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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…
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is, or can be, referred to the whole; where the whole is a set of ordered parts; and, finally, where specialization of…

NAMTA Journal 12/1 07 Psychic Activity during Prenatal Life

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CHAPTER 2 The Sensorial Richness of Prenatal Life The idea that nothing penetrates the uterus is definitely outmoded. The…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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intensity of the Montessori vision that makes the system work; knowl- edge of the materials is bound by the interiority of the…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 01 The Botanical Cards

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THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori This insightful article illustrates the underlying developmental principles which…
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stand. They would bring this back and take another which contained other pictures to which to apply other names. Experience…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 01 Introduction

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observe her subjects in a holistic manner; consequently, her research was naturalistic or ethnographic. From her first…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 05 Other Studies of Montessori Children of Middle Socioeconomic Status

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A critical factor in this study is what was measured. Bereiter did not measure what the Montessori program was teaching by the…
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Commentary The design and execution of this study is quite acceptable, but one criticism of the study would be the small…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 08 A Comparison of Lower and Upper Elementary Montessori Students with a Public School Sample

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References Banta, T.J. Tests for the evaluation of early childhood education: The Cincinnati Autonomy Test Battery (CATB). In…

NAMTA Journal 15/2 07 Montessori and Suzuki

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3. The student demonstrates automatic execution of the skill. E.g: Can you tell me how "0 Come Little Children&…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 03 The Montessori Movement (1956)

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director (and occupied this charge until his deathi Branches are func- tioning in many European, Asian, and American countries…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 05 Montessori and the Bahá'í Faith

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conuibuted to her being somewhat ostracized by the scientific and educational establishment and her being labeled as &quot…
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promptings of the moral self, that erects obstacles and barriers in the way of the development of intelligence, that condemns…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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Don't call it Montessori. If it works along Montessori lines, that is good. But there is no Montessori method for the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 01 Reinventing Montessori: Perils and Possibilities

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EDITORIAL REINVENTING MONTESSORI: PERILS AND POSSIBILITIES by David Kahn To what degree is the fundamental test of…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 06 Literature and Grammar

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kitchen. Adding section by section, piece by piece, they discovered the style pattern and saw that the repeats in Malory are…

NAMTA Journal 18/2 07 Folk Tales, Fairy Tales and History: Uses and Classification

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by the husband. This cycle is found among the Native Americans of the eastern United States and Canada as well as among the…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 01 The Adolescent and the Future

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logical characteristics and each needs a prepared adult to help the individual help himself. The four planes of development…
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product of a Casa dei Bambini and a Montessori elementary class which have followed vigorously Dr. Montessori's formula…
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of the race. And we have the adolescent to prove otherwise to us. "If we gave the world to the small child,&quot…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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of life when young people lhrive on real life experience and active involvement. And lhe adults seemed to the adolescent…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 04 Montessori as an Aid to Life

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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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Clay, M. (1991). Becoming literate: The construction of inner control. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Clay, M. (1993). Reading…
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This Is a wonderful profession, but It Is not easy. We must pro- vide the structure for the soclal group and have clear…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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and Montessori teaching in the U.S. fell on hard times. Some of the new "Montessori" schools in the U.S.…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 11 Do Not Bequeath a Shamble—The Child in the Twenty-First Century: Innocent Hostage to Mindless Oppression…

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the abilities of children throughout the world. As early as 1910, she resigned her lectureship at the University of Rome,…

NAMTA Journal 21/3 04 The Casa of Sèvres, France

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THE CASA OF SEVRES, FRANCE by Margot Waltuch Margot Waltuch's pictorial documentation and personal description of her…

NAMTA Journal 22/1 05 Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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is try or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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For the second quote, we find: "The child's intelligence ... a fertile field in which seeds may be sown&quot…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 01 Mario Montessori: In Search of a Deeper Freedom, A Life's Journey of Educational Ideas

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"Respect This House" is Mario's anecdote about the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and it is…
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universe; for one must encounter the facts of nature so that the imagination can build its vision of the whole based in the…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 03 The Botanical Cards

