| | Manuscript Collection | Save | | 1 | Title: | James C. Adell Papers
| | | | Creator: | Adell, James C. | | | | Dates: | 1916-1957 | | | | Abstract: | James C. Adell (1887-1971) was a Cleveland, Ohio, educator and one of the organizers of the Cleveland Teachers Union. Adell served as Science Dept. chairman and director of the Educational Research Division of the Cleveland Public Schools, authored science curriculum books and participated in the design and implementation of curriculum centers in seven Cleveland senior high schools. The collection consists of correspondence, book drafts, sample tests, speeches, newspaper clippings, and other printed materials relating to the Cleveland Teachers Union and the development of the science curriculum and educational tests for the Cleveland Public Schools. In addition, there are some materials pertaining to Adell's inventions, his experience during the great depression, a journal detailing his naval training during World War I, and Wendell Willkie campaign materials. | | | | Call #: | MS 4285 | | | | Extent: | 2.00 linear feet (2 containers) | | | | Subjects: | Adell, James C. (James Claude), 1887-1971. | Willkie, Wendell L. (Wendell Lewis), 1892-1944. | Cleveland Teachers Union. | Cleveland Public Schools. | Cleveland Public Schools -- Curricula. | Curriculum planning -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Educational tests and measurements -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Science -- Study and teaching -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | Teachers' unions -- Ohio -- Cleveland. | World War, 1914-1918 -- Personal narratives, American. | Depressions -- 1929 -- United States.
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