Helen Oakes Papers, 1958-1992
Collection ID
SCRC 17
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Collecting Areas
Description
Collection Summary
Title
Helen Oakes Papers
Dates
1958-1992
Collection ID
SCRC 17
Creator
Oakes, Helen
Quantity
47 linear feet (47 boxes)
Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Language
Materials in English
Detailed Collection Information
Biographical Note
Helen Oakes has studied and been involved in the Philadelphia school system since the 1960s. She played active roles in many organizations committed to improving and restoring public education including the Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia and the West Philadelphia Schools Committee. Oakes was appointed to the Board of Education in Philadelphia in 1982 and served as a member until 1989. While on the Board of Education, she worked as a member of the Desegregation Task Force and the Task Force on Teacher Selection. Mrs. Oakes also wrote and published The Oakes Newsletter for nineteen years from 1970 to 1989.
Description of Collection
This collection contains records related to Helen Oakes’ work with the School District of Philadelphia, including minutes, financial records, and subject files containing information such as statistical reports; children’s health programs; teacher contracts; test scores; parent’s union organizations; individual schools; and goals and plans.
Organization and Arrangement
The collection is arranged into 2 series as follows:
Series 1: Accession 707, 1960-1989
Subseries 1.1: Board Meeting Materials
Subseries 1.2: Correspondence
Subseries 1.3: Subject Files
Subseries 1.4: Publications
Subseries 1.5: Oakes Newsletter
Subseries 1.6: News Clippings
Subseries 1.7: Home and School Council
Subseries 1.8: Citizens Committee on Public Education in Phi1adeIphia
Subseries 1.9: Overbrook High School
Subseries 1.10: Board Meeting Materials (Restricted)
Subseries 1.11: Subject Files, General (Restricted)
Subseries 1.12: Subject Files, Individuals (Restricted)
Subseries 1.13: Correspondence (Restricted)
Series 2: Accession 773, 1958-1992
Subseries 2.1: Board of Education
Subseries 2.2: Publications
Subseries 2.3: Subject Files
Series 1, Accession 707, contains 43.5 linear feet of materials from between 1960-1989. It has been arranged into thirteen subseries:
Subseries 1.1: Board Meeting Materials: Includes agendas, resolutions, reports and other materials submitted for meetings of the Board of Education. Includes some manuscript notes. Previously restricted materials discussed in closed sessions have been filed in Subseries 1.10. Arranged by date code giving year, month and day.
Subseries 1.2: Correspondence: Miscellaneous correspondence filed by correspondent name. Previously restricted materials have been filed in Subseries 1.13.
Subseries 1.3: Subject Files: A variety of material filed by subject heading or title. Previously restricted materials have been filed in Subseries 1.11 and 1.12.
Subseries 1.4: Publications: Mostly publications of the School District of Philadelphia, arranged by title. Non-School District publications have the publishing agency appended after the title.
Subseries 1.5: Oakes Newsletter: Issues and indexes of the Newsletter, biographical material on Mrs. Oakes and her other publications.
Subseries 1.6: News Clippings: Arranged by date.
Subseries 1.7: Home and School Council.
Subseries 1.8: Citizens Committee on Public Education in Phi1adeIphia.
Subseries 1.9: Overbrook High School.
Subseries 1.10: Board Meeting Materials: See Subseries 1.1.
Subseries 1.11: Subject Files, General: See Subseries 1.2.
Subseries 1.12: Subject Files, Individuals: See Subseries 1.3.
Subseries 1.13: Correspondence: See Subseries 1.3.
Series 2, Accession 773 contains 4.5 linear feet of materials from between 1958 to 1992. It has been arranged into four subseries:
Subseries 2.1, Board of Education, consists of Board meeting minutes from 1986-1989, a 1989 Board Conference file, and the annual budget report from 1989.
Subseries 2.2, Publications, contains newsletters, both independent and those from the school district; journal publications; press releases from the Board of Education; reports from the Office of Research and Evaluation; Alternative Program Office publications; Advisory Council annual reports; and miscellaneous educational writings.
Subseries 2.3, Subject Files, makes up the bulk of the accession. Folders are arranged alphabetically and consist of a wide variety of educational files. The series covers the time period from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s.
