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About this Item

Title

  • Free kindergartens : Mr. Mitchell, of Wisconsin presented the following statement of Hon. William Harris, Commissioner of Education, on the subject of free kindergartens.

Summary

  • Statement from the U.S. Commissioner of Education about the merits and costs of adding kindergartens to American schools, at least in the cities. Used by Anna Evans Murray (Daniel Murray's wife) to make a plea to the U.S. Congress for free kindergartens for Washington, D.C.

Names

  • Harris, William Torrey, 1835-1909.
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1897]

Headings

  • -  Kindergarten--Law and legislation--United States

Notes

  • -  "February 12, 1897. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed."
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LC copy has inscription in pencil on t.p.: "Mrs. Anna Evans Murray. A plea to the U.S. Congress for" [free kindergartens] "in Washington, D.C."

Medium

  • 5 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E449 .D16 vol. 24, no. 10

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 91898586

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Harris, William Torrey, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Free kindergartens: Mr. Mitchell, of Wisconsin presented the following statement of Hon. William Harris, Commissioner of Education, on the subject of free kindergartens. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1897] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/91898586/.

APA citation style:

Harris, W. T. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1897) Free kindergartens: Mr. Mitchell, of Wisconsin presented the following statement of Hon. William Harris, Commissioner of Education, on the subject of free kindergartens. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Office] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/91898586/.

MLA citation style:

Harris, William Torrey, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. Free kindergartens: Mr. Mitchell, of Wisconsin presented the following statement of Hon. William Harris, Commissioner of Education, on the subject of free kindergartens. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Office, 1897] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/91898586/>.