course Overview: The Teacher Child Environment (Language-Geography) Mrs. Margaret Clarke, undated
37:RR_35		Reel #8, undated
37:RR_34		Reel #13, undated
[mold]:RR_22		"Side 2: Delacato", undated
75:RR_45		Talk by Nancy Rumbush of the Montessori School, undated
77:RR_58-59		Unidentified loose tapes
75:RR_41		Unlabeled, undated
75:RR_42		Unlabeled, undated
77:RR_55		Unlabeled, undated
77:RR_56		Unlabeled, undated
37:RR_32		Unmarked 7-in. reel, undated
37:RR_33		Unmarked 7-in. reel, undated
[mold]:RR_19		"Languages"/Elizabeth Stephenson, 1960 October 18
36:RR_20		"The Montessori Directress"/Elizabeth Stephenson, 1960 December 6
36:RR_24		illegible [possible course] 1960-1961
[mold]:RR_31		"Cinderella," lecture at DePaul University/Nancy Rambusch, Introduction: Urban Fleege, 1961 October 17
[mold]:RR_18		"Overview of Montessori"/Lena Gitter, 1962
37:RR_30		Nancy McCormick Rambusch, Green Bay, WI, 1962 March
35:RR_13		Seminar: Nancy Rambusch: Sally Cassidy and Gil DonahueAMS Organization Meeting, 1962 June 8
[mold]:RR_23		"Starting a Class"/M. E. Stephenson - Delacato and Koegler Seminar, ("Mario"), 1962 June 8
36:RR_25		"Montessori Classroom", 1962 October 7
36:RR_17		"Qualities of the Montessori Teacher," "A Look at Pedagogical Anthropology"/Nancy McCormick Rambusch, 1962 October 9
36:RR_15		John McDermott, 1962 November 9
74:RR_39		Role of Creativity in the Learning of the child; and the Image the Teacher has of Herself or Himself in Enhancing Creativity in the Child/Lecture on Handwriting Nancy M. Rambush, 1962 December 12
74:RR_40		AMS Seminar J. McCauley and Lena Gitter/Dr. McDermott and Dr. Kroeger, 1963
74:RR_38		AMS Seminar, Nancy M. Rambush, Mr. Stevens, 1963
36:RR_21		"Language Development"/Lena Gitter, 1963 January 26-27
75:RR_43		Montessori Seminar Father Hagmaier/Dr. McDermott, 1963 January 27
75:RR_44		Language Development Lena Gitter/Simple and Complex analysis chart, 1963 January 27, March 7
36:RR_16		"System of Numeration as it relates to early learning experiences"/Nancy McCormick Rambusch, 1963 January 28
36:RR_26		"Starting a Class" and "Afternoon Workshop"/M. E. Stephenson, 1963 January 30
[mold]:RR_27		"Address to Interviewing Representatives of Affiliated Schools," "Preface to a lecture on Pre-Natal, Natal Experience", 1963 January 30
77:RR_47		Panel Rambush, Roger, Tibbet, 1963 August 16
77:RR_50		Nancy M. Rambush, 1963 August 16 - 19
77:RR_49		Nancy M. Rambush project for children, 1963 August 19
77:RR_46		Nancy M. Rambush, 1963 August 22
77:RR_48		Nancy M. Rambush, Language AM, 1963 August 28
77:RR_51		Nancy M. Rambush--Montessori Theory Lecture 1963 August 14
		AMS Seminar, Chicago, IL, 1969 June 17 - 21
35:RR_1			"The Montessori Concept of Freedom and Its Implications for the Classroom"/Paul Czaja, Commentary: Terry Denny, Introduction: John Sullivan
35:RR_2			"Helping Our Children Actualize Their Potential"/Joan Beck, Introduction: Virginia Fleege
35:RR_3			"Visitation Goals and Results"/Lillian DeVault - "Standards for Student Teaching Sites and Supervisory Personnel"/Sonja Donahue - "Teacher Training Course Standards"/Urban H. Fleege
35:RR_4			"Sex Education," "Development of Sexuality"/Dr. Ann Lucas, Introduction: Jane Bunker
35:RR_5			"Public Relations"/John Sullivan - "School-Teacher Relations"/John Blessington - "Establishing a 6-9 Program"/Larry Lewis, Modertaor: Otto Bouc
35:RR_6			"Impact of the City on the Learning Opportunities and Life Styles of Children"/Dr. Albert E. Parr, Commentary: Roberta Meyer Bear, Introduction: Franklin D. Toups
35:RR_7			Sally CassidyGil Donahue
35:RR_8			Sally Cassidy undated
35:RR_9			Workshop Panel on "Implementing Montessori in the Home"
