Helen Oakes Papers, 1958-2002
Collection ID
Acc. 995
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Description
Collection Summary
Title
Helen Oakes Papers
Dates
1958-2002
Collection ID
Acc. 995
Creator
Oakes, Helen
Quantity
37 linear feet (37 boxes)
Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Language
Materials in English
Detailed Collection Information
Biographical Note
Helen Oakes was a nationally recognized activist for public education from the 1960s to 1980s. Oakes was chairman of the West Philadelphia Schools Committee from 1965 to 1970, chairman of the Education Committee of the League of Women Voters in 1965, and in 1968, she wrote The School District of Philadelphia: A Critical Analysis. From 1971 to 1980, she was a member of the board of the Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia. She was a member of the Philadelphia Board of Education from 1982 to 1989. From 1989 to 1998, she served as liaison in the educational partnership between ARCO Chemical Company and James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia. She also wrote, published and distributed the “Oakes Newsletter,” from 1970 to 1989, which addressed issues affecting the Philadelphia School District.
Helen Oakes’ most notable contribution to public education was perhaps her own research and writing. The “Oakes Newsletter” tackled issues affecting the Philadelphia school district, especially teaching methods, standardized testing, technology in the classroom, school budgets, classroom environments and other social issues. Oakes started the newsletter shortly after her tenure with the League of Women Voters, when the results of some reports completed by that group returned dismal results. According to a January 31, 1989 article in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Oakes observed “...that predominantly black schools were getting the short end of the education stick: the worst overcrowding, the greatest concentration of teacher vacancies and the biggest shortages of resources.” It was after this that she decided to start writing the newsletter. In addition to “Oakes Newsletter,” from 1975 to 1981, she also wrote “School by School Statistical Analysis,” which provided data on enrollment, average class size, absentee rate for staff and students and reading scores for the Philadelphia public schools.
Oakes also worked as a consultant from time to time. From 1988 to 1998, she served as an educational consultant and liaison in the educational partnership between the ARCO Chemical Company and the James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The ARCO Chemical Company, which had a long-standing tradition of tutoring and mentoring initiatives in the Philadelphia School District, financially sponsored the James Rhoads Elementary School in an experimental school “cluster” project with the intention of improving the educational system, especially in under-represented communities.
In recognition of her work in public education, in 1982, Philadelphia Mayor William J. Green, III appointed Oakes to the Philadelphia Board of Education. She served on the Board until 1989. Oakes was an unusual board member; “...contrary to school board tradition, she represented no constituency: she spoke for no ethnic group, political party, labor union or school faction,” (Philadelphia Inquirer, January 31, 1989). While on the Board of Education, she was also a member of the Philadelphia School District’s Desegregation Task Force and the Task Force on Teacher Selection.
Oakes’ work, especially her work on the “Oakes Newsletter,” was recognized with awards and honors from numerous organizations, including the West Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce (1974), the Institute for Public Education of Lansdowne (1975), the Philadelphia Association of School Administrators (1976), the Black Women’s Educational Alliance (1980), and the Philadelphia Council of Administrative Women in Education (1982). She also received the John N. Patterson Award from the Citizens Committee on Public Education in 1979 because she “consistently provided the community with in-depth and objective analyses relating to problems and progress in the public schools.”
Helen Oakes graduated from Smith College in 1944. She was married to Earle Oakes. They had three sons and one daughter, all of whom attended Philadelphia public schools and graduated from Overbrook High School.
All information provided in the preceding biographical sketch was taken from biographical information file found within the collection (Box 35, folders 27-28).
Description of Collection
This collection contains the papers of Helen Oakes, a public education activist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The materials date from 1958 to 2002, and include correspondence; printed materials, such as newsletters and pamphlets, newspaper clippings, educational and statistical reports, meeting minutes, financial records, and memoranda. The materials relate to Helen Oakes’ long-term involvement with a wide-range of educational institutions and initiatives, specifically in Philadelphia. Of particular note, are significant materials related to Oakes’ research, writing and publication of the “Oakes Newsletter.”
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 6 series as follows:
Series 1: Oakes Newsletter, 1968-1992
Subseries 1.1: Published Newsletters, 1970-1989
Subseries 1.2: Administrative Records, 1969-1992
Subseries 1.3: Resource Files, 1968-1988
Series 2: Board of Education, 1965-1991
Series 3: James Rhoads Elementary Project, 1988-1998
Series 4: School District of Philadelphia, 1958-1994
Subseries 4.1: Reports, 1967-1992
Subseries 4.2: Directories, 1964-1986
Subseries 4.3: Subject Files, 1958-2002
Series 5: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1963-2002
Series 6: Printed Materials and Publications, 1965-1993
Series 1: Oakes Newsletter, 1968-1992. Series 1 is divided into three subseries: “Published Newsletters,” “Administrative Records,” and “Resource Files.”
Subseries 1.1: Published Newsletters, 1970-1989. The first subseries, “Published Newsletters,” contains copies of the entire run of the Oakes Newsletter, from Volume I to Volume XX. The files are arranged by volume number, and date from April 1970 to January 1989.
Subseries 1.2: Administrative Records, 1969-1992. The second subseries, “Administrative Records,” houses records related to the production of the Oakes Newsletter. Within the subseries, researchers will find correspondence, financial records related to publishing the newsletter, as well as financial and business papers regarding Acorn Educational Press, Incorporated, Helen Oakes’ corporation under which she published her newsletter. Additionally, statistical surveys related to schools in Philadelphia are located in the subseries. The files are arranged alphabetically by record type, and date from 1969 to 1997. Interested researchers should also peruse Series 5: Correspondence and Subject files” for additional papers related to the funding of the newsletter.
Subseries 1.3: Resource Files, 1968-1988. The last subseries consists of research materials compiled by Helen Oakes for articles in the Oakes Newsletter. The files are titled by their corresponding article title and are in numeric order, according to volume number. The resources include Helen Oakes’ handwritten notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, reports and correspondence. Some of the resources postdate the article; Oakes probably continued to use the files for later resources she found despite the articles being complete. The records date from 1968 to 1988.
Series 2: Board of Education, 1965-1991. Series 2 houses records related to the Board of Education in Philadelphia from 1965 to 1991. Of note, is a log or diary kept by Oakes’ which documents work she completed presumably as a member of the Board of Education. Researchers will also find here records from various Board committees, notes from Board meetings, teacher development material, and papers produced by former Superintendent Constance Clayton. There is also a range of material on national and local education issues such as student enrollment, gay and lesbian awareness, and curriculum development. Much of the material here relates to materials also found in the series “IV. School District of Philadelphia.” The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject title.
Series 3: James Rhoads Elementary Project, 1988-1998. Series 3 consists of materials collected by Helen Oakes pertaining to her involvement as educational consultant and liaison in the ten year partnership between the Atlantic Richfield Chemical Company (ARCO) and the James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia. The materials date from 1988 to 1998 and are arranged alphabetically by subject title. Materials include numerous reports written by Helen Oakes to ARCO’s Steve Cohen, assessments of educational resources, correspondence, evaluations and notes of classroom visits conducted by Helen Oakes, reports and research materials of various educational committees, proposed yearly budgets submitted to ARCO to justify funding allocation as well as reports on the effectiveness of general curriculum and standardized testing. Also of note are the materials related to the Penn Literacy Network, the development of various educational standards within James Rhoads Elementary School and other related schools who were members of the experimental “cluster” of schools in the School District of Philadelphia, as well as evaluations and reports produced by Villanova University’s Human Organization Science Institute for ARCO.
Series 4: School District of Philadelphia, 1958-1994. Series 4 dates from 1958 to 1994 and is divided into three subseries, “Reports,” “Directories” and “Subject Files.”
Subseries 4.1: Reports, 1967-1992. The first subseries includes various published and unpublished reports about education at the local and national level. The reports provide information on such topics as achievement testing, finance and budgets, race, sex, and Philadelphia schools. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order and dates from 1967 to 1992.
Subseries 4.2: Directories, 1964-1986. The second subseries contains collected directories mostly from the Board of Education and the School District of Philadelphia. The directories date from 1964 to 1986 and are arranged in alphabetical order.
Subseries 4.3: Subject Files, 1958-2002. The third subseries contains a variety of materials relating to the School District of Philadelphia. Researchers will find files related to a superintendent search, probably performed while Oakes was a member of the School Board, as well as desegregation, teachers’ strikes, occupational coursework, and School Board members. Of interest is the School District of Philadelphia files relating to the Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Gay and Lesbian Compliance Policy, which had a goal of providing “an affirmative, positive and safe learning environment for our lesbian, gay and non-gay youth.” The report and testimony from this task force offers some useful documentation of 1980s attitudes on homosexuality and education. Also of interest are materials related to Constance Clayton and Thomas K. Gilhool, the former Secretary of Education for the state of Pennsylvania. These materials contain correspondence, reports and memoranda, and notes and newspaper clippings related to the controversial hiring of Gilhool to teach in the Philadelphia School District in 1989 and 1990. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order according to topic and dates from 1958 to 2002.
Series 5: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1963-2002. Series 5 dates from 1963 to 2002 and is arranged in alphabetical order by general subject. Please note, many of the papers filed in this series directly relate to several of the other series in the collection. The series consists of wide-ranging record types including correspondence, mailing lists, personal notes, speeches given, awards, financial records, reports, literature, grant proposals and newspaper clippings. Of particular interest are the materials regarding Floyd Logan, the West Philadelphia Schools Committee, the League of Women Voters, Educational Parks, and Helen Oakes’ various personal notebooks. The Floyd Logan records include materials from and about Floyd Logan (1900 to 1979), a public education advocate who stood for school desegregation and black representation on the school board. Helen Oakes' notebooks contain document meetings of boards, committees and task forces of which she was a member. The League of Women Voters files document Oakes’ participation in the League in the 1960s, as well as her advocacy for public education as a member of this group specifically. The Educational Parks materials were compiled by Earle Oakes, Helen’s husband, and include grant applications to the U.S. Department of Education, correspondence, park sketches, architectural drawings, notes and research. Earle Oakes used these gathered materials to promote the creation of educational parks, which would be used as a tool for desegregation in Philadelphia. Some other subjects included are the Citizens' Committee, cluster schools, decentralization, desegregation and child abuse. There are also several files related to the "Oakes Newsletter."
Series 6: Printed Materials and Publications, 1965-1993. Series 6 contains reports and publications on educational topics. Researchers will find reports on comparisons between Philadelphia public schools and other school districts, home school provisions, and young parenting. Researchers are advised to review the box and folder list for additional details. The series is arranged alphabetically by title, and spans from 1965 to 1993.
When reviewing the finding for this collection, researchers are advised to pay close attention to box and folder numbers. Note that the intellectual and physical arrangements of the records do not match.
Patron Information
Research Access
Collection is open for research. Materials in Box 16 folders 4 and 15 in Series 3, and materials in Box 30 folder 49 in Series 5, are restricted.
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This collection may be housed off-site at the Library Depository, and require up to two business days to retrieve. Please review the finding aid and be prepared to identify specific materials to be retrieved. Contact the Special Collections Research Center in advance of your visit, so that materials may be relocated to the reading room for research.