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Child working with Botanical Cards, Laren, Holland, 1939 lO The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 23, No. 2 • Spring 1998
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Laren, Holland THE BOTANICAL CARDS by Mario M. Montessori The Botanical Cards are one of the items of the Montessori…
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and "Where is the fruit?" Eventually we made several groups of envelopes which dealt with flowers and fruit…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 04 The Impact of India

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Kodaikanal, India THE IMPACT OF INDIA by Mario M. Montessori Looking back on the checkered life of Dr. Montessori in this…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 05 The Kodaikanal Experience: Kahn - Montessori Interview

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Kodaikanal, India THE KooAIKANAL EXPERIENCE: KAHN-MONTESSORI INTERVIEW by David Kahn David Kahn: You once alluded to…
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of creation should fashion that the e it but absorb it i h~y will feel that o lace to live in, a p ace w ere generosity…
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had its cosmic task. And some of these tasks were not pleasant for human beings. The children might consider the task horrible…
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contained by a cylinder, it pushes together. When you take the sides of the cylinder off, it pushes together. Then you…
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Montessori: Yes. In the olden times, Dr. Montessori had the children up to six, and then from time to time would keep children…

NAMTA Journal 23/2 06 The Unconscious in History

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Kodaikanal, India THE UNCONSCIOUS IN HISTORY by Maria Montessori In the book The Absorbent Mind, the influence of the &…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 02 World Odyssey: Revelations of the Possible

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THE INTERNATIONAL STUDY CENTRE Since Maria Montessori inaugurated the first Casa dei Bambini in 1907, Montessori schools have…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 05 The Montessori Family and Me

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Margot Waltuch, Ada Montessori, and Mario Montessori Baarn, Holland, 1963 50 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 24, No. I • Winter 1999
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She was a teacher, a leader, and a charismatic personality, but she was full of humanity and fun. She felt you could not live…
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ing fourteen leaf-shaped insets with wooden frames. The study of leaves launched the children into a detailed and particular…
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several languages. His genuine kindness attracted them all. He under- stood the immense importance of their inner power, their…

NAMTA Journal 24/1 11 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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better still, to the value of work in general, "with its wide social connotations of productiveness and earning power…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 03 Foreword to The Secret of Childhood

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Silver polishing, Laren, Holland, 1948 16 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. I • Winter 2000

NAMTA Journal 25/1 05 The Casa Dei Bambini: A Personal Pilgrimage

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Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo…

NAMTA Journal 25/1 15 Obituary Maria Christlieb Robles

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Some of you may remember those early days of WM! when the course and office were at 3000 Connecticut Avenue,opposite the Zoo…
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Silver polishing, Laren, Holland, 1948 16 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 25, No. I • Winter 2000

NAMTA Journal 25/2 06 The Genius of Montessori History

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In October, 1939, Maria and Mario, her son, landed in Madras, south India, guests of George Arundale, President of the…
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The Greek word cosmic has four complementary and interwoven meanings. On its basic level, it means order and harmony; then…
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The third thing we should understand is that elementary children were full partners in the creation of cosmic education. The…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 02 The Human Tendencies

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But as well as this material territory to be exposed to the child, with the ways in which man has come into contact with other…

NAMTA Journal 25/3 09 The Adolescent and the Future

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The four planes of development, as recognized by Dr. Montessori, are four stages, relatively equal in length, in the formation…
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Houses and Montessori elementary schools increase around the world, there will probably come about an increasing demand for…
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the stone gatherers and their geological discoveries, through the food gatherers and their botanical discoveries, through the…
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for humanity only if he is recognized as being the product of two earlier planes of development. Dr. Montessori recognized…

NAMTA Journal 26/1 04 Optimal Developmental Outcomes for the Child Aged Six to Twelve: Social, Moral, Cognitive, and Emotional…

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ment. Knowledge is what the human mind strives to acquire and what gives the child a rewarding life. MORAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE…
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REFERENCES Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, & Kevin Rathunde. "The Devel- opment of the Person: An Experiential…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 01 An Overview of Adolescence

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emerged with prominent Montessori educators of the suburbs and cities deciding to move into the "third plane&quot…
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ing examples of spontaneous discipline through visiting ex- isting Montessori adolescent programs, consolidating past…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 16 Twenty-Eighth Lecture of the Twenty-Third International Montessori Course, Amsterdam, January-June, 1938,…

