About the Archives

Contact | Access | Items Allowed in Research Area | Use of Materials | Photocopying Services | Citations | Permission to Publish | Archives Collection Policy

The Wheelock College Library Archives houses the memorabilia of Lucy Wheelock, a pioneer in the United States kindergarten movement and founder of Wheelock School (now Wheelock College) in 1888. Her documents represent her scholarship in early childhood education and serve as important scholarly resources on the history of education. In addition to the Lucy Wheelock collection, the Archives contains materials documenting the history of Wheelock College and a variety of rare children’s literature and scholarly books on education and the child.

Contact
Access to the Archives is provided through appointment only. Please call the Wheelock College Library Reference staff at 617-879-2222 or email archivist@wheelock.edu to arrange an appointment. The Archives is located on floor 3M of the Wheelock Library at 132 The Riverway, Boston, MA 02215-4185.


Access
The Wheelock College Archives is a non-circulating repository open to the Wheelock College community and interested public. There are rare exceptions to the Archives’ non-circulation policy; in certain instances, borrowing privileges may be granted for the purposes of display or publication. If materials are being borrowed on behalf of a Wheelock staff member, the responsible staff member must sign for them when they are borrowed and returned.


Items Allowed in Research Area
Only paper, pencils and laptops may be used in the research area. Food, drink, smoking, the use of cell phones and personal scanners are not permitted.


Use of Materials
Archival material, including photographs, must be handled with care. They must not be marked or folded and their existing order must be maintained. If a filing error is suspected, researchers should report the error to the Archivist; researchers should not rearrange any material. Surfaces of photographic prints should never be touched.


Photocopying Services
Photocopying is done at the discretion of the staff. Scanning and photographic reproductions are unavailable.

The Archives reserves the right to refuse any copying request that might damage the material, or if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the request would involve violation of copyright law.

All copies made are for personal research only. Duplication of archival material does not constitute transfer of copyright or property right, nor does it constitute permission to publish in excess of "fair use" or to display materials.


Citations
All images from the Archives must be credited. Please cite as:
[Collection Name], Wheelock College Archives, Boston, MA.
ex: Lucy Wheelock Collection, Wheelock College Archives, Boston, MA.


Permission to Publish
Permission to examine material is not authorization to publish it. A separate written application for permission to publish should be submitted to the Library Director.


Archives Collection Policy
The Wheelock College Archives Collection Policy (.pdf) outlines the mission, goals, scope and limits of collecting responsibility for the archives.

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