Alice Houston Luiggi papers, 1866-1952, bulk 1948-1952
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Summary
- Creator:
- Luiggi, Alice Houston, 1886-1963
- Abstract:
- Alice Houston Luiggi was an author, of New York City. Collection comprises research material gathered by Mrs. Luiggi for her book, "65 Valiants" (University of Florida Press, 1965) concerning American teachers who helped establish teacher education and public schools in Argentina during the 1870s and 1880s.
- Extent:
- 5.6 Linear Feet (1,514 items)
- Language:
- Materials in English
- Collection ID:
- RL.11475
Background
- Scope and content:
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Collection comprises research material gathered by Mrs. Luiggi for her book, "65 Valiants" (University of Florida Press, 1965) concerning American teachers who helped establish teacher education and public schools in Argentina during the 1870s and 1880s. The bulk of the collection consists of letters of various sources about each of the teachers, and notes taken in interviews, and from other sources. There are copies of letters of the 1870s and 1880s by Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Mary Tyler Peabody Mann. There is information on kindergartens in Boston, Saint Louis, and Washington, D.C.; and the Armstrong, Atkinson, Eccleston, and Stearns families. There is a diary of Sarah Eccleston, 1883-1886; along with pictures of Mrs. Mann and Sarmiento; and photographs of busts of Horace Mann and Abraham Lincoln. There are also 92 black-and-white photographs and 43 negatives providing images of the teachers, including several cartes-de-visite and one tin type.
- Biographical / historical:
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Alice Houston Luiggi was an author, of New York City.
- Acquisition information:
- The Alice Houston Luiggi Papers were received by the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book Manuscript Library as a gift in 1964.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Alice Poffinberger, May, 2017
- Arrangement:
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Organized into the following series: Teacher files, pictures.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
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[Identification of item], Alice Houston Luiggi Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University.