35:RR_10			Workshop Panel on "Articulating the Work of the Montessori School with the Efforts of the Home"
35:RR_11			"Developing a Positive Self-Image in the Child: Implications for Teachers and Parents"/Fleege, Dinkmeyer, Gorman, Introduction: Mrs. W. Loeffler
35:RR_12			Workshop on "Practical Problems in Organizing a Montessori School"/T. Calleton, R. Raabe, J. Hennes, Moderator: John Sullivan
77:RR_52-54		Nancy M. Rambush, 1969 July 8 - 10
35:RR_14		AMS Seminar: "Montessori Truth"/Nancy [Rambusch?] - flip side: Dr. Baratz, 1970 June 18
77:RR_57		Ben Lee, Third Lecture, 1971
	Subseries C: Phonograph Records, undated
38:LP_1		Original master record for Folk Tunes and Music of the Masters Adapted for the Classroom/Elsie Braun Barnett, undated
38:LP_2		Commercial copy of Folk Tunes and Music, American Montessori Society Demonstration Record, undated
	Subseries D: Compact Discs, undated
78:CD_1		Folk Tunes and Music of the Masters adapted for the Classroom, undated


Series XXIII: Videocassettes and Films, undated, 1970-1987
	Subseries A: Videocassettes, undated, 1980, 1982
39:VR_3		Chelsea Children's Center, undated
39:VCASS_2		Cleo and Nancy, undated
39:VCASS_4		"Jack Blessington," undated
39:VCASS_5		Maria Gavel, Doug Gravel and Bretta Weiss, undated
39:VCASS_3		Nancy Rambusch, undated
38:VCASS_1		Unidentified, undated
38:VR_1		Magnetic tape unmarked, undated
38:VR_2		Magnetic tape unmarked, undated
39:VCASS_7		AMS film, 1980
39:VCASS_6		Two Stories on Montessori Seminar Annual Seminar in Memphis, Cynthia Williams, 1982
	Subseries B: Films, undated
40a:MP_14		3-in. reel of film with no container or label, undated
40a:MP_12		5-in reel in can with illegible label, undated
37:MP_16		30-second Public Announcement, undated
40a:MP_9		"60 sec. PSA Montessori", undated
38:MP_2		Education film unmarked, undated
40a:MP_6		"Environmental Exercises", undated
40a:MP_13		"Montessori: 30" (WHBQ-TV 13 Memphis), undated
38:MP_2		"Montessori, A Demonstration of the Method" (16 mm. color film, reel ? of 2), undated
38:MP_1		"Montessori: An Education for Life," undated
40a:MP_10		"Montessori-An Introduction for Parents," undated
38:MP_3		Practical life, undated
40a:MP_11		"Thinking, Moving, Learning", undated
40a:MP_7		Ruth Obolensky's Photographic Essay 2, Part I", undated
40a:MP_8		Ruth Obolensky's Photographic Essay (Part II), undated
40a:MP_5		"Sensorial and Playground" (Ruth Obolensky's Photographic Essay), undated
38:MP_4		Sensorial apparatus, undated
38:MP_15		Unlabeled, undated


Series XXIV: Photographs and Slides, undated, 1907-1980
40	Script for "A Day at Escuela de Montessori", undated
40	Index cards with lists of slides, undated
40b	Slide tray with script and audiocassette: "Developmental Gymnastics", undated
PH_2	Montessori Centennial Celebration (II)
40b:PH_3	Original II, undated
40b:PH_4	Original I, undated
40b:PH_5	Manhattan Color Labs, undated
40b:PH_6	Patty Calver--Practical Life Slide, undated
40b:PH_7	Patty Calver--Duplicate I, undated
40b:PH_8	Duplicate of Montessor Centennial Celebration, undated
	Children at Carousel Nursery School, New York, [color snapshot], undated
	Children at a Montessori school, [5x7 prints], undated
	Children at Academy of the Visitation, Saint Louis, Missouri, [b/w snapshots], undated
	Children, Yellow Springs, [b/w snapshots] , 1969
	Children at Montessori School of Westchester, NY, [8x10 prints], undated
	Workshop with woodturning lathe, saw-table, [b/w snapshots], undated
	Children at Keller School, Switzerland, [5x7 prints], undated
	Child playing with blocks, [8x10 print], undated
	Students at blackboard, [8x10 print], undated