Patron Information
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Diamond, Temple University’s online library catalog: http://diamond.temple.edu/record=b5416482~S30
Research Access
Collection is open for research. There are materials in Subseries 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.14 and 2.3 that are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Collections Stored Off-Site
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.
Technical Access
Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy. Certain digital files may also be inaccessible. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Publication and Copyright Information
The Helen Oakes Papers are the physical property of the Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries. Temple University holds literary rights only for material created by university employees and to material given to the university with such rights specifically assigned. For all other material, literary 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, SCRC 17, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Related Material
Helen Oakes Papers (Accession 995), Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.
William Cutler Oral Histories, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession 707 was donated by Helen Oakes, December 1, 1989. Accession 773 was donated by Helen Oakes, October 13, 1993.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in March 2013 by Katy Rawdon, Coordinator of Technical Services. Finding aid revised in May 2019 by Courtney Smerz, Collection Management Archivist, to correct collection inventory.
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:
School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
School District of Philadelphia, Pa. Board of Public Education
Subjects:
Public schools--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Public schools--United States--Statistics
Women in education
Philadelphia Public Schools
Places:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Material Types:
Financial records
Manuscripts
Minutes
Reports
Inventory
Series 1: Acc. 707, 1960-1989
Subseries 1.1: Board of Education meetings
1 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1967-1983
2 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1983-1984
3 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1984-1984
4 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1984-1985
5 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1985-1986
6 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1986-1987
7 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1987-1988
8 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1988-1989
9 Board meeting minutes and/or other materials 1989-1989
Subseries 1.2: Correspondence
9 Accreditation high school 1982-1983
9 Achieving Excellence in Education, conference 1984
9 Adopt-A-School 1987
9 Affirmative action 1982-1986
9 Agenda for Excellence: Turning the Tide 1984
9 AIDS 1985-1987
9 Allotments, personnel (small schools) 1982-1983
9 Annuity 1986
9 Architecture in the schools 1983-1984
9 Asbestos 19,791,989
9 Aspirations, activities, and achievements of the School District of Philadelphia 1982-1986
21 Correspondence and memoranda. A (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. A (folder 2) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. B (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. B (folder 3) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. B (folder 4) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. C (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. C (folder 2) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. D (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. D (folder 2) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. E 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. F (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. F (folder 2) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. G (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. G (folder 2) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. H (folder 1) 1980s
21 Correspondence and memoranda. H (folder 2) 1980s
Subseries 1.3: Subject Files
10 Attendance. Staff / employees absences printout, pay period ending 6/28/81 1981
10 Attendance. Staff / employees absences printout, pay period ending 7/11/82 1982
10 Attendance. Staff, miscellaneous 1982
10 Attendance. Student 1984
10 Audit. Pennsylvania Economy League study 1970-1981
10 Audit. School District 1982-1987
10 Audit. senior high school undated
