Prater, Merle P. (1922-    )

Paper

1953-2007, n.d.

9.22 linear ft. (16 document boxes, 4 card boxes)

RS 21/7/200

University Archives, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University.

Open for research

Consult Head, Special Collections Department

Merle P. Prater Papers, RS 21/7/200, Special Collections Department, Iowa State University Library.

Biographical Information, Writings, and Patent Files

1953-2007, n.d.

0.42 linear ft. (1 document box)

This series contains biographical information, a Ph.D. dissertation, Master's degree thesis, patent files for, and articles written by Prater. The patents include information regarding a card punching device, photosensitive records, and a type of manifold record assembly. The writings include articles, reports, and other publications regarding Prater's work with Integrative Educational Systems and the Ragged Ridge Environmental Center.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

1

1

Biographical Information – Autobiographical Profile

2001-2007

20

13

Photograph – Merle Prater, Ph.D., Age 84 (color copy)

2006

2

21

Things That Are Worthwhile (Re: Vol. C – School Children)

1988

1

4

"A System Approach to the Development of a Wildland Setting and Associated Program for Environmental Education" – Thesis

1977

1

5

"Ames ISU Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, Investigative Report Concerning Ames Inactive Nuclear Waste Sites" – Report

1993

1

6

"Radiological Survey of the Old Waste Water Treatment Facility and Adjacent Areas, Ames, Iowa" – Report

1994

1

7

"Status Correspondence and Miscellaneous Documents Concerning the Radiological Hazards of the Ames Sports Complex Location, November 23, 1994 – May 23, 1996" – Report

1994-1996

1

8

"A Backup Report to the Controversy Surrounding the Ames Youth Sports Complex, Inc., Location" – Report

1995

1

9

"On Risk Assessment and Related Radiological Health Concerns for Children at the Ames Youth Sports Complex Location" – Report

1996

1

11

"Proposal for a High Speed Railroad System in America" – Report

2000

3

7

Delphi Technique vs. the Groupthink Process for Planning Future Events

1981

1

14

U.S. Patent File, Volume I

1962-1971

1

15

U.S. Patent File, Volume II

1953

2

1

"Second and Third Year Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Their Teaching Proficiencies as Related to Accumulated Quality Components of Their Course Hours and Grades in Teacher Education at Central Washington University" – Dissertation

1984

2

14

Summary of Prater Doctoral Dissertation

1985

3

14

Raw Data Summary Chart: Central Washington University Graduates Elementary Teaching Proficiencies Survey

1985

1

4

"A System Approach to the Development of a Wildland Setting and Associated Program for Environmental Education" – Master's Thesis (copy 1)

1977

1

13

"A System Approach to the Development of a Wildland Setting and Associated Program for Environmental Education" – Master's Thesis (copy 2)

1977

2

2

Integrative Educational Systems (IES), Donated Reports and Publications – Index

n.d.

1

3

Indexed Books and Periodicals of the Merle P. Prater Education Library

2006

1

16

National Geographic Maps Donated to the Iowa State University Department of History – Listing and Correspondence

2007

1

2

"On Managing the Crisis of Educational Restructure and Reform" – Article

1990

1

10

"Whitworth College Ragged Ridge Environmental Education Center Project Archives" – Report

1973-1977

1

12

"Whitworth College Ragged Ridge Center for Outdoor Educational Opportunities, Curriculum Manual" – Publication

1978

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Records

1974-2007, n.d.

2.52 linear ft. (6 document boxes)

This series contains documents, correspondence, and information relating to the IES program created by Prater to help upper elementary aged school children learn how different facets of the world are interrelated. The series also includes information regarding the Whitworth College Ragged Ridge Environmental Center, such as a guidebook, brochures, and ethnohistory of the Center. In addition, there is correspondence between Prater and prominent educators.

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Folder

Title

Dates

9

7

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Documents, Volume B – INTEREX (Interdisciplinary/Experimental) Background, Research, School Project, District Policy (1 of 2)

1978-1986, n.d.

10

1

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Documents, Volume B – INTEREX (Interdisciplinary/Experimental) Background, Research, School Project, District Policy (2 of 2)

1978-1986, n.d.

10

2

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Documents, Volume C – Upper Elementary Grades, Environmental Education, Doctoral Dissertation, IES Business Practices (1of 2)

1978-1986, n.d.