Publication and Copyright Information
The Helen Oakes Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Intellectual property rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. Researchers are responsible for determining the identity of rights holders and obtaining their permission for publication and for other purposes where stated.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Helen Oakes Papers, Acc. 995, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Related Material
Helen Oakes Papers, 1958-1992 (Acc. 707, 773), Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.
William Cutler Oral Histories, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Donated by Helen Oakes in 2003.
Processing Information
Finding aid prepared by Megan Atkinson, Christiana Dobrzynski Grippe, Courtney Smerz, Forrest Wright.
The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, administered through the Council on Library and Information Resources’ “Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives” Project.
This collection was minimally processed in 2009-2011, as part of an experimental project conducted under the auspices of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries to help eliminate processing backlog in Philadelphia repositories. A minimally processed collection is one processed at a less intensive rate than traditionally thought necessary to make a collection ready for use by researchers. When citing sources from this collection, researchers are advised to defer to folder titles provided in the finding aid rather than those provided on the physical folder.
Employing processing strategies outlined in Mark Greene's and Dennis Meissner's 2005 article, More Product, Less Process: Revamping Traditional Processing Approaches to Deal With Late 20th-Century Collections, the project team tested the limits of minimal processing on collections of all types and ages, in 23 Philadelphia area repositories. A primary goal of the project, the team processed at an average rate of 2-3 hours per linear foot of records, a fraction of the time ordinarily reserved for the arrangement and description of collections. Among other time saving strategies, the project team did not extensively review the content of the collections, replace acidic folders or complete any preservation work.
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in July 2015. Finding aid revised to include two small additions to the collection in April 2018.
Index Terms
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in Temple University’s electronic catalog:
Personal/Family Names:
Oakes, Helen
Corporate Names:
Rhoads Elementary School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
Subjects:
Public schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Public schools--United States--Statistics
Women in education
Material Types:
Administrative records
Clippings
Correspondence
Directories
Financial records
Mailing lists
Newsletters
Publications
Reports
School records
Inventory
Series 1: Oakes Newsletter, 1968-1992
Series 1 is divided into three subseries: “Published Newsletters,” “Administrative Records,” and “Resource Files.”
Subseries 1.1: Published Newsletters, 1970-1989
The first subseries, “Published Newsletters,” contains copies of the entire run of the Oakes Newsletter, from Volume I to Volume XX. The files are arranged by volume number, and date from April 1970 to January 1989.
1 1 Volumes I-VI April 1970 - June 1975
1 2 Volumes I-VI April 1970 – June 1975
1 3 Volumes I-VI April 1970 – June 1975
1 4 Volumes XV-XIII September 1975 - June 1982
1 5 Volumes XV-XIII September 1975 - June 1982
1 6 Volumes XV-XIII September 1975 - June 1982
1 7 Volumes XIV-XX September 1982 - July 1989
1 8 Volumes XIV-XX September 1982 - July 1989
1 9 Volumes XIV-XX September 1982 - July 1989
1 10 Volumes I-VI, with enclosures May1970 – May 1975
1 11 Volumes I-VI, with enclosures May 1970 - May 1975
1 12 Volumes VII-XV, with enclosures September 1975 - May 1984
1 13 Volumes VII-XV, with enclosures September 1975 - May 1984
1 14 Volumes XVI to XX, with enclosures September 1984 - January 1989
Subseries 1.2: Administrative Records, 1969-1992
The second subseries, “Administrative Records,” houses records related to the production of the Oakes Newsletter. Within the subseries, researchers will find correspondence, financial records related to publishing the newsletter, as well as financial and business papers regarding Acorn Educational Press, Incorporated, Helen Oakes’ corporation under which she published her newsletter. Additionally, statistical surveys related to schools in Philadelphia are located in the subseries. The files are arranged alphabetically by record type, and date from 1969 to 1997. Interested researchers should also peruse Series 5: Correspondence and Subject files” for additional papers related to the funding of the newsletter
1 15 Bank Street College of Education papers on elementary education 1965
1 16 Bulletin Essay Contest 1977-1978
1 17 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume I 1970-1971
1 18 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume II 1971-1972
1 19 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume IV 1972-1973
1 20 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume V 1974-1975
1 21 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume VI 1975-1976
1 22 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume VII 1976-1977
1 23 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume VIII 1977-1978
1 24 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume IX 1978-1979
1 25 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume IX 1978-1979
2 1 Correspondence regarding Oakes Newsletter Volume X 1979-1980
2 2 Council for Educational Priorities 1981-1982
31 26 Desegregation issues 1971-1986
31 27 Drafts of Newsletter 1971-1979
31 1 Financial Records: Acorn Educational Press, Inc. taxes 1970-1971
31 2 Financial Records: Acorn Educational Press, Inc. original documents of incorporation 1970-1972
31 3 Financial Records: Acorn Educational Press, Inc. tax exemption foundation status 1971-1972
31 4 Financial Records: Acorn Educational Press, Inc. taxes 1986-1989
31 5 Financial Records: audit 1985-1986
31 6 Financial Records: annual report and budget 1986-1987
31 7 Financial Records: bills 1976
2 3 Financial Records: bills, accounting, deposits, and statements 1970-1973
2 4 Financial records: Bills paid, accounting, bank deposits and statements 1970-1973
2 4a Financial Records: bills paid 1971-1976
2 5 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1977-1978
2 6 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1977-1978
2 7 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1978-1979
2 8 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1979-1980
2 9 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1980-1981
2 10 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1981-1982
2 11 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1982-1983
2 12 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1983-1984
2 13 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1984-1985
2 14 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1985-1986
31 8 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1986-1987
31 9 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1987-1988
31 10 Financial Records: bills, petty cash, accounting 1988-1989
2 15 Financial Records: check register 1974, 1976, 1978
2 16 Financial Records: check register 1980, 1983, 1985
31 11 Financial Records: Delaware Cash Reserve and Beneficial Savings forms 1975
2 17 Financial Records: Expenses 1971-1974
2 18 Financial Records: Expenses 1973-1974
31 12 Financial Records: Expenses 1975-1989
2 19 Financial Records: Expenses 1977-1978
2 20 Financial Records: Expenses 1978-1979
2 21 Financial Records: Expenses 1979-1980
2 22 Financial Records: Expenses 1980-1981
2 23 Financial Records: Expenses 1981-1982
2 24 Financial Records: Expenses 1982-1983
2 25 Financial Records: Expenses 1983-1985
2 26 Financial Records: Expenses 1985-1986
31 13 Financial Records: Expenses 1986-1987
31 14 Financial Records: Expenses 1987-1988
2 27 Financial Records: expenses and receipts 1974-1975
2 28 Financial Records: expenses and receipts 1975-1976
2 29 Financial Records: expenses and receipts 1976-1977
2 30 Financial Records: Form 990 Federal Taxes 1970-1976
31 15 Financial Records: Form 990 Federal Taxes 1979-1981
2 31 Financial Records: Membership 1970-1971
2 32 Financial Records: State of Pennsylvania Application for Certificate of Registration for Charitable Organizations 1971-1977
31 24 Financial Records: State of Pennsylvania Application for Certificate of Registration for Charitable Organizations 1978-1998
2 33 Index and newsletters with subject files April 1970 - March 1975
2 34 Mailing list 1969-1970
31 16 Mailing list, post office deposit, printer's record 1979
31 17 Mailing list 1985
31 18 Mailing list, labels with addresses 1986-1987
31 19 Mailing list, labels with addresses 1987-1988
31 20 Mailing list, label master sheets for first class and non-profit newsletters 1988
31 21 Mailing list, labels, renewals Undated
31 22 Mailing list, labels for first class mailing Undated
2 35 Post Office matters: distribution of newsletters, start-up papers 1970-1976
31 23 Press release 1989
2 36 Statistical analysis of enrollment 1974-1975
2 37 Statistical analysis of funding 1974-1979
2 38 Statistical analysis of funding 1975-1976
3 1 Statistical analysis of enrollment 1975-1976
3 2 Statistical analysis worksheets 1976
2 3 Statistical analysis from School District of Philadelphia 1977
3 4 Statistical analysis worksheets and notes 1977-1978
3 5 Statistical analysis worksheets and information 1978
3 6 Statistical analysis mailing lists, requirements, and notes on information gathered 1978-1979
3 7 Statistical analysis supplement 1979
3 8 Statistical analysis data sheets 1979
3 9 Statistical analysis information 1979
3 10 Statistical analysis information 1980
3 11 Statistical analysis data sheets 1980
3 12 Statistical analysis capacities 1981
3 13 Statistical analysis data sheets and notes 1981
3 14 Statistical analysis information 1981
3 15 Statistical analysis orders 1981
3 16 Subject headings 1997
3 17 Subject headings 1997
3 18 Subject headings 1997
3 19 Subscription and renewal letters and forms 1982
3 20 Subscription letters and forms 1982-1985
3 21 Subscription letters and forms 1982-1985
3 22 Subscription letters and forms 1986
3 23 Subscription letters and forms 1987
Subseries 1.3: Resource Files, 1968-1988
The last subseries consists of research materials compiled by Helen Oakes for articles in the Oakes Newsletter. The files are titled by their corresponding article title and are in numeric order, according to volume number. The resources include Helen Oakes’ handwritten notes, magazine and newspaper clippings, pamphlets, brochures, reports and correspondence. Some of the resources postdate the article; Oakes probably continued to use the files for later resources she found despite the articles being complete. The records date from 1968 to 1988.
