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

ACQUISITION:	The papers (donor no. 375) were donated by Germaine Mayer Blake in 1996 and 1997
ACCESS:	The papers are open for research.
AUDIOVISUAL:	One audiocassette shelved in audiocassette collection (AC531). One record album shelved in record album collection (RA1).
COPYRIGHT:	Copyright held by the donor has been transferred to the University of Iowa.
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»1948 to 1997 and measure 1.7 linear feet. The papers are arranged in two series: 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