RG10 Faculty & Staff Papers

Subgroup 2: Jessie Stanton papers (1923-1976)

Title: Jessie Stanton papers
Call #:  RG10 SG2
Dates: 1923-1976

Abstract: The Jessie Stanton papers were generated by Stanton in the course of her professional life, in the mid-twentieth century. Much of the materials concern her studies and lead roles in the fields of preschool education and child welfare.  Her work was collected in observational notes, reports, speeches, correspondence, publications, and other formats.

Language of Material: English
Location: Bank Street College Archives New York, NY
Preferred Citation: Jessie Stanton papers, Box #, Bank Street College Archives, New York, NY

Biographical Note

Jessie Stanton was born in Brooklyn in 1887. After leaving Barnard College in 1919, Stanton taught at the City and Country School for 10 years. She then went on to organize the Mt. Kemble School in Morristown, NJ. Following her time at Mt. Kemble, she served as assistant director of the Nursery School under Harriet Johnson and took over the directorship after Johnson’s death in 1934.

Stanton taught classes on child development and nursery education at Bank Street and several other institutions. She was a strong advocate for early childhood education. She worked with Dr. Benjamin Spock on The Baby Institute, a nationwide daily radio program about young children. She served on the Board of Trustees for Bank Street, as well as for other private nursery schools, daycare centers and committees. She died in 1976.

Scope and Content Note

The collection documents Jessie Stanton’s professional work from 1923 until her death in 1976, and is divided into seven series. These are correspondence; lectures, transcripts, and published and unpublished writings; observations and notes; personal and biographical materials; course materials; consulting work; and press clippings.

To search and read detailed descriptions of the series and lists of folder titles within each series, click the following link to access the guide for the entire subgroup.

Complete Guide to Subgroup 2 – Jessie Stanton papers (pdf)

The subgroup consists of the following series.

SERIES A – Correspondence (1937-1974)

SERIES B – Lectures, Transcripts, and Published and Unpublished Writings (1928-1950)

SERIES C – Observations and Notes (1923-1943)

SERIES D – Personal and Biographical Materials (1963-1976)

SERIES E – Course Materials (1942-1952)

SERIES F – Consulting Work (1934-1961)

SERIES G – Press Clippings (1942-1943)

Controlled Access Headings

  • Corporate Name(s)
    • Bank Street College of Education
    • New York (N.Y.). Bureau of Educational Experiments
  • Genre(s)
    • Administrative records
    • Correspondence
    • Instructional and educational works
    • Notes
    • Publications
    • Reports
    • Transcripts
  • Geographic Name(s)
    • New York (N.Y.)
    • United States
  • Personal Name(s)
    • Johnson, Harriet M. (Harriet Merrill), 1867-1934
    • Stanton, Jessie
  • Subject(s)
    • Child care
    • Child development — New York (State) — New York
    • Child development — United States — History — 20th century
    • Education
    • Educators
    • Nursery schools — New York (State) — New York
    • Radio programs
    • Teachers colleges — New York (State)
    • Teachers — Training of — History
    • Women educators