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Learning Centers Project Records

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
SCRC 454
Repository:
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Extent:
2 linear feet (6 boxes)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Learning Centers Project Records, SCRC 454, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Date:
1964-1977 (inclusive)
Form:
Administrative records, Correspondence, Directories, Financial records, Minutes (administrative records), Newsletters, Pamphlets, Publications (documents), Questionnaires, Reports, Scrapbooks, and Speeches (documents)
Abstract:

This collection documents the evolution of the Learning Centers Project, which was founded by educator Lore Rasmussen in 1963. A math program that she developed at Miquon School was so successful that she began working with the Philadelphia Board of Education and the School District of Philadelphia. She quit Miquon and started her first Learning Center at Frederick Douglass Elementary School in order to work with a population she felt was most at risk. After the success at Douglass, she founded her program at six more schools in Philadelphia. The Philadelphia School District used this method for many years.

This collection consists of administrative records, correspondence and teacher journals created during the beginning of the Learning Centers Projects first years with the School District of Philadelphia.

The collection is arranged into 9 series as follows:

Series 1: Administration and Organization, 1966-1976
Series 2: Financial, 1971-1975
Series 3: Correspondence, 1966-1977, undated
Series 4: Publications by the Learning Centers Project, 1968-1972
Series 5: Publications about the Learning Centers Project, 1965-1973
Series 6: Projects, 1965-1976, undated
Series 7: Subjects, 1964-1975
Series 8: Miscellaneous, 1965-1975
Series 9: Scrapbooks, 1966-1969

Donated by Allen Banbury in May 2003.

Collection processed and finding aid prepared in December 2005 by Holly Beth Wilson, Processing Intern, Urban Archives, Temple University. Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in September 2020 by Holly Wilson, Processing Archivist, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University.

Photographs have been removed to the Miscellaneous Photograph Collection (PC-49, folder 14-6).

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Publisher
Temple University Libraries: Special Collections Research Center
Finding Aid Author
Machine-readable finding aid created by: Rajkumar Natarajan, Sky Global Services India (P) Ltd.
Finding Aid Date
March 2024
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

The Learning Centers Project Records are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. The donor has not assigned its rights to Temple University Libraries. Other creators' intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to them or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.

Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1 contains administrative materials, meeting minutes and reports documenting the Learning Centers Project organization.

Administration progress reports, 1966-1969.
Box 1 Folder 1
Applications, resumes, recommendations, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 2
Contracts and agreements, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 3
Forms and evaluations, 1967-1974.
Box 1 Folder 4
Meeting minutes, September 21, 1973.
Box 1 Folder 5
School directory information, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 6
Schedules, 1976.
Box 1 Folder 7
Statistics, 1974.
Box 1 Folder 8
Staff meetings, 1969-1975.
Box 1 Folder 9
Workshops, 1969-1975.
Box 1 Folder 10

Scope and Contents

Series 2 contains the financial reports, specifically the Ford Foundation's material.

Ford Foundation's proposal and budget, 1971-1975.
Box 1 Folder 11
Ford Foundation's proposal correspondence, 1972-1975.
Box 1 Folder 12

Scope and Contents

Series 3 contains correspondence dating from 1966-1977, and is arranged chronologically.

Correspondence, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 1
Correspondence, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 2
Correspondence, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 3
Correspondence, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 4
Correspondence, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 5
Correspondence, 1972.
Box 2 Folder 6
Correspondence, January - May, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 7
Correspondence, June - December, 1973.
Box 2 Folder 8
Correspondence, January - May, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 9
Correspondence, June - September, 1974.
Box 2 Folder 10
Correspondence, 1975.
Box 2 Folder 11
Correspondence, February - August, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 12
Correspondence, September - December, 1976.
Box 2 Folder 13
Correspondence, 1977.
Box 2 Folder 14
Correspondence, undated.
Box 2 Folder 15

Scope and Contents

Series 4 contains educational publications of the Learning Centers Project.

