Alice Barrows Papers

Collection

Identifier: SpC MS 0894-sc

Staff Only

Scope and Content Note

The papers of an American educator. Included are letters, publications, clippings, and notes, relating to Miss Barrows' work in education; a manuscript for an autobiography which she never completed; some family material, particularly concerning Charles Dana Barrows (1846-1892); a genealogy of the Prentice family; deeds (1820-1839) from Fryeburg, Maine; notes on impressions of Thomas Brackett Reed; photographs of family members; and a photocopy of an article about her in Urban Education (v. 9, no. 3, Oct. 1974) by Raymond A. Mohl titled Urban education in the twentieth century: Alice Barrows and the platoon school plan.

Dates

Creation: 1820-1974

Creator

Barrows, Alice, 1878-1954 (Person)

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Use Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Alice Prentice Barrows was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter, granddaughter and great-granddaughter of Congregational ministers and died in New York City in 1954. She graduated from Vassar College in 1900 and became a teacher. She later became a noted specialist in school building problems and devoted forty-one years to the cause of education, twenty-three of them in the U.S. Office of Education. After her retirement in 1942 she lived in East Blue Hill, Maine.

Biographical Note

Charles Dana Barrows, father of Alice Prentice Barrows, was born in Fryeburg, Maine in 1844 and died in 1892. He married Marion C. Merrill in 1866 and they had 4 children: Malcolm Dana, Charles Dana, Alice Prentice, and Samuel Fay. He was principal of Fryeburg Academy and later became minister of the First Congregational Church in San Francisco, California.

Biographical Note

Charles Dana Barrows, brother of Alice Prentice Barrows, was born in Lowell, Massachusetts in 1871 and died in 1926. He was purchasing agent for the Maine Central Railroad for 29 years.

Biographical Note

Thomas Brackett Reed, uncle of Alice Prentice Barrows, represented Maine in the U.S. Congress for 20 years, was Speaker of the House of Representatives, and candidate in the primaries for President of the U.S. on the Republican ticket in 1900.

Biographical Note

Dr. Rueul Barrows, native of Hebron, Maine, settled in Fryeburg around 1817, continued with a large medical practice, and was the leading physician in Oxford County.