10 Bartram School for Human Services 1982
10 Beeber Junior High School 1965-1971
10 Bilingual education 1983-1985
10 Board of Education building 1982
10 Board of Education, effectiveness, retreat 1984
10 Belmont School, replicating success program 1986
10 Board of Education. Meeting minutes, unrevised 1984
10 Board of Education. Mission and goals development 1985-1986
10 Board of Education. Public hearing 26-May-66
10 Board of Education. Staff presentations undated
10 Bonds and notes 1982
10 Bonds and notes 1984
10 Bonds and notes 1985-1986
10 Budget after reorganization circa 1978
10 Budget City Council hearings 1977-1978
10 Budget classes 1982
10 Budget crisis news clippings 1977
10 Budget cuts (Folder 1) 1982
10 Budget cuts (Folder 2) 1982
10 Budget news clippings 1979
10 Budget policies 1981
10 Budget. miscellaneous 1964-1965
10 Budget. public hearings 1964-1965
10 Budget. capital 1965-1966
10 Budget. miscellaneous 1965-1966
10 Budget. capital 1966-1967
10 Budget. miscellaneous 1966-1967
10 Budget. city council presentations 1966-1967
10 Budget. public hearings 1966-1967
11 Budget documents 1967-1983
12 Budget documents 1982-1989
12 Busing 1982
12 Capital budget 1983-1984
12 Capital program 1966-1971
13 Career education 1977-1979
13 Central high school case 1983
13 Charitable campaigns 1983-1985
13 Child abuse 1981-1985
13 Children's Coalition 1984
13 City Charter review advisory committee 1988
13 Citywide counselors meetings 1982-1984
13 Classification, school 1982
13 Clayton, Constance, memos and letters from 1987-1988
13 Common trust funds 1984
13 Cooperative labor and management assistance to school personnel (CLASP) 1983
13 Collaborative programs for colleges and universities 1982-1984
13 College boards and admissions 1969
13 Community Women's Education Project and the Powers School 1983
13 Computers 1983-1984
13 Conflict resolution skills training project 1983
13 Council for Education Priorities 1985
13 Committee to Support Philadelphia Public Schools 1984-1985
13 Council of the Great City School. Publications 1986
13 Counselor confidentiality 1976
13 Counselor's time 1987
13 Curriculum. Regulations and legislation 1983-1984
13 Danforth Foundation 1985-1987
13 Desegregation. Alliance for quality education 1975-1976
13 Desegregation. Bradley v. Mulliken (Detroit, Michigan) 1975
13 Desegregation. "Brief in support of plaintiffs petition for a preliminary injunction" Reitt vs. Ross, Common Pleas 1972 No. 2849 1972
13 Desegregation. Community outreach program 1984
14 Desegregation documents 1976-1981
15 Desegregation documents 1976
15 Discipline. Corporal punishment and suspension 1983-1984
15 Donchian key 1982-1983
15 Dropouts 1983-1986
15 Early childhood education division 1980-1981
15 Edison High School 1982-1983
15 Education committee 1986
15 Education park/code hearings 1967
15 Educators for Social Responsibility (Organization) 1982
15 Effective schools 1980-1981
15 Elementary reading/English language arts committee 1984-1985
15 Employee assistance program, drugs and alcohol 1974-1982
15 Employee recognition awards 1989
15 Employees earning over $18,000 per year 1979
15 End-of-year 1983
15 Energy conservation 1983
15 Equity in an Era of Diversity program 1988
15 Events 1982-1985
15 Fence, George 1985
15 Fertility control and contraception 1985-1986
15 Financing, long range 1981
15 Financing, proposed solutions to crisis 1978
16 Food services 1986-1988
16 Freedman Memorial Foundation for Human Relations 1984
16 Girls High School 1982-1983
16 Goals and priorities, background material for school district workshop 1966
16 Governance, superintendent's proposals 1982-1983
16 Hay Associates 1984-1985
16 Head start 1983
16 Head start in New York City, studies by Max Worff and Annie Stein 1965-1966
16 Health initiative, William Penn Foundation presentation 1988
16 Hearing Testimony AD HOC Committee on Improving Process of [Communication Between the Board of Education and the Public] 1984
16 High School for Engineering and Science 1982-1985
16 High schools 1984
16 Home room mothers 1966-1967
16 Homebound programs 1984-1985
16 Homework 1983
16 House Bill 1300, public school code 1982
16 House Bill 2097, governance 1982
16 Human Relations Committee 1969-1970
16 Incentive tax league 1984
16 Insurance policies 1984-1987
16 International Reading Association 1983
16 Invitations to speak 1983
16 Kindergarten admissions 1986-1989
16 Kindergarten teachers 1983
16 Latch Key Children, Delaware Valley Association for Education of Young Children 1985
16 Latin 1982
16 Lead 1988
16 League of Women Voters, Statistical Study, background data 1964-1965
