Photocopy of a letter from Kristen Marstaller, Art / Social Studies Coordinator for the Austin Independent School District to Bill McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. To thank McCarter on the behalf of Austin teachers and the presentation he made at the Art Share meeting. Marstaller writes that many of the misunderstandings and misconceptions were cleared up and the faculty was impressed with his knowledge and willingness to assist the Austin District. Martaller will reach out to McCarter at a later date to further discuss the program and ask for suggestions and advice as they proceeded with implementation of DBAE.

Photocopy of a letter from Robert H. Smith, Senator, Mississippi State Senate, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. To thank Davis for his success in promoting music and art in the curriculum as an instructional tool. Smith writes that he was successful on August 10, 1992 in having the Southern Legislative Conference adopt the resolution stating the need for music and arts education in public school curriculum and the success of the movement will depend on securing financing. Smith ends the letter asking for Davis's assistance in that matter.

Photocopy of the DBAE Leadership Forum text summary from Vicki Rosenberg, Senior Program Officer of the Getty Center, to the center's forum participants. The Getty Education Institute has provided the participants with a summary of the DBAE Leadership forum that was held January 11, 1997. The summary describes all that had transpired at the DBAE Leadership conference, beginning with a speech from the Director of Getty Education Institute for the Arts, Leilani Lattin Duke. The context of the summary is positive, the recommendations from the conferences' discussion are being used by the Education Institute to inform long-range plans for educational reform, taking arts education into the next century.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, in discussion of the Microsoft education CD ROM products inventory in relation to the arts education. Abel writes that she is sending them this inventory in order to get their thoughts on if or how they could be used in the summer institutes or the national specialty programs. If the CD's were used, the Getty would need a report back from the directors on how they were used and by who.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Reynolds, project coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Beverly Fletcher, Art Supervisor of Fort Worth ISD. In regards a meeting Bill McCarter and Reynolds had where they evaluated Fletcher and her secondary teachers in promoting and the implementation of discipline-based art education, DBAE. The rest of the letter goes into details about materials and supplies Fletcher needs to obtain for her teachers, along with handbook materials Reynolds has provided for Fletcher.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus to Jeannine Sellmeyer, Director of Education at the Denton Co. Historical Museum, writing how much Broadus enjoyed the Docent Training Workshop and for giving Broadus an opportunity to work with the docents. Enclosed in the letter to Sellmeyer, Broadus has sent teacher packets and museum education brochures from Meadows Museum at SMU, to help Sellmeyer gather new ideas for her education tour at the Historical Museum. Teacher packets not present with letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Edith O'Donnell, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. O'Donnell thanks Davis for his interest in the Young Audiences project and for copying video tape material for O'Donnell and her staff. O'Donnell says she was interested in hearing about Davis's experience with fiber optics and distance learning and hopes the Museum will allow the proper wiring to allow them to be on the cutting edge for arts education. Copied on the letter is Nancy Cason.

Photocopy of a letter from M'Lou Bancroft, executive director of the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, to Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to a check Bancroft has sent for the continued support of the foundation to the institute.

Photocopy of a letter from Clovis Morrisson, Office of Advancement to Jack Davis, Vice Provost and Co-director, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to Morrisson discussing Mrs. Perry Bass (Nancy Lee) with his staff and have agree to let Davis approach her about matching the Getty grant for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts organization. The rest of the letter goes into the biography of Mrs. Bass and how to approach her with the interest in art.

An evaluation report for the 1996 Secondary Summer Institute held by the NTIEVA group. The report was prepared by Pamela Stephens and Kay Wilson and contains summaries of events, attendees, districts, and statements.

A clipping from The North Texas Daily newspaper written by Lisa Kawecki about the NTIEVA program's upcoming Summer Institute. It covers DBAE and how to apply it in a classroom setting.

A clipping from the 'Friday Living' section of the Denton Record-Chronicle newspaper. The piece covers the second lecture that Dr. R. William McCarter, UNT professor and co-director of NTIEVA, gave on the Barnes Collection exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

A new release from UNT titled Major Grants Fund Joint Project in Art Education. The grant, which totaled $784,277 and was from the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation, pairs the NTIEVA program with the Dallas Museum of Art to bring Art Education to Dallas ISD students.

A memo from Sheila Brown, Prairie Visions Institute, Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to the National Leaders in Art Education. The memo is in regards to an inviation for the National Leaders and their colleagues in art education to join SERC's nation-wide teleconference "Schools, Museums, Art and Children: A Dialogue of States." The primary focus of the teleconference will be on art and art education implementation in the public school curriculum and the discussions art comprehension.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Anne Lindsey, Bill McCarter, Brent Wilson, Jack Davis, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Tom McMullen, Maggie DiBlasio, Nancy MacGregor and Nancy Roucher. The memo is in regards to the Center's third conference, held from January 24 - 26, 1991 titled "Future Tense: Arts Education and Technology" at the Los Angles Hilton and Towers, California. The conference will include presentations by leading educators, artists and others who have applied technologies to art education.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki J. Rosenberg to Dr. Reginald Hinley about his agreement to serve as an Institute evaluator and his ability to attend an upcoming meeting held by the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. Rosenberg provides information on the dates, times and location needed for attending the meeting and also additional contact information should any issues arise.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. William McCarter, a University of North Texas Regents Professor giving a talk on the Albert C. Barnes art collection. The lecture on Dr. Barnes is a conjunction with an exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, as Dr. Barnes was considered one of the greatest art collectors in American history.

An instructional memo to someone named Ron, who is requested to put together a second rough draft of the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts video on classroom learning. The video will be used my Jack Davis and William McCarter at the upcoming National Conference and it will be used during the teleconference between Nebraska and Texas.

A news release in regards to a delegation from the People's Republic of China visiting the University of North Texas from June 23 - 24 to learn about a unique program that uses art to improve public schools. The five officials will attend the two days offered by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts where they will observe a leadership academy and then observe art being integrated into the classroom.

A news release on the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation gifting nearly $80,000 in grant awards to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the University of North Texas. With the higher purpose of using the money for reproducing artwork from the local museums which are then to be used a educational tools for the public schools.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional institute directors, Sheila Brown, Anne Lindsey, Bill McCarter, Brent Wilson, Jack Davis, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Tom McMulle, Maggie DiBlasio, Nancy MacGregor, Nancy Roucher. The memo is in regards to the Center's third national conference, "Future Tense: Arts Education and Technology," held from January 24 through 26, 1991 at the Los Angeles Hilton and Towers. cc'd on the memo, Leillani Lattin Duke, Valsin Marmillion and Rachel Rosenthal.

Photocopy of a letter from Clovis C. Morrisson to Jack Davis about people to approach in order to meet the grant match funding requirements. The possible donor that is focused on in this letter is Nancy Lee but a Mrs. McDermott is mentioned at the end. A note on the side of the document reads "Try to keep the letters to 1 page or 2 at the most."

A newspaper clipping featuring an article written about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts conduct its 1991 summer institute on art education June 17 - 28. More than one-hundred educators, teachers, art supervisors, principals, museum educators, and graduate students are expected to attend. NTIEVA is one of the six institutes in the nation funded by a grant from the Getty Foundation with a goal to bring discipline-based art education into public schools to improve visual literacy.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts group about a possible guide for school board members. Rosenberg is asking for a recommendation on which school board member to be considered for writing an article. There are hand-written notes on the document, at the top is "rec'd 1/23/91" and at the bottom is one that reads "Davis will call Gerald Ponder, Denton ISD".