3 24 Budget (Resource I-1) 1970
3 25 Draft (Resource I-2) 1969-1970
3 26 Draft (Resource I-3) 1968-1970
3 27 Teachers contract negotiations (Resource I-4) 1970
3 28 Sex education (Resource II-2) 1967-1978
3 29 Sex education curriculum (Resource II-2) 1968-1978
3 30 Resource II-3 1970-1971
3 31 Resource II-3 1970
3 32 New Teachers (Resource II-4) 1970
3 33 Drugs (Resources II-5) 1970-1971
3 34 8th Graders choose their courses (Resources II-6) 1970
3 35 Financial Crisis Update (Resource II-7) 1970-1973
3 36 Integration and human relations community hearings (Resource II-8) 1968-1973
3 37 Informal classroom (Resource II-9) 1971-1973
3 38 Resource II-10 1970-1971
4 1 Budget Cuts deep and Harmful (Resource for Volume III-1) 1971
4 2 The Drive for Reading Improvement (Resource for Volume III-2) 1971
4 3 Parkway Program (Resource for Volume III-3) 1971
4 4 Issue of December 1971 (Resource for Volume III-3) 1971
4 5 Programs not Padlocks (Resource for Volume III-4) 1971, 1978, 1979
4 6 Public Education, Keystone of Our Republic (Resource for Volume III-5) 1972 Undated
4 7 Home and School Council (Resource for Volume III-7) 1962, 1966, 1971-1975
4 8 Money Can make a Difference (Resource for Volume III-8) 1966, 1972
4 9 How Should Schools be Financed (Resource for Volume III-9) 1970-1973
4 10 Integrating Philadelphia’s Desegregated Schools (Resource for Volume III-10) 1970-1972
4 11 After the Contract Settlement, How Will the Schools Be Kept Open? (Resource for Volume IV-1) 1972
4 12 Why are the Philadelphia Public Schools Closed? (Resource for Volume IV-2) 1972
4 13 Students for the World of Work (Resource for Volume IV-3) 1972
4 14 The Skills Centers (Resource for Volume IV-4) 1970-1975
4 15 The Fact Finder's Report (Resource for Volume IV-5) 1973
4 16 The Layman's Guide to the Schools' Financial Crisis (Resource for Volume I, III-6) 1973
4 17 The Layman's Guide to the Schools' Financial Crisis (Resource for Volume II, Taxes, III-6) 1973
4 18 Outcome of the Strike (Resource for Volume IV-7) 1973-1974
4 19 Budget (Resource for Volume IV-8) 1971-1973
4 20 Budget-Spring (Resource for Volume IV-8) 1973
4 21 Personnel Policy Decisions (Resource for Volume IV-9) 1971-1973
5 1 Affective Education (Resource for Volume IV-10) 1971
5 2 How Should Title I Funds Be Spent? (Resource for Volume V-1 1971-1973
5 3 Lamberton (Resource for Volume V-2) 1973-1978
5 4 Retarded Children's Right to Education (Resource for Volume V-3) 1972-1973
5 5 Desegregation Plan (Resource for Volume V-1) 1968-1973
5 6 Teachers Absences and Substitutes (Resource for Volume V-1) 1972-1974
5 7 Instruction Must Continue Until Year Ends (Resource for Volume V-7) 1974-1979
5 8 The Tenure Law (Resource for Volume V-9) 1972-1975
5 9 Gratz High School (V-10) 1973-1975
5 10 The Superintendent Versus the Board of Education (VI-1) 1973-1974
5 11 Annette Temin (Resource for Volume VI-2) 1968-1974, 1992
5 12 Science in the Philadelphia Public Schools (Resource for Volume VI-3) 1969, 1974
5 13 Student Records (Resource for Volume VI-4) 1973-1975
5 14 Floyd Logan (Resource for Volume VI-5) 1965-1979
5 15 Prekindergarten in the Philadelphia Public Schools (Resource for Volume VI-6) 1974-1975
5 16 Reading Achievement Scores Improving (Resource for Volume VI-7) 1974-1975
6 1 Reading (Resource for Volume VI-7) 1974-1975
6 2 Public Education Faces Another Budget Crisis (Resource for Volume VI-9) 1975-1976
6 3 Living With the Teachers' Contract (Resource for Volume VI-10) 1972-1977
6 4 Philadelphia Must Desegregate its Schools (Resource for Volume VII) 1971-1975
6 5 Achievement and Failure (Resource for Volume VII) 1975
6 6 Changes in Title I for 1975-1976 (Resource for Volume VII) 1975-1976
6 7 Follow Through (Resource for Volume VII) 1975-1976
6 8 Resource for Volume VII 1972-1975
6 9 Selection, rating and dismissal of teachers (Resource for Volume VII) 1975-1976
6 10 Contract Clauses Need Modifying (Resource for Volume VII) 1975-1976
6 11 Excellent People and Programs Found in Many Schools (Resource for Volume VII) 1975-1976
6 12 School Budget for 1976 to 1977 (Resource for Volume VII-8) 1975-1976
6 13 Mathematics (Resource for Volume VII-9) 1975-1976
6 14 The Budget Gap Must be Narrowed (Resource for Volume VIII-1) 1974-1976
6 15 Discipline-What Should the Goals Be? (Resource for Volume VIII-3) 1974-1976
6 16 Who is Responsible When They Don't Learn (Resource for Volume 10/76) 1976
6 17 Desegregation and the Board of Education (Resource for Volume VIII-4) 1973-1976
6 18 The Academically Talented Program. Costly and Unfair (Resource for Volume VIII-5) 1973-1976
7 1 Writing, Students Should Do More of It (Resource for Volume VIII-6) 1976-1977
7 2 The 1977 Fiscal Crisis (Resource for Volume VIII-8) 1976-1977
7 3 Of Chess, Debating and the Budget (Resource for Volume VIII-9) 1976-1977
7 4 A Demoralizing Summer and Still No Solution (Resource for Volume IX-1) 1977
7 5 Counseling-A Valuable Service (Resource for Volume IX-2) 1976-1981
7 6 Board and Superintendent Unfit (Resource for Volume IX-3) 1975-1977
7 7 Special Education and Public Law 94-142 (Resource for Volume IX-4) 1968-1977
7 8 Absenteeism, The Budget and the Contract (Resource for Volume IX-5) 1974-1978
7 9 Needed-Leadership and Adequate Funds (Resource for Volume IX-6) 1977-1978
7 10 Index (Resource for Volume IX-7) 1978, 1981
7 11 Public Wants Higher Achievement and Lower Costs (Resource for Volume IX-8) 1975-1979
7 12 Alternative Programs Deserve Support (Resource for Volume IX-9) 1977-1978
7 13 Contract Documents-Fact Finder's Report, Chamber of Commerce (Resource for Volume X-1) 1978
7 14 School System Impaired by Mayor, Board and Support (Resource for Volume X-1) 1978
7 15 School Staffs in Chaos-Superintendent Responsible (Resource for Volume X-2) 1978
7 16 The Voluntary Desegregation Plan (Resource for Volume X-3) 1978
7 17 Teachers' Contract Terms Harm the Schools (Resource for Volume X-4) 1978-1979
7 18 Vocational Education Should be Skills Training Plus Academics (Resource for Volume X-5) 1978-1979
7 19 Special Education-Greater Commitment Needed (Resource for Volume X-6) 1979-1980
7 20 Mismanagement, Wrong Decisions and the Budget Gap (Resource for Volume X-7) 1979
7 21 Some of the High Spots (Resource for Volume X-8) 1978-1979
7 22 As the 1979 to 1980 School Year Begins (Resource for Volume XI-1) 1979
7 23 Crime and Disorder Disrupt Learning (Resource for Volume XI-2) 1979
8 1 The Importance of Physical Education (Resource for Volume XI-3) 1974-1979
8 2 Teacher "Assignment" Policies Damaging (Resource XI-4) 1975-1979
8 3 Minimum Competency Testing-Not a Solution (Resource for Volume XI-5) 1979-1980
8 4 Resource for Volume XI-6 1979-1980
8 5 Too Many Paid Too Much-Student and Taxpayers Suffer (Resource for Volume XI-7) 1979-1980
8 6 Board and Superintendent Must Be Replaced (Resource for Volume XI-8) 1977-1980
8 7 Board and Superintendent Must Be Replaced Documents (Resource for Volume XI) 1980
8 8 Superintendent A Failure-Must Be Replaced at Once (Resource for Volume XI) 1980
8 9 Ways to Prevent Drug Use by Young People (Resource for Volume XII-3) 1980
8 10 Potential Debt Mounts as Superintendent Spends (Resource for Volume XII-4) 1980-1981
8 11 Superintendent's Abuse of Merit System Damaging (Resource for Volume XII-5) 1979-1981
8 12 Special Education and the Budget Gap-documents (Resource for Volume XII-6) 1980-1981
8 13 Special Education and the Budget Gap (Resource for Volume XII-6) 1976, 1980-1981
8 14 Skills Emphasis Destructive-New Reading Plan Needed (Resource for Volume XII-7) 1977-1981
8 15 District Heads for Chaos-Board Refuses to Resign (Resource for Volume XII-8) 1980-1981
8 16 Schools Must Open-Budget Cuts and More Dollars Required (Resource for Volume XIII-1) 1981
8 17 More About the Strike, Cuts and Mismanagement (Resource for Volume XIII-2) 1981-1982
8 18 Mismanagement Leads to Legislative Proposals for Changes (Resource for Volume XIII-3) 1981
8 19 Teenage Pregnancy (Resource for Volume XIII-4) 1980-1982
8 20 Music Programs in Jeopardy (Resource for Volume XIII-5) 1981-1982
8 21 A New Superintendent-What to Look for (Resource for Volume XIII-6) 1981-1982
8 22 Valuable Programs Must be Saved (Resource for Volume XIII-7) 1975-1982
8 23 Adopting the 1982 to 1983 Budget (Resource for Volume XIII-8) 1982
9 1 Supplementary Index to Oakes Newsletter (Resource for Volume XIV-1) 1977-1978
9 2 The Need to Look Ahead (Resource for Volume XIV-2) 1982
9 3 A Proposal to Reform Public Education (Resource for Volume XIV-3) 1982
9 4 The Expectations and Mastery Learning Projects (Resource for Volume XIV-4) 1982-1983
9 5 Students Must Read to Learn, Not Learn to Read (Resource for Volume XIV-5) 1981-1983
9 6 Printed materials-Reading to Learn (Resource for Volume XIV) 1982-1983
9 7 School Closings-Pros and Cons (Resource for Volume XIV) 1982-1983
9 8 The Rose Lindenbaum Award for Excellence in Teaching (Resource for Volume XIV) 1980-1988
9 9 Educational Reform-A Matter of Survival, includes budget materials (Resource for Volume XIV) 1982-1983
9 10 School Safety and the Environment for Learning (Resource for Volume XV) 1982-1983
9 11 School Safety and the Environment for Learning (Resource for Volume XV) 1983
9 12 Bilingual Education Should be Valued and Supported, documents (Resource for Volume XV) 1984
9 13 Bilingual Education Should be Valued and Supported, documents (Resource for Volume XV) 1980-1985
9 14 The 1983 Voluntary Desegregation Plan (Resource for Volume XV) 1983
9 15 Computers (Resource for Volume XV) 1983-1984
9 16 Proposals and Efforts to Improve Public Education (Resource for Volume XV) 1983-1984
9 17 Creating a Climate for Learning in the High Schools (Resource for Volume XV) 1983-1984
9 18 Philadelphia Teachers' Learning Cooperative (Resource for Volume XV) 1984
9 19 The Standardized Curriculum (Resource for Volume XV) 1983-1984
9 20 The Literacy Network Classroom (Resource for Volume XVI) 1984
9 21 The Literacy Network Classroom, readings (Resource for Volume XVI) 1984
9 22 Ways to Promote Learning (Resource for Volume XVI) 1979-1984
9 23 The Philadelphia High School Academies (Resource for Volume XVI) 1984-1987
10 1 The Voluntary Desegregation Plan-One Year Later (Resource for Volume XVI) 1983-1985
10 2 The Literate Environment Kindergarten (Resource for Volume XVI) 1985
10 3 PATHS-Philadelphia Alliance Teaching Humanities (Resource for Volume XVI) 1985
10 4 Testing and Evaluation (Resource for Volume XVI) 1984-1985
10 5 Preventing Drug Abuse (Resource for Volume XVI) 1984-1988
10 6 Supplementary Index to Oakes Newsletter (Resource for Volume XVII-1) 1980-1985
10 7 The Teachers' Contract (Resource for Volume XVII) 1985
10 8 School Health Services-The Problem (Resource for Volume XVII) 1985
10 9 School Health Services-The Problem (Resource for Volume XVII) 1984-1985
10 10 Achieving and Maintaining Good Health (Resource for Volume XVII) 1985-1986
10 11 Replicating Success (Resource for Volume XVII) 1983-1986
10 12 Replicating Success (Resource for Volume XVII) 1985
10 13 Preventing Teenage Pregnancy (Resource for Volume XVII) 1985-1986
10 14 Implementing the Modified Desegregation Plan (Resource for Volume XVII) 1986
10 15 Programs for the Mentally Gifted (Resource for Volume XVII) 1984-1986
11 1 Sweeping Changes Needed (Resource for Volume XVIII) 1986
11 2 The Importance of Music Education (XVIII) 1986
11 3 Adopt-A-Student Enhances Learning (XVIII) 1985-1986
11 4 The Mildly Handicapped-The Focus Should be On Instruction (Resource for Volume XVIII) 1986
11 5 The Mildly Handicapped-The Focus Should be On Instruction (Resource for Volume XVIII) 1986-1987
11 6 How Children Should Begin Their Learning (Resource for Volume XVIII) 1986-1987
11 7 Philadelphia Renaissance Science and Math (PRISM) (Resource for Volume XVIII) 1986-1987
11 8 Writing Across the Curriculum (Resource for Volume XIX) 1987
11 9 Writing Across the Curriculum (Resource for Volume XIX) 1987
11 10 Writing Across the Curriculum (Resource for Volume XIX) 1987
11 11 Education for Employment/Cities in Schools (Resource for Volume XIX) 1988
11 12 Report Card on Basal Readers (Resource for Volume XIX-3) 1987
11 13 Make Literature Central to the Teaching of Reading (Resource for Volume XIX) 1986-1988
11 14 Restructuring Chapter One (Resource for Volume XIX) 1988
11 15 The Teachers' Contract -1988-1992 (Resource for Volume XX) 1988
11 16 The Teachers' Contract-1988-1992, documents (Resource for Volume XX) 1987-1988
11 17 New Teachers Need Support and Assistance (Resource for Volume XX) 1988
11 18 New Teachers Resource (Resource for Volume XX) 1988
Series 3: James Rhoads Elementary Project, 1988-1998
Series 3 consists of materials collected by Helen Oakes pertaining to her involvement as educational consultant and liaison in the ten year partnership between the Atlantic Richfield Chemical Company (ARCO) and the James Rhoads Elementary School in Philadelphia. The materials date from 1988 to 1998 and are arranged alphabetically by subject title. Materials include numerous reports written by Helen Oakes to ARCO’s Steve Cohen, assessments of educational resources, correspondence, evaluations and notes of classroom visits conducted by Helen Oakes, reports and research materials of various educational committees, proposed yearly budgets submitted to ARCO to justify funding allocation as well as reports on the effectiveness of general curriculum and standardized testing. Also of note are the materials related to the Penn Literacy Network, the development of various educational standards within James Rhoads Elementary School and other related schools who were members of the experimental “cluster” of schools in the School District of Philadelphia, as well as evaluations and reports produced by Villanova University’s Human Organization Science Institute for ARCO.
