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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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FSTC-1029 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph of School of Organic Education (Organic School) students being taught how to throw stones by school co-founder and Director Marietta Johnson, Caption: "Learning How to Throw Stones." The picture appears in a 1914 article by Helen Christine Bennett titled "Adjusting the Education to the Child." The article appeared in the May 1914 issue of McCall's Magazine and other publications. This picture is from a paper which included info...
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FSTC-1030 - Photograph, Digital
Photograph of Marietta Johnson (back to camera), co-founder and Director of the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama. Caption: "A Class in Field Geography." This picture is from an article published in 1914 in McCall's Magazine and other publications by Helen Christine Bennett. The article is referenced in a paper by historian Jereon F. Staring availabe at 38_5_001-045 in these online Archives. From the Fair...
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FSTC-1031-1032 - Photograph, Digital
Two photographs of students c. 1911 at the School of Organic Education (Organic School) Life Class gathering sticks to make teepees and their completed project of two structures. Helen Christine Bennett wrote an article in the 1914 issue of McCall's Magazine in which these photos appeared, Her work was used as a source for historian Jereon Staring's research about the Organic School and Mrs. Johnson. Staring's article is available at 38_5_0...
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FSTC-V0012 - Video, Digital
Documentary video dated 2002 titled "A Fair Hope" written and directed by Michael Letcher for The University of Alabama Center of Public Television (APT). Reformers (members of the Fairhope Industrial Association, later renamed the Fairhope Single Tax Corporation) founded Fairhope in 1894 to address the economic and social problems of late 19th century America by demonstrating the practical application of the single tax economic theory. ...
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FSTC-V0042 - Video, Digital
Lecture Series on Fairhope History dated February 3, 2015 with Maggie Mosteller-Timbes who portrays Marietta "Aunt Mettie" Johnson. The School of Organic Education at Fairhope, Alabama began in a little cottage in the fall of 1907. It grew to a campus of ten acres and was one of the country's first progressive schools. Marietta Johnson lectured extensively in the United States and abroad. She was a legend in her own time and far ahead in her ...
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ix.10.1-55
This file contains financial reports from the files of C. A. Gaston dated 1939-1950 for the Organic School (School of Organic Education) in Fairhope, Alabama. .
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ix.11.1-29 - Meeting Minutes
Faculty Meeting Minutes dated 1943-1946 for the School of Organic Education (Organic School) in Fairhope, Alabama.
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