Inventory of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Records, 1899-1938

Collection Number 2834


Manuscripts Department, University Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Collection Information
Descriptive Summary
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Collection Overview
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Manuscripts Department
CB#3926, Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
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Descriptive Summary

Repository
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.
Creator
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten (Savannah, Ga.)
Title
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Records, 1899-1938.
Call Number
2834
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Extent
About 825 items (1.0 linear foot).
Abstract
Papers relating to the organization, administration, and financing of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Ga. The project, started in 1899 by George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927) and his sisters as a memorial to their mother, was continued by his children and grew into a city-wide system of kindergartens. Papers include minutes of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association and correspondence of George Hull Baldwin and other members of the Baldwin family with Hortense M. Orcutt (died 1936) and other officials of the association and supervisors of the kindergarten.


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Administrative Information

Processing Information
Processed by: SHC Staff
Encoded by: Noah Huffman, December 2007
Additional Descriptive Resources
A more complete finding aid for this collection is available at the Southern Historical Collection.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], in the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Records, #2834, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Copyright Notice
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
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Online Catalog Headings

These and related materials may be found under the following headings in online catalogs.

Baldwin, George Hull.
Baldwin, George Johnson, 1856-1927.
Early childhood education--Georgia--History.
Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten (Savannah, Ga.)
Kindergarten--Administration--History.
Kindergarten--Georgia--History.
Orcutt, Hortense M., d. 1936.
Savannah (Ga.)--Social conditions.
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Related Material

George Johnson Baldwin Papers (#850), Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Collection Overview

Papers relating to the organization, administration, and financing of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten in Savannah, Ga. The project, started in 1899 by George Johnson Baldwin (1856-1927) and his sisters as a memorial to their mother, was continued by his children and grew into a city-wide system of kindergartens. Papers include minutes of the Kate Baldwin Free Kindergarten Association and correspondence of George Hull Baldwin and other members of the Baldwin family with Hortense M. Orcutt (died 1936) and other officials of the association and supervisors of the kindergarten.