16 1 Accelerated Schools Newsletter, Henry M. Levin 1990-1997
16 2 Accelerated Schools Newsletter Henry M. Levin 1990-1997
16 3 Accounting for ARCO Chemical Company 1992, 1994-1995
16 4 Account: Revolving cash, Naomi Grondahl (RESTRICTED) March 17, 1997-February 1, 1999
16 5 ARCO Chemical Company March 1-July 1992
16 6 ARCO Chemical Company and James Rhoads Elementary and Sulzberger Middle Schools mentoring program 1999
16 7 ARCO Chemical Company chronological records August 1 - November 30, 1992
16 8 ARCO Chemical Company chronological records January 9-August 31, 1991
16 9 ARCO Chemical Company-Philadelphia correspondence 1995
16 10 ARCO Chemical Company: Equipment and supplies, ordering and receiving 1990-1991
16 11 ARCO Chemical Company and Rhoads Elementary School partnership history 1993-1995
16 12 Article about Rhoads and ARCO which Helen Oakes wrote "for Marcienne's publication" 1995
16 13 Assessment alternatives 1995
16 14 Bank Street College 1993
16 15 Browner, Jakki and reports to ARCO (RESTRICTED) 1991
16 16 Budget 1993-1994
16 17 Budget 1994-1997
16 18 Center for Change, includes grant proposal 1992
16 19 Central Park East Undated
16 20 Children Achieving: David Hornbeck 1995
16 21 Children's Literacy Initiative 1997
16 22 Chronological record July – December 1990
17 23 Chronological record September 1- December 31, 1991
16 24 Chronological record January 1- April 30, 1992
16 25 Chronological record December 1, 1992 - June 30, 1993
16 26 Chronological record July 1 - December 31, 1993
16 27 Chronological record January - August 31, 1994
16 28 Chronological record July 20 – December 1994
16 29 Chronological record January 1994 - June 1995
17 1 Chronological record July 1 - December 31, 1995
17 2 Chronological record January – June 1996
17 3 Chronological record July – December 1996
17 4 Chronological record January – June 1997
17 5 Chronological record September 1997 - June 1998
17 6 Chronological record 1998-1999
17 7 Coalition of Essential Schools, Brown University 1988-1991
17 8 The Comer Process School Development Program 1988-1990
17 9 Computer/PLN course 1998
17 10 Computers research 1991
17 11 Cooperative Learning 1990
17 12 Correspondence from Helen Oakes 1990
17 13 Diary of events at Rhoads 1993-1994
17 14 Documents, original for partnership 1990
17 15 Early childhood education July 1995
17 16 Educational plan, Children Achieving 1995-1997
17 17 Educational plan committee 1993
17 18 Evaluation report on Children Achieving September 1996
17 19 Family Resource Networks 1995
17 20 Functional Behavior Assessment Initiative 1994-2000
17 21 Governance Council 1997-1998
17 22 Highlights of the history of the ARCO/Rhoads partnership 1995-1996
17 23 Highlights of the history of the ARCO/Rhoads partnership 1996-1997
17 24 Home and School Council 1988
17 25 Human Relations Committee 1994
17 26 IBM Writing to Read program 1991
17 27 Index (ratings, scores) of school 1996
17 28 Invoices 1993 July
17 29 Kindergarten visits 1998
17 30 Library Power Committee March 1998
17 31 Library Power, Library 1996-1997
17 32 Library Power - Information Literacy Model 1997
17 33 Library Power - Rhoads 1997-1998
17 34 Learning Assessment Project 1994
17 35 Learning Assessment Project 1993-1995
17 36 Materials received from Rhoads 1990-1991
17 37 Math course, Irene Eisen June 1997
17 38 Math literacy 1994
17 39 Math literacy seminar 1995-1996
17 40 Math - 24 Challenge 1991
18 1 Mentoring at ARCO 1991
18 2 Outcome standards curriculum assessment February 21, 1995
18 3 Parental involvement 1988-1990
18 4 Parental involvement 1988-1990
18 5 Parents as Teachers Project 1991
18 6 Partnership 2000 Schools, Joyce Epstein July 1997
18 7 Philadelphia Alliance for Teaching Humanities and Philadelphia Renaissance in Science and Math - the Philadelphia Partnership for Education 1991
18 8 Penn Literacy Network 1991-1992
18 9 Penn Literacy Network 1992-1993
18 10 Penn Literacy Network 1995
18 11 Penn Literacy Network 1991-1992
18 12 Penn Literacy Network: Education 533 1991-1992
18 13 Penn Literacy Network: Evaluations for ARCO 1991-1992
18 14 Penn Literacy Network: Journals 1995-1997
18 15 Penn Literacy Network: Math Literacy Seminar I 1994
18 16 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum 1982
18 17 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum 1984, 1988-1993
18 18 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum 1988
18 19 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum 1990
18 20 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum 1991
18 21 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum - English, Social Studies, and Science Studies books 1981
18 22 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum - Language Arts and Phonics workshops 1981
18 23 Penn Literacy Network: Reading, Writing, Talking Across the Curriculum - Testwiseness Comprehension 1981
18 24 Penn Literacy Network: Video Undated
18 25 Penn Literacy Network 2 staff 1993
18 26 Philadelphia Home and School Council 1995-1996
18 27 Philadelphia Young Playwrights 1996
18 28 Plan for 1990 submitted to ARCO 1989
18 29 Planning, school district 1990
18 30 Portfolios Undated
18 31 Principal, selection at Rhoads May 1993
18 32 Project SEED 1990
19 1 Reading Recovery 1992
19 2 Reading Recovery 1996
19 3 Reforms, national 1993
19 4 Report: Chorus America 1990-1993
19 5 Report: ARCO / Rhoads partnership April 1991, July 1992, August 1993, August 1994
19 6 Report: Teacher evaluations and interviews August 1993
19 7 Report: On Rhoads back up materials 1993-1994
19 8 Report: to ARCO about Rhoads' new initiatives 1995
19 9 Report: Improving teaching July 25, 1996
19 10 Report: Improving teaching back up material July 1996
19 11 Report: Children Achieving, for Steve Cohen at ARCO March 26, 1996
19 12 Report: Children Achieving, Greater Philadelphia First Partnership for Reform 1995
19 13 Restructuring the Philadelphia school district 1990-1992
19 14 Rhonda Lauer 1996
19 15 School Councils 1996
19 16 School Councils 1995-1996
19 17 School agenda: Huey Elementary School of West Philadelphia Cluster 1995-1996
19 18 School improvement plan and planning 1990-1992
19 19 School improvement planning and budget 1995
19 20 School improvement plans 1995-1996
19 21 School Planning Management Team 1990-1991
19 22 School Planning Management Team 1991-1992
19 23 School Planning Management Team 1992-1993
19 24 School Planning Management Team 1993
19 25 School Planning Management Team 1993-1994
19 26 School Planning Management Team 1994-1995
19 27 School Planning Management Team 1995-1997
20 1 School-wide projects 1991-1992
20 2 School-wide projects 1992-1993
20 3 School-wide projects 1993-1995
20 4 School-wide projects 1995-1996
20 5 School-wide projects 1996-1997
20 6 School-wide projects 1997-1998
20 7 School-wide projects 1998-1999
20 8 Social worker: Feierman, Debra 1990-1991
20 9 Social worker: Waters, Betty Jean 1992-1993
20 10 Social worker: Wikkeling, Dakari 1991-1992
20 11 Staff development: Botel, Bonnie 1994-1995
20 12 Staff development: Botel, Bonnie 1995-1996
20 13 Staff development: Eisen, Irene 1995-1996
20 14 Staff development and standards 1996
20 15 Standards: Evaluating student work 1995
20 16 Standards: Implementing for Philadelphia 1995-1996
20 17 Standards and rubrics 1996
20 18 Standards: HELPS workshop 1995
20 19 Standards: Training at Rhoads 1996-1997
20 20 Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition (SAT-9) 1997
20 21 Summer school 1995
20 22 Teachers: Rhoads 1995-1996
20 23 Teaching / Learning Network 1995-1996
20 24 Technology Committee 1996-1997
20 25 Test scores: PSSA test scores and SAT-9 scores and general information 1997
20 26 Testing: Rhoads and SAT-9 1995
20 27 Test results 1995-1996
20 28 Tierney Temple-Fairchild 1993-1995
20 29 University City Cluster: Children Achieving Challenge 1996
20 30 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: ARC evaluation 1990
20 31 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Evaluation of year two 1990-1991
20 32 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Restructuring an urban school 1991
20 33 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Reports on shared decisions and test results 1991 December
20 34 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Reports of various versions, including shared decisions December 1991
20 35 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Report on shared decisions, an evaluation of year two December 1991
20 36 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Evaluation of year three 1991-1992
20 37 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Evaluation of year three 1991-1992
20 38 Villanova's Human Organization Science Institute: Report 1997
20 39 Vision: Center for Change Development of Vision 1992-1993
20 40 Visits to classrooms 1990-1992
20 41 Visits to classrooms 1995
20 42 Waiver request 1995-1996
20 43 Work sampling system circa 1995
20 44 100 Book Challenge 1998
20 45 100 Book Challenge: Duplicate materials 1998
Series 2: Board of Education, 1965-1991.