16 League of Women Voters, Statistical Study/Survey on a School by School Basis of the Philadelphia Public Schools 1965-1966, 1968-1969
16 League of Women Voters, Statistical Study work sheets 1965-1967
16 Learning disabled 1982
16 Legislation, miscellaneous 1983-1985
16 Legislative screenings 1978
16 Lindenbaum Award 1984-1985
16 Lytle, James H. "Torch" 1984-1985
16 Magnet schools, "memorandum of the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers" 1978
16 Magnet schools, "school districts' memorandum in the arbitration involving the selection of teachers for the magnet high school for reforming and creative arts" 1978
16 March of Dimes 1960-1962
16 Merit pay 1983
17 Middle schools 1966-1986
17 Military recruiting: release of names 1985
17 Miscellaneous 1965-1978
17 Mission excellence 1981-1983
17 National Humanities Faculty 1983
17 Nondiscrimination committee for district reports 1963
17 Open classroom 1982
17 Overbrook Elementary School principal 1962-1964
17 Parent cooperative nurseries 1982
17 Parents Union for Public Schools 1982-1985
17 Pedagogical library undated
17 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society 1983
17 Pennsylvania League of Urban Schools (PLUS) 1983
17 Pennsylvania School Boards Association 1982
17 Pennsylvania Writing Project 1983
17 Philadelphia Alliance of Teaching Humanities in the Schools (PATHS) 1984
17 Philadelphia Marionette Theatre and Museum 1984
17 Philadelphia: past, present, and future 1982
17 Philosophy, mission and goals 1983
17 Planned Parenthood: project march undated
17 Planning 1985-1990
17 Police Athletic League 1983
17 Powelton-Mantua Educational Fund 1983-1984
17 Practical politics program 1982
17 Pre-natal care 1988
17 Prep 6, Roxborough Alternative School 1984
18 Principals and teachers earning $25,000 or more 1959-1979
18 "Projects under construction or scheduled to be awarded prior to June 30, 1969 1969
18 Promotion Policy Committee 1 and 2 1983-1984
18 Promotion program 1983-1985
18 Public education of child labor association 1946-1947
18 Regulatory reform in public education 1986
18 Residence requirements 1982
18 Retirement, early 1982
18 Scholarships 1982
18 School capacities 1976-1984
18 School closings 1981-1983
19 School site management 1981
19 School vote undated
19 Sex education- "let's talk" 1983-1984
19 Sex equity 1982-1983
19 Sick leave policy 1983
19 Smoking 1984
19 Special education 1982
19 Sports, task force on interscholastic 1982-1983
19 Standardized curriculum 1984
19 "Summer school: a manual to serve as a frame of reference, draft" April, 1986
19 Summer 1985 programs 1985
19 Surplus property disposition 1982
19 Task forces 1965-1966
19 Teenage pregnancy. "let's talk" 1984
19 Teenage pregnancy. miscellaneous undated
19 Television- cable 1983
19 Television- "The Day After" program 1983
19 Testing program 1966-1967
19 Transfer of teachers 1982
20 Tests 1966-1977
20 Textbooks 1963-1982
20 Title 1 ESEA 1965-1973
20 Tuition tax credits 1982-1983
20 Uniforms 1989
20 Unions 1980-1986
21 Unions 1978-1981
21 Vacancies 1982
21 Visitation policy 1985
21 Vocational education 1982
21 Voter registration 1985
21 White, John 1984
21 Wookey, Fred 1983
Subseries 1.4: Reports and publications by, about, or of interest to the School District of Philadelphia
21 Additional Revenues for the Philadelphia School District 1962
21 Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Plan in the Philadelphia Public Schools 1985
21 Agreement between the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia federation of teachers 1965-1988
21 America's Children: A Bicentennial Assessment, by National Council of Organizations for Children and Youth 1976
21 An analysis of the proposed capital program and capital budget for the School District of Philadelphia 1966-1968
22 Annual financial reports 1968-1979
22 Board of Education reports on Schools for a Greater Philadelphia, supplement to Sunday Bulletin 1966
22 Budget document for the fiscal years beginning July 1 1983-1985
23 Budget document for the fiscal years beginning July 1 1987-1989
23 Budgeting concepts and practices 1976
23 Capital Budgets and/or Programs 1965-1980
24 Capital budgets and/or Programs (proposed) 1972-1977
24 Categorical Funds Budgets 1981-1982
24 Changes in Occupational Characteristics: Planning Ahead for the 1980s 1976
24 Chapter 1 ECIA projects- digest of annual evaluations 1984-1985
24 Chart of accounts 1976
24 Collaborative study of educational programs for handicapped children, reports 1968, 1971
24 Commission on decentralization and community participation 1969, 1970
24 Compendium of projects 1975, 1982-1986