	Typical Montessori school set-up, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children developing language skills, [8x10 prints], undated
	L&A Wise Memorial Day Care Center, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children developing mathematical skills, 1968
	Child playing with blocks, undated
	Children at prayer, [8x10 print], undated
	Children listening to a Montessori teacher, [8x10 print], undated
	Children doing mathematical activities, undated
	Children involved in instructional activities, undated
	Unidentified meeting, undated
	Nancy Rambusch, undated
	Workshops, AMS Seminar, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan, [8x10 prints], 1973
	Meeting participants?, [b/w snapshots], 1971 February
	Unidentified speaker, 1973 August
	David R. Weinberg [5x7, 2x3 prints], undated
	Franklin D. Toups, [5x7 print, c.1,2; 5x7 negative], undated
	Unidentified, [5x7 print], undated
	Anne McCarrick, St. Joseph Montessori School, Columbus, Ohio, [1.5x2.5 color print, c.1 4x5 b/w prints, c.2, c.3 4x5 negative], undated
	Eileen Mills, Montessori Children's House, San Mateo, California, [4x5 color print, c.1.; 4x5 b/w print, c.2; 4x5 negative], undated
	Richard D. Kanakanui, [4x5 print; 4x5 negative ], undated
	Dort Czewinsky and David Weinberg, [color snapshot], 1975 November
	Theodore E. Calleton, [5x7 print, c.1, 2; 5x7 negative], undated
	John P. Blessington, [2x3 color print, b/w snapshot, 5x7 print, 8x10 print], undated
	Robert H. Johnson, Jr., [8x10 print], undated
	Goldstein, [color snapshot], undated
	Giuliani, [color snapshot] , undated
	Shahbaz K. Mallick, [4x5 print, c.1; 5x7 print, c.2-4 5x7 negative], undated
	James F.Chambliss, [5x7 print; 5x7 negative], undated
	Sal Messineo, [5x7 print]; [5x7 negative], undated
	Leon Kunstenar, [8x10 prints], undated
	AMS Seminar, Philadelphia, [8x10 prints] , 1977 June
		Nancy Rambusch
		The Mummers, Mariott Hotel
		David R. Weinberg
		Opening session
		Virginia Varga and Oscar C. Christensen
		The Mummers
	School in Hong Kong, [5x7 color prints], undated
	Children at Blessed Trinity Montessori, Ocala, Florida, 1969
	Principal speakers at the 12th Annual AMS Seminar, Mackinac Island, Michigan, 1973 June 14 - 16
		Burton L. White, [5x7 prints; 5x7 negative]
		Dr. Lee Salk, [5x7 prints; 5x7 negative]
	Sylvia O. Richardson, [5x7 print], undated
	Charles L. Shedd, [5x7 print], undated
	Albert H. Gieseke, Villa Montessori, Phoenix, Arizona, [color snapshot], undated
	Samuel Botto, [color snapshot], undated
	Carles C. Turner, Villa Montessori, Phoenix, Arizona, [3x4 print], 1976
	Virginia Varga, Gloria Dei School, Ohio, [5x7 print], undated
	Orpha Mohr, Diabla Valley Montessori School, Lafaette, California, [5x7 print/negative], undated
	Daniel C. Jordan, [5x7 print], undated
	Marvin H. Meltzer, [4x5 print], undated
	Edmund V. Sullivan, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, [b/w snapshot], undated
	Eileen Mills, Montessori Children's House, San Mateo, California, [5x7 print], undated
	Louilyn F. Hargett, Montessori Children's House, Morristown, New Jersey, [3x5 color print, c.1 5x7 b/w print, c.2,3 5x7 negative], undated
	James D. Hennes, [5x7 print], undated
	Joseph L. Belvedere, [color snapshots], undated
	Unidentified, [5x7 print - c.1, 2 5x7 negative], undated
	Christina Marie Trudeau, Montessori Teacher Education, Seattle University, Seattle, Washington, [5x7 print, c.1,2 5x7 negative], undated
	Douglas Gravel, [8x10 print], 1980
	Fred M.Hechinger, AMS 20th Anniversary Seminar, [8x10 print], 1980 February 22
	Douglas Gravel, [8x10 print], undated
	Tim Seldin, [8x10 print], undated
	Barbara Anton Grillo, Diablo Valley Montessori School, [3x5 print], 1977