Series 2 houses records related to the Board of Education in Philadelphia from 1965 to 1991. Of note, is a log or diary kept by Oakes’ which documents work she completed presumably as a member of the Board of Education. Researchers will also find here records from various Board committees, notes from Board meetings, teacher development material, and papers produced by former Superintendent Constance Clayton. There is also a range of material on national and local education issues such as student enrollment, gay and lesbian awareness, and curriculum development. Much of the material here relates to materials also found in the series “IV. School District of Philadelphia.” The subseries is arranged alphabetically by subject title.
31 28 Application to School Board and Community College 1967-1989
12 1 Affirmative Action material 1984-1989
12 2 AIDS material 1980s
12 3 AIDS material 1980s
12 4 Akan and Legal Department 1985-1988
12 5 Rita Altman 1984
12 6 Archives regional 1989
12 7 Asbestos removal charges 1985-1986
12 8 Assessment of students and schools 1990
12 9 Sharon Bemberry 1982
12 10 Birthdates of administrators Undated
12 11 Buildings: separate contracts for electrical, plumbing, etc... 1987-1989
12 12 Calendar of events 1982-1984
12 13 Calendar of events 1985-1988
12 14 Cash receipt 1982-1989
12 15 Constance Clayton material 1982-1987
12 16 Constance Clayton material 1988-1989
12 17 Constance Clayton memoranda 1988
12 18 Constance Clayton reorganization and cabinet salaries 1987
12 19 Committees and Executive sessions 1986
12 20 Committees as a whole 1986-1989
12 21 Committee: Ad hoc Committee 1984
12 22 Committee: Citizens 1980-1984
12 23 Committee: Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia on accountability 1980-1981
12 24 Committee: Community and Legislative Committee 1986
12 25 Committee: Education Committee 1986-1987
12 26 Committee: Education Committee 1987
12 27 Committee: Education Committee 1989
12 28 Committee: Education Committee policy manual 1988-1989
12 29 Committee: Executive Committee 1985
31 29 Committee: Green for Mayor 1971
31 30 Committee: Special Committee on Non-Discrimination 1963
31 31 Committee: Special Committee on Non-Discrimination 1963
31 32 Committee: West Philadelphia Schools Committee on University City Science High School 1966-1968
12 30 Congratulatory letters 1982
12 31 Computers: Computer network 1987
12 32 Consultative middle management 1988
12 33 Contraception course: Sex education 1985-1986
13 1 Contraception course: Sex education 1986-1988
13 2 Cooperative learning 1989
13 3 Council for Educational Priorities July 1982
13 4 Council for Educational Priorities 1984
13 5 Counseling: Student support services 1989
13 6 Criterion reference tests and report cards 1983
13 7 Critical thinking 1986
13 8 Day Care 1989
13 9 Desegregation 1987-1990
13 10 Directory of Community Organization in West District Undated
13 11 DRIVE program materials 1972-1988
13 12 Dropout issues 1986-1990
13 13 Drugs 1989
13 14 Early childhood education and child care Undated
13 15 Edison High School news clippings and related material 1966-1979
13 16 Edison High School material 1984-1989
13 17 Education for Parenting 1986-1989
31 33 Educational Home Rule Charter commission report 1964
31 34 Educational Home Rule Charter commission report 1964
31 35 Educational Home Rule Charter commission report 1964-1965
32 1 Educational Home Rule Charter 1965
32 2 Educational Home Rule Charter supplement 1965
32 3 Educational Home Rule Charter staff report by the Government Consulting Service 1965
32 4 Educational Home Rule Charter 1965
13 18 Educational Home Rule Charter 1973-1987
32 5 Educational nominating panel and selection 1965
13 19 Effective schools 1980-1983
13 20 Enrollment figures 1958-1973
13 21 Enrollment figures 1973-1982
13 22 Enrollment figures 1982-1989
13 23 Ethics code 1984
13 24 Expulsions 1990
13 25 Extracurricular activities 1982-1987
13 26 Facts 1980
13 27 Finance and operations 1987
13 28 Financial Control Board Undated
32 6 Fiscal crisis 1962-1963
32 7 Fiscal crisis 1969
13 29 Foundations to promote public education 1983
13 30 Gay and Lesbian youth awareness 1986-1987
13 31 Goals and evaluations and standards 1990
13 32 Goals and objectives 1985-1986
13 33 Grades delivery Undated
13 34 Green the School Grounds 1983-1984
13 35 Cathy Hatala 1984-1985
13 36 Health Fund of public schools 1987
13 37 High school restructuring 1984-1989
13 38 Hispanic students Undated
13 39 Historical Society, material prepared 1989
13 40 Harold L. Hodgkinson Spring 1987
13 41 Human Resources 1987
13 42 Humanities in schools 1983-1987
13 43 Kindergarten: Half-day versus full-day 1989
14 1 Rhonda Lauer 1989-1993
14 2 Lionel Lauer instructional process Undated
14 3 Leadership, Inc. Student Leadership material
14 4 Letters to Helen Oakes 1982-1984
14 5 Librarians Undated
14 6 Literature 1988
14 7 Local 1201 1989
32 12 [Log or diary of phone calls and work related to Philadelphia schools] 1982-1989
14 8 Susan Lytle: Philadelphia Writing Project 1989-1990
14 9 Management convocation: Measuring student success, substance abuse prevention 1989
14 10 Matrullo and Hispanic material 1985-1989
14 11 Herman Mattleman 1984, 1989
14 12 Miriam Mednick 1984
14 13 Meetings and notes 1982-1984
14 14 Meetings and notes 1984-1986
14 15 Meetings and notes 1986
14 16 Members 1983-1989
32 8 Membership nomination and appointment to Board of Education 1982
14 17 Memoranda 1982
14 18 Mission, goals, and objectives 1985-1987
14 19 Mission, goals, and objectives 1986
14 20 Newspaper articles regarding Constance Clayton 1987-1990
32 9 Newspaper reprints and related correspondence 1981-1989
32 13 Oakes' reappointment effort 1989
14 21 Open classrooms 1982-1986
14 22 Orientation of new board members Undated
14 23 Overcrowding in schools 1989
14 24 Paideia proposal 1988-1991
14 25 Parenting resources 1970s
14 26 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 1987
14 27 Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission 1988
14 28 Pennsylvania School Boards Association 1988
14 29 Philadelphia Association of School Administrators 1987-1989
14 30 Philadelphia Alliance for Teaching Humanities (PATHS), and Philadelphia Renaissance in Science and Math (PRISM) 1987-1992
32 10 Philadelphia Voter Education Project maps, schedules, volunteer handbooks 1971
32 11 Philadelphia Voter Education Project voter's guides 1978
14 31 Planned Parenthood 1985-1989
14 32 Planning for Future 1987
14 33 Poet Vision materials 1989
14 34 Policy controversy 1988
14 35 Policy manual 1981
14 36 Policy manual regarding corporal punishment 1988
14 37 Presentations by Board of Education 1989
14 38 Prevention of pregnancy 1985-1987
14 39 Principal Internship Program 1988
14 40 Priority One 1987
14 41 Professional Growth Partnership 1989
14 42 Promotion policy 1985-1990
14 43 PCRP II: Whole language reform of teaching policy Undated
14 44 Reading resources 1977-1985
15 1 Reading: selection of books Undated
15 2 Reform school 1988-1989
15 3 Regulatory reform 1987
15 4 Reorganization of schools 1988-1989
15 5 Research problems 1989
15 6 Resolutions of Board of Education 1989
15 7 Retreat 1986
15 8 Rochester 1988
15 9 Rotating Presidency 1989
15 10 Sabbaticals 1987
15 11 Science and mathematics 1983, 1990
15 12 Lee Scott: early childhood and kindergarten education 1986
15 13 Seat belts 1985-1986
15 14 Self-evaluation 1985
15 15 Special education 1988-1989
15 16 Standardized curriculum and pacing schedules Undated
15 17 Statements to the Board of Education by Helen Oakes 1986-1989
15 18 Lynne Strieb Undated
15 19 Suicide 1985
15 20 Summer school 1987
15 21 Sunshine law 1986-1989
15 22 Superintendent memoranda 1983-1986
15 23 Superintendent's priorities 1985
15 24 Survey, not undertaken 1989
15 25 Suspensions 1981-1984
15 26 Table of contents 1966-1967, 1984-1985
15 27 Tax and revenue anticipation notes 1989
15 28 Taxes 1987
15 29 Teacher certification 1989
15 30 Teacher dismissal hearing legislation and notes to teachers regarding discipline 1988-1989
15 31 Teacher evaluations 1984-1987
15 32 Teacher induction, professionalism, and improvement of skills 1988-1989
15 33 Teacher shortage 1986-1990
15 34 Teachers learning cooperative 1983
15 35 Technology 1987
15 36 Tells 1984-1987
15 37 Ten exercises towards planning a superintendent appraisal system 1984-1985
15 38 Testing on students articles 1985-1986
15 39 Testing results 1984-1986
15 40 Testing results from 1987, compared with 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
15 41 Transfers 1985
15 42 Transportation 1988
15 43 Transportation to school 1982
15 44 United Way 1982-1983
15 45 University of Pennsylvania material 1982
15 46 Values of Board of Education 1989-1990
15 47 Vandalism issue 1983
15 48 Violence in school 1994
15 49 Visitors policy 1985
15 50 Vocational education, includes chapter 6 1986
15 51 West Philadelphia schools 1965-1969, 1985
15 52 Women, Sex, Equity 1986
15 53 World History 1989
Series 4: School District of Philadelphia, 1958-1994
Series 4 dates from 1958 to 1994 and is divided into three subseries, “Reports,” “Directories” and “Subject Files.”