24 Cost per pupil [general fund] school operating budgets 1970-1971
24 Criterion- referenced reading tests- answer keys/tests 1975
24 Current facts concerning Philadelphia public schools 1978
24 Detail of proposed operating budgets 1969-1972
25 Detail of proposed operating budgets 1973-1981
26 Detail of proposed operating budgets 1982
26 Detail of staff requested operating budget 1977
26 Digest of elementary and secondary education act title I program 1974-1975
26 Directory School District of Philadelphia 1983, 1987, 1989
26 The Disadvantaged poor: education and employment 1966
26 The Education Park 1967
26 Distribution of negro pupils in the Philadelphia public schools 1966
26 Distribution of pupils in the Philadelphia public schools 1967
26 Elementary school capacities 1967-1972
26 Employee absenteeism in the Philadelphia school system: management study 2 1982
26 English- minimum essentials grades one to eight 1976
26 Enrollment in the Philadelphia public schools 1975-1977, 1982-1983
26 Equality of educational opportunity 1966
26 Evaluation of Chapter I ECIA Projects, Annual Report 1983-1984
26 Evaluation study project- secondary improvement projects- School District of Philadelphia 1964-1965
26 Evaluation of Title I ESEA Projects: A Digest of the Evaluations of Title I ESEA Projects in the School District of Philadelphia 1965-1973
26 Evaluation of Title IV-C ESEA Projects, Annual Report 1980-1982
26 Facts and figures 1972-1980
26 First activities in reading undated
26 The first year- a progress report by citizen task force chairmen 1967
26 Five years: a progress report 1967, 1971
26 Field Operations Procedures Manual, School District of Philadelphia 1985
26 Handbook: The School District of Philadelphia 1967
26 How Should We Pay for Our Schools, A State Subsidy Report 1976
26 In search of a better life- the education and housing problems of Puerto Ricans in Philadelphia 1974
26 Inequality in school financing: the role of law 1972
26 Informal reading inventory for secondary schools 1970
26 Inventory of public recreation areas and public schools 1961
26 joseph priestly science center, A proposed supplementary educational center 1966
27 Making special education work: a management study of the division of special education, School District of Philadelphia 1984
27 Market values of taxable real property, Pennsylvania state tax equalization board 1975
27 Monthly attendance and other reports by school and/or classroom 1965-1974
27 The Negro Family- The case for national action 1965
27 No school today: A report detailing the problems faced by the Philadelphia Public School System 1981
27 Office of federal programs project reports- The School District of Philadelphia 1968-1969
27 Operating budget proposed reductions 1977-1978
27 Overbrook cluster parent survey 1969
27 Pennsylvania Economy League fact book for 1988 1988
27 Personal policies manual. School District of Philadelphia 1975
27 Personal policies and procedures manual 1975
27 The Philadelphia city-wide testing program- report of the Spring 1968 achievement test results 1968
27 Philadelphia city-wide testing program 1973-1974; Spring 1974, February 1975 achievement testing program- school performance distributions October 1974, August 1975 1970-1974
27 Philadelphia city-wide testing program 1974-1975; Spring 1974, February 1975 achievement testing program- school performance distributions October 1974, August 1975 1974-1975
27 Philadelphia Intermediate unit plan for special education 1983, 1985-1986
27 Philadelphia’s proposed model school district 1967
27 Phonics inventory 1971
27 Planning programming budgeting guide and manual 1970-1972
27 Policies, procedures, and standards for certification of professional school personnel 1974
27 A proposal for a reading plan to be implemented in district four of the School District of Philadelphia for the school year 1970-1971
27 Proposed alterations and improvements budget (1972-1973) and program (1973-1978) 1972
28 Pennsylvania state tax equalization board, 28th Annual certification 1976
28 Reports of the task forces to the incoming board of education 1965
28 Proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1978 1978
28 Proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1979 1979
28 Proposed Capital Program, The School District of Philadelphia 1967-1972
28 Proposed Capital Program, The School District of Philadelphia 1969-1974
28 Proposed Capital Program, The School District of Philadelphia 1970-1975
28 The School District of Philadelphia: proposed revision of the capital budget program 1970-1975 1970-1975
28 An analysis of the proposed 1966-1971 capital program and the 1966 capital budget of the School District of Philadelphia 1966-1971
28 District one reading plan 1971-1972
28 District four reading plan 1973-1974
28 District five reading plan 1971-1973
28 District reading plans: non-technical reports 1973
28 District three reading project "a specific skills approach to reading" - A plan for improving reading achievement 1971-1972
28 District four reading proposal 1972-1973
28 Reading- minimum reading essentials grades one to eight 1976
28 Reading- pupil competencies 1977
28 Philadelphia public schools district 3: reading readiness inventory year 1 September, 1971
28 Recommended reading grades K-8 1985
28 District three reading project: pupil competencies undated
28 The School District of Philadelphia system for reading improvement for the 70's: Progress report no.1 March, 1970
28 A report on the education park undated
28 Reports of the task forces to the incoming board of education 1965
28 Task force on capital program and physical plant, report 1965
28 Report of activities 1967-1968
28 School District of Philadelphia The Board of Public Education school facilities survey chapter IV ten year capital program 1965-1974
29 School occupancy costs and school vandalism May, 1983
29 School staffing report 1967
29 Report of the special committee on nondiscrimination of the Board of Public Education of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1964
29 State tax equalization board program July, 1962
29 A study of the fiscal role of state government in the field of public education kit 1A: How schools are financed in Pennsylvania today October, 1961
29 The fiscal role of the state government in the field of public education kit II: The fiscal aspects March, 1962
29 The fiscal role of the state government in the field of public education kit III: the characteristics August, 1962
29 Study skills for secondary students 1974
29 Suggestions for teaching written composition in secondary schools 1971
29 Summary of allocated positions: districts 1-8, middle and junior, senior and technical 1980-1981
29 Summary of personnel in the Philadelphia public schools as of January, 1968 1968
29 The proposed operating budget of the school district of Philadelphia 1967-1974
29 Summary of operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1986 1986
29 Summary of the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1975 1975
29 Summary of the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1976 1976
29 Summary of the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1977 1977
29 Summary of the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1979 1979
29 Summary of the proposed operating budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1985 1985
29 Written expression pupil competencies 1975
29 Written expression activities 1976
29 Who should set tax rates for Philadelphia's schools 1963
29 The West Philadelphia district plan 1964
29 Testimony Dr. Mark R. Shedd superintendent of schools Philadelphia, PA. to the senate select committee on equal education opportunity Washington D.C. 1971
29 "A ten-year summary of the distribution of negro pupils in the Philadelphia public schools" 1958-1967
29 Teacher supply and demand in public schools, 1964 April, 1964
29 Summary of public attitudes toward Philadelphia School System October 1974
29 A ten year summary of the distribution of the negro pupils in the Philadelphia public schools 1957-1966
29 Superintendent's management information center School District of Philadelphia 1987-1988
30 Superintendent's management information center School District of Philadelphia 1983
Subseries 1.5: Oakes Newsletter
30 The Oakes Newsletter September 1970- January 1989
30 The School District of Philadelphia a Critical Analysis September, 1968
30 School-By-School Statistical Analysis of the Philadelphia Public Schools 1975, 1976, 1981
30 Biographical data April, 1990
Subseries 1.6: News Clippings
30 Newspaper clippings Dec, 1962-March 30, 1963
30 Newspaper clippings Apr 1, 1963-Jun 14, 1963
30 Newspaper clippings [June 18, 1963- October 27, 1963] 1963
30 Newspaper clippings Aug, 1963-Sept, 1963
31 Newspaper clippings 1963-1964
31 Newspaper clippings 1964-1965
31 Newspaper clippings 1965
31 Newspaper clippings 1965
31 Newspaper clippings 1965
31 Newspaper clippings 1965-1966
31 Newspaper clippings 1966
31 Newspaper clippings 1966-1967
32 Letters and clippings 1963-1964
32 Newspaper clippings and reports 1964-1965
32 Newspaper clippings, especially re social issues and the Philadelphia school system 1967-1972
33 Newspaper clippings, especially re social issues and the Philadelphia school system 1973-1981
34 Newspaper clippings 1982-1983
34 Newspaper clippings 1983
34 Newspaper clippings 1983-1984
34 Newspaper clippings 1984-1985
34 Newspaper clippings 1985-1988
34 Newspaper clippings 1981
34 Newspaper clippings 1981-1982
34 Newspaper clippings 1981-1982
34 Newspaper clippings 1982
34 Newspaper clippings 1982
34 Newspaper clippings 1982-1983
34 Newspaper clippings, especially about desegregation 1972-1979
36 Newspaper clippings, especially about desegregation 1976-1979
36 Newspaper clippings, especially about desegregation 1979
Subseries 1.7: Home and School Council
35 Independent campaign committee 1966
35 Support our schools committee 1963-1964
35 Miscellaneous meeting transcripts and correspondence 1961-1965
Subseries 1.8: Citizens Committee on Public Education in Philadelphia
35 Accountability in reading 1974
35 Governance committee 1973-1974
35 Seminar on reading, Philadelphia 1971
35 Citizens committee on public education in Philadelphia 1963-1982
35 Newsletter 1965
35 School visits committee (folder #1) 1962-1963
35 School visits committee (folder #2) 1973-1974
35 Town meetings & materials 1965
Subseries 1.9: Overbrook High School
36 Ad hoc committee 1968-1972
36 Cluster survey 1968-1969
36 Home and school association (folder #1) 1973-1975
36 Home and school association (folder #2) 1969-1975
36 Community advisory board 1969-1974
36 Conference on student involvement 1970
36 English undated
36 Library 1969
Subseries 1.10: Board Meeting Materials
37 Board meeting materials (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1987
38 Board meeting materials (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1987-1989
38 Annuities 1985-1986
38 Asbestos 1981-1988
38 Audits 1984
38 Budget 1982-1983
38 Communications audit 1984
38 Computers undated
38 Dobbins high school 1987-1988
39 Edison high school 1983-1985
39 Employee authors 1981-1982
39 Facilities and facilities management 1984-1985
39 Food services 1985-1986
39 Gompers elementary school 1985-1988
39 "Human resource study" 1983-1984
39 Insurance review 1986-1987
39 Interfund transfer, m&o 1982-1983
39 Kenndey Center, John. F. 1982
39 Legal services 1984-1987
39 Maintenance and operations 1982-1984
39 Martin school 1983
39 Philadelphia association of school administrators 1982-1987
39 Powel and Kelly schools 1983-1984
39 Prescription learning abilities 1983-1985
40 Superintendent, memos and letters from 1983-1986
40 Superintendent's summary reports 1986-1987
40 Temple University, teacher education advisory council June, 1983- April, 1984
40 Transportation- exemption to policy 1981-1985
40 Transportation- miscellaneous 1982-1984
40 Unions- firemen & oilers 1983-1984
40 Unions- teachers 1982-1985
Subseries 1.12: Subject Files, Individuals (RESTRICTED)
41 Demotions (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1984-1988
41 Dismissals (RESTRICTED for 75 years) circa 1980s
42 Expulsions (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1987-1989
42 Hanusey, Richard (RESTRICTED) 1982
42 Marcase, Michael (RESTRICTED) 1982
42 Lamont, Frank (RESTRICTED) 1982-1983
42 Katz, Samuel (RESTRICTED) 1982-1984
42 Rubin, Sam (RESTRICTED) 1983-1984
42 Personnel (RESTRICTED) 1982-1985
42 Superintendent evaluation (RESTRICTED) 1981-1986
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. A (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. B (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1985
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. C (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1988
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. E (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1985
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. E (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1983
42 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. G (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1986
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. I (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1985-1988
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. J (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1988
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. K (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. L (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. M (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. N (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1983-1988
