Title
Tremont Temple, Boston
Subject
Amos Bronson Alcott began his Temple School here
Description
Tremont Temple, Boston. This is where Alcott's Temple School opened September 22, 1834. Regarded as the most famous of his educational experiments, Temple School allowed Alcott to put his progressive theories and teaching principles into practice.
Two fellow Transcendentalists Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Margaret Fuller were hired as assistants.
Elizabeth Peabody published the framework for Temple School in her book Record of a School in 1835, before opening the first kindergarten in the United States.
A. Bronson Alcott wrote about the time at Temple School in a pair of volumes titled Conversations With Children on the Gospels in 1836.
Two fellow Transcendentalists Elizabeth Palmer Peabody and Margaret Fuller were hired as assistants.
Elizabeth Peabody published the framework for Temple School in her book Record of a School in 1835, before opening the first kindergarten in the United States.
A. Bronson Alcott wrote about the time at Temple School in a pair of volumes titled Conversations With Children on the Gospels in 1836.
Creator
Detroit Publishing Company Photograph Collection
Publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
Date
c1900.
Contributor
Detroit Publishing Company
Rights
No known restrictions on publication.
Format
Dry plate negatives.
Original Format
Dry plate negatives.
Physical Dimensions
Medium: 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.