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1. 38_1_001-200 - Dissertation

   Dissertation by Jeroen F. Staring dated 2013 titled "Midwives of Progressive Education: The Bureau of Educational Experiments 1916-1919." The paper describes educational reform programs in the United States (mainly New York City) in the early 20th century, specifically the work of Marietta Johnson and Caroline Pratt. ((Marietta Johnson was the co-founder of the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama, 1907.)) J...

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2. 38_3_001-018 - Article

   Article dated 2016 by Jeroen Staring titled "Marietta L. Johnson's Early 'Organic Education' Work." The article appears in Case Studies Journal, Vol. 5, Issue 6, June 2016. Staring researches Marietta Pierce Johnson's biography,the development of her progressive educational philosophy and the degree to which it was known prior to about 1913. Included are references with excerpts of articles dated during this period describing Mrs. Johnson's...

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3. 38_4_001-024 - Article

   Article and photographs by Jeroen F. Staring titled "Marietta Johnson, Illustrated Newspaper Articles Women's Magazines, 1907-1916. The article appears in Case Studies Journal, Vol 9, Issue 12, December 2020 Part 1. Dr. Staring describes and cites excerpts from articles about the School of Organic Education and Director Marietta Johnson which appeared in ladies magazines. Examples are Good Housekeeping, Pictorial Review, San Francisco Call, ...

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4. 38_5_001-045 - Article

   Article and photographs by Jeroen F. Staring titled "Marietta Johnson, Illustrated Newspaper Articles, Women's Magazines, 1907-1916, Part II. Published in Case Studies Journal, Vo. 10, Issue 1, Jan 2021. Part I of this article is at 38_4_001-024. Dr. Staring researches and cites excerpts from women's magazines 1907-1916 about Marietta Johnson and the School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama. Search "Jeroen Staring" in the FSTC O...

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5. 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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6. 38_7_001-016 - Article

   Article by Dr. Jeroen Staring titled "Marietta Johnson's School of Organic Education and Evelyn & John Dewey's Schools of Tomorrow Frontispiece Photo." The article was published in Case Studies Journal, Vol. 12, Issue 8, August 2023. The School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama is the subject of Dr. Staring's several articles, particularly on how the School, under the direction of Marietta Johnson, became so well known. Search "Jeroe...

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7. FSTC-1010 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph by Dorothea DeForest dated between March 16-20,1915 of a drive in Mobile, Alabama. This picture is taken from a scrapbook which documented the trip Miss DeForest and her parents (Col. Ezra DeForest and Mary Gordon DeForest) took to Fairhope, Alabama because of their interest in the School of Organic Education (Orangic School). The photograph appears in a paper written by scholar Dr. Jeroen Staring titled "Marietta Johnson's School...

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8. FSTC-1011 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph dated March 16-20, 1915 of a road near Fairhope, Alabama. The photograph shows Col. Ezra DeForest and wife Mary Gordon DeForest on a road near Fairhope, Alabama. The picture is in Dorothea DeForest's scrapbook of the family's visit to Fairhope to learn more about the School of Organic Eductaion (Organic School). Miss DeForest took this picture of her parents. This picture appears in a paper written by scholar Dr. Jeroen Staring ...

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9. FSTC-1012 - Photograph, Digital

   Photograph of the School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture was taken between March 16-20, 1915 by Dorothea DeForest, who with her parents Col. Ezra DeForest and Mary Gordon DeForest, visited Fairhope to learn more about the Organic School. The picture is from her scrapbook of the visit. The photograph shows students playing tennis with the high school building (L) and the Recreation building on the right (built in1912 fo...

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10. FSTC-1013 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated March 1915 of the farmhouse of Capt. J. R. Cross and Eloise L Cross. The couple moved to Fairhope in 1908, and were associated with the H. F. Ring farm until buying a 40-acre farm. Subsequently, the Crosses became hoteliers, operating the Gables Hotel (southwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Church Street), and then building The Fairhope Hotel c.1924 at the northwest corner of Summit Street and Fairhope Avenue. The photogra...

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11. FSTC-1014 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated March 16-20, 1915 of the Peoples Railroad Company car and service cart, stopped on the tracks in downtown Fairhope, Alabama. This is the northwest corner of Fairhope Avenue and Section Street; Crawford's General Merchandise Store is seen in the background. Dorothea DeForest took this picture. She and her parents, Col. Ezra DeForest and Mary Gordon DeForest, visited Fairhope to learn more about the School of Organic Education (...

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12. FSTC-1015 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph dated March, 1915 by Dorothea DeForest of a farm, house, horses and fences in or near Fairhope, Alabama. Miss DeForest, along with her parents, visited Fairhope to learn more about the School of Organic Education. Her photographs appear in an article by Dr. Jeroen Staring titled "Marietta Johnson's School of Organic Educaion and Evelyn & John Dewey's Schools of Tomorrow Frontispiece Photo." The article is available in these Online ...

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13. FSTC-1017 - Photograph, Digital

    Picture dated March 16-20,1915 of (L-R) Mary Gordon DeForest, Helen DeForest and Dorothea DeForest on the front porch of Marietta Johnson's house in Fairhope, Alabama. The picture was taken by Col. Ezra DeForest. The DeForest family was in Fairhope to learn more about the School of Organic Education, and Dorothea made a scrapbook of the visit. The Johnson home was located on the north side of Magnolia Avenue between Section Street and Chur...

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14. FSTC-1018 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph, c.September 1912 of students playing tennis on the campus of the School of Organic Education in Fairhope, Alabama. Another, cropped version of this picture is at FMH_0077 in these Online Archives. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives,courtesy of Jeroen Staring.

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15. FSTC-1019 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograh of students from the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama. They are in their "outside classroom" in Stack's Gully, using the walls of the gully as writing tablets. Other students explore the gully floor. c. 1912. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of Jeroen Staring.

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16. FSTC-1020 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of children cleaning the street in Fairhope, Alabama. c. 1915. The children are students at the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama. A teacher supervises their work. Telephone poles date this photo to c.1915. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of Jeroen Staring.

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17. FSTC-1021 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of Marietta Johnson (age 34) in profile. 1898. This picture appears in an article by historian Jereon F. Staring about the School of Organic Education and Mrs. Johnson which can be found at 38_5_001-045 in these online Archives. From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of Jeroen Staring.

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18. FSTC-1022 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c. 1912, of Marietta Johnson, director of the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama. The photograph was probably taken by Helen Christine Bennett who wrote an article about Mrs. Johnson's philosophy, published in 1914 titled "Adjusting the Education to the Child." The article appeared in newspapers as well as the May 1914 issue of McCall's Magazine. The picture shows Mrs. Johnson teaching children in...

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19. FSTC-1024 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph of School of Organic Education (Organic School) students doing gymnastics on the campus grounds. c.1914 From the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation Archives, courtesy of Jereon Staring.

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20. FSTC-1026 - Photograph, Digital

    Photograph c. 1915-1916 of School of Organic Education (Organic School) students playing tennis. The court faced School Street and was located where Centennial Hall is today. The picture, while of poor quality, shows the high school building (L) and the Recreation Building (built 1912 as the Manual Training building, then used for varioius uses and now named Dahlgren Hall). Seach "tennis" in these online Archives for another photo of the tennis...

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