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BOX 1-46 National Book Committee File, 1951-1974
Primarily the files of Virginia H. Mathews documenting her work as Director of the National Book Committee, in particular her work administering National Library Week and other related conferences, multi-year projects, and publications. Materials include correspondence, book lists, scrapbooks, planning documents, teaching materials, and writings.
The series is arranged into the following subseries: Conferences, Institutes, and Workshops; General Correspondence; Miscellany; Projects and Initiatives; Publications; and Reports, Studies, and Surveys.
BOX 1-6 Conferences, Institutes, and Workshops, 1958-1974
Correspondence, conference materials, evaluations, grant applications, exhibit materials, and reports relating to the events sponsored or co-sponsored by the National Book Committee and organized, planned, and administered by Virginia H. Mathews.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by title of conference, institute, or workshop. Material within the folders is arranged as received.
BOX 1 Building School Media Collections, Institute for School Librarians, Greensboro, N.C., 1971
BOX 1 Children and Reading: Getting Ready and a Good Beginning Workshop, Barranquitos, P.R., 1972
BOX 1 A Bibliography of Materials on English and Spanish Relating to Puerto Rican Students, compiled by Perry Alan Zirkel, 1971
BOX 1 Conference materials, 1969-1973
(3 folders)
BOX 1 Correspondence, 1970-1972
(2 folders)
BOX 1 Evaluation forms, 1972
(2 folders)
BOX 2 (1 folder)
BOX 2 Exhibit materials, 1972
BOX 2 Follow-up to conference, 1972
(2 folders)
BOX 2 Staff biographies, 1972
BOX 2 Indiana Library Association and the Indiana Library Trustee Association 81st Annual Conference, Indianapolis, Ind., 1972
BOX 2 Indiana School Library Development Project, Indianapolis, Ind., 1961-1962
BOX 2 Institute on Modern Publishing See also Container 42, same heading
BOX 2 Phase I, 1969, Kansas City, Kans., 1968-1970
(2 folders)
BOX 3 (3 folders)
BOX 3 Phase II, 1970, Chicago, Ill., 1969-1970
(2 folders)
BOX 3 International Reading Association
BOX 3 16th Annual Convention, Atlantic City, N.J., 1971
BOX 3 18th Annual Convention, Denver, Colo., 1973
BOX 3 Leadership Conference for Improving Connecticut School Libraries, New Haven, Conn., 1963
BOX 4 Library Manpower Needs and Utilization, Washington, D.C., 1959, 1965-1968
(2 folders)
BOX 4 Library Services to Agencies Working with the Disadvantaged, New Brunswick, N.J., 1968-1970
(2 folders)
BOX 4 New Faces of Cooperation, Southeastern Library Association and Southwestern Library Association Joint Conference, New Orleans, La., 1972
BOX 4 Outreach Services to the Disadvantaged, New Brunswick, N.J., 1969
BOX 4 Parents, Children, and Books, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash., 1958
BOX 4 Princeton Retreat, 1968, Princeton, N.J. See also Container 50, same heading
BOX 4 "To Elevate Reading on the National Agenda: An Action Program," 1968
(2 folders)
BOX 4 Report, 1968
BOX 4 A Public and School Library Team Approach to Serving the Three to Seven Year Old Socially Disadvantaged Child, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1968-1969
(1 folder)
BOX 5 (3 folders)
BOX 5 State Responsibilities for United Media Programs, Kalamazoo, Mich., 1968-1969
BOX 5 Strengthening Librarians Capability to Elicit and Respond to the Felt Needs of Disadvantaged/Minority Groups, Norman, Okla., 1972-1974
BOX 5 Conference materials, 1972
BOX 5 General correspondence, 1972-1974
(3 folders)
BOX 5 Grant application, 1972
BOX 6 Planning materials, 1972
BOX 6 Proposal, 1972
(2 folders)
BOX 6 Reports, 1972
BOX 6 Transcripts, 1972
(2 folders)
BOX 6 Target 1969 Implementation: Standards for School Media Programs, Austin, Tex., 1968-1970
BOX 6-9 General Correspondence, 1957-1973
Daily correspondence of Virginia H. Mathews, Margaret Dudley, Virginia Barta, and John S. Robling. The series contains both sent and received correspondence with a portion of the correspondence from the years 1972 to 1973 outgoing only. The outgoing correspondence is primarily from Virginia Barta on behalf of Virginia H. Mathews and relates to Mathews's work at the National Book Committee, American Book Publishers Council, and the Women's National Book Association.
The subseries is arranged chronologically. Material within the folders is arranged as received.
BOX 6 Sent and received, 1957-1973, undated
(3 folders)
BOX 7 (10 folders)
BOX 8 (11 folders)
BOX 9 Sent only, 1972-1973
(7 folders)
BOX 9-37 Projects and Initiatives, 1948-1977
Correspondence, clippings, manuals, bibliographies and book lists, reports, photographs, and promotional materials including posters, pamphlets, and advertising campaigns relating to Mathews's work developing and administering the National Book Committee signature programs.
The subseries is arranged alphabetically by project or organization title. Material within the folders is arranged as received.
BOX 9 Bell System Science Series, The Alphabet Conspiracy (television show), 1958-1960
BOX 9 Book Exposure Program, 1970-1971
(2 folders)
BOX 9 Book project proposals, 1967-1969
BOX 9 Central Brooklyn Model Cities Bookmobile Program, 1970-1972
(2 folders)
BOX 10 Children's literature and publishing course, 1959
BOX 10 Children's programming, Discovery '63, Do You Know?, and The Reading Room, 1962-1964
BOX 10 Children's Television Workshop
BOX 10 Clippings, 1968-1972
BOX 10 Correspondence, 1969-1972
(3 folders)
BOX 10 The Electric Company (television show), promotional materials, 1971
BOX 10 Proposals, 1968-1969
(2 folders)
BOX 10 Reading instructions series, 1971
BOX 10 Seminars, 1968-1970
BOX 10 Sesame Street (television show)
BOX 10 American Library in Paris, 1970-1971
BOX 10 Bibliographies, 1968-1969
BOX 11 Leading to Reading with Sesame Street, 1970-1973
(4 folders)
BOX 11 Reading and Reinforcement Committee, book lists, 1970
BOX 11 Utilization and training manual, 1969-1970
(3 folders)
BOX 11 Connecticut Demonstration Elementary School Library Project
BOX 11 Application and invitations, 1964
BOX 11 Articles, 1964-1966
(3 folders)
BOX 11 (2 folders)
BOX 12 Clippings, 1964-1966
BOX 12 Connecticut School Library Association, 1963-1967
BOX 12 Correspondence, 1962-1969
(8 folders)
BOX 12 Grant proposal, Joseph Sells Foundation, 1963-1966
BOX 12 Meeting agenda and minutes, 1964-1966
BOX 13 Newsletters, 1961-1967
BOX 13 Press releases, 1963
BOX 13 Printed material, 1961-1967
BOX 13 Reports, 1964-1967
BOX 13 Workshops, 1964-1967
(3 folders)
BOX 13 Educational Complex Charrette, East New York, N.Y., 1970
BOX 13 Gateway to Ideas (radio program)
BOX 13 Book lists, 1964-1965
(2 folders)
BOX 13 Budget, 1964-1965
BOX 13 Episodes 1-13, 1964-1965
(2 folders)
BOX 14 Episodes 14-26, 1964-1965
(2 folders)
BOX 14 Publicity, 1964-1965
(2 folders)
BOX 14 Requests for information, 1964-1965
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