10

3

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Documents, Volume C – Upper Elementary Grades, Environmental Education, Doctoral Dissertation, IES Business Practices (2 of 2)

1974-1992

10

4

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Documents, Volume D – IES Prospectus, IES Presentations and Workshops, IES Tracking Map of Prater's Educational Activities

1978-1993, n.d.

10

5

Trail Planning, Layout, and Construction, Volume E

1974

10

6

Ethnohistory of the Ragged Ridge Center, Volume F

1974

10

7

Ragged Ridge Teacher's Guidebook, Tree Guide; Volume G

1977, n.d.

10

8

Ragged Ridge Informational Materials, Volume H

1975-1992, n.d.

2

3

Discussion of the Development of a Regional Environmental Education Center in Relation to Anthropological Action

1974

2

4

New Process in Environmental Awareness Education

1975

2

5

Applied Research Linking Early Education Teaching/Learning Methods of Instruction to Lifelong Coping, Acceptable Behavior, Social Responsiveness, and Mental Health

1978

2

6

Impacts of Elementary School Teaching/Learning Systems on Lifelong Coping and Social Responsibility

1978

2

7

Summarized Presentation: Applied Research Linking Early Education Teaching/Learning Methods of Instruction to Lifelong Coping, Acceptable Behavior, Social Responsiveness, and Mental Health

1980

2

8

Parent Intervention for Curriculum Change (Re: Vol. B – INTEREX Research)

1980

2

9

Elementary Teacher Perception of Student Motivation Through Use of Interdisciplinary/Experiential (INTEREX) Teaching Methods

1981

2

10

Future Planning Design

1981

2

11

Longitudinal Experimental Test Design for Study of the INTEREX Teaching/Learning Strategies' Long Term Effects

1981

2

12

Proposal to Determine the Feasibility of Conducting a Limited INTEREX Research Program in the Upper Elementary School and Its Carry-over Effects into the Secondary School (Re: Vol. B – Research)

1981

2

13

Reports by Sixth Grade Teachers Edward Henning and Nancy Rowland Concerning Their Classroom Experience with Interdisciplinary/Experiential (INTEREX) Teaching/Learning Project, Midway Elementary School, Mead, Washington

1982

2

15

Elementary Schooling: A Key to Problems within the Teaching/Learning Continuum?

1985

2

16

School District Program for Improved Junior High and High School Social and Academic Impact Through 4th-6th Grade Interrelatedness Education: Easel Presentation (Re: Vol. B – District Policy)

1981

2

17

Horizontally Articulated Approach to Elementary Education: A Forerunner to Success at the Secondary Level

1986

2

18

Effects of Teacher Education Course Qualities on Elementary Teachers Perceptions of Their Teaching Qualities

1987

2

19

Upper Elementary Interrelatedness Teaching/Learning Program Model to Prepare Students for a Positive Transition into the Junior High/Middle School

1987

2

20

Questionnaire: School District Consideration in Implementing INTEREX Teaching/Learning (Vol. C – IES Client Administrative Materials)

1988

2

22

School Reform and the Use of Neglected Forces (Re: Vol. C – School Restructure and Reform)

1988

2

23

Predicting Teacher Education Course Quality Effects on Elementary Teachers' Perceptions of Teaching Proficiencies

1988

2

24

Case for Use of a Neglected Force in School Reform

1988

2

25

Managing the Crisis of Educational Restructure and Reform (Re: Vol. C – School Restructure and Reform)

1990

2

26

Program Implementation Manual – The IES Upper-Elementary Interrelatedness Teaching/Learning Model

1990

2

27

Educational Reform, Change, Improvement, Innovation, Renewal: Six Means to an End

1990

2

28

Upper-Elementary Interrelatedness Teaching/Learning Transitional Bridge to Junior High/Middle School

1990

2

29

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Workshop – Elementary level Teaching Proficiencies Based on Inherent Qualities of Courses in Teacher Education

1991

2

30

Price List – IES Published/Unpublished Articles; Occasional Papers and Presented Papers

1991

3

1

Revised Index Graphics (Workshop Kits and Miscellaneous Documents)

1991

3

2

Philosophy and Services of IES (Integrative Educational Systems) Services

1991

3

3

Client Agreement Documents

1991

3

4

Strengthen the Strategic 4th-8th Grade Bridging Years: Formalize Long-term Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning

