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Educational Set - Set of Wilhelm Friedrich Froebel's "Gifts," meant to introduce young children to concepts such as shapes and spatial relations; includes 6 yarn balls of varying weights and colors; small pegs in a wooden box and a wooden peg board; wooden box marked "gift 2" filled with wooden shapes and letters; wooden box marked "gift 3" filled with wooden blocks; wooden box marked "gift 4" filled with wooden blocks; wooden box marked "gift 5" filled with wooden cubes; wooden box marked "gift 6" filled with wooden blocks; various pieces of colored wicker strips and weaving mat; wooden box marked "obtuse isosceles triangle" filled with wooden triangles; wooden box marked "isosceles triangle, right angled" filled with wooden triangles; wooden box marked "square" filled with wooden squares; wooden box marked "equilateral triangle" filled with triangles; wooden box marked "scalene triangle" filled with triangles; 6 pink felt bags filled with either metal rings or curved metal pieces, circa early 1900s

 Item — Box: 23, Object: SHF04-0291a-y

Scope and Contents

From Personal Artifacts Memorabilia; from Day Homes Teaching Materials

Dates

  • Creation: circa early 1900s

Creator

Extent

From the Collection: 27.29 Linear Feet : 584 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Material Types

wood, metal, fabric, wicker, vinyl,

Dimensions

15"x12"x9"

Repository Details

Part of the Sisters of the Holy Family Archive Repository

Contact:
Archives & Special Collections
Santa Clara University Library
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Santa Clara CA 95053 United States
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