Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Camille C. Alexander, corporate contributions coordinator at JCPenny company, Inc. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence between Alexander, Davis and McCarter, where they've revised their proposal and submitted it to JCPenny for a two-year grant in the amount of $50,000 to assist in establishing the institute. The rest of the letter details the founding of the institute and their primary goals.

Photocopy of a letter from Barbara Teague to Dr. William McCarter congratulating him and Jack Davis on receiving the Getty Center for Education in the Arts grant. Teague discusses her new position at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, and how she is introducing students there, and at ETSU, to Discipline Based Art Education. She also includes her involvement int the upcoming National Art Education Association Convention.

Photocopy of a memorandum from Bruce Burton to Jack Davis, in regards to their proposals and applications sent to various foundations in order to match the Getty Center for Education in the Arts grant for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and their education reform program. Attached to the memo is a newsletter clipping from Dallas Times Herald about the CEO of Burlington Northern, a foundation that Davis and his associate William McCarter plan to submit a grant application to.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Jack Davis, Margaret DiBlasio, Anne Lindsey, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Nancy MacGregor, Bill McCarter, Tom McMullen and Nancy Roucher. The memo is in regards to the Directors' Meeting in Sarasota, Florida, the Center's effort to provide the regional directors with technical assistance in fundraising.

Photocopy of a letter sent from Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to regional institute directors, in regards to providing assistant in fundraising. Attached to the letter is a document that provides helpful tips about grant writing from the perspective of a not-for-profit and the perspective of a grants-maker. Along with this information, Rosenberg has sent sources of foundations located in the directors area. These pages belonged to the desk of Jack Davis, William McCarter, as they researched foundations to support their education reform program.

A letter to D. Jack Davis from Nicole M. Holland about upcoming collaborations on future lectures, workshops, and more.