M. Donald Thomas papers, 1794-2004
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Thomas, M. Donald
- Title
- M. Donald Thomas papers
- Dates
- 1794-2004 (bulk)17942001
- Quantity
- 15 boxes, (14 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2312
- Summary
- The M. Donald Thomas papers (1794-2004) contain education publications, letters signed by political figures, personal and professional correspondence, and other letters of political and historical interest.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical Note
M. Donald Thomas was the superintendent for the Salt Lake City school district in the 1970s-1980s, as well as a collector of historical documents.
Content Description
The M. Donald Thomas papers contain education publications, as well as letters signed by political figures.
The 2012 addendum contains a variety of historical letters, including some related to the Thomas family. Of particular interest is a series of 47 letters written between 1861 and 1864 by John Carnes, soldier for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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I: Education Publications
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Description: Certificates and Letters
Contains a letter signed by Harry Truman.
Dates: 1939-1958Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: BrochuresDates: 1960-2001Container: Box 1, Folder 2
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Description: Educational JournalsDates: 1969-1978Container: Box 1, Folder 3-4
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Description: Engraving ReproductionsDates: 1991Container: Box 1, Folder 5
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Description: Equity and ChoiceDates: 1984Container: Box 1, Folder 6
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Description: A Guide to Publishing in EducationDates: 1977Container: Box 1, Folder 7
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Description: InsightDates: 1978Container: Box 1, Folder 8
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Description: Know Your America ProgramDates: 1959Container: Box 1, Folder 9
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Description: Learning Begins at HomeDates: 1978Container: Box 1, Folder 10
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Description: National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) BulletinDates: 1980-1986Container: Box 2, Folder 1-3
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Description: Salt Lake City School District News ClippingsDates: 1980Container: Box 2, Folder 4
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Description: School Law and Parent's Rights , Donald ThomasContainer: Box 2, Folder 5
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Description: The Winters are Unfair and Other PoemsDates: 1973Container: Box 2, Folder 6
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II: Portrait
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Description: Framed reproduction of Woodrow WilsonContainer: Oversize 3
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III: Civil War Correspondence
These letters have been scanned and are available to review by researchers on a CD in box 4. Approval to view the original correspondence in box 4 must be given by the Curator of the Manuscripts Division.
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Description: John Carnes Letters
Letters appear in chronological order, with their original envelopes when available. Folder 1 contains supplemental documents concerning Carnes himself, as well as the ownership history of these letters. A digital version of these letters exists; please inquire for more information.
Dates: 1861-1864Container: Box 4, Folder 1-3 -
Description: M. Donald Thomas Letters
Contains letters written by Amos Beebe Eaton, a brigadier general for the Union during the American Civil War.
Dates: 1869-1921Container: Box 4, Folder 4
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IV: Correspondence and personal materials, 1898-2004
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Description: General materialsContainer: Box 5, Folder 1
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Description: General correspondenceDates: 1898-1997Container: Box 5, Folder 2
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Description: The Education Papers of M. Donald ThomasContainer: Box 5, Folder 3
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Description: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day SaintsDates: 1973-1985Container: Box 5, Folder 4
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Description: Wendell AshtonDates: 1982-1984Container: Box 5, Folder 5
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Description: Ted BellDates: 1974-1986Container: Box 5, Folder 6
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Description: Avard FairbanksContainer: Box 5, Folder 7
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Description: Jake GarnContainer: Box 5, Folder 8
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Description: Mark HerzbergDates: 1981-1997Container: Box 5, Folder 9
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Description: Elizabeth LaytonDates: 1981-1989Container: Box 5, Folder 10
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Description: Scott M. MathesonDates: 1976-1984Container: Box 5, Folder 11
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Description: David MonsonDates: 1978-1984Container: Box 5, Folder 12
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Description: Orrin HatchDates: 1977-2004Container: Box 5, Folder 13
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Description: Bruce S. JenkinsContainer: Box 5, Folder 14
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Description: Elizabeth Hornor, " We Differ as Rational Friends: The Human Nature Debate Between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson"Container: Box 5, Folder 15
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Description: JapanContainer: Box 5, Folder 16
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Description: MapsContainer: Box 5, Folder 17
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V: Speeches and Scripts
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Description: AbsenteeismContainer: Box 6, Folder 1
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Description: AccountabilityContainer: Box 6, Folder 2
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Description: Achievement GapContainer: Box 6, Folder 3
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Description: AdministratorsContainer: Box 6, Folder 4
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Description: American DreamContainer: Box 6, Folder 5
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Description: American EthosContainer: Box 6, Folder 6
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Description: ArticlesContainer: Box 6, Folder 7
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Description: Associations, E.D.Container: Box 6, Folder 8
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Description: The Authentic PersonContainer: Box 6, Folder 9
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Description: Barbara SmithContainer: Box 6, Folder 10
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Description: Ben WillisContainer: Box 6, Folder 11
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Description: Bilingual EducationContainer: Box 6, Folder 12
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Description: Board PartnershipContainer: Box 6, Folder 13
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Description: Book OutlineContainer: Box 6, Folder 14
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Description: Book ReviewContainer: Box 6, Folder 15
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Description: Bring 'em Back AliveContainer: Box 6, Folder 16
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Description: BroudyContainer: Box 6, Folder 17
