Papers, 1964-1978.

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Papers, 1964-1978.

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Personal and business correspondence relating to NCTE activities, publications, committees, and sections; schedules, notes, agendas, and reports, relating to professional meetings; and copies of speeches concerning censorship, behaviorism, the teaching of literature, and the state of the profession. Principal correspondents include Robert Bennett, Muriel Crosby, Alfred Grommon, William Jenkins, Alan Purves, and James Squire. Bodies represented include Association of Departments of English, Modern Language Association, Canadian Council of Teachers of English, and National Council for the Social Studies.

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

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Jenkins, William Atwell, 1922-

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Grommon, Alfred H.

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American educator; president, National Council of Teachers of English. From the description of Alfred H. Grommon papers, 1939-1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754872048 Biographical/Historical Note American educator; president, National Council of Teachers of English. From the guide to the Alfred H. Grommon papers, 1939-1983, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Bennett, Robert A.

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Canadian Council of Teachers of English

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Association of Departments of English

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Squire, James R.

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Crosby, Muriel Estelle, 1908-

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Hogan, Robert F.

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Executive secretary, National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). From the description of Papers, 1964-1978. (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign). WorldCat record id: 28416900 ...

National Council of Teachers of English.

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National Council for the Social Studies.

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Founded in 1921, the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) was created to support educators by promoting social studies in education. NCSS includes geography, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, psychology, religion, and law, from the elementary to university level, in its scope. In service of the field, NCSS publishes curricula, organizes conventions and training, supports legislation promoting social science education, and conducts research. The organization's first...

Purves, Alan C. (Alan Carroll), 1931-1996

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Modern language association of America

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The American Literature Group was formed in 1921, after the Modern Language Association (MLA) reluctantly acknowledged a growing scholarly interest in the writing of the United States. At the time such literature was studied primarily in secondary schools, and most colleges and universities had no courses on the topic. Those that did, usually offered only a single survey course. The idea that American literature could stand on its own as a discipline was viewed with skepticism, it b...