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Fuchs, David W. – OAH Magazine of History, 1990
Traces the life and career of DeWitt Clinton, who served as mayor of New York City, governor of New York, and U.S. senator. Stresses that Clinton deeply impacted the state and nation as the founder of New York City's public schools, as an advocate of higher education for women, and as a major figure in building the Erie Canal. (NL)
Descriptors: Biographies, Educational History, Higher Education, Local History
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Nilsen, Alleen Pace, Ed.; And Others – 1985
The history of Arizona public schooling had a modest beginning in 1864 when the first Territorial Legislature allotted $1,500 to five existing mission schools. The third territorial governor, Anson P. K. Safford, launched a crusade to establish public schools, and by 1877 there were 28. The 1885 Legislature authorized the founding of a Territorial…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Biographies, Black Education, Educational Experience
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1914
The bibliography contained in this bulletin was completed in the year 1913-1914. The sources of information used in the compilation of this bibliography were publications received by the United States Bureau of Education. Documents are classified by the following categories: (1) Generalities; (2) History and description; (3) Biography; (4) Theory…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational History, Educational Practices