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.

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.

A newspaper clipping on the University of North Texas in Denton working with six local elementary schools to implement comprehensive arts education over the next five years as part of a $15 million experiment in education reform. The education reform is "Art Partner Schools" granting anywhere from $25,000 - $35,000 annually for five years to thirty-six elementary schools. Sent from the office of Jack Davis to colleagues, keeping track of the "University of North Texas in the news."

A cover sheet for an 11-page fax transmission sent to Julie Abel by R. William McCarter and D. Jack Davis on May 7, 1990. Additional 10 pages are missing.

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.

Photocopy of a letter from Marvin E. Edwards, General Superintendent, Dallas ISD, to Bill McCarter, co-director for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Thanking McCarter for his letter of January 10, 1992 requesting the attendance of Janice Wiggins, Visual Arts Specialist for the DISD at the National Art Education Association Conference, which Edwards is pleased to have her participate in the DBAE report. Edwards also is in support of the discipline-based approach to teaching of the art as it not only encourages studio art training but reinforces other goals like improved reading, interdisciplinary studies and high lever activities. Edwards is pleased with the program and what opportunities it offers their students.

An article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram about the upcoming collections and events at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth. It is titled Little Journeys and has information about tours and group visits.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas A. Hatfield, Executive Director for The National Art Education Association, to Harriet Laney, NTIEVA, in regards to receiving NTIEVA newsletters and the interdisciplinary art section. Hatfield commends Laney on the content provided, and that many interdisciplinary art teachers and their programs don't focus on the student aspect of art learning and art content. Hatfield ends the letter by saying how important it is to keep the focus of the substance in the newsletters.

Photocopy of a letter from Herbert Holl, executive director of Greater Denton Arts Council, to William McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the Arts council awarding $750.00 to support North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. A copy of the contract between both parties must be signed a returned January 31, 1991.

A letter from Thomas N. Hubbard to R. William McCarter about sending materials for a resource library.

A letter from Harriet Laney to Nancy Walkup about the payment for Ollie Theisen to be donated to the John Biggers Scholarship Fund.

A letter from Harriet Laney to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter, regarding a modem-software request.

A letter from Deborah Marrow to Phillip C. Diebel about informing Diebel that The Getty Grant Program has approved a one-to-one matching grant for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

A letter from Marilyn Martin to NTIEVA about the documentation needed to complete the Evaluation Report Form. Enclosed is a checklist for the ERF and an update about Federal Financial Audit Requirements.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Alisha Slough about confirming Slough's presentation at the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1990 Summer Institute.

A letter from R. William McCarter to Larry Gleeson about confirming Gleeson's presentation at the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1990 Summer Institute.