Lucy E. Walby papers
Abstract
The Lucy E. Walby papers (dated 1878-1936, bulk 1900-1931; 3.25 cubic feet; 6 boxes) are the papers of kindergarten teacher, Lucy E. Walby, who served as principal of the kindergarten at Morton School, and later Maxwell School, in Lexington, Kentucky. The materials primarily relate to kindergarten instruction, including teaching methods, class planning, stories, and art instruction, but also document Walby's involvement with the Episcopal Church and the mission school in Proctor, Kentucky.
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Lucy E. Walby papers
- Date
- 1878-1936, 1900-1931 (bulk dates) (inclusive)
- 1900-1931 (bulk)
- Extent
- 3.25 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Education -- Kentucky -- Lexington.
- Education -- Kentucky -- Proctor.
- Educators -- Kentucky.
- Kindergarten -- Kentucky.
- Bert T. Combs Appalachian Collection
- Preferred Citation
- 73M8: [Identification of item], Lucy E. Walby papers, 1878-1936, University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Lucy Walby was principal of the first kindergarten at Morton School in Lexington, Kentucky. She studied Kindergarten Theory under Sallie Adams, who in turn had studied in St. Louis with Susan Blow (1843-1916), a pioneer in the American Kindergarten Movement. Adams brought what she learned from Blow back to her hometown of Lexington and opened the first school for training kindergartners in the south. Walby was a graduate of Adams' first class.
- When Lexington's Maxwell School opened in 1903, Walby served as head of kindergarten there until her retirement in 1931. In addition to teaching, Walby was active within the Episcopal Church and was also involved with the mission school at Proctor in Lee County, Kentucky.
- Scope and Content
- The majority of the Lucy E. Walby papers (dated 1878-1936, bulk 1900-1931; 3.25 cubic feet; 6 boxes) contains material relating to kindergarten instruction, including teaching methods, class planning, and other classroom aids. A number of children's stories are included as well as several pattern books pertaining to art instruction. There are a few rosters of Walby's classes. Papers and several photographs document Walby's religious work, including her involvement with the mission school at Proctor in Lee County. Many items relate to the Episcopal church in general.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointments.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Libraries Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
CHURCH MATERIALS, 1900-1924
Scope and Contents note
These materials relate to Walby's involvement with churches in Lexington, Kentucky.
CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL (LEXINGTON, KY)
GOOD SHEPHERD CHURCH (LEXINGTON, KY)
KINDERGARTEN MATERIALS, 1878-1931
Scope and Contents note
This section includes materials relating to Lucy Walby's education, such as school certificates and notes, as well as materials relating to her professional associations and to Kindergarten education in general.
Christ Church Seminary Certificates, 1878, 1881
Chautauqua Assembly, July 23, 1896 -
School Certificates, June 10, 1892; July 1897
Correspondence, 1923-1931
Daily attendance records, February 1910 - February 1923
Financial records and notes, 1915-1916
National Kindergarten and Elementary College, Views, 1921-1922
Detroit Kindergarten Tests, 1921-1925
Committee of Kindergarten Extension, Minutes, March 15, 1923 - April 20, 1923
Loose leaf notebook, 1923-1924
Elizabeth Harrison Clippings and Memorial Service Invitation, 1927-1930
- Box 1, folder 17
Scope and Contents note
Elizabeth Harrison was Founder and first President of the National Kindergarten and Elementary College.
Miscellaneous Material, ca. 1894-1931
- Box 1, folder 18
Scope and Contents note
This folder includes notes and pamphlets relating to Kindergarten education.
TEACHING MATERIALS, 1891-1930
Scope and Contents note
This section includes lesson plans, stories, music, patterns, and games which Walby used in her teaching of Kindergarten classes.
PROGRAMS, 1901-1912
SUBJECTS FOR THE WEEK, 1899-1901
STORIES AND MUSIC, 1891-1930
Stories, 1891-1899
Stories and notes, 1899-1904
Stories, 1902-1929
Stories, 1919-1930
Empty Binder [previously contained the contents of Box 3, Folder 4]
Songs and Music, May 10, 1894; 1910; 1923
ART INSTRUCTION, 1891-1900
Sewing and Brush Work
Weaving
Patterns and Games
PHOTOGRAPHS, 1900
Roughly paved road with multiple buildings along the left side, undated
Group of people walking on roughly paved road with buildings on left side, undated
Rundown service station and garage along roughly paved road, undated
Interior of Proctor mission house church, undated
Proctor mission house kindergarten room with chairs arranged in front of a piano, undated
Classroom with painted wall and table with building blocks, undated
Wooden cabinets with wooden blocks stacked on top, undated
Toy wooden train engine on a table, undated
Wall with chalkboard lined with wooden tables, undated
Three women and a child at a table with wooden blocks, undated
Group of young children and woman standing around a table in a classroom, undated
Group of young children and a woman standing around a table in a classroom, undated
Group of young children and a woman in a classroom, undated
Group of young children and a woman in a classroom, undated
Group of young children and a woman in a classroom, undated
Large group of young children seated around a Lucy Walby, undated
Group of young children and a woman in the Proctor mission house kindergarten room, several children hold or wave American flags, undated
Large group of children of varying ages standing outside of a building, undated
Fourteen young women wearing bonnets in a cooking class at the Proctor Mission House, 1900 July
Fourteen young women seated around a table on a porch, undated
Three girls seated in a flower bed next to a building, undated
Six young children in a sandbox by a building, undated
Boy holding young child with a woman kneeling next to him, undated
Woman spinning thread on a large spinning wheel next to a large loom, undated
Woman standing at large spinning wheel with elderly woman sitting at a loom next to her, undated
