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Northern Michigan University. John D. Pierce Training School

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1900

Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:

Caroline Gutzman Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Caroline_Gutzman.pdf

Martha Clark letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-023
Scope and Contents note

This collection consists of a letter written by Martha Clark in 1911 that describes the J.D. Pierce Training School's kindergarten room and the children's activities. The letter also describes the teaching of drawing by the teacher, Miss Edwards. The J.D. Pierce Training School was located on the campus of Northern State Normal School (now Northern Michigan University) in Marquette, Michigan and functioned as a training laboratory for student teachers.

Dates: 1911

David Slick Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Slick_David.pdf

Don Bottum (1994) Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Bottum_Don_1994_.pdf

Ernie Beck Interviews Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Beck_Ernie.pdf

Gaball family photograph

 Collection — Box 26-05-02: Series MSS-021
Identifier: MSS-164
Scope and Contents Note This collection contains one photograph showing a mother and her two children standing on the steps in front of the John D. Pierce School in the Kaye Hall Complex at Northern Michigan University in 1963 or 1964. The individuals are, from back to front, Earl E. Gaball, Jr. (then a junior), Susan Gaball Nadeau Dunn (freshman), Nell Giotto Gaball (freshman). Earl graduated with a B.S. degree from NMU in 1965 and went on to earn a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) from the University of Michigan. ...
Dates: 1963-1964

Warren Green papers

 Collection — Box 26-04-01
Identifier: MSS-025
Scope and Contents note

This collection is comprised of a set of (Joseph) Warren Green's grade reports. The collection also includes two photographs of the J.D. Pierce School (of Marquette, Michigan) class of 1939 and their reunion in 1989, and a letter written in 1994 regarding the planning of the next class reunion.

Dates: 1927-1994; Majority of material found within 1927 - 1939

James Hendricks Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Hendricks_James.pdf

John Ogren Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Ogren_John.pdf

Judith Burrows Petersen scrapbook

 Collection — Box 04-07-01
Identifier: MSS-283
Scope and Contents This collection consists of materials contained within a looseleaf binder scrapbook donated to the Archives. Materials to be found within this collection are:Pierce Journal (Summer 1948) The Pierce Journal was established to give college students and teachers who did not have the opportunity to visit the Training School a look at the type of work that was done by each grade. It also served to show students in other classrooms within the school what the other...
Dates: 1943 - 1971; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1953

K.A. (Kaye?) Wahtera Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Wahtera_KA.pdf

Lowell Johnson Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Interview_with_Lowell_Johson.pdf

Mickey Johnson Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Johnson_Mickey.pdf

Olive Fox (1973) Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Fox_Olive_1973.pdf

Rollin Thoren Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Thoren_Rollin_1995.pdf

Josephine Hurst Schils scrapbook

 Collection — Box 24-07-01
Identifier: MSS-255
Scope and Contents note

This collection contains a scrapbook that came to the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives bound in a loose-leaf binder. The contents relate to Josephine Hurst Schils' years as a student at John D. Pierce School and at at Northern Michigan College of Education. Materials include programs, publications, photographs, and newspaper clippings from 1948 to 1998.

Dates: 1948-1998

Thomas Skoog (1994) Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Skoog_Thomas.pdf

Thomas Skoog (1996) Interview Transcript

 Digital Record
Identifier: https://archives.nmu.edu/CUPS%20Transcripts/Skoog_Thomas_1996.pdf

Rollie Thoren photographs

 Collection — Box 26-05-02: Series MSS-021
Identifier: MSS-152
Scope and Contents Note

This collection consists of photographs of Rollie Thoren and his friends and family members in and around the Marquette, Michigan area. Also included in the collection are two different color photocopies of Thoren's "Poem of the Day" creations, which combine photographs and text. Some of the photographs have handwritten labels on the back. Some images appear to be of the J.D. Pierce School at the Northern State Teachers' College. The materials are all dated 1935.

Dates: 1935

Charles J. Westen papers

 Collection — Box 08-06-01
Identifier: MSS-070
Scope and Contents note This collection contains papers, correspondence, and memorabilia of Charles Westen's years at Northern Michigan University in Marquette, Michigan. The collection also includes photographs of Westen and the Marquette area that date to the 1950s. Also included is the "Sixth Grade Reporter," a student newspaper for J.D. Pierce School. Photographs document Westen's J.D. Pierce School class, his professional teaching career, family fishing and camping trips, and cross-country ski trips. The...
Dates: 1948 - 1960

Additional filters:

Type
Digital Record 13
Collection 8
 
Subject
Oral histories (document genres). 14
Upper Peninsula (Mich.). 14
Transcripts. 13
Northern Michigan alumni/alumnae. 9
Marquette (Mich.). 8

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