Charlotte E. King Papers

Collection

Identifier: 005

Staff Only

This collection is divided into 6 Series: Writings, Awards, Tapes, Letters, Teaching Materials and Collection Information. Series 1: Writings contains various pieces of works by Charlotte King, including essays that she wrote based on her experience as an early educator, speeches that she delivered during her time as a professor at West Chester University, and newspaper articles that were written about Charlotte King and her achievements. Series 2: Awards includes certificates and plaques presented to Charlotte King mostly based on her involvement within the university and after she retired. It also contains a subseries Freedom Foundation, which was a foundation that awarded her for one of her prominent essays. The subseries contains items from the presentation of the award, along with newspaper articles written about her accolade. Series 3: Tapes contains both cassette tapes and larger tapes, presumably of other speakers and conferences. Series 4: Letters includes correspondence written both to and from Charlotte King. Some are from her career, travels, and her childhood. Series 5: Teaching Materials contains both photographs and notebooks from King's elementary school teaching career. Series 6: Collection Information contains miscellaneous materials related to the collection.

Dates

1938-1993

Creator

King, Charlotte (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for research

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Manuscript collections and archival records may contain materials with sensitive or confidential information that is protected under federal or state rights to privacy laws and regulations. Researchers are advised that the disclosure of certain information pertaining to identifiable living individuals represented in this collection without the consent of those individuals may have legal ramifications (e.g., a cause of action under common law for invasion of privacy may arise if facts concerning an individual's private life are published that would be deemed highly offensive to a reasonable person) for which West Chester University assumes no responsibility.

Extent

3.00 Boxes

Additional Description

Abstract

Charlotte E. King (1922-1993) was a professor of elementary education at West Chester University from 1955 to 1983; she was named professor emeritus in 1984. This collection includes materials that accompanied King in her career, including her essays, awards, speeches, newspaper articles, correspondence, tapes, and photographs.

Arrangement See individual series descriptions.

Biographical or Historical Information

Charlotte E. King (1922-1993) was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania and received all of her education in Philadelphia. She attended Temple University and received a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a doctorate in education. Prior to her employment at West Chester, she was an elementary school teacher in New Jersey from about 1946 until she was employed at the university. King was a professor at West Chester University from 1955-1983. At West Chester, she was a chairman of the Department of Elementary Education and a professor of Childhood Studies and Reading. King received many awards during her time as an instructor, including being named professor emeritus in 1984 after her retirement.Note written by Taylor L. Getty