A newspaper article published in The Dallas Morning News, about the Effie and Wofford Cain Foundation giving $600,000 for the first endowed faculty chairs in the University of Texas at Austin's College of Fine Arts.

Letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to D. Jack Davis acknowledging his participation and requesting feedback on their national invitational conference on discipline-based art education.

Photocopy of a letter from Harvey L. Walker, Executive Director for the Effie and Wofford Cain Founation to James J. Muro, Vice President-Development at the North Texas State University, UNT. In regards to Walker requesting that Muro send a revised grant application as soon as possible so that it may be processed in a timely manner and to include new documents needed as requested.

A letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to R. William McCarter about enclosing copies of a videotape of Harry Broudy and a list of the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts consortium members who attended an earlier institute conference. Those materials are not attached to the document.

Photocopy of a letter from Mollie Lasater to Bill McCarter about an upcoming Arts Education Workshop. Lasater provides an agenda that details the outline of the event. Originally the letter was addressed to a "Community Leader" but that was crossed out and "Bill" was written to the side.

Photocopy of a letter template from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to an upcoming visitation from Dr. Joe Prince in relation to the grant proposal to the Getty Center on Arts in Education, May 16th and 17th. Davis and McCarter hope that their associates will be flexible those days to meet with Dr. Prince.

Photocopy of a letter from Stephen Mark Dobbs to the heads of the Discipline Based Art Education institutes requesting lists of principles that are involved in the program be sent to his offices. Dobbs is making this request in order to send out a section from the NASSP Bulletin that spoke about the DBAE programs.

An article written by Julie Gilberto for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the UNT led North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts that aids teachers in combining art and regular coursework to better students' education. The piece features a look at students in a classroom where this idea is already being implemented.

A scanned newspaper clipping featuring an article about teacher, Georiga Blaydes and her fifth-grade class room of students undergoing the experimental discipline-based art education program. The students have become as serious about art criticism as professional critics. Changes in art curriculum are being implemented statewide as part of a package of sweeping education reforms approved by the Texas Legislature in 1981. In the article, Ms. Blaydes has been working with the University of North Texas administrators as they plan for a regional center for the visual arts that will promote new art education programs.

A memo from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, and Connie Newton, to Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The memo is in regards to a list of questions for the speakers at the upcoming November conference.

Recommendations of Museum Representative Affinity Group distributed to Project Directors and Museum Representatives, the December 9, 1989 Regional Institute Directors' meeting in Los Angeles California.

Photocopy of a letter from William A. Hall, assistant to the Chairman, Hallmark Cards, to Rose Marie Wilkinson, executive director of development, University of North Texas. The letter is in regard to correspondence with Mrs. Rein who forwarded Hall the letter of December 8th requesting participating by Hallmark in the Getty Foundation grant. However, Hall Foundations and Hallmark Cards cannot provide assistance with the program.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, Gary Hoeltke, Kate Johnson and Nelson Towle. The memo is in regards to the time they put into preparing agendas for facilitating and reporting on the affinity group meeting.

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost at UNT and Co-Director of NTIEVA, to Ed Smith III, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the University of North Texas Foundation, Inc. about requesting a matching, grant from the Foundation for the Summer Institute project. Attached documents include papers titled "Characteristics of Discipline Based Art Education", "Texas Essential Elements for Art, K-6", "Summary of Activities of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts" and a NTIEVA five year budget,

A letter from D. Jack Davis, Vice Provost of the University of North Texas and Co-Director of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Robert M. Lansford , Senior Vice President and Trust Officer at Teambank, discussing a previous meeting on February 26th between Davis and Bruce Burton that was about matching fund requirements for NTIEVA. Attached documents include papers titled "Characteristics of Discipline Based Art Education", "Texas Essential Elements for Art, K-6", "Summary of Activities of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts", a NTIEVA five year budget, and a list of board of regents from UNT/Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine. There are also three additional letters attached from Richard Rafes and R.C. Voskuil,

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Darlene Mann, Vice President, Trust and Investment Services at NCNB Texas. Davis thanks Mann for meeting with him and Joe Grisson on February 28 to discuss matching fund requirements for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and send her all the information on the program and their primary goals along with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President and Treasure of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence where North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts hopes that the Scott Foundation will become a partner and contributor to the organization. In the letter Davis goes into details about the collaborations in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts project and their goal to reform education. Attached to the letter is the matching funds requirement report from other support. Also attached is the proposal of the art education program.

Photocopy of letters from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert M. Lansford, Senior Vice President and Trust Officer of TEAMBANK and Bayard H. Friedman, Co-Trustee of Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. The letter is in regards to Lansford's promise to Davis to give Friedman the grant support proposal for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter to Friedman goes into details about the program and what support they are seeking from the Mary Potishman Lard Trust Agency. Included with the proposal is a matching fund requirement summary and details on what discipline-based art education is long with a list of the Board of Regents for the University and a statement which verifies that the University is exempt from federal tax income.

A matching funds requirement report sent to Robert Decker of the William E. Scott Foundation to consider making a one year grant of $10,000 to assist North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts in meeting their matching grant from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Wayne Hendrick, Superintendent of Schools of Plano ISD, to Jack Davis. Hendrick is happy to accept Davis's invitation to serve on the advisory committee for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, and that he looks forward to being involved in its endeavor.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Cason, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Art Specialists and Coordinators. Discussing a planned a meeting for the art specialists and coordinators, of their consortium participating in the Institute, for Saturday May 19th, at 10:00 am, in office Room 302 of the Historical Building. At the meeting the art specialists will be responsible for presenting their commercial art packages to the Institute with the objective of promoting ways implementing art programs into existing curriculum.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Cason, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Pam Stephens. Discussing a planned a meeting for the art specialists and coordinators, such as Stephens, participating in the Institute, for Saturday May 19th, at 10:00 am, in office Room 302 of the Historical Building. At the meeting the art specialists will be responsible for presenting their commercial art packages to the Institute with the objective of promoting ways implementing art programs into existing curriculum.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Raymond Nasher, The Nasher Company. Mentioning a meeting, that Nasher chaired on, which energized the entire faculty and how disappointed McCarter is, because of scheduling conflicts, that Nasher will be unable to participate in the leadership retreat scheduled for June 1. McCarter also mentions literature that he forwarded to Nasher and hopes the he understands the enthusiasm for the concepts behind the NTIEVA's projects. McCarter then mentions that Dallas I.S.D. was unable to continue as a consortium district because of finalized details, yet McCarter hopes to reactivate Dallas after meeting with Howard Dunn and conversing with Janice Wiggins. McCarter ends the letter expressing concern about funding for the Institute. Copied on the letter is Rick Brettell.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Karen Hamblin informing Hamblin that the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts has agreed for Hamblin to be a presenter at the 1990 Summer Institute.