Subseries 4.1: Reports, 1967-1992
The first subseries includes various published and unpublished reports about education at the local and national level. The reports provide information on such topics as achievement testing, finance and budgets, race, sex, and Philadelphia schools. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order and dates from 1967 to 1992.
21 1 Achievement Test Results Spring 1968
21 2 Alternative Programs 1977
21 3 Annual Financial Report 1980-1983
21 4 Annual Financial Report 1984-1986
21 5 Annual Financial Report 1987, 1988, 1991
32 14 "Appendix F" of an unidentified document containing assorted statistical data regarding Philadelphia public schools circa 1981-1985
32 15 "Appendix F" of an unidentified document containing assorted statistical data regarding Philadelphia public schools circa 1981-1985
32 16 "Appendix F" of an unidentified document containing assorted statistical data regarding Philadelphia public schools circa 1981-1985
21 6 Asian Americans: Getting to Know Us 1986
21 7 Blueprint for Academic Achievement 1980
21 8 Children Achieving: West Philadelphia Cluster Undated
21 9 The Children's Right to Know 1976
21 10 Communication Audit of Philadelphia Schools 1986
21 11 Districts 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 Reading Program Non-Technical Reports 1975-1976
21 12 District One Reading Program December 1975-1976
32 17 Dropout rates 1970-1987
32 18 Dropout rates 1970-1987
32 19 Dropout rates 1970-1987
21 13 Education for Responsible Parenthood: A Guide for Teachers Grades 5-6 1981
21 14 The First Year: A Progress Report to Board of Education 1967
21 15 Framework for the English Curriculum, Grades 1-4 1986
32 20 George Washington High School, Middle States Evaluation 1987
32 21 Graduation rate statistics 1971-1979
21 16 Instructional Planning Guides for Kindergarten and Grades 1-8 1986
21 17 Instructional Planning Guides for Kindergarten and Grades 1-8 1987-1988
21 18 Marking Guidelines Update, Grades 1-8 1987-1988
21 19 The Mastery Learning Approach 1980
21 20 Operating Budget Proposal Summary 1992
21 21 Options: Information on Alternative Schools 1986
21 22 Personal Analysis of School District by Race and Sex 1986-1988
21 23 Pre-Kindergarten of Philadelphia, Head Start Year End Report 1974
21 24 Preliminary Report of the Distribution of Negro Pupils in the Philadelphia Public Schools 1966
21 25 Priority One Initiative: A Workplan for School Improvement 1985
32 22 Pupils Retained 1978-1983
22 1 The Reading Skill Center 1971-1972
22 2 Race and Sex Reports, by Floyd Logan 1974
22 3 Report on Salary Practice for Top-Level Administrative Positions in School District of Philadelphia 1974
22 4 School-by-School Statistical Analysis of Philadelphia Public Schools 1976-1977
22 5 School-by-School Statistical Analysis of Philadelphia Public Schools 1975-1981
22 6 School Capacities June 1974
22 7 School District of Philadelphia Critical Analysis September 1968
22 8 School District Skills Achievement Test Results 1975-1976
22 9 Staffing Reports by Robert F. Perz 1967
22 10 Standardized Curriculum for Early Childhood Education 1984
22 11 Statistical Analysis School by School of Philadelphia Public Schools 1975
22 12 Statistical Study on a School-by-School Basis of Philadelphia Public Schools 1965-1969
22 13 Summary of Five Major Evaluation Reports on the Follow-Through Program in Philadelphia 1972-1973, 1971
22 14 Summary of Personnel in Philadelphia Schools 1965-1969
22 15 Summary of Three Major Evaluation Reports on Follow-Through Program in Philadelphia 1971-1972, 1973 April
33 1-5 Superintendent's Management Information Center 1985-1991
33 6 Suspensions and discipline reports 1982, 1983
22 16 System-wide Student Promotion Program, Grades K-8 1985-1987
22 17 System-wide Student Promotion Program, Grades 1-12 1985
22 18 Tasks Forces to the Incoming Board of Education 1965 November
33 7 A Ten Year Summary of the Distribution of Negro Pupils in the Philadelphia Public Schools 1957-1966, 1966
22 19 To Educate All Our Children: Desegregation Plan 1984
Subseries 4.2: Directories, 1964-1986
The second subseries contains collected directories mostly from the Board of Education and the School District of Philadelphia. The directories date from 1964 to 1986 and are arranged in alphabetical order.
22 20 Emergency Administrative Address List 1980-1986
22 21 Facts and Figures 1966-1973
22 22 Facts and Figures 1974-1980
22 23 Handbook, The School District of Philadelphia 1965-1967
22 24 School District of Philadelphia and Board of Education directories 1964-1970
23 1 School District of Philadelphia and Board of Education directories 1971-1976
23 2 School District of Philadelphia and Board of Education directories 1977-1986
23 3 School District of Philadelphia and Board of Education directories 1984-1986
23 4 School District of Philadelphia and Board of Education directories 1991
33 8 Telephone directories 1989-1994
Subseries 4.3: Subject Files, 1958-2002
The third subseries contains a variety of materials relating to the School District of Philadelphia. Researchers will find files related to a superintendent search, probably performed while Oakes was a member of the School Board, as well as desegregation, teachers’ strikes, occupational coursework, and School Board members. Of interest is the School District of Philadelphia files relating to the Gay and Lesbian Task Force and the Gay and Lesbian Compliance Policy, which had a goal of providing “an affirmative, positive and safe learning environment for our lesbian, gay and non-gay youth.” The report and testimony from this task force offers some useful documentation of 1980s attitudes on homosexuality and education. Also of interest are materials related to Constance Clayton and Thomas K. Gilhool, the former Secretary of Education for the state of Pennsylvania. These materials contain correspondence, reports and memoranda, and notes and newspaper clippings related to the controversial hiring of Gilhool to teach in the Philadelphia School District in 1989 and 1990. The subseries is arranged in alphabetical order according to topic and dates from 1958 to 2002.
23 5 Biographies of the School Board 1958-1962
23 6 Board Meetings 1989
23 7 Careers 1970
23 8 Central High School Project building and budget material 1989
33 9 Clayton, Constance. Fall sabbatical 1989
33 10 Clayton, Constance. Contract 1982-1987
33 11 Clayton, Constance. Evaluation 1986-1989
33 12 Clayton, Constance. Evaluation 1986-1989
33 13 Cross, Elsie. Research materials 1990-1992
23 9 District #4 desegregation 1978
23 10 District #4 desegregation plans 1979
23 11 District #4 desegregation plans and Communicator newsletter 1969-1976
33 14 Dropouts 1964-1995
33 15 Dropouts 1964-1995
23 12 Education Committee meeting minutes 1988-1989
23 13 Education Improvement Program 1965-1966
34 1 Employee benefits 1973, Undated
23 14 Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Testimony to the Board of Education 1986
23 15 Gay and Lesbian Compliance Policy in Philadelphia Schools 1986-1987
34 2 Gilhool, Thomas K. Documents regarding his employment 1989
34 3 Gilhool, Thomas K. Personal file and application materials 1989
34 4 Gilhool, Thomas K. Application materials, superintendent's file 1989
34 5 Gilhool, Thomas K. Application 1989
34 6 Gilhool, Thomas K. Examination/teacher 1989
34 7 Gilhool, Thomas K. Appointment process 1989
34 8 Gilhool, Thomas K. Certification 1989
34 9 Gilhool, Thomas K. [Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers] grievance 1989
34 10 Gilhool, Thomas K. W. Jackson documents of oral examination 1989
34 11 Gilhool, Thomas K. C. McCalla documents 1989
34 12 Gilhool, Thomas K. M. Young documents 1989
34 13 Gilhool, Thomas K. Superintendent documents 1989
34 14 Gilhool, Thomas K. Board of Education 1989
34 15 Gilhool, Thomas K. Law and administration rules 1989
34 16 Gilhool, Thomas K. G.C.'s notes and memos 1989
34 17 Gilhool, Thomas K. Helen Oakes' notes on the inquiry 1989
34 18 Gilhool, Thomas K. Helen Oakes' personal notes and research 1989
34 19 Gilhool, Thomas K. Papers from the Office of Chief of Staff 1989
23 16 High School Reading Survey 1970
23 17 High School Vote Project 1972
34 20 Ingster, Bernard. Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings 1984-1988
23 18 Occupational courses 1961, 1973
34 21 Payroll guidelines 1989
34 24 Printed Materials, Action Design Summary: Children Achieving 1995
34 25 Printed Materials, Assessment Strategies Resource Guide Undated
34 26 Printed Materials, Baseline Data for Performance Indicators 1990
34 27 Printed Materials, Early Childhood Program Enrollment 1983
34 28 Printed materials, Five Year Financial Strategy 1989-1993
34 29 Printed materials, Handbooks for students and parents 1985, 1991-1992
34 30 Printed materials, Overbrook High School Subject Selection Planning Guide for Students and Parents 1976, 1977
34 31 Printed materials, "Philadelphia 2000" 1991
34 32 Printed materials, Proposal: Meeting the Annenberg Challenge: Philadelphia Responds 1994
34 33 Printed materials, School standards 1996, 2000
34 34 Printed materials, A Statement of Philosophy Mission and Goals 1983
34 35 Printed materials, Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities 1970
34 36 Printed materials, Student enrichment 1989, 1990
34 37 Printed materials, Student behavioral guides Undated
34 38 Printed materials, Task Force on Regulatory Reform in Education, "Governmental Reforms in Need of Change" 1987
34 22 Smith, Ralph 1988-1989
34 23 Smith, Ralph 1986-1989
23 23 Subject selection 1970
23 24 Substitute teacher instructions 1972
23 25 Superintendent search 1982
23 26 Superintendent search 1994
23 27 Superintendent search: Chronological of letters and notes 1982
23 28 Superintendent search: Clayton, Dr. Constance 1982
23 29 Superintendent search: Cody, Dr. Wilmer 1982
23 30 Superintendent search: Cunningham Report and Interreligious Task Force 1982
23 31 Superintendent search: Decision making process 1982
23 32 Superintendent search: Expenses and Birmingham 1982
23 33 Superintendent search: Extra copies 1982
23 34 Superintendent search: Hanusey, Dr. Richard 1982
23 35 Superintendent search: Interviews 1982
23 36 Superintendent search: McAndrew, Gordon 1982
23 37 Taskforce to Develop an Implementation Plan 1994
23 38 Teacher contracts of Philadelphia 1970
23 39 Teacher evaluations-Tenure, new teachers 1970
23 40 Teachers' strike 1973
23 41 Testimony on School District Budget 1989
Series 5: Correspondence and Subject Files, 1963-2002
Series 5 dates from 1963 to 2002 and is arranged in alphabetical order by general subject. Please note, many of the papers filed in this series directly relate to several of the other series in the collection.
