Demonstration School Records
Scope and Contents
This collection includes records and photographs taken from the Demonstration School just prior to its renovation into Turner Hall. Records include administrative and teacher records, as well as School plans.
Dates
- Creation: 1938 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research. Box C509 is closed due to confidential records.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
All unpublished materials are protected by copyright held by Mississippi University for Women. Permission to publish or reproduce must be requested in writing to the University Archivist. Published materials may also be protected by copyright, and the user must locate and request permission from copyright holder to publish or reproduce.
Biographical / Historical
The Demonstration School was originally an initiative of, and
housed within, the Normal Department, which became Education and Psychology in 1911. Annie Fant of the Education Dept. requested that the president fund "an experimental class composed of at least the first two grades of the elementary School " for training education students. In 1907-1908 the Model School was founded composed of 3 grades and 30 students. In 1909 it was renamed the Practice School . In 1929, the Demonstration School building was constructed on 11th Street, which is now a Mississippi Landmark and is being renovated for use by the College of Nursing. In FY 2001 all positions eliminated in budget but $60,000 contractual fund added (possibly positions transferred to Columbus Public School s). In FY 2005 the School was discontinued.
Principals:
1907-1912: Annie Faust (Director)
1910-1912: Sadie Chiles (Co-director with Faust)
1912-1914: Mary Austin (Director)
1912-1913: Jimmie Youngblood (Co-director with Austin)
1914-1919: Ava Allen (Director)
1919-1923: Rosa Wyatt (Director)
1923-1925: Lois Wier (Director)
1926-1929: Mary H. Hutchinson (Director)
1929-1930: Mary H. Hutchinson (Supervisor of Instruction Sessions)
1930-1931: Mildred McMillan
1931-1932: C. F. McElhinney (Director)
1932-1954: Mary H. Hutchinson
1955-1977: Maude Walker
1978-1982: Ronald Towery
1989-1991: Alma Turner
1994-2000: Rochelle Brown
2000-2004: Mike Haynie
Extent
7 Linear Feet (7 archival boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Appraisal
This collection is slated for permanent retention
- Title
- Demonstration School Records
- Author
- Created: Derek Webb Updated: Victoria Jones
- Date
- Created 2017. Updated 2021.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Beulah Culbertson Archives & Special Collections Repository
Fant Memorial Library
1100 College Ave, MUW-1625
Columbus Mississippi 39701
6622417601
archives@muw.edu