Bradley Commission on History in Schools Records, 1982-1992

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Series I: Administration, 1982-1990

Series I documents the management and organization of the Bradley Commission from its inception in the mid-1980s through the publication and publicity of its guidelines for history education. The series includes all incoming and outgoing correspondence as well as internal memos, funding applications, and meeting minutes. It also contains articles on relevant topics that the commissioners used as background materials and models for their work.



Box 2 Folder 15 Art Samples, circa 1988



Box 7 Folder 21 Bell "Bell's Quarterly: A Newsletter on Curriculum Ideas in History and the Social Sciences for Teachers from Grades 6 to 12,", 1988



Box 1 Folder 9 Bradley Commission First Proposal, 1987


Box 1 Folder 10 Bradley Commission Second Proposal, 1987-1988


Box 1 Folder 8 Bradley Foundation Proposal - First Drafts, 1986-1987



Box 2 Folder 11 Commissioner Essays, 1987


Box 2 Folder 12 Correspondence - Kenneth T. Jackson, 1987-1988



Box 1 Folder 18 Correspondence - Letters of Agreement, 1987

Letters from commissioners agreeing to join the project


Box 1 Folder 3-7 Correspondence Incoming, 1986-1990



Box 2 Folder 26 Correspondence Outgoing, 1986-1987



Box 3 Folder 1-13 Correspondence Outgoing, 1987-1990



Box 1 Folder 17 Dissemination Reports, 1988-1989



Box 7 Folder 14 Egan "Teaching History to Young Children,", 1982


Box 7 Folder 25 Gagnon Articles, 1987-1988


Box 7 Folder 26 Gagnon French, 1981-1988



Box 1 Folder 16 Guidelines Reports, 1987


Box 1 Folder 12 Guidelines Reviews, 1988



Box 7 Folder 24 Hertzberg "Frederick Jackson Turner on 'The Significance of History' for Teachers,", 1987



Box 2 Folder 17 High School Graduation Requirements, 1987



Box 7 Folder 23 Hoone "Planning for Local Heritage Projects,", 1988


Box 7 Folder 15 Howard and Mendenhall "Making History Come Alive,", 1982


Box 7 Folder 11 Kirkendall "The Status of History in Schools,", 1975-1987


Box 7 Folder 10 Larkins and Hawkins "Trivial and Noninformative Content of Social Studies Textbooks in the Primary Grades,", 1987


Box 7 Folder 28 Materials from Commissioners, 1980-1988


Box 7 Folder 22 McNeill "Why Study History,", 1985


Box 7 Folder 29 Meeting Materials, 1987 June



Box 8 Folder 1 Meeting Materials, 1987 October


Box 8 Folder 2 Meeting Materials, 1987 December


Box 8 Folder 3 Meeting Materials, 1987 March


Box 8 Folder 4 Meeting Materials, 1988 June


Box 8 Folder 7 Memo States Using Guidelines, 1987


Box 8 Folder 5 Memos to Commissioners, 1987-1989



Box 7 Folder 16 National Council for Social Studies "In Search of a Scope and Sequence for Social Studies,", 1983



Box 8 Folder 6 Organizing Themes Report, 1987



Box 1 Folder 11 Possible Commissioners, 1987



Box 7 Folder 30 Pre-Meeting Materials, 1987 October


Box 7 Folder 20 Ravitch "Tot Sociology: Or What Happened to History in Grade Schools,", 1987



Box 1 Folder 14 Requests for Reports, 1989-1990


Box 1 Folder 15 Requests for State Info, 1986-1987



Box 2 Folder 16 Scott Widmeyer - Consultant, 1988



Box 7 Folder 12 Sewall "American History Textbooks: An Assessment of Quality,", 1987


Box 7 Folder 27 Supporting Organizations, 1988


Box 7 Folder 13 Woodward "Beyond Textbooks in Elementary Social Studies,", 1986-1987



Box 1 Folder 13 Work Plans, 1987