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Contains handwritten notes by Vernon McCombs, who was admitted to the St. Cloud Normal School on September 4, 1896 and graduated May 28, 1897 from the elementary graduate course. He was ordained as a reverend in the Methodist Church; served as a missionary to Callao, Peru; was a founder of Good Will Industries of Los Angeles, the Spanish American Institute, the Italian Friendly Center in San Francisco, a boys' school in Gardena, California; was founder and superintendent of the Plaza Community Center in the old Latin Quarter of Los Angeles; and was placed in charge of all Methodist Latin American missionary work in the Southwestern U.S. See the January 13, 1933 edition of the Chronicle, page 1.

The story, wirtten in an unknown hand, is addressed to "Mrs. C. L. Atwood" in a note written by Lawrence. Clarence L. Atwood, a student from Maine Prairie, Minnesota, graduated from the elementary course of the St. Cloud Normal School in 1880, was vice president of the Alumni Association during the 1889/1890 academic year, and St. Cloud State's resident director to the state normal board from 1911 to 1923. "Mrs. C. L. Atwood" likely refers to his wife, Mary Atwood.

A rough, marked-up draft in Lawrence's hand in which she discusses what the aims of a normal school should be.

A carefully handwritten draft in Lawrence's hand in which Lawrence discusses what the aims of a normal school should be.

A script with pages in Lawrence's hand and typwritten additions from an address or lecture on structuring children and youth's social lives to discourage behaviors including lying and stealing.

A bound index of literature to be used in first through eight grades.

Written draft in Lawrence's hand of an article on developing "soul stuff" in students. "Soul stuff" includes appreciation of arts, healthy romantic relationships, and other aspects of social and intellectual development. A few pages are missing.

Typed draft of an article on developing "soul stuff" in students. "Soul stuff" includes appreciation of arts, healthy romantic relationships, and other aspects of social and intellectual development. Pages 15 and onward are missing.

Various typed and handwritten pages in Lawrence's hand of five drafts for an article on developing "soul stuff" in students. "Soul stuff" includes appreciation of arts, healthy romantic relationships, and other aspects of social and intellectual development.

Two questionnaires from the Office of Superintendent of Schools in Madison, Minnesota asking for Lawrence's opinions on Mary Tschann and Grace Edminster. Notes in Lawrence's hand are written at the bottom of each. Mary Mathilda Tschann of Northfield and Grace Pearl Edminster of Dassell were admitted to St. Cloud Normal School in September 1904 and graduated June 14, 1905. Tschann had taken a positiion in Osakis, and Edminster had offers at Two Harbors and Little Falls at the time Lawrence received the questionnaires.

Quotes from various writers, particularly education reformers, written in Lawrence's hand.

One page, front and back, in Lawrence's hand of an address calling for greater professional communication among alumni of an unidentified school. All other pages are missing.

Typewritten pages of an article on language use and development, labeled on the back as "Oh Language" in Lawrence's hand. Pages 1 and 3-10 are missing.

Notes and draft pages in Lawrence's hand of an address about St. Cloud State's World War I service flag. Lawrence ties together military service, poverty, and selfishness in a message about overcoming societal hardships.

Notes in Lawrence's hand on teaching abstract concepts to children and adolescents.

Notes in Lawrence's hand covering her philosphy of teaching and thoughts on teaching methods.

Notes in Lawrence's hand covering her thoughts on Oliver Twist, a B class student's writing, a short story titled "Shading," and Lawrence's thoughts on the novels of George Eliot, whom she describes as a favorite author.

Notes in Lawrence's hand on using literature to teach children and adolescents.

Notes in Lawrence's hand on education reformer John Dewey's thoughts on teaching numbers, as he expressed in Popular Educator.

Notes in Lawrence's hand on childhood and adolescent development and an evelope addressed to Lawrence from the D. C. Heath & Co. textbook publisher in Chicago, in which the last page of notes was found.

Contains three documents relating to normal schools in New York. One, an outline of a round table conference conducted by Dr. James P. Russell of Columbia University, has writing on it in Isabel Lawrence's hand. Lawrence was a graduate of Oswego Normal School and held faculty positions in two New York schools, and she maintained connections to the area throughout her career.

Contains a summary of "Practical Lessons in Psychology" that may have been kept by Isabel Lawrence, a program from a September 3, 1901 ladies musicale in Minneapolis, and the first two pages of an article by Sarah B. Goodman in a 1901 Minnesota Education Association publication. Goodman was the director of kindergarten for the St. Cloud State Normal School from 1897 to 1904.