1992

3

5

Compendium of Supportive Letters for the IES Initiatives in Behalf of Integrated Education

1992

3

6

Pilot Study Affecting the 4th-8th Grade Bridging Years

1992

3

8

INTEREX Kit for Building a Sociogram

1991

3

9

Example of a Hypothetical INTEREX Study Theme Selection/Implementation Process

1991

3

10

Group Psychological/Sociological Processes – Things to Observe

1991

3

11

Review and Critique of Child Development and Education

1981

3

12

Summary: The Interrelatedness (INTEREX) 4th-6th Research Program Outline

1982

3

13

Process Observing

1992

3

15

Educational Comments Concerning the INTEREX Teaching/Learning System and the Ragged Ridge Environmental Education Center

1987

3

16

INTEREX Rationale: The IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning Strategies

1991

3

17

Inventory, Cover Letter for Donation of July, 2007

2007

10

9

Integrative Educational Systems (IES) – Correspondence, List

2007

10

10

Compendium of Supportive Letters for Integrative Educational System (IES) Initiatives in Education

1974-1992

10

11

Correspondence – Earnest Boyer – President, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – Meetings about Educational Problems

1985-1991

10

12

Correspondence – Noreen Daly – Dean, College of Education, Florida Atlantic University; President, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education; Dean, College of Education, Iowa State University – Teacher Education/Classroom Teaching

1986-1991

10

13

Correspondence – Sandra Damico – Professor, College of Education, University of Florida – Faculty Driven School Improvement, Improvement Model

1988

11

1

Correspondence – Linda Darling Hammond – Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University – Review of a Prospective Phi Delta Kappa Manuscript

1990-1999

11

2

Correspondence – Elliot Eisner – Professor, Education and Art, College of Education, Stanford University – Educational Imagination and the Interdisciplinary/Experiential (INTEREX) Teaching/Learning System

1987-1992

11

3

Correspondence – Ronald Frye – Assistant Dean, School of Professional Studies, Central Washington University – Teacher Education Doctoral Dissertation

1984-1991

11

4

Correspondence – Howard Gardner – Harvard Graduate School of Education – Higher Order Learning, Gardner's Writings and the IES Approach to Teaching/Learning

1992-1994

11

5

Correspondence – Thomas Good – Professor of Education, University of Missouri – Prater Statement of Important Research Direction

1986-1987

11

6

Correspondence – John Goodlad – Professor, Graduate School of Education, UCLA – IES Interrelatedness and Educational Philosophy

1985-1992

11

7

Correspondence – Gary Griffin – Dean, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago – Preservice Teacher Education Research and IES Educational Research

1987-1990

11

8

Correspondence – Gene Hall – Director, Research, and Development Center for Teacher Education, University of Texas – Incorporation of the IES Study for a Course on Contemporary Issues in Teacher Education

1986

11

9

Correspondence – Ronald Kelly – Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology – Letter on Research Follow-up to Former Chairman of Prater Doctoral Dissertation Committee

1989

11

10

Correspondence – Judith Lanier – Dean, College of Education, Michigan State University – Contract Regarding Teacher Education Research

1988

11

11

Correspondence – Ann Lieberman – Executive Director, Puget Sound Educational Consortium, Seattle, Washington – Details of School Reform

1987-1992

11

12

Correspondence – Arnold Lindaman – Director, Horace Mann Laboratory School, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri – IES Workshops with Local Public Schools

1991-1992

11

13

Correspondence – Armand Mauss – Professor, Sociology Department, Washington State University – Former Prater Professor, Mauss' Work with Drugs in Schools and IES

1989

11

14

Correspondence – Richard Manatt – Professor, Director, Iowa State College of Education's School Improvement Model Projects – Teacher Evaluation and Schooling to Learn

1993

11

15

Correspondence – Diane Ravitch – Adjunct Professor of History and Education, Teachers College, Columbia University – Crisis in Education

1985-1988

11

16

Correspondence – Theodore (Ted) Sizer – Chairman, Department of Correspondence – Education, Brown University – Coalition Structure, Introduction to IES Approach to Teaching/Learning and School Restructure

1987-1995

11

17

Correspondence – James Sweeney – Professor, College of Education, Iowa State University – Restructuring Schools/Crisis Management

1991

11

18

Correspondence – Gordon Vars – Professor of Education, Kent State University – Importance of the 4th-8th Grade Bridging Years

