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Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
Title Preston Wilcox manuscripts, 1965-1968 Dept/Division Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture (http://www.nypl.org/research/sc/sc.html) Description Consists of texts of speeches, papers, articles, and bibliographies reflecting Wilcox's endeavors as a community organizer and activist among African Americans in New York City. The subjects of his writings are public education and community organization in the ghetto. NYPL catalog number: Sc MG 235, RLIN catalog number: NYPW090000018-A

Columbia University
Title United Parents Associations Records 1921-1989 Description These records document the organization's activity from 1921 to 1989. Major series in the records include annual reports; "historical files"; correspondence files; administrative files; committee records, including those of the Legislative Committee responsible for lobbying the state legislator; annual conferences; parent training material; subject files, including distinct series on integration, decentralization, collective bargaining, and school construction; and photographs of UPA leaders and activities.

University of Toledo Libraries
Title Ames, Edward C. (Edward Carder), 1906-1987. Ohio State Board of Education collection,1957-1972 Description Minutes and agenda of State Board of Education; reports and recommendations of Superintendent of Public Instruction; memoranda; correspondence; publications; clippings. Significant topics include school district reorganization, vocational education, and sex education.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
Title Mary M. Forsythe papers, 1972-1990 (bulk 1980-1989) Description The papers document Forsythe's career in the legislature, and largely concern her work on the Health and Human Resources and Education committees. The papers include constituent correspondence (District 42B, Hennepin County); education, judiciary, and human resources legislative and subject files; and files on her work as a committee member of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Massachusetts State Library
Title Massachusetts. General Court. Special Commission . . . Educational Facilities in the Commonwealth. 1962-1965 Description Massachusetts. General Court. Special Commission Established to Make an Investigation and Study Relative to Improving and Extending Educational Facilities in the Commonwealth. 1962-1965.

University of Utah
Title The David Pierpont Gardner papers. 1973-1983 Dept/Division J. Willard Marriott Library Description Contains correspondence, reports, draft documents, memorandums, articles, brochures, and newspaper clippings, dealing chiefly with Gardner's involvement with President Reagan's 'Excellence in Education' commission. David Pierpont Gardner served as president of the University of Utah from 1973 to 1983 and as president of the University of California from 1983 to 1992. The Excellence in Education commission was created in 1981 to study to design an alternative to what many felt was a cumbersome and ineffectual education system.