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General histories of the kindergarten movement in Utah and the establishment of several kindergartens in the Salt Lake area. Also, histories of various kindergarten associations from 1895 to 1936 with lists of officers.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The Anne Marie Fox Felt papers (1874-1967) contain histories, research notes, correspondence, news articles, and scrapbooks documenting the development of kindergartens and kindergarten organizations in the late nineteenth century and the activities and expansion of the Utah State Association for Childhood Education (ACE) through the first half of the twentieth century. Also included are biographical materials regarding women associated with Utah kindergartens; the minutes, letters, and...

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Histories relating to the early kindergartens in Utah, including a reminiscence of all these kindergartens by Mary A. Parsons, one of the early leaders in the movement.

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Short articles written by some pioneers of the early kindergarten movement that deal with the establishment of the Free Kindergarten Association in 1895, and make mention of several of the women associated with the organization.

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Minutes of the Utah Kindergarten Assocation, from 1895-1896. Deals with the establishment of a kindergarten in 1895 to be under the direction of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Utah Kindergarten Association Rules and Regulations dealing with organization, membership, and duties of officers.

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Utah State Kindergarten Association Constitution and By-laws as of 1910; a list of recommended books for teachers and children; state laws concerning the kindergartens, including articles of the State Constitution dealing with education; a copy of House Bill 135 passed in 1894 allowing school boards to establish kindergartens.

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Utah State Kindergarten Association revised Constituion (1924) and Plan of Procedure for the extension of kindergartens throughout the state.

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Utah State Kindergarten--Primary Association proposed Constituion (1928).

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Histories concerning the establishment of the Utah State Kindergarten Association in 1897, the organization's activities to 1928, and a list of officers. Also includes notes taken from the personal journals and scrapbooks of some early kindergarten leaders dealing with the early period.

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Articles pertaining to the mandatory-on-petition kindergarten bills of 1929, 1931, and 1933 including a copy of the bill, examples of letters written expressing arguments in favor of the bills, legislative committee reports relating the history of the bills as they passed through the State Legislature, and lists of organizations and individuals who supported the bill.

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Utah State Kindergarten--Primary Association Annual Reports (1929-1936) which include listings of winter and summer kindergartens throughout the state, activities and accomplishments of each year, financial statements, and reports on the Logan and Ogden kindergartens.

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Lists of members and officers of the Utah State Kindergarten Association and the Utah State Primary Kindergarten Assocation, 1923-1940.

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Essays and statements dealing with the importance of kindergarten training to a child's education and healthy development.

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Programs and certificates pertaining to kindergartens prior to 1900.

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Original document of a program of a kindergarten recital dated 31 January 1884.