1991-1992

11

19

Correspondence – Thomas Tanner – Professor, Environmental Studies and Secondary Education, Iowa State University – Environmental Education and Mutual Work While in Washington State

1982-1987

11

20

Correspondence – Selma Wassermann – Professor, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada – Colleague in Areas of Critical Thinking

1987-1994

12

1

Correspondence – Richard Wolfe – Associate Dean for Doctoral Studies, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington – IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential (INTEREX) Teaching/Learning; Doctoral Committee Member in Gonzaga University Educational Leadership Program

1984-1994

12

2

Correspondence – Niambi Webster – Professor, Department of American Multicultural Studies, Sonoma State University – Multicultural Educational Thoughts and Concern

1993

12

3

Correspondence – Linda Aaseng – Elementary Teacher, Eau Claire, Wisconsin – Educational Experience with Ethnic Children

1995-2006

12

4

Correspondence – Brian Benzel – Correspondence

1986-1992

12

5

Correspondence – Nan Bonfils – Consultant and Teacher, East Asia Writing Project, International School of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Meeting in Iowa, Forwarded IES Educational Materials: Teaching Conditions, Map, and Photo

1992

12

6

Correspondence – Richard Clark – Deputy Superintendent, Bellevue, Washington School District – Potentials for Using IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential Instruction Strategies

1990-1991

12

7

Correspondence – Levaun Dennett – Principal, Montlake Elementary School, Montlake Terrace, Washington – Connections Between Dennett's Eduational and IES Elementary Education Program

1988-1992

12

8

Correspondence – Edward Henning – Elementary Teacher, Midway Elementary, Mead, Washington – Classroom Experience with IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning Program

1987-1992

12

9

Correspondence – Doris Larson – Elementary Teacher, Carbondale, Illinois School District – Introduction to Nan Bonfils, Elementary Teacher in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with Introductory Information to IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning Methods

1992

12

10

Correspondence – James Mahan – Superintendent, Elementary School District #133, Homewood, Illinois – Contacts for School District Incorporation of IES Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning Methods

1990-1992

12

11

Correspondence – Elliot Marenbloom – Director of Middle School, Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson, Maryland – Met Marenbloom and Gordon Vars, ASCD San Francisco Meeting, Exchange of Educational Viewpoints

1991-1992

12

12

Correspondence – Jeff Newell – Assistant Principal, Anne Sullivan Communication Center, Minneapolis – Visited School; Presented and Discussed IES Kit; Explored Potentials for a Program

1992

12

13

Correspondence – Nancy Stowell – Teaching Coordinator, Spokane Public Schools, Spokane, Washington – IES Briefing Material for Upper Elementary Teaching/Learning Education

1992

12

14

Correspondence – Shari Strating – Teacher Horace Mann Lab School, Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri – Follow Up of IES Teaching/Learning Workshop

1992

12

15

Correspondence – Richard Wallace – Superintendent, Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Public Education, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – Follow Up of OERI Meeting Concerned with Quality of Teacher Education

1990-1991

12

16

Correspondence – Stephen Williams – Superintendent, Marshalltown Community School District, Marshalltown, Iowa – Contacts with Marshalltown Re: INTEREX Teaching/Learning Methods

1990-1991

12

17

Correspondence – Lynn Cheney – Chairman, National Endowment for the Humanities, Washington, D.C. – Humanities Teaching in Elementary Schools

1987-1990

12

18

Correspondence – Pauline Gough – Editor, Phi Delta Kappa – Submissions of IES Article

1990-1995

12

19

Correspondence – Pat Guild – President, Pat Guild Associates, Seattle, Washington – Comments on a Guild's Book from Perspective of IES Teaching/Learning Systems

1987-1991

12

20

Correspondence – Jo Gusman – Consultant, New Horizons in Education, Sacramento, California – Contact from Elementary School Center Conference, San Francisco; Mutual Interests

1987

12

21

Correspondence – Barbara Hatton – Deputy Director, Education and Culture Program, Ford Foundation, New York, New York – Contact with and about Hatton's Comments at AACTE Meeting

1990

12

22

Correspondence – Fred Hechinger – Educational Staff Writer, New York Times – Improving Secondary Schools by Improving Elementary Schools

1987

12

23

Correspondence – Correspondence – David Imig – Executive Director, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education – Educational Restructure as also Viewed by IES Concerns