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A NEW EDUCATION FOR THE SECONDARY SCHOOL A PUBLIC LECfURE GIVEN AT UTRECHT, JANUARY 18, 1937 (ORIGINAL IN FRENCH) by Maria…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 17 Erdkinder: The Experiment for the Experiment (Interview with Margaret Elizabeth Stephenson and A.M…

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ERDKINDER: THE EXPERIMENT FOR THE EXPERIMENT Interview with Margaret E. Stephenson and A.M. Joosten The followi11g…
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tessori children, to one day be able to have a Montessori Erdkinder. But be very active. It is better to do something than…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 19 The Kibbutz, Boy’s Town, Williamsburg and the Montessori Erdkinder

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Joosten: You say that the first-year children may not be able to manage more than four and a half days. You also are a mother…
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good as its criteria and the controls and the people executing the experiment must have clarity of vision. But anyone's…
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Joosten: I don't think there is a yes or a no. Is it either or? There is a blend. We can't go outside to an…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 22 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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The first objective is reached through experience with music, language, and "travaux artistiq11es" (drawing…
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MONTESSORI HIGH SCHOOL by H.J. Jordan Dr. Jordan, a collaborator with Maria Montessori, speaks of his conceptual framework…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 23 A Historical Look at Montessori's Erdkinder

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and Holland, where the interest was greatest, Montessori told her followers that she wasn't yet ready to discuss this…
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ideas of Erdkinder out of this milieu is the thesis that the documenta- tion in this paper seeks to demonstrate. She as much…
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road to achieving economic independence." A big difference, perhaps the largest difference, of the Erdkinder when…
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from fairly affluent families who ran away from home for the thrill of becoming street musicians and earnjng a few pennies on…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 24 The Origins of Agrarianism and the Development of the Self

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really meant is often arduous work and could potentially make prac- tical implementation more complicated, but in our desire…

NAMTA Journal 26/3 36 The Development of a Montessori High School as an Extension of the Farm School

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Timeline: Montessori Secondary Development 1907-Rome: Opening of tht Ctlsa dri Biim&mi, the flm MonleSiori e,iperiment…
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Hershey Montessori School, Coo:ord Twp., OH (Laurie Ewert-l<rockex) Adolescent Program at Salila, SWedE!II 0enn y Marie…

NAMTA Journal 27/3 12 The Natural World as Prepared Environment

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trembled in the morning sun. They were golden, translu- cent, amazing sheaves of wheat. The light drove down the shafts of…
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Hoffman, E. Visions of Innocence. Boston: Shambhala Pub- lications, 1992. Huchingson, J. E. (Ed.) Religion and the Natural…

NAMTA Journal 28/2 09 Schools Discovering their Cosmic Task

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SCHOOLS DISCOVERING THEIR COSMIC TASK by Terry N. Ford This is a very honest account of n school's trinls nnd errors as…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 03 An Interview with Camillo Grazzini: Celebrating Fifty years of Montessori Work

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Paolini had a real interest in the sensorial materials. She even corresponded with Piaget about sensorial experiments such as…
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context provided by the psychological planes of development, it was easier to see the materials as part of a whole rather than…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 14 A Montessori Community for Adolescents

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4. ERDKINDER AND THE "URBAN COMl'ROMJSE" 5 I have always found it disconcerting when the adjective…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 16 Mario M. Montessori is Dead: Chronicle of a Ceremony

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We all begin to converse. I recognize, among many others, J. Koning, N. VanderHeide-Verschuur, F. Malik, and G. Portielje from…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 17 My Tribute to Mario Montessori

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Mario Montessori, Baarn, Holland, early 1970s 216 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 29, No. 1 • Winter 2004
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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…
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We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with…

NAMTA Journal 29/1 22 Camillo 26-01-04

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We consider mathematics from three points of view: arith- metic, algebra, geometry. Under the guidance of our experience with…
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with his back to my table just where my lighted cigarette was protrud- ing beyond the edge and burned the elegant beige linen…
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Mario Montessori, Baarn, Holland, early 1970s 216 The NAMTA Journal • Vol. 29, No. 1 • Winter 2004

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