Letter from 1998 WASP Reunion Committee to All WASP discussing the 1998 Sweetwater WASP Reunion.

Letter from 1998 WASP Reunion Committee to All WASP discussing plans for the National WASP Conference September 26-27, 1998 in Sweetwater, Texas.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, program associate for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Phyllis Scott Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, William McCarter, Joyce Wright, Virginia Gembica, Anne Lindsey, Nancy MacGregor and Susan Rotilie. The memo is in regards to an enclosed copy of the Time for Reform by Susanna Purnell and Paul Hill, published by RAND that Vicki Rosenberg thought the directors would find interesting and beneficial. cc'd on the memo, Jack Davis, Edith Curtis Johnson, Margaret DiBlasio and Nancy Roucher.

Photocopy of a letter from Julie Anne Abel to Harriet Laney that has attached the Getty Center for Education in the Arts program General Agreement. The handwritten letters "jaa" are included under Julie Anne Abel's name.

Letter from Tom Black to Audrey Lawson discussing his resignation from the Ensemble Theatre Board of Directors.

Letter from Rosa Commander Branning to Lenore (last name missing), reminiscing about Rosa's childhood in the West Sweden area during the 1920s and 1930s, especially the occasions she was at her Grandma Helge's home on Bear Creek, which Rosa describes with great detail, and both the good and the bad times she shared with her extensive family.

Letter from Gladys Brantley to Lory Huitt Masters nominating Carolyn Dunbar for the 1991 Extra Mile Award for her work in AIDS education and human rights.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Anne Sears, teacher at T.D. Marshall Learning Center. Broadus has given Sears lesson plans from Kay Alexander's Learning to Look and Create: The SPECTRA Series. Broadus writes that the art curriculum offers numerous ideas for correlating activities with concepts and addresses interdisciplinary curriculum ideas, highlighting some important introductory lesson plans that Broadus believes will be useful for Sears. Lesson plans are missing from letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, to Esther Livingston, teacher at T.D. Marshall Elementary School. Broadus has gifted Livingston overhead transparencies to be used in Livingston's transportation unit curriculum. The transparencies include, Winslow Homer's Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) and other similar subjects for the elementary school children. Broadus ends the letter by suggesting a class visitation to correlate a lesson plan for the children in arts and language.

Letter from Terese Buckley to Bob Krueger asking him to support the issuance of the Jackie Cochran Commemorative Stamp.

A letter from George W. Bush to Charles C. Francis about his support during Bush's original run for Texas Governor. At the bottom of the letter, which is signed by Bush, is a handwritten note that reads "Charles, my man, thanks so very much! I appreciate your help".

Letter from Hugh B. Callaway sent to the Lesbian/Gay Political Action Committee on March 7, 1990 to thank the group.

Letter from William W. Cook, chair of the National Black Theatre Summit at Dartmouth College, to participants of the National Black Theatre Summit. He writes to thank those involved for their work and participation. The gathering comprised of a conference and discussions on the future of theatre affecting, concerning, or about African-Americans. Several initiatives are mentioned, mandates that have been met, and areas that still need attention.

Letter from LeRoy Cordova to Suzy Wagers or Patricia Presley discussing possible corrections needed to the report on the Texas Equal Access to Justice Foundation's visit to the Texas Human Rights Foundation facility.

Letter from Vi Cowden to WASP discussing the upcoming WASP Memorial Dedication in Colorado Springs, Colorado and the hotel they will be staying in. The address label of Dawn Seymour can be seen in the bottom left.

Letter from the Dallas Tavern Guild director to the Department of Park and Recreation protesting certain limitations on A Living Tribute project.

Letter from Al Daniels and Jeri Ritter of the Lesbian Gay Political Coalition to American Airlines thanking them for their nondiscrimination policies and marketing practices in support of gay and lesbian rights.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Melba Davis Whatley. The letter is in regards to a discussion over advocacy programs and wanting to discuss these ideas with school board members / political leaders to have them look in depth at the discipline-based art education and what contributions it makes to the education of the students. Davis and McCarter mention the Texas Association of School Boards, TASB and believe they could be used a vehicle for doing most of the ground work on advocacy. If NTIEVA works with TASB now they can get a presentation together on art education for their annual conference. Davis and McCarter end the letter by thanking Whatley for her ideas and to contact them if she has any others. Copied on the letters are Leilani Lattin Duke, Vicki Rosenberg and M'Lou Bancroft, faculty of the Getty Center. Scribbled at the end of the letter reads, "Mrs. Whatley, I will be in Austin on October 29 and 30. If you'd like to discuss this, perhaps we ... have dinner on Thursday evening. Jack"

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Janice Wiggins, Dallas ISD. Discussing the use of grant money. Wiggins requested that the grant money, intended to be used for support of Dallas I.S.D's participation in the Secondary Institute be used to stipends for participants of the Elementary Institute instead. Davis writes back that this is not possible for several reason which he encloses in the letter, the first being that he does not want to jeopardize the relationship with his funders by using the grants for something that was not made clear in the condition when the money was given. Davis explains that if the money is not used for its original intended purpose for which they were in agreement, then they are obligated to return the money back. Copied on the letter is Bill Cormack.

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 Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Vicki Rosenberg, Program Officer of the Getty Center. In regards to a conversation they had regarding the NTIEVA newsletters and sale of advertisements. Davis writes that they could cover the cost of publishing the newsletter by the sale of advertisements as their mailing list exceeds one-thousand. Davis wants to further discuss the details with Marcus Foundation and the Amon Carter Foundation as well before making a decision. Copied on the letter are Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds.

Photocopy of a memorandum from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to their colleagues, Bruce M. Burton, Carol Thompson and Patsy Sharp. The memo is in regards to an upcoming meeting for August 14, at 10:00 AM in the Advancement Office, UNT, to discuss the matching funds activity and to review assignments and duties.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, Jack Davis and Nancy Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Russel Chapman, Principal of Lakewood Elementary School. In regards to Chapman's selection by the Getty Institute to represent North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the upcoming National Administrators Focus Group Conference and that Chapman's enthusiasm and dedication to the discipline-based art education, DBAE, program deserves recognition. The focus group meeting is an opportunity for Chapman to convene with other administrators to discuss programs such as DBAE and to present how successful DBAE is with Lakewood.

A letter from Leilani Lattin Duke to Regional Institute Directors and Lila Crespin about enclosing a prepared list of commercial curricula that are close to being art education discipline-based. Attached are a list of programs that are art education based.