1990

12

24

Correspondence – Joan Lipsitz – Program Director, Elementary and Secondary Education, Lilly Endowment, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana – Contact About Mutual Interests in Elementary Education

1988

12

25

Correspondence – Gene Maeroff – Fellow, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, Princeton, New Jersey – Empowerment of Teachers, Reform Efforts

1990

12

26

Correspondence – Richard Miller – Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators – K-12 System Responsibility for University Level Work, San Francisco AASA Convention

1985-1990

12

27

Correspondence – Fred Newmann – Director, National Center on Effective Secondary Schools; Professor and Director, Center on Organization and Restructuring of Schools

1986-1990

12

28

Correspondence – Carla Nuxoll – President, Washington Education Association – Conversation on Educational Restructuring and Status of Reform in Washington State

1991-1992

12

29

Correspondence – Gerald Ott – Implementation Specialist, Iowa State Educational Association; Executive Director, New Iowa Schools Development Corporation – School Reform and IES Teaching/Learning

1991-1992

13

1

Correspondence – Chris Pipho – Director, Information Clearinghouse/State Relations, Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colorado – Follow up on Conversation at ASCD Meeting

1992-1993

13

2

Correspondence – Albert Shanker – President, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C. – IES Article: "On Managing the Crisis in Educational Restructure and Reform"

1990

13

3

Correspondence – Allan Shedlin, Jr (1 of 2)

1985-1992

13

4

Correspondence – Allan Shedlin, Jr. (2 of 2)

1985-1992

13

5

Correspondence – Richard Williams – Executive Director, Puget Sound Educational Consortium, University of Washington
Correspondence – Maggie Patterson – Manager, PSEC – Meetings, Conversations about Issues in Teaching/Learning Crises and Actions Being Taken

1990-1992

13

6

Correspondence – Anne Campbell – Nebraska Commissioner of Education, Lincoln, Nebraska – Meetings on Mutual Interests in Educational Teaching/Learning Process

1979-1987

13

7

Correspondence – Booth Gardner – Governor, Washington State; Chairman, National Governor's Conference and Education Commission of the States – Relationship between "Schools for the 21st Century" and IES "Crisis of Educational Restructure and Reform"

1990-1991

13

8

Correspondence – Milton Goldberg – Director: Program for Excellence in Education; Program for Improvement of Practice; Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI); Office of Research; U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.

1985-1992

13

9

Correspondence – Glenn Hinsdale – Director of Northwest National Parks Service District Interpretive Section, Seattle, Washington – Ragged Ridge Center

1996-1997

13

10

Correspondence – Bill Honig – Superintendent of Public Instruction, California Department of Public Instruction

1985-1992

13

11

Correspondence – Anne Lindeman – State Senator, Arizona; Chairman of Committee on Education – Talks on Instituting IES Teaching/Learning Systems in Arizona

1984-1991

13

12

Correspondence – Daniel Moynihan, Claiborne Pell – Senators, U.S. Senate
Augustus Hawkins, William Goodling – Representative, U.S. House of Representatives

1987

13

13

Correspondence – Neal Smith – Representative, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, D.C. – Smith Newsletter and Educational Reform

1989

13

14

Additional Correspondence – Volume B, Files 2-26

1987-1992

13

15

Additional Correspondence – Volume C, Files 27-40

1987-1992

13

16

Additional Correspondence – Volume D, Files 41-57

1987-1992

13

17

Additional Correspondence – Volume E, Files 58-65

1987-1992

Interactions with Educational Organizations

1978-1999

1.26 linear feet (3 document boxes)

This series contains information and correspondence regarding conferences and presentations for educational organizations. These organizations include the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, National Academy of Education, National Education Association, and National Association of Elementary School Principals.