The series consists of wide-ranging record types including correspondence, mailing lists, personal notes, speeches given, awards, financial records, reports, literature, grant proposals and newspaper clippings. Of particular interest are the materials regarding Floyd Logan, the West Philadelphia Schools Committee, the League of Women Voters, Educational Parks, and Helen Oakes’ various personal notebooks. The Floyd Logan records include materials from and about Floyd Logan (1900 to 1979), a public education advocate who stood for school desegregation and black representation on the school board. Helen Oakes' notebooks contain document meetings of boards, committees and task forces of which she was a member. The League of Women Voters files document Oakes’ participation in the League in the 1960s, as well as her advocacy for public education as a member of this group specifically. The Educational Parks materials were compiled by Earle Oakes, Helen’s husband, and include grant applications to the U.S. Department of Education, correspondence, park sketches, architectural drawings, notes and research. Earle Oakes used these gathered materials to promote the creation of educational parks, which would be used as a tool for desegregation in Philadelphia. Some other subjects included are the Citizens' Committee, cluster schools, decentralization, desegregation and child abuse. There are also several files related to the "Oakes Newsletter."
24 1 Accountability 1975
24 2 Achievement and high school restructuring 1991-1992
24 3 Adopt-A-School 1988
24 4 Affirmative action 1975
24 5 Alliance (desegregation) 1975
24 6 Beeber proposal 1996
34 39 Book review of "For the Children" by Madeline Cartwright and Michael D'Orso for the Philadelphia Inquirer September 5, 1993
24 7 Budget, capital 1987-1992
24 8 Budget, fiscal 1989-1990
24 9 Capacity 1983-1985
24 10 Chapter One 1988
24 11 Charter, city 1987
24 12 Charter School Law and information pertaining to it 1977-1997
24 13 Charter Schools, resources 1997
24 14 Child abuse 1988
24 15 Child care 1988-1989
24 16 Children's Literacy Initiative 1996-1997
24 17 CHOICE of schools Undated
34 40 CIGNA 1990
24 18 Cities in Schools-Education for Employment 1989-1990
24 19 Citizens Advisory Board, Urban Coalition 1974-1975
24 20 Citizens' Against Segregated Schools 1966
24 21 Citizens' Against Segregated Schools-Editorials 1966
24 22 Citizens' Committee 1975-1976
24 23 Citizens' Committee 1976-1977
24 24 Citizens' Committee 1977
24 25 Citizens' Committee 1984 August
24 26 Citizens' Committee on Public Education 1994-1995
24 27 Citizens Committee: Physical standards for Philadelphia Public Schools 1963
25 1 Class of 1993 1989
25 2 Class size 1987
25 3 Cleanliness 1988
25 4 Cluster, Benjamin Franklin 1996-1997
25 5 Cluster, Martin Luther King 1995-1996
25 6 Cluster, Overbrook 1994-1996
25 7 Cluster, Thomas Edison 1996
25 8 Cluster Reports 1995-1996
25 9 Coalition for Equality 1966-1967
25 10 Cohen, Steve 1995-1997
25 11 Cohen, Steve-Materials from 1995-1997
25 12 Committee for Black Admissions 1968
25 13 Committee to Support the Public Schools 1984-1988
34 41 Consultant 1990
34 42 Consultant, letter 1990 May
34 43 Consulting: One Giant Step 1990
34 44 Consulting, programs sponsored 1990
25 14 Coordinating Council 1963-1966
25 15 Coordinating Council 1962-1966
34 45 Correspondence, special 1971-1980
25 16 Correspondence 1980-1981
34 46 Correspondence 1981-1982
34 47 Correspondence, congratulatory letters when appointed to school board and answers 1982
25 17 Correspondence 1982-1983
25 18 Correspondence 1983-1984
25 19 Correspondence 1984-1986
34 48 Correspondence 1986-1988
34 49 Correspondence 1988
34 50 Correspondence 1980s
34 51 Correspondence 1989-1990
25 20 Correspondence regarding KYW and Frank Ford 1970
25 21 Council for Educational Priorities 1980-1981
25 22 Council of the Great City Schools, Special Education: Views from America's Cities 1986
25 23 Decentralization-Community control 1969-1970
25 24 deLone, Rick 1992
25 25 Desegregation-Assorted material 1975-1979
35 1 DuPont Company 1990
25 26 Educational Parks: Small project research materials by Bureau of Research of U.S. Office of Education 1967
25 27 Educational Parks: The Corde Corporation "Report to the School District of Philadelphia" 1967
25 28 Educational Parks: The Corde Corporation "Report to the School District of Philadelphia" 1967
25 29 Educational Parks: Correspondence between Earle Oakes and U.S. Office of Education 1967
25 30 Educational Parks: Correspondence from Earle Oakes 1965-1967
25 31 Educational Parks: Correspondence between Earle Oakes and Max Wolff, notes, sketches, newspaper clippings 1967
25 32 Educational Parks: Malcolm Scott, Jr.'s draft of "Education Complexes" 1968
25 33 Educational Parks: Newsletters, proposals drafts collected by Earle Oakes 1967
25 34 Educational Parks: Notes compiled by Earle Oakes 1966
25 35 Educational Parks: PTC street and transit map of Philadelphia, sketches, notes compiled by Earl Oakes 1966-1967
25 36 Educational Parks: Photograph prints of architectural drawings Undated
25 37 Educational Parks: "1967-1972 Proposed Capital Program of the School District of Philadelphia" 1973
25 38 Educational Parks: Reports, correspondence, statements to the Board of Education 1967
26 1 Educational Parks: Wolff, Max 1964-1965
26 2 Educational Parks: Various publications and notes advocating for educational parks 1966, 1987
26 3 Elections 1968-1969
26 4 Emergency School Aid Act funding 1977
35 2 Ethics Board 1982-1984
26 5 Fels Institute: Community leadership seminar of Philadelphia conference materials 1971 September
26 6 Fels Institute: Education and fiscal requirements of urban school districts in Pennsylvania 1964
35 3 Fernandez, Happy. Correspondence, notes and newspaper clippings 1989-1992
35 4 Floyd Logan papers. Inventory of archives collection at Urban Archives 1987-1989
26 7 Foundation appeals 1984
26 8 Foundation appeals 1985-1986
26 9 Foundation appeals 1985-1987
26 10 Foundation appeals 1986 Summer
26 11 Foundation appeals to the Douty Foundation April 1970 - December 1979 31
26 12 Foundation appeals to the Philadelphia Foundation, first copy 1970-1978
26 13 Foundation appeals to the Philadelphia Foundation, first copy 1978-1987
26 14 Foundation proposals 1985-1986
26 15 Foundation, William Penn Foundation 1982
26 16 Germantown Friends School Summerbridge 1996
26 17 Grant request, foundations that sent grant requests 1986-1987
26 18 Greater Philadelphia Movement 1974
26 19 Greer, Reverend Robert, desegregation 1975
30 49 Giusini, Arnold, Docteral dissertation abstract (RESTRICTED) 1971
26 20 Harvard University: Inequality in education December 1972
26 21 History of Philadelphia Schools 1965
26 22 History of the School District to 1968 and highly regarded programs, prepared for LSI 1972-1982
26 23 Home and School Council 1963-1964
26 24 Home and School Council: File correspondence 1964
26 25 Hornbeck, David 1994-1995
26 26 Human Resources Development 1986-1987
26 27 Hundred Book Challenge 2001-2002
35 5 Hunt Manufacturing Company 1990
26 28 Interactive Learning Center Guide Undated
35 6 Invoices, correspondence, agreements with ARCO Chemical Company 1990-1992
35 7 League of Women Voters, by-laws and other printed materials 1965
35 8 League of Women Voters, comprehensive plan 1967
35 10-Sep League of Women Voters consensus questions and report 1965
26 29 League of Women Voters consensus questions 1973
26 30 League of Women Voters correspondence regarding Education Committee 1965-1966
26 31 League of Women Voters Education Committee 1972-1973
35 11 League of Women Voters Education Committee, attendance and lists 1965-1966
35 12 League of Women Voters Education Committee, desegregation 1961-1965
35 13 League of Women Voters Education Committee, September units 1965
35 14 League of Women Voters Education Committee, October units 1965
35 15 League of Women Voters Education Committee, program outline, correspondence and notices 1965
35 16 League of Women Voters Education Committee, "Testimony to the Philadelphia Board of Education on the Proposed Operating Budget" and other related records 1966
35 17 League of Women Voters, Equality of Educational Opportunity Committee 1965
35 18 League of Women Voters, Equality of Educational Opportunity Committee 1965
35 19 League of Women Voters, Equality of Educational Opportunity Committee 1965
26 32 League of Women Voters, file 1969
26 33 League of Women Voters financial crisis 1968
35 20 League of Women Voters, guides, testimony (Equality of Educational Opportunity Committee) 1965
35 21 League of Women Voters, guides, testimony 1965-1966
26 34 League of Women Voters inexperience statistics 1971
26 35 League of Women Voters, libraries 1969-1973
35 22 League of Women Voters, newspaper clippings 1966
26 36 League of Women Voters, Philadelphia Schools Campaign 1970
35 23 League of Women Voters, statistical survey, Statistical Study on a School by School Basis of the Philadelphia Public Schools 1965
26 37 League of Women Voters statistical survey 1966
26 38 League of Women Voters statistical survey 1967
26 39 League of Women Voters statistical survey 1965
26 40 League of Women Voters teachers 1966
26 41 League of Women Voters teachers 1967
26 42 League of Women Voters teachers 1968
26 43 League of Women Voters voter 1968-1970
26 44 Literacy Action Project, 100 Book Challenge 2002
26 45 Local Government Unit Debt Act (185) with amendments 1972
27 1 Logan, Floyd: Acquisition of Logan Papers 1980-1982
27 2 Logan, Floyd: Agreement with Mrs. Logan 1979
27 3 Logan, Floyd: Agreement between Temple University and Mrs. Logan 1980
27 4 Logan, Floyd and Temple University 1980-1983
27 5 Logan, Floyd biographical material 1900-1979
27 6 Logan, Floyd: Floyd Logan Papers fundraising, contributors, and letters 1979-1981
27 7 Logan, Floyd: Correspondence with foundation libraries 1978-1979
27 8 Logan, Floyd: Floyd Logan Papers fundraising, first year 1978
27 9 Logan, Floyd: Floyd Logan Papers fundraising daily log 1979-1981
27 10 Logan, Floyd: Acel Moore's piece regarding Floyd Logan and Helen Oakes op-ed piece (not printed) 1980
27 11 Logan, Floyd: Floyd Logan Papers originals 1978-1979
27 12 Logan, Floyd: Floyd Logan Papers copies 1977
27 13 Mailing list 1974
27 14 Mailing list 1975-1977
27 15 Mailing list 1977-1980
27 16 Mailing list 1980-1981
27 17 Mailing list 1982-1983
27 18 Mailing list 1983
27 19 Mailing list Undated
27 20 Mantua Educational Fund, Janie Freeman 1988
27 21 McGovern, Jack 1989
35 24 Meeting minutes and notes 1982
27 22 National Association of Secondary School Principals, Almanac of National Reports 1983
27 23 National Committee for Citizens in Education 1974-1975
27 24 Newspaper articles, Home and School Council and press releases 1964
31 25 Newspaper clippings 1971-1980
28 1 Newspaper clippings 1964, 1988
35 25 Newspaper clippings 1980-1983
35 26 Newspaper clippings 1982
28 2 Newspaper clippings 1989
28 3 Newspaper clippings 1990
28 4 Newspaper clippings 1991
28 5 Newspaper clippings 1992
28 6 Newspaper clippings 1993
28 7 Newspaper clippings 1994
28 8 Newspaper clippings 1995
28 9 Newspaper clippings 1996
28 10 Newspaper clippings 1997