Elderly woman at spinning wheel with elderly man sitting next to spinning wheel, undated
River with fields and hills in the distance, undated
River with steep banks and an island in the middle, undated
Ladies standing on a dock in a pond, undated
Woman sitting on the ground at the foundation of a building, undated
Four ladies sitting on the ground at the foundation of a building, undated
The creek going to Pine Grove, undated
Two women on a horse drawn cart in front of a building, undated
Wooden building with sign reading The McGuire Coal Co. Incorporated, Beattyville Kentucky, undated
Three ladies and a man on a railroad handcar, undated
Group of women and men in a railcar, undated
Four women and a man standing at the entrance to a mine, undated
Four women and a man standing at the entrance to a mine, undated
Three women and a man standing on a railroad handcar, undated
Four women on a railroad handcar underneath a wooden structure, undated
Group of three ladies and three men entering into a steam engine train car, undated
Railroad bridge, undated
Photograph Album, undated
Lucy Walby in the Proctor Mission House kindergarten classroom with a group of small children sitting on the floor, undated
Landscape image of a rural town, undated
Small building on a dirt road with three women standing in doors and windows, small building on dirt road with trees, written on page, The Proctor Mission House was known as Maguires tavern in the days when Hiram Maguire ran a house boat down the Kentucky River and the country had another way of traffic, two views of the mission home, undated
Side of a wooden building showing yard, written on page, A third view of the mission house, undated
Proctor Mission House chapel interior, written on page, chapel in the Mission House, undated
Large group of small children in the Proctor Mission House kindergarten room, written on page, Kindergarten room in the Mission House, undated
Large group of young children and three young women outside of the Proctor Mission House, written on page, The Kindergarten on the back porch and in the yard, undated
Lucy Walby in Proctor Mission House Kindergarten classroom with a group of small children sitting on the floor, undated
Children and a woman sitting outside on chairs, undated
Group of children and a woman under a tree, undated
Back of the Proctor Mission house, back yard of the Proctor Mission House, written on page, a glimpse of the back yard, undated
Two children standing against fence in yard, two young children playing in a sandbox, written on page, the well, Dock Bailey's house in the background, Dudley and Clay, Robert and Guy in the sand pile, undated
Woman spinning yarn at spinning wheel, undated
Group of women and men sitting on a porch around a dog, undated
Barefoot girl holding shoes and books outside of a building, written on page, Jessie Smith, undated
Group of boys with tools outside of building, group of young women inside around a wood burning stove, written on page, the young carpenters, Mr. Payne in charge, A morning's work for the cooking class, undated
Group of women on a covered porch making baskets, group of women outside holding unfinished baskets, written on page, the basket class at work on the back porch, undated
Group of women standing around a table on a covered porch, table filled with finished baskets, written on page, the result of a mornings work of the cooking class, the baskets on the new kindergarten table, undated
Six children in a sandbox outside of the Proctor Mission House, written on page, our kindergarten babies in the sand pile waiting for Mary Martin, undated
Five boys outside of a wooden building, small house with a stone foundation, written on page, five members of the Proctor league, our offsite neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Crook, undated
Large group of people standing around a wooden building on a dirt path, girl riding a horse on a dirt path surrounded by trees, written on page, after the service at Pine Grove, a kindergartener on her way to Pine Grove, undated
Boy holding a young child with a woman kneeling next to him, undated
Small log cabin in a forest clearing, four people in a horse drawn cart on a dirt road, two women on horses in front of a wooden building, three women standing on the porch of a log cabin, written on page, a home near Pine Grove, on our way to Bear Track, starting to "go to muling", on contrary creek, undated
Four women in a boat on a lake, wooden house on a hill, written on page, South Fork Jane Cavie Charlie and my Jaidner, the first court house in Lu County, undated
Family in front of a wooden house, elderly man walking on a dirt road, written on page, a house on Bear Track, the home of our friends the May family, an old man of the mountains, undated
Street lined with several wooden houses, group of people with their backs turned to the camera in front of a wooden structure, written on page, a cross street in Beattyville the bank in the background, the baptism up the gap, undated
Rocky path in a forest, log cabin with a family in the doorway, boy holding a bucket surrounded by rundown buildings, two women and five men on a cart in front of a wooden building, written on page, up Contrary Creek, a windowless log cabin, at the mouth of the McGuire mines, when we went up Stuffle Bean for a service, undated
Two women in a boat on the bank of a lake, four women in a boat on a lake, Cary and Jane sailing the boat to take some of us for a ride, on the way to Nash Brand rock, undated
Two boys standing around a well, three women washing clothes in wooden buckets on a riverbank, man walking on dirt road, written on page, two of our boys at home, the weekly washing on the river bank, Mr. Patterson about his father's business, undated
Group of women on a bridge over a river, girl standing outside wearing a large bonnet, river and mountains, man riding a mule, written on page, the river Jenny. On our way to the Norman Mines, the watch hat, the Kentucky River at Sulfur Spring north fork, undated
Back yard of the Proctor Mission house with a boy playing in a sandbox, written on page, sand pile in mission yard, undated
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