Main entry:

Hewitt, Karen.

Title & Author:

Educational toys in America, 1800 to the present / Karen Hewitt and Louise Roomet.

Publication:

Burlington, Vt. : Robert Hull Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, ©1979.

Description:

141 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Catalogue of a traveling exhibition held at the Robert Hull Fleming Museum, the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute of Art, and the Portland Museum of Art, March 12, 1979 to October 14, 1979.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction / Karen Hewitt and Louise Roomet -- Childhood revisited: the genesis of the modern toy / John Brewer -- Toys for object and role mastery / Brian Sutton-Smith -- Play materials in the curriculum of early childhood / Evelyn Weber -- The Exhibition. Blocks -- Construction toys -- Alphabet toys -- Board games, cards and puzzles -- Optical and scientific toys -- Toys by educators -- Number toys -- Infant and early skill toys -- Fantasy and reality toys -- Exhibition checklist

Subject:

Educational toys United States Exhibitions.
Jouets éducatifs États-Unis Expositions.
Educational toys.
Speelgoed.
Opvoeding.
Spel.
Materiële cultuur.
United States.

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
Ausstellungskatalog.

Added entries:

Roomet, Louise.
Robert Hull Fleming Museum.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute.
Portland Museum of Art.

Holdings:

Location: Library main toy reference 54031
Call No.: LB1029.T6 H48 1979 (ID:90B2679)
Status: Available