Petree, Lucy, Collection, 1946-1991, Date acquired: 00/00/1997
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Petree, Lucy
- Extent:
- 111.00 items
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
Materials, 1946-1991, concerning Lucy Petree (1898-1991), educator, of Pensacola, Florida, and her work in founding the Eugene Petree Memorial School (1947-1950), Pensacola's first school for the retarded and handicapped and subsequent work with the Crippled Children's Home, the Pensacola Chapter of the Association for Retarded Citizens, and related activities concerning the education of retarded and handicapped children in Pensacola, Florida.
OTHER INFORMATION: Although the term 'retarded' is used in describing the collection, this term is appropriate to the time of the Petree School (1940-1970). Today the term used is 'mentally handicapped'.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Eugene Petree, Jr., Pensacola, Fla., 1997
- Processing information:
Cataloged 06/11/1997
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Education--Handicapped children.
Educators--Florida--Pensacola.
Children with disabilities--Education--Florida--Pensacola.
Children with mental disabilities--Education--Florida--Pensacola. - Names:
- Escambia County Association for Retarded Citizens.
Eugene Petree Memorial School.
Petree Memorial School (Pensacola, Fla.)
Petree School (Pensacola, Fla.)
Association for Retarded Citizens (U.S.)
Crippled Children's Home.
Petree, Lucy, 1898-1991. - Places:
- Pensacola (Fla.)--Education--Special Education.
Pensacola (Fla.)--Education.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
Open to researchers, dependent on our compliance with U.S. Copyright Law, HIPPA requirements, donor agreements and other applicable state and federal statutes. Occasionally we may need to review a collection before permitting immediate access.
- Terms of access:
Digital photography, scanning, and photocopying of materials is prohibited. Permission may be granted by the Special Collections Librarian for such reprography dependent on issues of copyright, ownership, condition, donor agreements, etc. In general, staff do not make reproductions of copyright materials or materials for which title is not owned by the institution. Recent revisions in the U.S. Copyright Law extended the copyright of correspondence, letters, and other personal papers to the life of the author plus seventy years.
- Location of this collection:
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University Archives and West Florida History Center11000 University PkwyPensacolaFL32514USA
