https://reuther.wayne.edu/taxonomy/term/1048 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7197 <p>The Merrill-Palmer Institute was founded in 1920 by an endowment from Lizzie Merrill Palmer. Throughout its 61years of independent operation, the Institute was greatly respected and internationally known as one of the top institutions for education, training and research in Child Development. Merrill-Palmer staff conducted and published studies on families and children, operated a nursery school, children’s camps and clubs, offered marriage and family counseling, and performed community service work. The Institute accepted undergraduate and graduate students from the U. S. and internationally and taught courses and provided research and laboratory experience unavailable elsewhere.</p> <p>The collection illustrates the Institute’s commitment to research, education, and outreach through documentation of its programs, projects, and administration. It includes research and studies the Institute undertook, course information, nursery school, camp and club information, correspondence with students, individuals and organizations, presidential and faculty files, and day to day operational information. </p> https://reuther.wayne.edu/node/7197#comments Child care Child psychology Child therapy Children in wartime Community education Community service Education Education, Higher Education, Preschool Family services Home economics Human potential movement Merrill-Palmer Institute Nutrition--in infancy &amp; childhood Skillman Center for Children Teachers--Training of Urban youth Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:18:00 -0500 drice 7197 at https://reuther.wayne.edu