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Description: Child Development: Preparation for SchoolContainer: Box 6, Folder 18
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Description: Churches / EthicsContainer: Box 6, Folder 19
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Description: Closing SchoolsContainer: Box 6, Folder 20
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Description: CollaborationContainer: Box 6, Folder 21
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Description: Community EducationContainer: Box 6, Folder 22
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Description: Complexities of LeadersContainer: Box 6, Folder 23
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Description: Comprehensive High SchoolContainer: Box 6, Folder 24
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Description: Confrontation, MoralContainer: Box 6, Folder 25
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Description: CourageContainer: Box 6, Folder 26
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Description: Darlene BallContainer: Box 6, Folder 27
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Description: DecentralizationContainer: Box 6, Folder 28
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Description: Declining EnrollmentContainer: Box 6, Folder 29
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Description: Defend the TowerContainer: Box 6, Folder 30
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Description: Defense of Public EducationContainer: Box 6, Folder 31
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Description: DemocracyContainer: Box 6, Folder 32
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Description: DetroitContainer: Box 6, Folder 33
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Description: Detroit SpeechContainer: Box 6, Folder 34
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Description: Dream DeferredContainer: Box 6, Folder 35
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Description: Early Childhood EducationContainer: Box 7, Folder 1
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Description: Economic Value of EducationContainer: Box 7, Folder 2
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Description: Education for AllContainer: Box 7, Folder 3
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Description: Education PrioritiesContainer: Box 7, Folder 4
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Description: Education ReformContainer: Box 7, Folder 5
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Description: Effective SchoolsContainer: Box 7, Folder 6
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Description: Ethical Use of PowerContainer: Box 7, Folder 7
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Description: EthicsContainer: Box 7, Folder 8
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Description: Ethics EducationContainer: Box 7, Folder 9
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Description: Ethos, AmericanContainer: Box 7, Folder 10
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Description: European ReformersContainer: Box 7, Folder 11
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Description: EvaluationContainer: Box 7, Folder 12
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Description: Evaluation, SchoolContainer: Box 7, Folder 13
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Description: Fallacy of Future ShockContainer: Box 7, Folder 14
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Description: FamilyContainer: Box 7, Folder 15
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Description: Financial EquityContainer: Box 7, Folder 16
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Description: Funding Equity and AdequacyContainer: Box 7, Folder 17
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Description: Gerald BracyContainer: Box 7, Folder 18
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Description: Grade Nine: Reducing FailureContainer: Box 7, Folder 19
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Description: Guidance - High SchoolContainer: Box 7, Folder 20
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Description: Guy OdomContainer: Box 7, Folder 21
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Description: HarrietContainer: Box 7, Folder 22
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Description: Hemlock LeadershipContainer: Box 7, Folder 23
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Description: HumorContainer: Box 7, Folder 24
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Description: The Impossible DreamContainer: Box 7, Folder 25
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Description: The Japanese ExperienceContainer: Box 7, Folder 26
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Description: LeadershipContainer: Box 8, Folder 1
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Description: Leadership TheoryContainer: Box 8, Folder 2
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Description: Leadership TrainingContainer: Box 8, Folder 3
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Description: Legislative GoalsContainer: Box 8, Folder 4
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Description: LetterheadContainer: Box 8, Folder 5
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Description: Let's Stop Knocking Our SchoolsContainer: Box 8, Folder 6
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Description: Management by SpontaneityContainer: Box 8, Folder 7
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Description: Mid-Year StaffingContainer: Box 8, Folder 8
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Description: Moral BankruptcyContainer: Box 8, Folder 9
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Description: Moral ConfrontationsContainer: Box 8, Folder 10
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Description: Moral Issues in EducationContainer: Box 8, Folder 11
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Description: Myths in EducationContainer: Box 8, Folder 12
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Description: NegotiationsContainer: Box 8, Folder 13
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Description: No Child Left BehindContainer: Box 8, Folder 14
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Description: Parent InfluenceContainer: Box 8, Folder 15
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Description: ParentsContainer: Box 8, Folder 16
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Description: Partnerships: Home SchoolContainer: Box 8, Folder 17
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Description: Personnel EvaluationContainer: Box 8, Folder 18
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Description: PluralismContainer: Box 8, Folder 19
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Description: Poem TeachersContainer: Box 8, Folder 20
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Description: Point of ContactContainer: Box 8, Folder 21
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Description: PoliciesContainer: Box 8, Folder 22
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Description: Politics of EducationContainer: Box 8, Folder 23
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Description: Positive View of SelfContainer: Box 8, Folder 24
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Description: PrincipalsContainer: Box 8, Folder 25
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Description: PrioritiesContainer: Box 8, Folder 26
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Description: Private SectorContainer: Box 8, Folder 27
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Description: PrologueContainer: Box 8, Folder 28
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Description: ProgramsContainer: Box 8, Folder 29
