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I'm so happy to see this album. Thank you for showcasing an important part of educational history. You may be interested in the references in our chapter, "History of Early Childhood Teacher Education" in the _Handbook of Early Childhood Teacher Education_ edited by Couse and Recchia, which briefly mentions the Rosenwald Fund on page 28 & includes such references as the 1979 article by Cunningham & Osborn entitled, "A historical examination of Blacks in early childhood education," one of the few references available at the time of publication.

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Thank you for the textbook suggestion! I will look into that.

Paige Hendrickson Rosenwald Schools are always a great topic!

You may want to use the Search bar in the Network to see what other resources people have posted on Rosenwald Schools (Hint: quite a diversity). For example, this is one that I posted about a year ago. https://tpsteachersnetwork.org/tps-commons/rosenwald-schools-shaped-black-leaders

Thank you for your help with further resources!

You have started an excellent and resource for all of us, Paige! You have found and posted some key primary sources from LOC.gov. In the Research Guide for the Rosenwald Schools, it looks like the link to External Sites taking you to such places as the National Park Services and the National Trust for Historic Places would be a great place to look.

As Michelle Zupan mentioned, there are some excellent references right here in the Network. This post by Susan Allen is chock full of places to look that Susan and others in the Network have discovered.

And seeing that you are teaching in North Carolina, I am hoping that you have some local primary sources that you can share with us. I did find this list of North Carolina Rosenwald Schools that are listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Some are linked to photos. Are any of these close to where you teach?

Thank you for your help in linking me with other sources! Actually, I'm not a teacher though; I am the University Archivist at Elizabeth City State University and we have a Rosenwald school on our campus. One of the History professors has secured grants for restoring both the Rosenwald school and the Principal's house and has included me to help with preserving materials found there and collaborating on archival displays/exhibits.

The Library has many state-identified Rosenwald school images, so NC may be in there!

Paige, this is very exciting to me! You must be thrilled to be part of the restoration project! I hope when this Leadership class is over, that you will remain active in the Network and periodically send us updates on primary sources that you discover and building photos. Even though you are not a classroom teacher, I envision that the restoration of these buildings will evolve into K-12 field trips and the opportunity to engage students with primary sources! And linking this to the national picture will be very important.

I agree with Ann. As a historian and as an educator I believe the project you're participating is both important and exciting. BH

Paige Hendrickson , I noticed that you uploaded the jpeg image of Rosenwald from the LOC online catalog. If you uploaded the URL to the image instead of the image, the Network would upload the image and all of the bibliographic information automatically. Give it a try. If it works, you can delete your original link to the online catalogue. It's a handy shortcut when creating these albums.

Thank you, Ann! That is certainly a great shortcut for the ones that work. :)

This is an awesome set. I think this woudl help students get a jump start on researching this topic!

Thank you, Randy!

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