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Folder

Title

Dates

18

1

Journal of Teacher Education – Re: Holmes Report: A Critical Analysis of the Holmes Group's Proposals for Reforming Teacher Education

1986-1987

18

2

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Annual Meeting, New Orleans – Presentation, Predicting Teacher Education Course Quality Effects on Elementary Teacher's Perceptions of Teaching Proficiencies

1988

18

3

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Annual Meeting, Atlanta – Presentation, Study of Central Washington University Teacher Education and Their Effects on Elementary Teaching Proficiencies

1991

18

4

American Education Research Association (AERA), Annual Meeting, San Francisco - Highlights

1986

18

5

State of the Art Middle School; A Research Report for Ames, Iowa School District

1985

18

6

Upper Elementary Interdisciplinary/Experiential Teaching/Learning Education – Ames, Iowa School District

1985-1988

18

7

Arrowhead Area Education Agency Education Fair, Fort Dodge – Re: Counteracting Serious Disjunctive Effects Between Major Schooling Levels

1991

18

8

Association for Childhood Education International Conference, Greensboro & Omaha – Re: Elementary Grades: The Area of Great Promise for All of Education

1986-1987

18

9

Association for Childhood Education International, Chicago; Presentation – 4th-8th Grade Bridging Years

1992

18

10

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, San Francisco – REA Horizontally Articulated Approach to Elementary Education

1986

18

11

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, New Orleans; Presentation – An Interrelatedness Approach to Elementary Education and Its Potential Effect on Student Coping with Scholastic/Personal/Social Stresses in Secondary School

1987

18

12

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, San Francisco; Facilitator – New Roles, New Contexts, New Models: Restructuring Schools Discussion Topic

1991

18

13

Iowa Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Conference, Des Moines; Presentation – School Reform and Use of Neglected Forces - Facilitator

1989

18

14

Washington Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (WASCD) Conference, Seattle – Rethinking, Refocusing, Restructuring WASCD

1991

18

15

Association of Teacher Education Conference, Atlanta – Redesigning the Profession for the Future

1986

19

1

Carnegie Forum, New York; Education Policy and the Economy – Articles

1987

19

2

Council of Chief State School Officers – Report: Success for All in a New Century

1989

19

3

Center for Early Adolescence, Carboro, NC – Information Services/Training/Curricula/Publications Catalog

1989

19

4

Education Commission of the States, Denver – State Leaders Committed to Improving Education

1986

19

5

Far West Laboratory for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco – Advancing Learning and Effectiveness

1989

19

6

Horace Mann Lab School, Maryville, MO – Presentation: Counteracting Serious Intrasystem Disjunctive Effects Between Major School Levels

1991

19

7

Iowa Association of School Administrations, Des Moines – Inquiry as to Spring Conference in Ames, 1986

1985

19

8

Iowa Department of Public Instruction Conference, Des Moines; University of Iowa Vice President for Academic Affairs, Iowa City – Correspondence, Information

1986

19

9

Iowa Educational Research and Evaluation Association, Johnston – Inquiry on Conference for the Improvement of Iowa Education at the Classroom Teacher Level

1988

19

10

Iowa State University Department of Education Meetings, Ames – Negotiations Concerning the Prater Integrative Educational Systems (IES) Proposal

1985-1988

19

11

Johns Hopkins University, Center for Research in Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore – Comparisons of the Research Center and Prater IES Approach to Elementary Teacher Education

1986

19

12

Low-Heywood Thomas School, Stamford, CT – School Response Regarding Interrelatedness Learning Approach of IES

1986

19

13

National Academy of Education, Harvard, Cambridge – Application for the NAE Spencer Fellowship Program

1988

19

14

National Association of Elementary School Principals, Reston, VA – Interest in Attending Meeting in Las Vegas Following Year

1985

19

15

National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA – Interest in Attending Future Meetings

1985

19

16

National Council for the Social Studies, Washington, D.C. – Inquiry into Future Meeting Participation and Possible Grant to Expand IES

1985

19

17

National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL – Request for Information on Improving Quality of Education

1986

19

18

National Education Association (NEA), Washington, D.C. – Correspondence with NEA President

1988

19

19

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Washington, D.C. – Application for an NEH Fellowship for Independent Study and Research

1985

20

1

National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Washington, D.C. – Application for NEH Seminar Fellowship "Democratic Society in a Technical Age"

1978

20

2

National Middle School Association and National Association of Secondary School Principals Conference, Minneapolis; National Middle School Association Conference, Louisville; Presentation – Help to the Middle School by an Upper Elementary Teaching

1987-1991

20

3

San Francisco Unified School District Conference; Correspondence – "Coming Home to School: Meeting the Needs of the Elementary School Child in Today's World"

1987

20

4

Science Center of Iowa, Des Moines – Program Facilitator for Challenger Learning Center

1992

20

5

Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), Atlanta – Request by SREB for Copy of Prater Doctoral Dissertation, SREB Study of Teacher Education Graduates Report

