Project for Non-English Speaking Children records
Collection
Identifier: MC-161
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of newspaper articles, photographs from newspapers, correspondence, student enrollment lists, projects, articles on the progress of bilingual education and legal documents.
Dates
- not sure
Biographical / Historical
Bilingual education is teaching non-English speaking students the academic content in their native tongue and English. Varying amounts of each language based on the students'ability to comprehend English. With the United States' largest Portuguese population in New Bedford, MA, the need for bilingual education was a must.
Extent
.4 Linear Feet (One manuscript box)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated by Edmund Tavares
- Title
- Project for Non-English Speaking Children records
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Collection processed by Nick Castro. Entered into ArchivesSpace by Briana Acevedo-Gallagher.
- Date
- 2022 May
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the UMass Dartmouth Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives Repository
Contact:
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu
Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth MA 02747 USA
jfarrar@umassd.edu