Literacy South Records (#5048) 1982-2000 and undated

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Literacy South Records (#5048), 1982-2000 and undated

Title

Literacy South Records (#5048) 1982-2000 and undated

Date

1982-2000 and undated

Resource Link

https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/05048/

Abstract

Literacy South was an independent non-profit organization based in Durham, N.C., which sought to improve the quality of adult literacy services across the Southeast. Founded in 1987 by Hanna Arlene Fingeret and Page McCullough, Literacy South provided training, technical assistance, research, evaluation, consultation, and advocacy in participatory literacy work. The collection includes correspondence, publications, project records, notebooks, and other materials documenting the activities of Literacy South and its staff, 1982-2000. Records document the organization's operations, literacy education programs, adult education projects across the South, the status of adult literacy in the United States, and efforts of community organizations to reduce adult illiteracy. Represented projects include the North Carolina Network for Participatory Education; North Carolina Education and Law Project; Literacy Network Inc. (LNI); a study of Workforce Development Evaluation at Sara Lee Knit Products in Winston Salem, N.C.; the Practitioner Research Project, funded by the National Institute for Literacy; the Portfolio Assessment Project, funded by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund; and other efforts to improve adult literacy. Among the topics covered are curriculum development, learner-centered instruction, program development and evaluation, portfolio assessment, workplace literacy, computer assisted instruction, practitioner research methods, creation of administrative structure and staff training, development of community organizations, and student writing. Also included are issues of , the organization's newsletter; a copy of the video ; and volumes of , which published student writing. Vision Honoring What People Bring: Learner Centered Instruction Not by Myself

Extent

About 5,500 items (16.5 linear feet)

Languages

eng, Latn

Holding Repository

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6627693

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Literacy South Records (#5048) 1982-2000 and undated

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