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Wilson Riles Archives and Institute for Education
Title The Wilson C. Riles Collection Description Personal and professional papers of Wilson Riles, spanning his time at the California State Department of Education (1958 - 1983) and including his tenure as California's Superintendant of Public Instruction from 1970 - 1983. Education during the Riles years experienced many stresses and exciting changes. It survived bussing, integration, student unrest, and Proposition 13. Programmatic innovations of the time included Early Childhood Education, the School Improvement Program, and the Master Plan for Special Education.

Hoover Institution Archives
Title American Institutes for Research. Reports, 1960-1987 Description American non-profit institution for educational and social science research. Relates to development and evaluation of educational programs and methodologies, career guidance and training programs, and study of human behavior in various specific aspects. 50 boxes, stored off-site. RLIN catalog number: CSUZ91023-A.

California State Archives
Title California State Government Oral Histories. Wilson C. Riles, Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1970-1982 Description Riles discusses the passage of the federal ESEA, discrimination in teacher employment, his own Early Childhood Education program and the concept of compensatory education, involvement of parents and school boards at the local level, college admissions standards, how he saw his own role as superintendent and Ronald Reagan's role as governor with respect to education in California. RLIN Catalog Number: CSAV86-A562

Title California Department of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction. Subject Files, 1972-1973 Description Contains correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, and legal opinions reflecting Chief Deputy of Superintendent's role as representative of the Department. Major subjects include bilingual-bicultural education, conflict and violence, drug abuse, venereal disease, collective bargaining, teacher tenure, legislation, early childhood education, vocational education, and education of gifted children. RLIN Catalog Number: CSAV86-A605