Pages in Lawrence's hand about teaching and encouraging students to live full lives.

University Archivist Marie Elsen thanks Mrs. Blanche Anderson of Mesa, Arizona for her donation of articles of clothing that had belonged to Isabel Lawrence, which were brought to the University Archives by Mrs. Alice Wick, wife of former University President Robert Wick.

Pages in Lawrence's hand that appear to deal with planning classroom lessons and assessments.

This collection contains records and items related to Isabel Lawrence, faculty member and first female president of St. Cloud State University, acting or permanent. Items in this collection date from approximately 1879 to 1950, the majority of which were created between 1890 and 1920. The first two series contain documents that belonged to Lawrence and were kept by former faculty member and friend of Lawrence, Albertina C. Anderson. The papers contain drafts of articles and addresses by Lawrence, some of her personal notes on several topics including developmental psychology and literature, and writings by students and other faculty members that may have come into her possession. The third series contains articles of clothing that belonged to Lawrence and were kept by Mrs. Blanche Anderson.

These records are arranged in four series:

Series 1: Records Created by Isabel Lawrence

This series contains a variety of typed and handwritten records. Much of it is drafts of essays, articles, and addresses by Lawrence discussing child and adolescent development and teaching methods, including a handwritten draft of a commencement address. Other records include personal notes on developmental psychology, literature, teaching methods, and lesson plans.

Series 2: Records Created by Other Writers

This series contains records that were not created by Lawrence but likely came into her possession and were found in the same donation. Records include, but are not limited to, writings by 1897 graduates Benhof E. Benhardus and Vernon E. McCombs, criticisms by faculty of practice teachers in St. Cloud State's model school, and records from other normal schools and teachers colleges in New York and Chicago.

Series 3: Clothing Belonging to Isabel Lawrence

This series contains clothing belonging to Isabel Lawrence that had been kept by Mrs. Blanche Anderson and were transferred to the University Archives by Mrs. Alice Wick, wife of former SCSU president Robert Wick. Included here are two dresses, a mesh top-coat, a fur handwarmer, five pieces of lace, and a 1987 letter from then University Archivist Marie Elsen to Blanche Anderson.

Series 4: Tribute and Other Material

This series contains mostly material related to Lawrence's retirement from St. Cloud State in May 1921. Letters were solicited from alumni and most letters received were bound into two volumes.  Other letters were left loose.  The bound letters are organized by graduating class and give tribute to Lawrence.  The letters congratulate Lawrence upon her retirement, share memories of her when the alum had attended St. Cloud State, and updates on their own lives.  There is a folder with Lawrence's 1936 obituary and other tribute material related to her death.

An account in what appears to be Lawrence's hand of Alexander the Great's Siege of Tyre.

Pages in Lawrence's hand of a draft article or address on providing children with activities that stimulate their social or intellectual development outside of school. Several pages are missing.

Draft pages in Lawrence's hand for an article or address calling for churches and church members to provide entertainment and social opportunities for young people to promote their moral social development. Several pages are missing.

A critique in Lawrence's hand of a Mr. Mitchell's outline for a special methods class, found in an envelope for the 1886-1887 St. Cloud State Normal School Catalogue and Circular addressed to Isabel Lawrence. Page 31 is missing. Mr. Mitchell may be William B. Mitchell, a member of the Minnesota State Normal School Board since 1877 and St. Cloud State's resident director until 1901.

Includes an outline for criticism of practice teachers in the Model School, a criticism of an unidentified kindergarten class, and a criticism by a Miss Phelps of a lesson taught by Annie C. McCabe. McCabe, a student from Garfield, Minnesota, attended the St. Cloud Normal School from 1893 to 1895 but did not graduate.

Letter in Lawrence's hand addressed to a Mr. W. G. Smith in St. Paul expressing her and Waite A. Shoemaker's agreement to write a book requested by Mr. Smith, pending royalty negotiations.

A draft in Lawrence's hand of a commencement address.

Two pages containing an introduction to a paper on the teaching applications of studying the nervous system of children. Initially written in a careful hand, the draft pages include additions in Lawrence's more usual handwriting.

Various programs from Chicago educational institutions. Includes an envelope from the 1890-91 Catalogue and Circular of the St. Cloud State Normal School in which the Chicago documents were kept.

Contains fragments of two drafts in Lawrence's hand of applying developmental psychology in teaching to encourage students' development of complex, abstract reasoning.

A typewritten draft of an article or speech by Lawrence on developmental psychology and its applications to teaching.