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 Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Dr. Albert Thomas, Superintendent of Denton ISD. Discussing how the Summer of 1995 marked the sixth summer institute in discipline-based art education, DBAE, offered by the NTIEVA, and how they are pleased to announce that the Getty Center has continued matching the grants for the next five years. Allowing the institute to continue maintenance and support during the school year. Included within the letter are details highlighting the Elementary Summer Institute, Leadership Seminar and Secondary Institute. Copied on the letter is Anita Stipnek.

Photocopy of a letter from Joe B. Grisson, Vice President of NCNB Texas to Bruce M. Burton, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations, Office of Advancement at the University of North Texas. The letter is in regards to prior correspondence where Burton had invited Grisson to a luncheon for a presentation concerning the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Enclosed in the letter to Burton, Grisson has included some charitable accounts that might be interested in granting awards to the program as well as a grant application information page.

An organization grant application form for the National Endowment Association filled out by the North Texas State University, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The form has been filled out requesting financial assistant / grant awards to help fund their discipline-based art education reform program and the money will go towards training teachers to become art specialists in the classroom. The following pages go into greater details about the programs primary goals and their expected expenses.

Photocopy of a letter from John Paul Batiste, executive director of the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Nancy Walkup Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to the TCA awarding the University of North Texas, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, through the Education Mini-grants $1500 for Reynolds and Pam Stephens to attend and present work sessions at the National Art Education Association Conference. Attached to the letter are the mini-grant applications filled out by Nancy and Pam. The last page is a memo from Pam Stephens to Deborah Dobbins, letting Dobbins know that Stephens and Reynolds will be presenting six workshops at NAEA.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and William McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Tandy Foundation. The letter is in regards to the meeting Davis and McCarter had with Beech hosted by John Stevenson at the Fort Worth Club and how North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts will be submitting a formal proposal to the trustees of the Tandy Foundation for a four-year grant of $145,000. Attached to the letter is the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts proposal to the Tandy Foundation.

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.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Robert W. Decker, President of the William E. Scott Foundation. The letter is in regards to the possible involvement of the Scott Foundation as a grant award for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to Val Wilkie, executive director for the Sid W. Richardson Foundation. The letter is in regards to the previous correspondence between Wilkie and Davis, where Wilkie gave bad news regarding the grant support from the foundation. In this letter Davis thanks Wilkie for the opportunity and time and will keep him updated on the institutes progress.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Anne Burnett and Charles D. Tandy Foundation. The letter is in regards to previous correspondence between Davis and Beech, where Beech said to submit progress of the institute at the beginning of the year for re-consideration of grant support from the foundation. The letter goes into detailed length of the success of the first year of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

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.

Photocopy of a membership card from the Greater Denton Arts Council followed by a small message from K. Michele Arevalo thanking members for supporting the group. Also included is a document listing the GDAC Organizational Members benefits, privileges, and policies. The card has a signature, the amount given: $35, and the date: Feb. 9, '93.

A proposal review and routing form from the North Texas State University Office of Research and Academic Grants filled out by Jack Davis and William McCarter for their Art video cassette tap project. The proposal was submitted to the National Endowment for the Arts for grant support starting October 1, 1988 and ending September 31, 1989. The following pages are the organization grant application form filled with the expected expenses.

Photocopy of a letter from John Paul Batiste, executive director of the Texas Commission on the Arts, to Nancy Walkup Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to the TCA awarding the University of North Texas, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, through the Education Mini-grants $1500 for Reynolds and Pam Stephens to attend and present work sessions at the National Art Education Association Conference.

An article clipping from the Denton Record-Chronicle by Michelle Releford about art educators attending the Multi-Cultural Art Festival at UNT. The educators came from surrounding surrounding school districts.

A clipping from the UNT UPDATE publication that covers UNT news. The piece covers recent NTIEVA projects and conferences that the staff and directors attend as well as present and train at.

An article written by Kit King for the Denton Record-Chronicle about Mary Lee Kendrick and her reception of the CARA award. The article covers her work in the Denton art scene and also with Hopewell Junction, New Yorks's Community Cultural Arts Center and pottery with Crafts Student League and the 92nd Street Y Pottery in New York.

A letter from Melinda Mayer to Cynthia Hutson apologizing for a late response and providing information about the financial documentation for the 1997 fiscal year. Mayer includes the grant total of $5,689.00.

A printed document from the University of North Texas about the grants received from the Getty Foundation and Amon Carter Foundation for the NTIEVA project.

A clipping of Henry Martinez's column from the Denton Record-Chronicle about the grant received by UNT for its NTIEVA program. the grant is from the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation.

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.

Clippings from the Denton Record-Chronicle titled 'Vision Denton '94, City builds on education reputation'. The two clippings are part of the same story covering the collaboration of colleges including UNT, museums, and DFW Metroplex area schools. The collaboration offers better art programs and college credit to high schoolers.

A page from the UNT NT Research Report publication that covers the Texas Commission on the Arts support for NTIEVA. It lists Jack Davis as the Vice Provost followed by William McCarter.

A clipping of InFocus from the UNT based InHouse newsletter. Several different faculty members and professors are featured in the piece including Dr. R. William McCarter, Nancy Reynolds, and Nancy Berry of the NTIEVA program.