Cyrus Hall Adams, III, papers, 1958-1968.

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Cyrus Hall Adams, III, papers, 1958-1968.

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Correspondence, minutes, financial and other reports, transcripts of board meetings and hearings, and newsclippings from Cyrus Hall Adams' service on the Chicago Board of Education, 1964-1968. Papers concern racial integration, busing, Hauser and Havighurst reports, Head Start and other educational programs, school budgets and sites, and labor relations with teachers. Correspondents include board members, particularly James Clements and R. Sargent Shriver (Chairman); school superintendents Benjamin Willis and James Redmond; citizens; and civic associations. Sound recordings include Board of Education meetings.

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