Abstract
The Holland School at Curren Terrace in Norristown, Pennsylvania opened around 1930 as the Martha Holland Day School. As of 2012, the Holland School was still operating as Tot Time Child Development Center. The Holland School scrapbooks, 1931-1976, consist of scrapbooks put together by classes, with thank-you notes to teachers, photographs, and descriptions of and ephemera from class trips. There are also some loose newspaper clippings and greeting cards in the collection, as well as three notebooks from class secretaries.
Biography/History
The Martha Holland Day School at Curren Terrace in Norristown, Pennsylvania opened around 1930, offering kindergarten, primary, and elementary schooling. By 1950, its name was shortened to the
Holland School, and it was billed as "A Modern School for Boys and Girls from Nursery School and Kindergarten through the Sixth Grade, recognizing individual differences." As of 2012, the Holland
School was still operating as Tot Time Child Development Center.
Bibliography
Quoted text from document in collection, 1949-1950.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of scrapbooks put together by classes, with thank-you notes to teachers, photographs, and descriptions of and ephemera from class trips. There are also some loose newspaper
clippings and greeting cards in the collection, as well as three notebooks from class secretaries.
Finding aid prepared by Celia Caust-Ellenbogen and Michael Gubicza through the Historical Society of Pennsylvania's Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories