John N. Patterson Papers
Collection ID
URB 18
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Collecting Areas
Description
Collection Summary
Title
John N. Patterson Papers
Dates
1965-1970
Collection ID
URB 18
Creator
Patterson, John N.
Quantity
3.5 linear feet (7 boxes)
Repository
Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries
Language
Materials in English
Detailed Collection Information
Biographical Note
John Patterson was a consultant to the School District of Philadelphia and was also active in community and conservation organizations.
Description of Collection
The bulk of these papers concern education and the Philadelphia public school system, including correspondence, task force reports, speeches, studies, proposals, and projects. Subjects covered are vocational education, inner city school problems, school decentralization, model school districts, and Philadelphia's Parkway School. Papers also include correspondence, reports, and proposals concerning the Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (H.E.A.R.T.); material on SugarLoaf, a country estate which Patterson wished to convert to a conservation preserve; and the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center. There is also some material on Patterson's financial holdings.
Patron Information
Research Access
Collection is open for research.
Collections Stored Off-Site
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Publication and Copyright Information
The John N. Patterson Papers are in custody 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], John N. Patterson Papers, URB 18, Special Collections Research Center, Temple University Libraries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Deposited by Mrs. Anne Patterson in 1971, Accession 82.
Processing Information
Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2015.
Index Terms
The following headings have been used to index the description of this collection in Temple University’s electronic catalog:
Personal/Family Names:
Brenner, Clifford
Finney, Graham S.
Meigs, Henry H., 1924-
Patterson, John N.
Stahl, Ben, 1915-1998
Corporate Names:
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Parkway Program
Philadelphia Advisory Council for Vocational Education
School District of Philadelphia, Pa.
Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Sugarloaf Estate (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Subjects:
Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Environmental protection
Nature conservation
School districts -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
School management and organization -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Vocational education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Places:
Philadelphia (Pa.)
Material Types:
Correspondence
Financial records
Minutes
Pamphlets
Reports
Inventory
1 1 Andorra Homes Project, Montgomery County-- miscellaneous papers 1969
1 2 Bank Street College--Correspondence 1968
1 3 Bank Street College--Conference program 1968
1 4 Bank Street College--Conference report 1968
1 5 Bicentennial Corporation--Learning Sub-committee, proposals 1969
1 6 Bicentennial Corporation--Miscellaneous papers 1969
1 7 Blue House--Investment account Undated
1 8 "Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document" 1967
1 9 "Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document" 1967
1 10 "Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document" 1967
1 11 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Correspondence 1969
1 12 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee-- Correspondence 1969
1 13 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Financial estimates Undated
1 14 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Mailing lists Undated
1 15 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Mailing lists Undated
1 16 Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--"School Visits Report" 1961-1962
1 17 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Annual reports 1967, 1969
1 18 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Board meeting minutes 1970
1 19 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Correspondence 1968-1970
1 20 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Golden Beach Hotel, education 1970
1 21 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Miscellaneous financial figures 1970
1 22 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Nature of stockholders meeting and proxy forms 1968
1 23 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Nature of stockholders meeting and proxy forms 1970
1 24 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Proposed stock purchase agreement 1968
1 25 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Questionnaire to board members 1970
1 26 Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Southgate Apartments, brochure Undated
1 27 "A Curriculum Proposal for Modern Foreign Languages for Nursery School through Grade Twelve" 1963
1 28 Day Care Project--Summary of Day Care situations 1967
1 29 Day Care Project--Memoranda on proposal 1968
1 30 Demonstration Cities Program--Proposal by Mayor James Tate for Philadelphia participation 1966
1 31 "Dimensions of an Urban University" Undated
1 32 Eberhard Faber, Inc.--Correspondence 1970
1 33 Education Parks--"Feasibility Study" 1966
1 34 Education Parks--Proposal for community service park in Germantown 1966
1 35 Education--Untitled speech by Patterson 1967
1 36 "Education Voucher System" Undated
1 37 "Educational Perceptions, Preferences, Needs, and Goals" 1969
1 38 "Exploring the Wissahickon Valley" 1968
1 39 "Federal Grant for Desegregation" 1965
1 40 George A. Fuller Company--Draft notes on 1966
1 41 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Correspondence 1968, 1970
1 42 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Final proposal July 1970
1 43 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Final proposal July 1970
2 44 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Magazine article Undated
2 45 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Miscellaneous papers Undated
2 46 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Quarterly report April and July 1970
2 47 Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Report on seminar 1969
2 48 "The Human Services Manpower Crisis" Undated
2 49 Inner City School Problems--Seminar 1969
2 50 Inner City School Problems--Seminar 1969
2 51 "An Instructional Management Strategy for Individual Learning" Undated
2 52 Intensive Learning Center--Advisory Committee meeting minutes 1969
2 53 Intensive Learning Center--Comments by Advisory Committee members on possible changes 1969
2 54 Intensive Learning Center--Organization for instructions 1969-1970
2 55 Intensive Learning Center- -Prospectus 1968
2 56 Intensive Learning Center--"Summer Stuff" 1969
2 57 Intergroup Education--Seminar 1965
2 58 Intergroup Education--Seminar 1965
2 59 Kalodner, Philip P.--Article on 1969 1969
2 60 Middle Schools--"As of Now: Philadelphia's Community and Magnet Schools" 1966
2 61 Middle Schools--Conference 1966
2 62 Middle Schools--Conference 1966
2 63 Middle Schools--Conwell School, "Challenge and Change at..." 1967
2 64 Middle Schools--Conwell School, fact sheets Undated
2 65 Middle Schools--Conwell School, test score results 1969
2 66 Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers Undated
2 67 Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers Undated
2 68 Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers Undated
2 69 Middle Schools--Report on Undated
2 70 Middle Schools--Report on Undated
2 71 Model School Program--Memoranda and committee meetings 1967
2 72 Model School Program--Report on Masterman Laboratory Undated
2 73 Model School Program--Report on North Philadelphia Model School District 1967
2 74 National Committee for Support of the Public Schools--Newsletter 1968
2 75 National Committee for Support of the Public Schools--Special reports 1968
2 76 "New Approaches in Public Education" Undated
2 77 New Land Purchase--115 Acre Tract 1969
2 78 New Land Purchase--"Philadelphia International Airport Related Land" Undated
2 79 "Notes on a Teaching Experience" 1967
2 80 Oxon Hill Children's Farm--Correspondence 1970
2 81 Parkway School--Committee meeting Undated
2 82 Parkway School--Evaluation Project 1968
2 83 Parkway School--Miscellaneous papers and memoranda 1967-1968
2 84 Parkway School--Status report 1968
2 85 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society--Educational programs for Children 1969-1970
3 86 Personal papers. Biographical data on John N. Patterson Undated
3 87 Personal papers. Correspondence 1966-1970
3 88 Personal papers. "The Individual and Society: The Players and the Plot" 1969
3 89 Personal papers. Life insurance--miscellaneous papers Undated
3 90 Personal papers. Medical examination 1954
3 91 Personal papers. Miscellaneous speech notes Undated
3 92 Personal papers. Miscellaneous speech notes Undated
3 93 Personal papers. Mrs. Patterson--correspondence and miscellaneous papers 1970
3 94 Personal papers. Naval records--correspondence Undated
3 95 Personal papers. Naval records--correspondence Undated
3 96 Personal papers. Naval records--discharge and promotion papers Undated
3 97 Personal papers. Naval records--instructions Undated
3 98 Personal papers. Naval records--miscellaneous pamphlets Undated
3 99 Personal papers. Naval records--officer's qualifications record jacket Undated
3 100 Personal papers. Naval records--photograph 1953
3 101 Personal papers. Naval records--training program Undated
3 102 Personal papers. "The Windward Passage-Both Ways: Some Comparisons and Afterthoughts" 1970
3 103 "The Phantom Nongraded School" 1968
3 104 Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement-- Newsletter 1967
3 105 Philadelphia Opportunities for Women-- Correspondence 1969
3 106 Plays for Living--Committee members and committee fact sheet 1969-1970
3 107 Plays for Living--Correspondence 1969
3 108 Plays for Living--Future objectives requiring additional finances Undated
3 109 Plays for Living--Performances 1967-1969
3 110 Plays for Living--Request to the Grant Foundation for support 1967
3 111 Primary and Secondary Education in the Delaware Valley--Staff memoranda 1968
3 112 "A Program Proposal for WTAF-TV" Undated
3 113 "A Proposal to Implement Educational Change through Community Co-Operation 1966
3 114 Regional Cooperation between the Schools of Philadelphia and the Suburbs--Miscellaneous papers 1969
3 115 "The Relationship between Metropolitan Areas, Manpower Shortages, and the Volunteer" 1965
3 116 Request for Operational Planning Grant Undated
3 117 Ridgeway Library Site--Correspondence 1969
3 118 "School Administrators to Attend Human Relations Retreats" 1965
3 119 School Board Question--Patterson speech 1966
3 120 School Board Question--Primary election 1969
3 121 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 122 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 123 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 124 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 125 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 126 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
3 127 School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City" 1968
4 128 School Decentralization--"The Politics of Decentralization" 1968
4 129 School Decentralization--Proposed guide- lines of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee 1969
4 130 School Decentralization--Recommendations of Education Committee of the Americans for Democratic Action Undated
4 131 School Decentralization--Untitled paper Undated
4 132 "A School Designed for Kids" 1970
4 133 School District of Philadelphia-- Architecture and construction expenses Undated
4 134 School District of Philadelphia--Budget 1965
4 135 School District of Philadelphia--Budget proposal 1967
4 136 School District of Philadelphia--Consultants, employed Undated
4 137 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming A-C Undated
4 138 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming D-H Undated
4 139 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming J-N Undated
4 140 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming O-R Undated
4 141 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming S-T Undated
4 142 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming U-Z Undated
4 143 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing 1965-February 1966
4 144 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing March-May 1966
4 145 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing June-August 1966
4 146 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing September-December 1966
4 147 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing 1967
4 148 School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing 1969-1970
4 149 School District of Philadelphia--Field Foundation Project, preliminary planning 1966
4 150 School District of Philadelphia--Mental Health Programs Undated
4 151 School District of Philadelphia--Office of Planning, meetings 1966
4 152 School District of Philadelphia--Organization plan for school district Undated
4 153 School District of Philadelphia--Recruitment of personnel, memoranda on Undated
4 154 School District of Philadelphia--Recruitment of personnel, miscellaneous resumes Undated
4 155 School District of Philadelphia--Repairs and physical expansion 1967
4 156 School District of Philadelphia--Research for Better Schools, statements on personnel Undated
4 157 School District of Philadelphia--Services and activities of division of school extension 1966
4 158 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, correspondence 1965
4 159 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, correspondence 1966-1967
4 160 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report to board of education 1965
4 161 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report to board of education 1967
5 162 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on capital program and physical plant 1965
5 163 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on capital program and physical plant Undated
5 164 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on budget analysis procedures 1965
5 165 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on manpower and programs 1965
5 166 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on manpower and programs 1965
5 167 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, seminar 1965
5 168 School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on proposed Undated
5 169 School District of Philadelphia--"A Video- Sponder Teaching System" Undated
5 170 School District of Philadelphia--Warehousing 1966, 1968
5 171 School Superintendents--Miscellaneous articles on Undated
5 172 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Adult Ecology course 1969
5 173 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Budget and expenses 1969-1970
5 174 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Christmas Count 1969, 1970
5 175 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--"Computer Utilization in Air and Water Pollution Control" 1969
5 176 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Correspondence 1968-1970
5 177 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Employee's manual 1969
5 178 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Executive Committee minutes 1969
5 179 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Executive Committee minutes 1970
5 180 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Insurance coverage Undated
5 181 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center-Maintenance and janitorial manual 1969
5 182 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Miscellaneous papers and brochures Undated
5 183 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly attendance record 1969-1970
5 184 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly summary February-March 1969
5 185 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly summary April-August 1969
5 186 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Pilot Urban Ecology Study 1970
5 187 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Problems affecting Nature Center Undated
5 188 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Program proposal Undated
5 189 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Public Tours, program for Undated
5 190 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--"A Seasonal Study of a One Meter Section of a Stream on the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center" 1970
5 191 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Sugar Loaf Conference 1970
5 192 Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Teacher's Urban Ecology Workshop proposal 1970
5 193 "Some Major Areas of Concentration for Improving the Quality of Education in Philadelphia" Undated
5 194 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate- -Correspondence 1967
5 195 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence January-February 1968
5 196 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence March-June 1968
5 197 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence July 1968 - April 1969
5 198 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Miscellaneous newspaper articles Undated
5 199 Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Proposal for creation of Conference Center 1968
6 200 "Survival...and the Pursuit of Happiness" 1970
6 201 Temple University--Operating expenses 1967-1970
6 202 "Towards a Differentiated Teaching Staff" Undated
6 203 "Training as an Agent of Institutional Change" 1966
6 204 "Urban Observatories: A Proposal for the National League of Cities" 1965
6 205 "The Value of the Dollar" 1970
6 206 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--members 1969
6 207 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration vocational education 1969
6 208 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration of vocational education 1969
6 209 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration of vocational education 1969
6 210 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--field exposure sessions 1969
6 211 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--organization Undated
6 212 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--members Undated
6 213 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--summary of activities 1970
6 214 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--meeting minutes 1969-1970
6 215 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--correspondence 1969
6 216 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--correspondence 1970
6 217 Vocational Education--Advisory Council, United States--miscellaneous papers Undated
6 218 Vocational Education- -Conference 1966
6 219 Vocational Education--"Cooperative Work Experiences in Industrial Education" 1969
6 220 Vocational Education--"Involving Industry in Local Vocational and Technical Education” 1967
6 221 Vocational Education--Miscellaneous papers Undated
6 222 Vocational Education--Occupational education conference 1968
6 223 Vocational Education--"Plans and Prospects for Federal Vocational Education Funds" 1969
6 224 Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth 1969
6 225 Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth 1969
6 226 Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, Revised 1969
6 227 Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, Revised 1969
6 228 Vocational Education--School District of Philadelphia, organization of vocational education administration Undated
6 229 Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, budget Undated
6 230 Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, description Undated
6 231 Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, scheduling Undated
6 232 Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, technical advisor's meeting Undated
6 233 Vocational Education--"A Statement of Philosophy of Occupational Education" 1968
6 234 Vocational Education--"A Statement of Philosophy of Occupational Education,” excerpts 1968
6 235 Vocational Education--Suggestions and proposals for programs of Occupational Education in Philadelphia schools 1969
6 236 Vocational Education--"Survey of Vocational Education in 19 Large City School Systems" 1969
6 237 Vocational Education--Three year plan for advisory committee on vocational education Undated
6 238 Vocational Education--Venango County Technical School, report 1970
6 239 "Where We're At in Philadelphia"--"Old Needs and New Directions" 1967
6 240 "Where We're At in Philadelphia"--Managing the Public Schools" 1967
6 241 "Where We're At in Philadelphia"--Revolutions in Philadelphia Undated
6 242 "Where We're At in Philadelphia"--"A Proposal for an Institute of Administrative Training and Planning" 1968
6 243 Young America Preserves, Inc.--Proposal for the Children's Museum of Philadelphia 1968
6 244 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings Undated
6 245 Miscellaneous newspaper clippings Undated
7 Appointment Book 1967
7 Appointment Book 1968
7 Appointment Book 1969
7 Appointment Book 1970
7 Mass Cards on Death 1970
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