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. O (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1983-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. P (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1983-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. Q (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. R (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. S (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. T (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1982-1988
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. U-V (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1987, 1989, 1983-1989
43 Correspondence, memoranda and other records. X-Z (RESTRICTED for 75 years) 1988-1989
Series 2: Accession 773, 1958-1992
Subseries 2.1: Board of Education
1 1 Board Conference 1989
1 2 Minutes January-April, 1989
1 3 Minutes May-June, 1989
1 4 Minutes July-November, 1989
1 5 Minutes January-May, 1988
1 6 Minutes June-August, 1988
1 7 Minutes September-December, 1988
1 8 Minutes January-March, 1987
1 9 Minutes April-May, 1987
1 10 Minutes June, July, 1987
1 11 Minutes August-September, 1987
1 12 Minutes October-December, 1987
1 13 Minutes January-March, 1986
1 14 Minutes April-June, 1986
1 15 Minutes July-September, 1986
1 16 Minutes October-December, 1986
2 1 Budget 1989
2 2 Budget 1989
2 3 Budget 1989
2 4 Budget 1989
2 5 Budget 1989
2 6 Budget 1989
2 7 Budget 1989
Subseries 2.2: Publications
2 14 Advisory Council Annual Reports 1986-1988
2 15 Alternative Programs Office undated
2 16 Briefly (Newsletter) 1986-1990
2 17 Citizens Committee on Public Education undated
2 18 From Your School District Newsletter 1985-1987
2 19 Office of Research and Evaluation 1970-1980
2 20 Office of Research and Evaluation 1970-1980
2 21 Perspective (Newsletter) 1980-1983
2 22 Press Releases Board of Education 1971-1981
2 23 Reflections (Newsletter) 1984-1988
2 24 School District of Philadelphia undated
2 25 Substance (Journal) 1981
2 26 Substance (Journal) 1982-1983
2 27 Teacher Preparation undated
2 28 Urban Education undated
2 29 Misc. Education undated
Subseries 2.3: Subject Files
3 1 Absence Statistics/School District undated
3 2 Adopt a School Program undated
3 3 Affective Education Program undated
2 8 Asian Students LEP 1988-1989
3 4 Attendance Policy and Guide 1984
3 5 Audit 1986
2 9 Board of Education (Restricted for 75 years) 1989
3 6 Busing 1965-1968
3 7 Children’s Health Issues 1985-1988
3 8 Children’s Health Initiative 1987
3 9 Citizens Committee on Basic Education 1973
3 10 Citizens Committee on Public Education undated
3 11 Community Accountants undated
3 12 Congratulatory Letters undated
3 13 Constitutional Convention undated
3 14 Contraception Course/Sex Education 1975-1985
3 15 Contracts 1986
3 16 Council for Educational Priorities undated
3 17 Council of Great City Schools undated
3 18 Desegregation 1983-1986
3 19 District 4 Reading Team undated
3 20 District 4 Report 1978
3 21 Education Convention Steering Committee 1980
2 10 Expulsions (Restricted for 75 years) 1987-1989
3 22 Facilities Management 1988
3 23 Federal and State Funds 1965-1967
3 24 Federal Files Hearings 1966-1967
3 25 Goals and Priorities Workshop 1966
3 26 Geography Bowl 1988
3 27 Greater Philadelphia Movement 1965
3 28 Green Tree School undated
3 29 Head Start 1965-1969
3 30 Historical School Materials 1958-1963
3 31 Job Search Philadelphia 1985-1986
3 32 Legal undated
3 33 Long Range Plan 1985-1988
3 34 Lowell School Testimony 1989
2 11 Marcase Contract Extension 1975-1980
3 35 Magnet Schools 1966-1967
3 36 Metropolitan Christian Council 1979-1980
3 37 Middle Years Alternative 1980
3 38 New Teacher Support 1970-1972
3 39 Odell Report 1964-1965
4 1 Operation Lifeboat 1981
4 2 Parents Union 1975-1981
4 3 Parents Union 1978-1981
4 4 Parents Union 1981-1982
4 5 Parents Union 1983-1984
4 6 Parents Union 1985-1988
4 7 PA Human Relations Committee 1964-1968
4 8 Philadelphia Alliance for Teaching 1986-1988
2 12 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers contract 1988-1992
2 13 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers negotiations 1980
4 9 Philadelphia Federation of Teachers undated
4 10 Philadelphia Past, Present, and Future 1980-1982
4 11 Portables 1965-1966
4 12 Poverty Map undated
4 13 Read Newsletter 1970-1971
4 14 School Promotion 1982-1984
4 15 Study Commission 1972-1975
4 16 Task Force-Improving High Schools 1971
4 17 Teachers for Social Action undated
4 18 Teen Pregnancy undated
4 19 Tests 1967
4 20 Tests 1976
4 21 Tests 1978
4 22 Tests 1979
4 23 Tests 1980
4 24 Test Scores 1980-1982
4 25 Test Scores 1982-1983
4 26 Test Results 1966-1967
4 27 Tutorial Board Univers
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