	Marie M. Dugan, [5x7 print], 1980 June
	Unidentified, [6x8 print], undated
	AMS Seminar, New York City, [5x7 prints], 1980
		Carol Bellamy and Bretta Weiss [c.1-3]
		Marjorie Farmer, El Comita AMS para Montessorianos De Habla Hispana
		Mary Shoyinka
		Jim McGhee, Musya Meyer, Lavonne Plambeck, Joan Indovino
		Nancy Rambusch, John Blessington, Paul Czaja, Steve Callender [c.1-3]
	Teacher and children in classroom, [6x10 prints], undated
	Long Bar Harbor Montessori School, [8x10 print], undated
	Green Towne School, Philadelphia, [b/w snapshots], undated
	Moving from 175 Fifth Ave. to 150 Fifth Ave., [snapshots, color and b/w], 1976 September
	Child from Whitby School putting puzzle together, [6.5x9.5 print], undated
	Wilmington Montessori Society, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children's activities at a Montessori School, [varying size prints], undated
	Children at Suburban Montessori School, Oklahoma, [4x5 prints], undated
	James D. Hennes, Colorado Department of Education, Denver, [3x4 print, c.1 5x7 print, c.2 5x7 negative], 1973
	Sister Mary Matz, St.Peter's Montessori School, [5x7 prints, c.1, 2 5x7 negative], undated
	Judith Brandt, Minneapolis, [3x4 print, c.15x7 print, c.2 5x7 negative], 1976
	Mary Bernard Pabst, [3x4 color print, c.1.5x7 print, c.1,2 5x7 negative], 1970
	Nancy Rose and children, Montana Early Learning Center, [3x5 print], 1979
	Bonnie O'Connor, [5x7 print], undated
	David Weinberg and Effi Weinberg, 20th Anniversary Seminar Banquet, [5x7 print], undated
	David Weinberg, [8x10 print], undated
	Meeting of International Educators at Knesset, Israel, [5x7 print], 1980
	Montessori Children's House, Adrian, Minnesota, [5x7 print], undated
	Nancy Rose, Montana Early Learning Center, [5x7 print, c.1,2 ;5x7 negative], 1979
	Barbara Anton Grillo, Diablo Valley Montessori School, [5x7 print, c.1 5x7 negative], 1977
	Howard Weiss, [b/w, color snapshots], 1969
	Robert Pickering, [1x2 color print, c.1-4; 5x7 b/w negative; 3x4 print, c.1-3; 5x7 print, c.4-6; 5x7 negative], undated
	Schutzman, [4x5 print], 1980
	Boodman, [3x4 print] , 1979
	Plambeck, [4x5 print], 1979
	Neubert, [4x5 print], 1980
	Robert Pickering, Sao Paulo, Brazil, [6.5x9.5 print], 1977
	Bettye Caldwell, [8x10 print, c.1 5x7 print, c.2 5x7 negative], undated
	Orpha Mohr, [4x5 print, c.1 5x7 print, c.2], 1974 March 28
	Paul Michael Li, [2x2 print], undated
	Patricia Calvert, [2x3 color print; 3x4 color print; 5x7 print, c.2-5; 3x3 print, c.6; 5x7 print, c.1-3; 5x7 negative], 1973-1985
	Joan H. Lawler, [2x3 color print; color snapshot; 3x3 color print, c.1; 5x7 print, c.2,3; 5x7 negative], 1974, 1977
	Edward J.Burke, [1x3 print], undated
	Burton White, [5x7 print], 1980
	David Elkind, [5x7 print], 1975
	Jane Mack, Lexington Montessori School, Lexington, MA, [4x5 print], 1974
	Paul Firestone, New Rochelle Academy Country Day School, [3x4 print], circa 1974
	Peter Williamson, [4x5 print], undated
	Urban H. Fleege, [3x5 print, c.1-3], 1980
	Paul Firestone, New Rochelle Academy Country Day School, circa 1974
	Virginia Varga, Gloria Dei School, Dayton, Ohio, [5x7 print], 1970
	Janet Bowes, [5x7 print], 1970
	Robert A. Morris, Sherwood Montessori School, [3x4 print], undated
	Suzanne M. Spector, [3x4 print], 1967
	Suzanne Weiss, [3x5 print], undated
	Carolyn Bishop, [3x5 color print], 1983
	Marlene Barron, [5x7 color print], 1983
	Bonnie Mathisen, [5x7 print], 1983
	Linnea Friden, [3x4 color print], 1983
	Paul L. Diamond, [3x4 print], 1983
	Benjamin D. Boodman, [3x4 print], 1983
	Robert J. Doman, [4x5 print], 1975
	Elizabeth M. Carlson, [5x7 print], 1983
	Randall, [2x3 print], undated
