John D. Pierce School memorabilia
Collection — Box: 02-07-04
Identifier: MSS-375
Dates
- 1920 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access
Open for research. No restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish material from MSS-375, John D. Pierce School memorabilia, must be obtained from the University Archivist. The University Archivist may be reached by phone at 906-227-1225, or e-mail, archives@nmu.edu. The University Archivist may also be reached in Room 126 of the Learning Resource Center, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI.
Biographical / Historical
Northern operated a teaching laboratory school between 1900 and 1971 and student teachers were assigned to the lab school which opened in September 1900 for their training. Plans for a new laboratory school, which was to be named after the first State Superintendent of Public Instruction, John D. Pierce, were developed in 1922. The John D. Pierce School was first occupied on April 6, 1925 and was dedicated on May 25, 1927. The Pierce School was a laboratory school where Northern students working toward teacher certification were trained. The school included grades K-12 and many of the instructors taught both in the school and at Northern. The state legislature closed the high school in 1961. The elementary grades ended in 1971. For a number of years, the remodeled building was used by the Psychology Department and other offices. Abandoned for several years, it was demolished in 1991-1992.
*The information presented in this historical note was obtained from the book “A Sense of Time: The Encyclopedia of Northern Michigan University” compiled by Russell M. Magnaghi.
**Additional information regarding John D. Pierce and the John D. Pierce School can be found in “Northern Michigan University: The First 75 Years” by Miriam Hilton.
Extent
1 box
Arrangement
The material in this collection, MSS-375, John D. Pierce School memorabilia, is arranged by subject.
- Class reunions.
- Clippings (information artifacts).
- Correspondence.
- Laboratory schools.
- Marquette (Mich.).
- Northern Michigan College of Education period (1941-1955)
- Northern Michigan College of Education.
- Northern Michigan College period (1955-1963)
- Northern Michigan College.
- Northern Michigan University
- Northern Michigan University period (1963-)
- Northern Michigan University. John D. Pierce Training School
- Northern Michigan alumni/alumnae.
- Northern Michigan faculty and staff.
- Northern State Normal School (Mich.).
- Northern State Normal School period (1899-1927)
- Northern State Teachers College (Mich.).
- Northern State Teachers College period (1927-1941)
- Obituaries.
- Oral histories (document genres).
- Photographs.
- Programs (documents).
- Report Cards.
- Teachers -- Training of.
- Title
- John D. Pierce School memorabilia
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Glenda K. Ward, Arrangement and Description Specialist
- Date
- 1/7/2016
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archives Repository
Contact:
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
Harden Learning Resources Center 126
1401 Presque Isle Ave
Marquette 49855 United States
906-227-1225
906-227-1333 (Fax)
archives@nmu.edu
