University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Archives Department.

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of Exceptional Education. Office of the Chairperson.

Records, 1913-1988.

UWM Archival Collection 17

2.0 cubic ft. (2 record center cartons)


ABSTRACT: Records of the University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Department of Exceptional Education and its predecessors. The majority of the records are from the 1960s and appear to have been created or compiled by the department's chairperson.

The collection contains a large number of correspondence files (1913-1972) from the chairperson documenting his/her activities, department functions, curriculum and course developments, student testing, practice teaching, and budget requirements. Correspondence with the dean of the School of Education and letters of department faculty members are also found in the correspondence files. Also included is a series of Alice Streng correspondence (1934-1969), much of it concerning the education of deaf children and the training of teachers of the deaf. A large number of the letters appear to be from friends and/or former students seeking advice or sharing experiences. Of particular interest are letters received during the World War II years from people stationed or teaching overseas, or working in hospitals on the home front. Also documented are Streng's activities as chairperson of the department.

The faculty minutes (1959-1988) note curriculum developments, faculty activities and department events, such as workshops and institutes, committee reports, and general announcements.

The collection also contains records of the Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities and its predecessor the School for Research on Language Disorders. Included are reports, parents' guides, handbooks, brochures, policy statements, curriculum and executive committee meeting minutes, and final documents regarding the move to the Campus School.

Other records include miscellaneous committee files; workshop brochures, correspondence, and reports; studies; guidelines for student teachers in schools for the deaf; and a scrapbook (1929-1950) of the Winnie Memorial Fund, a scholarship fund established in memory of Alonzo J. Winnie who established the department for training teachers of the deaf at the Milwaukee Normal School in 1913.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS: There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law. The researcher, however, assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORY NOTE: Alonzo J. Winnie established the Department for Training Teachers of the Deaf at the Milwaukee Normal School in 1913. Stella Stillson Slaughter was director of the Division of the Education of Exceptional Children of the State Teachers College in the early 1930s. Her successors have included: Samuel A. Kirk, Maurice H. Fouracre, Alice Streng, Godfrey D. Stevens, Eugene L. Stevens, Robert L. Erdman, James L. Olson, Paul Haubrich, Richard Fox, and Leopold Dicker.

Streng was director/chairperson of the Division of Exceptional Education of the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee at the time of the 1956 merger creating UWM. After the merger the department was known at the UWM Department of Exceptional Education.

The Department has been known by various names including: Dept. of the Education of Deaf Children, Division of Education of Exceptional Children, Division of Exceptional Children, Division of Exceptional Education, and Division of Education for Exceptional Children.

COLLECTION CITATION: This collection should be cited as:
University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Dept. of Exceptional Education. Office of the Chairperson. Records, 1913-1988. UWM Archival Collection 17. University Archives. Golda Meir Library. University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee.

RELATED COLLECTIONS:  

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. School of Education. Office of the Dean. (UWM Archival Collection 5)

University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee. Campus Elementary School. (UWM Archival Collection 18)


ACQUISITION: This collection originally consisted of six separate series transferred to the Archives before 1989.

PROCESSING: Christel T. Maass reprocessed the collection between February and July 1993.

MARC RECORD SEARCH TERMS: The following terms were used in the online bibliographic MARC record to this collection:
UWM ARCHIVAL COLLECTION 17 BOX FOLDER
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Distinguished Achievement Award, 1964-1965 1 1
Announcements and Brochures, 1956-1968 1 2-3
Career Night, 1959-1960 1 4
Conferences, 1941-1968 1 5
Continuing Education for Deaf Adults, 1967 1 6
Cooperating Personnel in Schools for the Deaf, Report, 1969 1 7
Cooperating Teachers in Schools for the Deaf, Guidelines, 1968 1 8
Correspondence, 1913-1972 1 9-13
Correspondence, Alice Streng, 1934-1969 1 14-24
Culturally Deprived Kindergarten Children, Report, 1965 2 1
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Materials, 1957-1966, undated 2 2
Education of Mentally Retarded, 1959-1963 2 3
Educational Opportunities for Deaf Adults, 1968 2 4
Emotionally Handicapped Children Workshop, 1962 2 5
Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1965-1988 2 6
Exploratory Study of Unusual Learning Difficulties, 1964 2 7
Faculty Minutes, 1959-1969 2 8
Faculty Minutes, 1975-1988 2 9
Graduate Committee, 1962-1967 2 10
Guidelines for Student Teachers in Schools for the Deaf, 1969 2 11
Institute for Parents of Deaf Children, 1952 2 12
Intercampus Committee on Exceptional Education, 1956-1959 2 13
Joint Committee on Interdepartmental Program Concerns, 1976 2 14
Junior League, Open House Packet, 1962 2 15
Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Final Documents, 1970 2 16
Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Parents' Guide, 1961-1970 2 17
Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Trust Fund, 1969 2 18
Mainstreaming, 1976 2 19
Mental Retardation Curriculum Committee, 1970 2 20
Proposal for the Laboratory for Educational Research and Services, an Alternative, 1965 2 21
Psycho-Education Clinic, 1964-1967, undated 2 22
School for Research on Language Disorders, 1960-1965 2 23-24
School for Research on Language Disorders, Annual Meeting, 1963 2 25
School for Research on Language Disorders, Correspondence, 1960-1965 2 26
School for Research on Language Disorders, Curriculum Committee, 1962 2 27
School for Research on Language Disorders, Minutes, 1961-1963 2 28
School for Research on Language Disorders, Parent Study Group, 1965-1967 2 29
School for Research on Language Disorders, Policies and Aims, 1961 2 30
Speech Correction Major, 1936-1952 2 31
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1963-1969 2 32
Winnie Memorial Fund Scrapbook, 1929-1950 2 33
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1942-1959 2 34
Workshops, 1948-1963 2 35
Wright Foundation, 1962-1964 2 36

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