S. Elizabeth Campbell was born around 1910 and was a graduate of the class of 1931 of Rhode College of Education (now called Rhode Island College). Campbell graduated with a master’s of education from Boston University School of Education in 1942. She later obtained her doctorate at Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 1946, Dr. Campbell was hired as an instructor at Rhode Island College of Education, and was eventually promoted to full professor in 1958. From 1958 to 1964, Dr. Campbell was the Coordinator of Student Teaching at RIC, which was responsible for placing students in school systems. She later retired from Rhode Island College in 1972 attaining emerita status. She died in October 1997.
The S. Elizabeth Campbell papers document cooperative teaching at Rhode Island College from 1958 to 1964. Other parts of the collection contain letters, drafts, and final copies of lesson plans and testing materials.
Researchers are advised to contact Rhode Island College Special Collections for questions regarding permissions to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise publish material from this collection. Although Rhode Island College has physical ownership of the collection, it does not necessarily hold literary rights. It is up to the researcher to determine the owners of the literary rights and to obtain any necessary permissions from them.
The collection is open for research.
S. Elizabeth Campbell papers, CA-0003, Special Collections, James P. Adams Library, Rhode Island College.
The collection is arranged in the order in which it arrived at the Rhode Island College Special Collections.
The collection was donated by S. Elizabeth Campbell in 1976
The collection was arranged prior to 2019. The guide to the collection was created and further description added by Special Collections intern Sungmin Ji in 2023, under the direction of Digital Archivist and Special Collections Librarian, Veronica L. Denison.
Works used in preparation of inventory:
Rhode Island College, “What’s New at Rhode Island College” (1997). What’s News?. 519. https://digitalcollections.ric.edu/whats_news/519
The Providence Journal-Bulletin, “Providence Journal Obituary of Mary Campbell,” Providence Journal, October 29, 1997 https://infoweb.newsbank.com/resources/doc/nb/obit/152B56698B9BAE00-152B56698B9BAE00?p=OBIT
“The Henry Barnard School a Cooperative Assessment” by Robert A. Passy was removed and added to the Special Collections Rare Books Collection.