	Nancy Rambusch, [5x7 prints; 4x5 prints; 8x10 prints; b/w snapshots; 5x7 negative; 4x5 color negatives], undated, 1968-1991
	Nancy Rambusch and Cleo Monson, [b/w snapshot], 1967
	Nancy Rambusch, Sister Mary Denise, Mary Bernard Pabst (Rambusch Marathon), [b/w snapshot], circa 1973
	Jim Ruffing, [b/w snapshot], 1962
	Children from Glora Dei on Phil Donahue telecast, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children, Saint Mary's Hall Montessori School, San Antonio, Texas, circa 1980
	A Montessori school environment, undated
	Charles V. Bush, [5x7 print], 1983
	James R. McGhee, Alexander School, Miami, Florida, [5x7 print], undated
	Maria Montessori, [5x7 print, c.1-3; 5x7 negative], undated
	Maria Montessori, photo of painting, [5x7 prints, c1-6 5x7 negatives, c.1-2], undated
	Maria Montessori, London, [5x7 print], 1919
	Maria Montessori, [5x7 prints, c.1-3], 1912
	Maria Montessori, International Montessori Congress, San Remo, Italy, [5x7 print, c.1-4], 1949
	Maria Montessori with children, Los Angeles, [8x10 print, c.1,2; 6x8 print, c.3; 8x10 negative], 1915
	Maria Montessori with students and children, Vienna, [5x7 print, c.1; 8x10 print, c.2], 1924
	Maria Montessori, bust [4x5 prints], undated
	Maria Montessori with children, [8x10 print, c.1-6], 1953 September
	Maria Montessori, Adjar, India, [8x10 print, c.1; 5x7 print, c.2 5x7 negative], 1939
	Casa Bambini di Maria Montessori, [8x10 print, c.1; 8x10 negative], 1907
	Maria Montessori, [8x10 print, c.1,2; 5x7 negative], 1950
	Maria Montessori, [5x7 print, c.1-3], 1913
	Children at the Happy Montessori School, Port Washington, New York, [b/w snapshot], undated
	Convent of the Visitation, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children at the College of Notre Dame, California, [8x10 prints], undated
	Green Towne School, Philadelphia, [b/w snapshot], undated
	Unidentified [b/w snapshots], undated
	Children, Suburban Montessori School, Oklahoma, [b/w snapshots], undated
	Sea Pines Academy Montessori School, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, [8x10 prints], undated
	Children at Fitchburg Montessori School, Madison, Wisconsin, [4x5 prints], undated
	Mary Lisa Vertuca and Dr. Marianne McGrath, [4x6 print], undated
	Susan Shockelford, Meg Zink, and Ginger Fischesser, [4x5 print], undated
	Child, Wilmington Montessori School, [8x10 print], undated
	Trabajamas Community Head Start, Bronx, New York, [5x7 print], 1969
	A Montessori School environment, [4x5 prints], undated
	Children in Montessori school settings [varying size prints], undated
	Prepared paths to culture, chart prepared by Ann Udell, Children's House, Philadelphia, [8x10 print; 4x5 negative], 1964
	Children, Diablo Valley Montessori School, [5x7 prints], 1971
	AMS Board meeting and seminar, Granby, Colorado, [varying size prints], 1975
		Nancy Rambush
		Bob Pickering, et al
		Professor Howard Bruner of Colorado State University
		Georgia Grosde, art workshop
		Jim Hennes
		J.McVicker Hunt
		John Bremer
		[color snapshots]
	Unidentified, undated


Series XXV: Unprocessed additions, undated, 1955-2007
92	Bookbag, 2001
		Code of Ethics, undated
		Postcards, undated
		Fliers, brochures, snapshots, undated
		Conference materials, 2007
		Photographs, undated
		Posters, undated
		Correspondence, undated
		Clippings, undated
		Pins, undated
		Placque, undated
		Class notes (E. Cary; 2 vols.), 1955-1956
93	T-shirt (Annual Conference), 2006
		T-shirts, caps (Annual Conference), 2007
94	Publications, fliers, posters, mailings, 2 VHS tapes, 4 audio cassette tapes (Annual Conference), 2007
95	Brochures, banner, ephemera, grant proposal, clippings, programs, CDs, 1958-2008

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