Instructional guides, 1968, 1972.
Box 3 Folder 1
Newsletters, 1970-1971.
Box 3 Folder 2

Scope and Contents

Series 5 contains publications and newsletters about the Learning Centers Project.

Reviews and publications, 1965-1973.
Box 3 Folder 3

Scope and Contents

Series 6 contains projects and lesson plans organized by specific schools outlining their goals and objectives.

LCP projects and programs, 1969-1970.
Box 3 Folder 4
LCP goals and objectives, 1967-1968.
Box 3 Folder 5
LCP goals and objectives, 1970-1976.
Box 3 Folder 6
LCP goals and objectives, general, undated.
Box 3 Folder 7
Andrew Jackson School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 3 Folder 8
Drexel School's goals and objectives, undated.
Box 3 Folder 9
Drexel School's programs and projects, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 10
Francis Pastorius School's projects and programs, 1967-1968.
Box 3 Folder 11
Frederick Douglass School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 1
Frederick Douglass School's projects and programs, 1974.
Box 4 Folder 2
George Clymer School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 3
George Clymer School's projects and programs, 1966.
Box 4 Folder 4
John M. Patterson School's goals and objectives, 1968.
Box 4 Folder 5
John M. Patterson School's progress reports, 1968.
Box 4 Folder 6
J. M. Rhoads School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 7
J. M. Rhoads School's projects and programs, 1974.
Box 4 Folder 8
Morton McMichael School's goals and objectives, 1971-1972.
Box 4 Folder 9
Morton McMichael School's projects and programs, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 10
Richard Wright School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 11
Thomas Durham School's goals and objectives, 1969-1970.
Box 4 Folder 12
Thomas Durham School's projects and programs, 1970.
Box 4 Folder 13
Thomas Durham School's progress reports, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 14
Thomas May Pierce School's goals and objectives, 1964.
Box 4 Folder 15
Thomas May Pierce School's progress reports, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 16
William Bishop School's goals and objectives, undated.
Box 4 Folder 17
William Bishop School's projects and programs, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 18
W.S. Pierce School's goals and objectives, 1973.
Box 4 Folder 19

Scope and Contents

Series 7 contains teacher journals, interviews, speeches and student work.

Branbury, Sam, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 1
Banks, Rose, 1967.
Box 5 Folder 2
Bazemore, Edna, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 3
Bradbury, Alan, 1974-1975.
Box 5 Folder 4
Bronenberg, Rose, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 5
Caesar, Sanderson, 1973.
Box 5 Folder 6
Glenn, Lovie, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 7
Glenn, Lovie, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 8
Gwynn, Alice, 1971.
Box 5 Folder 9
Jackson, Inez, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 10
King, Noel, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 11
Lewis, Tamara, 1967.
Box 5 Folder 12
Matlock, Sue, 1967.
Box 5 Folder 13
Melvin, Faye, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 14
Rasmussen, Lore, 1969-1972.
Box 5 Folder 15
Rogers, Marcia, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 16
Simon, Marianne, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 17
Sorkin, L., 1972.
Box 5 Folder 18
Unknown, 1966.
Box 5 Folder 19
Interviews, 1966-1967.
Box 5 Folder 20
Speeches, 1972.
Box 5 Folder 21
Student work, 1964-1966.
Box 5 Folder 22
Student work, 6th grade, 1964-1966.
Box 5 Folder 23

Scope and Contents

Series 8 contains miscellaneous items such as a film, tv project and questionnaires.

"The Children Are My Teachers" film synopsis, 1965-1966.
Box 6 Folder 1
Learning Center TV Project, description, 1968-1969.
Box 6 Folder 2
"Teacher to Teacher" project, questionnaires, 1973-1975.
Box 6 Folder 3
Miscellaneous papers, 1974.
Box 6 Folder 4

Scope and Contents

Series 9 contains a scrapbook and a visitor book.

"Mathematics Programs Diary" extract, 1966-1967.
Box 6 Folder 5
Visitor book, 1966-1969.
Box 6 Folder 6

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