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1. 38_6_001-039 - Article

   Article by Dr. Jeroen Staring titled "John Dewey" First Marietta Johnson Fan at Columbia University? Or Perhap sWilliam H. Kilpatrick? Three Petites Histoires about Marietta L. Johnson." This paper was published in Case Studies Journal, Vol. 10, Issue 5, May 2021. From the abstract of this paper: "This descriptive case study reviews literature that may fill gaps in the biography of Marietta L. Johnson, from 1913-1918. The study discusses th...

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2. FSTC-0019 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of Marietta Johnson and students in Fairhope, Alabama at the Organic School of Education. This photograph appears as the frontispiece entitled "A test with books open (Fairhope, Alabama) " in "Schools of To-morrow" by John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey, copyright 1915 NOTE: See PMG-1465 for a better scan of this iconic photograph. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Online Archives.

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3. FSTC-0120 - Photograph, Digital

   Presentation slide with three photographs and labels: 1. Photograph of Marietta Johnson, founder of the Organic School, in Fairhope, Alabama 3. Sculpture of Marietta Johnson and two students located at Bluff Park overlooking Mobile Bay in Fairhope, Alabama. 3. Photograph dated 1915 of Marietta Johnson and students in an outside classroom setting at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. This photograph was printed as the frontispiece of ...

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4. FSTC-V0027 - Video, Digital

   Video interview of Maxine Jowers Frederick on March 24, 1995 by Flo Coleman Schneider and Ruth E. Rockwell. Maxine Jowers Frederick, was the daughter of Robert V. Jowers and his wife. (Mrs. Robert Jowers later remarried to William Funk, who worked at Fairhope Hardware.) Maxine moved to Fairhope in 1920 when she was less than a year old. She lived on de la Mare Avenue, also known as Pig Alley. She discussed growing up in Fairhope, life duri...

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5. ix.9.1-30 - Correspondence

   Information about the Organic School (School of Organic Education) in Fairhope, Alabama. In the years between 1928-1930, the school had a $30,000 budget, strong faculty, and 200 students with 24 boarding students from eight different states as noted in a history of the ups and downs of the school by Mrs. John Campbell in 1957 (p 2-8). John Dewey's death notices, a letter from the University of Houston's Honors Program commending the quality ...

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6. PMG_14017-14042 - Student Paper

   Student Paper by Rocco Zappone titled "Marietta Johnson and the Fairhope School of Organic Eduction, 1907-1913." This paper was submitted to fulfill requirements for a history course taught at the University of Virginia by Dr. Paul M. Gaston, Professor of History. This paper has multiple handwritten notes from Professor Gaston. By the way, Zappone wrote a master's thesis for Dr. Gaston, again about the Organic School, which appears in these FSTC...

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7. PMG-1465 - Photograph, Digital

   Post card photograph by Frank Stewart The Picture Man dated 1915 of Marietta Johnson and students in an outdoor classr at the Organic School in Fairhope, Alabama. This photo appears as the frontispiece in "Schools of To-morrow" by John Dewey and Evelyn Dewey. See FSTC-0019 for a black and white version of this picture. PMG-1465 is scanned from a well-preserved post card and is the best version of this iconic photo this cataloger has seen. ...

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8. PMG-2047 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of John Dewey from the cover of Progressive Education journal, February 1939. To read the journal, see PMG_8554_8592. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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9. PMG-6876-6915 - Student Paper

   Student Paper dated 1982 by Rocco Eugene Zappone titled "Progressive Education Reconsidered: The Intellectual Milieu of Marietta Johnson." This is "A Thesis Presented to the Graduate Faculty of the University of Virginia in Candidacy for the Degree of Master of Arts." Dr. Paul M. Gaston served on Zappone's master's thesis committee. Note: Zappone wrote another paper about the School of Organic Education titled "Marietta Johnson and the Fa...

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10. PMG_8472_8473 - Documents

    "An Authoritative Statement" by Professor John Dewey of Columbia Univeristy in support of the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama. No date. From the Paul M. Gaston Collection, Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives.

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