Title: UW-Milwaukee Dept. of Exceptional Education Records
Inclusive Dates: 1913-1988

Creator:

• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Dept. of Exceptional Education. Office of the Chairperson

Call Number: UWM Archival Collection 17

Quantity: 2 cubic ft. (2 boxes)
Repository:

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives Department

Archival Location:

UW-Milwaukee Libraries, Archives / Milwaukee Area Research Ctr. (Map)

Abstract:

Records of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Exceptional Education and its predecessors. The majority of the records are from the 1960s and appear to have been created or compiled by the department chair.

Language: English

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Alonzo J. Winnie established the Department for Training Teachers of the Deaf at the Milwaukee Normal School in 1913. Stella Stillson Slaughter was director of the Division of the Education of Exceptional Children of the State Teachers College in the early 1930s. Her successors have included: Samuel A. Kirk, Maurice H. Fouracre, Alice Streng, Godfrey D. Stevens, Eugene L. Stevens, Robert L. Erdman, James L. Olson, Paul Haubrich, Richard Fox, and Leopold Dicker.

Streng was director/chair of the Division of Exceptional Education of the Wisconsin State College, Milwaukee at the time of the 1956 merger creating UWM. After the merger the department was known at the UWM Department of Exceptional Education.

The Department has been known by various names including: Dept. of the Education of Deaf Children, Division of Education of Exceptional Children, Division of Exceptional Children, Division of Exceptional Education, and Division of Education for Exceptional Children.

The collection contains a large number of correspondence files (1913-1972) from the chair documenting his/her activities, department functions, curriculum and course developments, student testing, practice teaching, and budget requirements. Correspondence with the dean of the School of Education and letters of department faculty members are also found in the correspondence files. Also included is a series of Alice Streng correspondence (1934-1969), much of it concerning the education of deaf children and the training of teachers of the deaf. A large number of the letters appear to be from friends and/or former students seeking advice or sharing experiences. Of particular interest are letters received during the World War II years from people stationed or teaching overseas, or working in hospitals on the home front. Also documented are Streng's activities as chairperson of the department.

The faculty minutes (1959-1988) note curriculum developments, faculty activities and department events, such as workshops and institutes, committee reports, and general announcements.

The collection also contains records of the Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities and its predecessor the School for Research on Language Disorders. Included are reports, parents' guides, handbooks, brochures, policy statements, curriculum and executive committee meeting minutes, and final documents regarding the move to the Campus School.

Other records include miscellaneous committee files; workshop brochures, correspondence, and reports; studies; guidelines for student teachers in schools for the deaf; and a scrapbook (1929-1950) of the Winnie Memorial Fund, a scholarship fund established in memory of Alonzo J. Winnie who established a department for training teachers of the deaf at the Milwaukee Normal School in 1913.

The files are organized alphabetically by subject, then chronologically.

Citation Guide for Primary Sources

• UW-Milwaukee School of Education Records. UWM Archival Collection 5.

Access Restrictions

There are no access restrictions on the materials, and the collection is open to all members of the public in accordance with state law.

Use Restrictions

The researcher assumes full responsibility for conforming with the laws of libel, privacy, and copyright which may be involved in the use of this collection (Wisconsin Statutes 19.21-19.39).

Acquisition Information

This collection originally consisted of six separate series transferred to the Archives before 1989.

Processing Information

Christel T. Maass reprocessed the collection between February and July 1993.

Box   1 Folder   1	American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Distinguished Achievement Award, 1964-1965
Box   1 Folder   2-3	Announcements and Brochures, 1956-1968
Box   1 Folder   4	Career Night, 1959-1960
Box   1 Folder   5	Conferences, 1941-1968
Box   1 Folder   6	Continuing Education for Deaf Adults, 1967
Box   1 Folder   7	Cooperating Personnel in Schools for the Deaf, Report, 1969
Box   1 Folder   8	Cooperating Teachers in Schools for the Deaf, Guidelines, 1968
Box   1 Folder   9-13	Correspondence, 1913-1972
Box   1 Folder   14-24	Correspondence, Alice Streng, 1934-1969
Box   2 Folder   1	Culturally Deprived Kindergarten Children, Report, 1965
Box   2 Folder   2	Deaf and Hard of Hearing Materials, 1957-1966, undated
Box   2 Folder   3	Education of Mentally Retarded, 1959-1963
Box   2 Folder   4	Educational Opportunities for Deaf Adults, 1968
Box   2 Folder   5	Emotionally Handicapped Children Workshop, 1962
Box   2 Folder   6	Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1965-1988
Box   2 Folder   7	Exploratory Study of Unusual Learning Difficulties, 1964
Box   2 Folder   8	Faculty Minutes, 1959-1969
Box   2 Folder   9	Faculty Minutes, 1975-1988
Box   2 Folder   10	Graduate Committee, 1962-1967
Box   2 Folder   11	Guidelines for Student Teachers in Schools for the Deaf, 1969
Box   2 Folder   12	Institute for Parents of Deaf Children, 1952
Box   2 Folder   13	Intercampus Committee on Exceptional Education, 1956-1959
Box   2 Folder   14	Joint Committee on Interdepartmental Program Concerns, 1976
Box   2 Folder   15	Junior League, Open House Packet, 1962
Box   2 Folder   16	Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Final Documents, 1970
Box   2 Folder   17	Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Parents' Guide, 1961-1970
Box   2 Folder   18	Laboratory School for Special Learning Disabilities, Trust Fund, 1969
Box   2 Folder   19	Mainstreaming, 1976
Box   2 Folder   20	Mental Retardation Curriculum Committee, 1970
Box   2 Folder   21	Proposal for the Laboratory for Educational Research and Services, an Alternative, 1965
Box   2 Folder   22	Psycho-Education Clinic, 1964-1967, undated
Box   2 Folder   23-24	School for Research on Language Disorders, 1960-1965
Box   2 Folder   25	School for Research on Language Disorders, Annual Meeting, 1963
Box   2 Folder   26	School for Research on Language Disorders, Correspondence, 1960-1965
Box   2 Folder   27	School for Research on Language Disorders, Curriculum Committee, 1962
Box   2 Folder   28	School for Research on Language Disorders, Minutes, 1961-1963
Box   2 Folder   29	School for Research on Language Disorders, Parent Study Group, 1965-1967
Box   2 Folder   30	School for Research on Language Disorders, Policies and Aims, 1961
Box   2 Folder   31	Speech Correction Major, 1936-1952
Box   2 Folder   32	Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1963-1969
Box   2 Folder   33	Winnie Memorial Fund Scrapbook, 1929-1950
Box   2 Folder   34	Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 1942-1959
Box   2 Folder   35	Workshops, 1948-1963
Box   2 Folder   36	Wright Foundation, 1962-1964