1986

20

6

U.S. Department of Education – Meetings, Reports, Correspondence: "Nation at Risk"

1984-1989

20

7

National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, D.C. – Request for NSF Bulletin, "Assessing Student Learning: Program Solicitation and Guidelines"

1991

20

8

National Society for the Study of Education – Memberships in NSSE and Yearly Books Edited and Written by Prominent Educators

1987-1999

20

9

New York State Department of Education, Albany – Request for Response to Article "NY Task Force Urges New Focus on Teachers, Learners"

1988

20

10

Puget Sound Educational Consortium, Seattle – Meetings, Correspondence: Conversations, Sharing of Information

1991

20

11

Woodlands Conference on Growth Policy, Houston – Request for Application and Guideline Materials for Woodlands Conference and Mitchell Prize

1979

20

12

Contact Map – Track of Merle Prater Correspondence/Contacts with Noted Educators and Organizations

1988-1992

Civil Systems Articles, Related Reference Materials

1969-1971

4.2 linear ft (6 document boxes and 4 card boxes)

This series contains articles and related materials that were to be used by Prater to write a book. The articles contain information about urban/civic problems and solutions from around the globe. The series also contains index cards with handwritten information such as article numbers, authors, titles, sources, and dates that related to historical civil systems crises.

Box

Folder

Title

Dates

3

18

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00001-00050

1969

3

19

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00051-00100

1969-1970

3

20

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00101-00150

1969-1970

4

1

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00151-00200

1969-1970

4

2

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00201-00250

1969-1970

4

3

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00251-00300

1969-1970

4

4

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 00301-00360

1970

4

5

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01001-01050

1969-1970

4

6

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01051-01100

1970

4

7

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01101-01150

1970

4

8

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01151-01200

1970

5

1

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01201-01250

1970

5

2

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01251-01300

1970

5

3

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 01301-01360

1970

5

4

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02001-02050

1970

5

5

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02051-02100

1970

5

6

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02101-02150

1970

5

7

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02151-02200

1970

5

8

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02201-02250

1970

5

9

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02251-02300

1970

6

1

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 02301-02360

1970

6

2

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03001-03050

1970

6

3

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03051-03100

1970

6

4

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03101-03150

1970

6

5

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03151-03200

1970

6

6

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03201-03250

1970

6

7

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03251-03300

1970

6

8

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 03301-03360

1970

6

9

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04001-04050

1970

7

1

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 14051-04100

1970

7

2

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04101-04150

1971

7

3

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04151-04200

1971

7

4

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04201-04250

1971

7

5

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04251-04300

1971

7

6

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 04301-04360

1971

7

7

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05001-05050

1971

7

8

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05051-05100

1971

7

9

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05101-05150

1970-1971

7

10

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05151-05200

1971

8

1

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05201-05250

1971

8

2

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05251-05300

1971

8

3

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 05301-05360

1971

8

4

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06001-06050

1971

8

5

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06051-06100

1971

8

6

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06101-06150

1971

8

7

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06151-06200

1971

8

8

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06201-06250

1971

8

9

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06251-06300

1971

8

10

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 06301-06360

1971

8

11

Civil Systems, Articles – Reference 07001-07025

1971

8

12

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, Files B1-B4

1970-1971

9

1

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, File B5 (1 of 2)

1969-1970

9

2

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, File B5 (2 of 2)

1969-1970

9

3

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, File B6 (1 of 2)

1970-1971

9

4

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, File B6 (2 of 2)

1970-1971

9

5

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, File C2a, C2b, C2c

1969-1971

9

6

Historical Civil Systems Crisis, Volume D – IBM Port-A-Punch Card Samples

1970

14

Historical Civil Systems Crisis – IBM Tabulating Index Cards with Article #s, Authors, Titles, Sources, and Dates, Volume B

1969-1971

15

Historical Civil Systems Crisis – IBM Tabulating Index Cards with Article #s, Authors, Titles, Sources, and Dates, Volume C

1969-1971

16

Historical Civil Systems Crisis – IBM Tabulating Index Cards with Article #s, Authors, Titles, Sources, and Dates, Volumes C & D

1969-1971

17

Historical Civil Systems Crisis – IBM Tabulating Index Cards with Article #s, Authors, Titles, Sources, and Dates, Volume D

1969-1971