Audrey Sharp
History Project:
The Common School Era
Bibliography
1/27/04

Evans, G. (1830). Six essays on education [Electronic Version]. Lause’s Links, 1-2. 

This primary document originally written for the New York Daily Sentinel was helpful in providing insight into popular ideas pertaining to public education.  George Henry Evans was a member of the Workingmen’s Party and also created a newspaper entitled the Working Man’s Advocate.

Mechanics and Workingmen – Read and Reflect! (1884). Retrieved January 18, 2004, from http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/rbpe:@field(DOCID+@lit(rpe23802800))

A nice document that illustrates the importance of political involvement and interest for the working man.  It promoted awareness amongst the working class at the time. 

Spring, J. (2001). The American school 1642 – 2000. New York: Mcgraw-Hill.

The Workingmen. (1831). New England magazine v.1 ii. [Electronic version]. Cornell Library Catalogue. 151 – 153.

Workingmen Party Primary Documents (n.d.). Retrieved January 19, 2004, from http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/Dkitchen/new_665/workers.htm

This was a great site for original, primary documents.  I was particularly happy with the specific documents that pertained to education and their strong voice about forming government funded schools to ensure that everyone received a free education, providing equal opportunities. 

Primary documents includes: Organization by the Workingmen of an Association for the Protection of Industry and for the Promotion of National Education (1829) from Working Man’s Advocate; The Workingman’s Party of Philadelphia Calls for Free, Equal Education for All (1831); Platform of the Boston Workingmen’s Party (1830) from Boston Courier; and Report of the Workingman’s Committee of Philadelphia (1830) from Working Man’s Advocate. 

[I’m not entirely sure if some of these internet APA references are correct.]