Pamphlet, International Correspondence Schools Instruction Paper with Examination Questions, Practical Mathematics
date: label: Date made
content: 1915
name: label: author
content: International Correspondence Schools
label: publisher
content: International Textbook Company
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content: This instruction paper with examination questions offers the first part of a correspondence course on practical mathematics published by one of the first of proprietary correspondence schools, the International Correspondence Schools of Scranton, Pennsylvania. The firm grew out of Pennsylvania legislation from 1885 that required miners and mine inspectors to pass examinations in mine safety. T. J. Foster, editor of a journal called Collier Engineer and Metal Miner, began publishing an educational column on methods and machinery of mining. This proved of sufficient interest for Fischer to start offering correspondence courses on coal mining. This soon expanded to include a wide range of topics, including mathematics. By 1915, when this leaflet was published, the company was taking out copyrights in Great Britain as well as the United States.
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content: A signature on the first page of text reads: Geo Yeager finished 10-5-18 (/) EAL 39374. The booklet also includes a loose order blank and price list for Technical Supply Company in Scranton, Pa.
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content: Reference:
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content: J. D. Watkinson, “’Education for Success’: The International Correspondence Schools of Scranton,
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content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Scranton
topic: label: Subject
content: Mathematics
label: Subject
content: Education
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content: Medicine and Science: Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arthur Skebeck
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.3001.17
label: catalog number
content: 1982.3001.17
label: nonaccession number
content: 1982.3001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pamphlet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 15 cm x 23 cm; 5 29/32 in x 9 1/16 in