Education
Subject
Subject Source: Other
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Aalbert Heine & Corpus Christi Science and History Museum Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll -248
Abstract
Aalbert Heine was the Director of the Corpus Christi Museum for 27 years and a relentless advocate for using museums to teach with hands on learning, at a time when most museums had their artifacts hidden behind glass. Heine wrote reems of materials on how museums should function and traveled the world visiting other museums for ideas on how he could improve his own. He took a small cities Junior Museum and turned it into one of the best in the state, and this collection spans the time he...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1841 - 1989
E. E. Mireles and Jovita Gonzalez Mireles papers
Collection
Identifier: Coll-44
Scope and Contents
The E.E. Mireles and Jovita Gonzalez Mireles papers contain a range of materials including incoming and outgoing correspondence, early literary works, reports, calendars, photographs, maps, magazines, pamphlets, booklets, flyers, guidebooks, programs, Spanish comic books, bulletins, newspapers and clippings. Many of these documents and other items reflect the lives and careers of both Edmundo and Jovita as a married couple, educators and members of the local community. The papers contain...
Dates:
1927 - 1983