28 11 Newspaper clippings 1998
28 12 Newspaper clippings 1999
28 13 Newspaper clippings 2002
28 14 Newspaper clippings Undated
35 27 "New Voices," poetry booklet published by Overbrook High School, awarded Helen Oakes Award Undated
27 25 North City Congress 1968
27 26 North City Congress 1966
27 27 Notebook April 1970 – January 1971
27 28 Notebook May 1970 -April 1973
27 29 Notebook II January-September 1971
27 30 Notebook III September 1971 - March 1972
27 31 Notebook V 1971-1976
27 32 Notebook IV 1972-1973
35 27a Oakes, Helen. Biographical data 1991
35 28 Oakes, Helen. Biographical data and newspaper clippings 1977-1990
35 29 Oakes, Helen. Newspaper editorials and other related materials 1982-1987
35 30 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to Allen Hilles Fund 1986-1989
35 31 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the Douty Foundation 1980-1989
35 32 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the Greenfield Foundation 1986
35 33 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the Henrietta Tower Wurts Memorial 1984-1985
35 34 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the Lavine-Arranson Foundation 1985
35 35 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to Leo Model Foundation 1984-1985
35 36-37 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the Philadelphia Foundation 1971-1983
35 38 Oakes Newsletter. Appeal for funding to the William Goldman Foundation 1974-1986
35 39 Oakes Newsletter. Appeals for subscriptions June - October 1986
35 40 Oakes Newsletter. Correspondence regarding article "School Staffs in Chaos - Superintendent Responsible" 1978
35 41 Oakes Newsletter. Correspondence regarding donation of newsletters to libraries 1990
35 42 Oakes Newsletter, Correspondence regarding end of newsletter 1989
35 43 Oakes Newsletter. Controversies (newspaper clippings) April1982, March 1983
35 44 Oakes Newsletter. Reprinted articles in newsletters 1971-1972, 1981
29 1 Overbrook Elementary Garden 1962
29 2 Overbrook Elementary 1962-1963
29 3 Overbrook High School Ad Hoc Committee 1970
29 4 Parents Union 1989
29 5 Parents Union 1971-1978
29 6 Parents Union-School Board appointments 1991
29 7 Parkway Program Curriculum 1971 Fall
29 8 Patterson Award 1993
29 9 Patterson Dinner (when Helen Oakes receive an award, list included) 1979
29 10 Philadelphia Education Fund 1996-1997
29 11 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Contract demands October 1971
29 12 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers "The Reporter," issue March 31, 1974
29 13 Philadelphia Futures 1994
29 14 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 1977
29 15 Powell School 1987-1988
29 16 Saunders Comprehensive Building Plan, school standards 1963-1965
36 1 "School District of Philadelphia: A Critical Analysis," correspondence and notes 1968-1969
36 2 "School District of Philadelphia: A Critical Analysis," working copy and remarks 1968, 1989
29 17 Science Center 1966
36 3 Smith College Medal 1989-1991
36 4 Statements and projects taken on by Helen Oakes 1982
29 18 Subscription data 1972-1973
29 19 Support our schools 1963
36 6-May Talks given by Helen Oakes 1971-1992
29 20 Teaching Children to Read, materials written by Carl Delaceo 1960-1970
29 21 University City Career Development Science Center 1967
29 22 WHGLE Yearbook Undated
29 23 West Philadelphia Corporation and University City 1967
29 24 West Philadelphia School Committee, publicity 1966
Series 6: Printed Materials and Publications, 1965-1993
Series 6 contains reports and publications on educational topics. Researchers will find reports on comparisons between Philadelphia public schools and other school districts, home school provisions, and young parenting. Researchers are advised to review the box and folder list for additional details. The series is arranged alphabetically by title, and spans from 1965 to 1993
36 7 Accountability: A Citizen Opportunity November 1, 1975
30 1 Administrative staffing in the School District of Philadelphia Compared to School Systems of Other Large Cities 1980-1981, July 1981
30 2 The Alliance, Volume 1, Number 2 December 1993
36 8 Agreement Between the Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO 1965-1972
36 9 Agreement Between the Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO 1972-1978
36 10 Agreement Between the Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO 1972-1981
36 11 Agreement Between the Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO 1978-1982
36 12 Agreement Between the Board of Education, School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO 1982-1994
36 13 Agreement Between the Superintendent of Schools of the School District of Philadelphia and the International Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers, AFL-CIO, Local 1201 1975-1977
36 14 AIDS and the Education of Our Children October 1987
36 15 All One System: Demographics of Education, Kindergarten through Graduate School 1985
36 16 A Nation Prepared: Teachers for the 21st Century 1986
36 17 Barriers to Excellence: Our Children at Risk 1985
36 18 Becoming a Nation of Readers 1985
30 3 Benefits of City and Philadelphia Employees April 1980
36 19 Beyond the Open Door 1989
30 4 The Board Superintendent relationship within the Framework of the Management Team Concept June 1986
30 5 Budget Trends of the School District of Philadelphia March 1981
30 6 Business Review of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia May 1978
36 20 Career Paths of African-Americans Who Were Promoted to Upper Echelon Positions in the School District of Philadelphia 1964-1974, 1989
38 Census tracks and blocks (map) 1976
37 1 Children in Shelter, book 2 1988
30 7 Citizen's Business March 22, 1965
30 8 Comparing Philadelphia with other School District, Nationally and Locally November 1975
30 9 Comparing Philadelphia with other School District, Nationally and Locally November 1975
30 10 Costs of Education in Southeast PA July 1983
37 2 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics 1989
30 11 Drug Abuse Education, Teacher's Guide 1970
30 12 Education for Parenting 1986
37 3 Equality of Educational Opportunity 1966
37 4 Evaluating the Superintendent April 4, 1986
37 5 Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Business Review 1974-1975
30 13 Fiscal Outlook for the School District of Philadelphia Revenues and Expenditures for Fiscal Year 1983-1986 and Financing Plan for Balanced Budgets December 1982
37 6 From the Education of All Handicapped Children to the Effective Education of Every Child 1964
30 14 Future Directions for School Financing 1971
30 15 Girls: Are We Failing Them? 1982
37 7 Helping Schools Work Undated
37 8 High Expectations Learning Process for Standards - Driven Units of Study 1995
30 16 Highlights of City and School District of Philadelphia Financial Trends between 1970 and 1983 March 1983
30 17 An Investigation of Day Care in Philadelphia 1984
37 9 Learning to Achieve 1984
30 18 Learning about Caring for Infants October 1986
30 19 Learning about Parenting: Getting to Know how to Care for Younger Children May 1986
30 20 Learning about Parenting: The Handbook to Accompany Curriculum K-8 December 1987
37 10 National Education Goals Report 1994
30 21 National School Boards Association publications 1982, 1984
30 22 The Negro Family: The Case for National Action March 1965
30 23 Office of the City Controller: Real Estate Tax August 31, 1976
37 11 Opening Doors: A Decade of Education Those at Risk July 1987
37 12 The Paideia Proposal: An Educational Manifesto 1982
37 13 Pamphlets and brochures (assorted) 1978, 1990
30 24 Pay, Hours, and Employee benefits in the School District of Philadelphia June 1980
30 25 Pennsylvania School Boards Association Commission to Strengthen the Working Relationships of School Boards and Superintendents October 1977
37 14 Performance Standards, draft 5.1 June 12, 1995
30 26 Perspectives on Child Care 1972
30 27 Philadelphia City Government Pay and Benefits Compared to Private Industry 1982 April
37 15 Philadelphia Commission on AIDS 1988
30 28 Philadelphia Home Rule Charter, Annotated April 17, 1951
30 29 Philadelphia Home Rule Charter April 17, 1951
37 16 Philadelphia Need City/School Consolidation 1981
30 30 Philadelphia and Pittsburgh School Financial Comparison 1984 December
30 31 The Philadelphia Public Schools in 1962 and in a Few Prior Years 1962 October
30 32 Philadelphia Public Schools Educational Survey 1965
30 33 Philadelphia Real Estate Assessments June 1983
30 34 Philadelphia School System Compared to Other Districts in Southeastern Pennsylvania and to the Average of Pennsylvania October 1984
37 17 Plain Talk About Education: Conversations with Myself 1987
30 35 The Problems with Philadelphia Real Property Assessment Practices and Solutions August 1980
30 36 Professional Staffing in Southeastern Pennsylvania 1976-1976, 1980-1981, May 1983
37 18 Purposeful Integration Inherently Equal 1954 May 17
30 37 Recovering the Afro-American Historic Heritage of Boston and Philadelphia 1979
37 19 Reinventing Central Office: A Primer for Successful Schools 1995
30 38 Review of Philadelphia School District: Financial Projections through 1989 October 1984
30 39 Saturday Review: Financing Schools, Property Tax is Obsolete November 20, 1971
37 20 Schools, People and Money: The Need for Educational Reform 1972
30 40 The Philadelphia School District Compared to Other Large City School Districts as to Pay, Benefits, and Teacher Hours 1980, 1984
30 41 School District of Philadelphia expenditure and Staffing Trends 1978 June
30 42 School Laws of Philadelphia 1961
30 43 School Planning Handbook Coping with Declining Enrollment in the 1980s, 1982 April
37 21 School Suspensions: Are They Helping Children 1975
37 22 School-to-Work Transition Task Force November 1992
30 44 Stupidity, Sloth, and Public Policy: Social Darwinism Rides Again" circa 1975
37 23 Stupidity, Sloth, and Public Policy: Social Darwinism Rides Again" circa 1976
37 24 A Talent Drain 1990
30 45 Taxes in Philadelphia Compared to Nearby Municipalities March1980
30 46 Teachers and the Children of Poverty 1970
30 47 The Tide is Turning: A Progress Report on the Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools 1986
30 48 The Tide is Turning: A Progress Report on the Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools 1986
37 25 Turning the Tide: An Agenda of Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools October 1983
37 26 What Works: Schools that Work, Educating the Disadvantaged Children; and Resources About Teaching and Learning 1987
37 27 Where Reading is a Joy 1989
37 28 World Without Work: Causes and Consequences of Black Male Joblessness December 1994
37 29 Work Sampling System circa 1994
37 30 Work Sampling System: An Overview and First Grade Development Guidelines 1994
37 31 Work Sampling System: Teacher's Manual and Omnibus Guidelines 1994
37 32 You and Your City 1966, 1976
37 33 You and Your Vote a Citizen's Guide to the Polls in Philadelphia (League of Women Voters publication) circa 1960s
37 34 You are the Life of the Party Undated
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