IOWA WOMEN'S ARCHIVES
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA LIBRARIES
IOWA CITY, IOWA
GERMAINE MAYER BLAKE
PAPERS, 1948-1997
(bulk 1975-1997)
1.7 linear feet and
audiovisual material
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ACQUISITION: |
The papers (donor no. 375) were donated by Germaine Mayer Blake in
1996 and 1997 |
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ACCESS: |
The papers are open for research. |
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AUDIOVISUAL: |
One audiocassette shelved in audiocassette collection (AC531). One
record album shelved in record album collection (RA1). |
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COPYRIGHT: |
Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa. |
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PROCESSED BY: |
Kristen Rasbach, 1997; John Williams-Searle, 2000. [BlakeGermaine.doc] |
Biography
Germaine Mayer Blake was an
elementary school teacher for over forty years. She worked for thirty-three years at the Catholic Visitation
School in Stacyville, Iowa.
Scope and
Content Note
The Germaine Mayer Blake papers date
from 1948 to 1997 and
measure 1.7 linear feet. The papers are
arranged in twoseries: Teaching
materials and professional materials.
The Teaching
materials series (1948-1997 and undated) contains lesson plans, learning
activities, and educational materials for elementary school students. Also contained in this series is a
collection of papers Blake wrote for children’s education courses she took at
the University of Northern Iowa during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These papers include the following:
“Learning Styles of Children,” “Problems of Reading ‘Piaget’s Theory of
Cognitive Development,’” “Providing for the Gifted Child,” “The Art of
Teaching,” “Behavior Modification, Pavlovian Theory, Skinnerian Theory, Gestalt
Theory,” “Systematic Instruction of Learner Centered Programmed Paradigm,”
“Teaching Bright and Gifted Children,” and “Life in the Netherlands: Education
of the Slow Learner.”
The Professional materials series (1953-1997, and undated) contains
teaching contracts, classroom journals, teaching evaluations, faculty meeting
notes, and materials from a variety of educational organizations, such as the
Literary Leaders Reading Council.
Related Collections
Debra Blake papers, Iowa Women’s Archives
Debra Blake is the daughter of
Germaine Blake.
Box no. Description
Box 1
Teaching materials
Learning center materials,
undated
Reading activities, undated
(2 folders)
Profile charts, 1966, and
undated
Vowel “I” material, 1975
Vowel “I” learning center,
1975
Listening center activities,
1975
“Activity 1 ‘Sounds of I’;
“Activity 2 ‘Sounds of ea,’” 1975
[shelved in audiocassette collection: AC531]
Math materials, undated (4
folders)
Language arts, undated (3
folders)
Box 2
Parents’ night
presentations, undated
First grade orientation,
1983
Daily plans grades 2-3,
1987-1988
Substitute teachers folder,
1987-1988, and undated
Enrichment reading,
1989-1990
Map skills, undated
Grandparents day, 1989; 1995
Student portfolio materials,
1994-1996
Community of faith themes,
1994-1997
Grade 3 language, 1995, and
undated
Grade 1 religion, 1995; 1997
“Happy Birthday, Dear
Author,” 1996-1997
Reader of the week, 1997
Grade 2 poetry, undated
Grade 2, spelling, undated
Class marks, undated
Iowa R.O.O.T.S. [Read and
Observe Our Terrific State], 1996
Iowa elementary teachers
hand book, Elementary Literature,
1948
Folk tales collection,
undated
The Instructor, calendar, 1964-1965
Children’s books author
file, 1995
Education papers, 1968; 1972-73; 1978 [written for education courses]
Box 3
Poetry file, 1951 [index
cards]
Science activities,
undated [index cards]
Physical Fitness for Primary Children record album, undated
[shelved in record album
collection: RA1]
Box 4
Professional materials
Teaching contracts, 1953;
1991-1992
Teaching certificate
renewal, 1959
Job analysis, 1967-1968
“Life in the Netherlands,
1968
Philosophy and goals of
Visitation School, 1976; 1985; 1988-89;
1992; 1995-96
“My Teaching Philosophy,”
1977-1978
Professional Refinements In
Developing Effectiveness (PRIDE), 1980-
1981
First grade journal, 1982
“World—Take my son by the
hand,” 1982
Distinguished teaching award
nomination, 1983
Communications to parents,
1983; 1993; 1995
Personal goals, 1986-88;
1993-97
Literary Leaders Reading
Council, 1988-1997
Program Review and
Evaluation Process (PREP), 1990-1994
T.A.L. [Teacher as Leader]
leadership program, 1991
Learning outcomes, 1991
Children’s literature
update, 1992
Faculty meeting notes,
1993-1997
Visitation School endowment
committee pamphlets, 1997
“A Day in Room 105,” undated
Lessinger, Leon M., “A Job
Description for the School Teacher,”
undated
Elementary guidance program,
undated (3 folders)
V.I.P.
card, undated