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Mar 24, 1973 · He formerly taught at the Ethical Culture School in New York and had been chairman of the Liberal party in Suffolk County. Surviving are his widow, the former Julia Lewis Hewitt; a son, Thornton...
- Allen, Hollis P.
- Dewey, Sabino L.
- Gould, Arthur
- Schneider, Herbert
- Spencer, Peter L.
Educator
A series of interviews discussing Mr. Allen’s long career as a Professor of Education, specializing in school administration. Hollis P. Allen graduated from Pomona College (1918) and was a member of the Claremont Graduate School faculty from 1925 until 1960. Interviewer: Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program. This interview is Not Restricted; please Contact us for more information. Return to Top of page
Teacher
Adopted son of John Dewey. Sabino Dewey relates the story of how, as a boy of five, he was adopted by Dr. and Mrs. John Dewey while they were in Italy. He talks about life in the Dewey household and his particularly close relationship with his father. Interviewers: Malcolm P. Douglass, Professor of Education, Claremont Graduate School. Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program. Restricted Interview. Contact us for more information. Top of page.
Educator
Assistant Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, Los Angeles City Schools (1918-1944). Describes childhood and schooling in La Canada and Pasadena and living with the Charles B. Sumner family while attending Pomona College (1897-1901), graduate study at Yale (M.A., 1904). Relates experiences as teacher and principal in San Diego Schools (1905-1908). In the main, discusses his responsibilities in Los Angeles school system for shaping structure and curriculum in a rapidly expanding period, g...
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As an undergraduate and graduate student, and then as a faculty member, Dr. Schneider worked closely with John Dewey. Comments of Dewey’s basic theories about education, his philosophy of art, his political beliefs, and his attitudes about religion. Discusses Dewey’s relationship with students and associates and his feelings about the Progressive Education Movement. Additional remarks on the Blaisdell Institute for the Advanced Study in World Cultures and Religions, an affiliate of the Clarem...
Educator
Mr. Spencer was a Professor of Education, with specialties in arithmetic and reading. He came to Claremont as a Claremont Graduate School faculty member from 1931 to 1958. The interview focuses on Mr. Spencer’s career in education during the period he was at the Graduate School. Interviewer: Enid H. Douglass, Oral History Program. Restricted Interview. Contact us for more information. Top of page.
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Dewey, Sabino L. See Dewey, Sabino L. in Education. Douglass, M. Evelyn Fitzsimmons (1887-1971) Secretary Comments on G. Stanley Hall and the Career of her Husband, Aubrey A. Douglass, 1963. Secretary to G. Stanley Hall, President of Clark University; wife of Aubrey A. Douglass, educator. Describes her ten-year service (1908-1918) as personal
Sabino L. Dewey, interview by Malcolm P. Douglass and Enid H. Douglass, Claremont Graduate School, June 19, 1966, July 20, 1967, and September 12, 1970. John Dewey to Alice Dewey, March 6, 1905, Correspondence of John Dewey, Center for Dewey Studies, Southern Illinois University.
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Feb 1, 2017 · The Dewey School as Triumph, Tragedy, and Misunderstood: Exploring the Myths and Historiography of the University of Chicago Laboratory School - Thomas Fallace, Victoria Fantozzi, 2017. Research article. First published online February 1, 2017.
Feb 1, 2018 · Working in the disability studies tradition, this analysis explores both how the Deweys contended with Sabino's bone tuberculosis as an illness requiring medical treatment and how they navigated the complex political context of deeply discriminatory attitudes surrounding disabled persons.
Biography. Dewey was born in 1928 to Sabino L. Dewey and Edith Elizabeth Greeley. Her father was born in Italy as Sabino Piro Levis and was adopted as a child by the philosopher John Dewey and his wife Alice. [1] [2] She grew up in Huntington, New York, and during high school worked at the laboratory now known as Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. [3]
