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University at Albany, University Libraries
Title Conference of Large City Boards of Education. Records, 1968-1981 Dept/Division M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections and Archives Description The Special Task Force on Equity and Excellence in Education was appointed as part of the Conference of Large City Boards of Education of New York State in 1978. Topics covered include school vouchers, regionalism in education, the correlation between class size and student achievement, special needs students, and other issues related to education policy. Also included is Eugene C. Samter's testimony from the 1976 Levittown vs. Nyquist case argued before the New York State Supreme Court. RLIN catalog number: NYAG91-A29

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.

Utah State University, Special Collections & Archives
Title Utah Education Association Records Description The organizational files of the Utah Educational Association, including committee minutes and reports (1967-1985), Board of Trustee minutes and reports (1959-1982), information about legislative activities (1949-1960), UEA newsletters (1969-1985), records of the Utah Council for the Improvement of Education (1963-1970).

Pennsylvania State Archives
Title Secretary of Education. Administrative Correspondence, 1937-1979 Dept/Division Pennsylvania State Archives (http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/) Description Correspondence of the Sec. of Ed., as well as annual reports, special studies, major committee and conference records, federal program data, speeches, and reference copies of minutes. Topics include letters of recommendation by the Secretary, 1974-1976; progress reports for Dept. of Ed., 1972-1974; State Univ. Board of Trustees minutes, 1976-1978; Assoc. of School Administrators, 1969-1976; basic education; higher education; Public School Building Authority minutes, 1976-1977; correspondence with state colleges, 1970-1978; and with legislature.

University of Montana--Missoula
Title Arnold Olsen Papers, 1956-1972 Description This collection contains the papers Arnold Olsen generated and collected while serving as U.S. Representative for the western Montana Congressional District, along with a few other materials unrelated to his congressional service. Materials include incoming and outgoing correspondence, legislative documents, official news releases, campaign materials, speeches, awards, certificates, gifts, and photographs.