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Description: Public Education: PriorityContainer: Box 8, Folder 30
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Description: PublicationsContainer: Box 8, Folder 31
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Description: Reducing FailureContainer: Box 9, Folder 1
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Description: Reform EducationContainer: Box 9, Folder 2
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Description: Reform - SchoolsContainer: Box 9, Folder 3
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Description: RenewalContainer: Box 9, Folder 4
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Description: Responsibility for EducationContainer: Box 9, Folder 5
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Description: Revisionist View of Public EducationContainer: Box 9, Folder 6
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Description: Scamming the ScammerContainer: Box 9, Folder 7
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Description: Schools as a BusinessContainer: Box 9, Folder 8
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Description: School-Based ManagementContainer: Box 9, Folder 9
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Description: School Board GovernanceContainer: Box 9, Folder 10
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Description: School ExcellenceContainer: Box 9, Folder 11
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Description: School FinanceContainer: Box 9, Folder 12
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Description: Self-ActualizationContainer: Box 9, Folder 13
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Description: Self EsteemContainer: Box 9, Folder 14
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Description: Self-Imposed ScheduleContainer: Box 9, Folder 15
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Description: Sense and NonsenseContainer: Box 9, Folder 16
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Description: Separation: Church / StateContainer: Box 9, Folder 17
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Description: Serving Our SchoolsContainer: Box 9, Folder 18
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Description: Shadows of the PastContainer: Box 9, Folder 19
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Description: Shared GovernanceContainer: Box 9, Folder 20
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Description: SkillsContainer: Box 9, Folder 21
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Description: Skills, AdministratorContainer: Box 9, Folder 22
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Description: South High SchoolContainer: Box 9, Folder 23
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Description: StandardsContainer: Box 9, Folder 24
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Description: Standards in EducationContainer: Box 9, Folder 25
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Description: State Education SystemContainer: Box 9, Folder 26
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Description: Stop Knocking SchoolsContainer: Box 9, Folder 27
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Description: Student DisciplineContainer: Box 9, Folder 28
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Description: SuperintendentsContainer: Box 9, Folder 29
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Description: Superintendent ContractContainer: Box 9, Folder 30
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Description: Superintendent EvaluationContainer: Box 9, Folder 31
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Description: T-GroupingContainer: Box 9, Folder 32
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Description: Teacher EvaluationContainer: Box 9, Folder 33
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Description: Traditional View of EducationContainer: Box 9, Folder 34
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Description: Undeserving ChildrenContainer: Box 10, Folder 1
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Description: Value of EducationContainer: Box 10, Folder 2
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Description: VitaContainer: Box 10, Folder 3
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Description: We Are at WarContainer: Box 10, Folder 4
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Description: What's Right with SchoolContainer: Box 10, Folder 5
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Description: Wigginbottom LeadershipContainer: Box 10, Folder 6
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Description: Words for UncertaintyContainer: Box 10, Folder 7
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Description: Untitled PaperContainer: Box 10, Folder 8
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VI: Collected Materials
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Description: Lindon B JohnsonContainer: Box 11, Folder 1
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Description: Mace's School History of the United StatesContainer: Box 11, Folder 2
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Description: American Historical PortraitsContainer: Box 11, Folder 3
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Description: Pearl Harbor: USS YorktownContainer: Box 11, Folder 4
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Description: Music Talents and AptitudesContainer: Box 11, Folder 5
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Description: Hunter College DiplomaContainer: Box 11, Folder 6
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Description: Cornell University 1915 YearbookContainer: Box 11, Folder 7
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Description: MapsContainer: Box 11, Folder 8
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Description: Unitarian PamphletsContainer: Box 11, Folder 9
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Description: Geography Book CoverContainer: Box 11, Folder 10
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Description: Corporate WivesContainer: Box 11, Folder 11
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Description: MapsContainer: Box 11, Folder 12
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Description: Receipt BookContainer: Box 11, Folder 13
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Description: Art BooksContainer: Box 12, Folder 1
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Description: Political CartoonsContainer: Box 12, Folder 2
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Description: Winston Churchill CartoonsContainer: Box 12, Folder 3
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Description: PaintingsContainer: Box 12, Folder 4
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Description: Prints BookContainer: Box 12, Folder 5
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VII: Utah School History and Other Historical Documents
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Description: Utah School RegisterContainer: Box 13, Folder 1
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Description: School Clerk NotebookContainer: Box 13, Folder 2
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Description: History BookContainer: Box 13, Folder 3
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Description: Certificate
Certificate awarded to Daniel Lombard as being appointed Quarter Master of the First Regiment, in the First Brigade and Fourth Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Dates: 1794Container: Box 13, Folder 4
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VIII: General Materials
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Description: Newspaper ClippingsDates:Container: Box 14
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Signed Yearbooks, 1919-1923
Container: Box 15
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Description: Davis High YearbookDates: 1919Container: Box 15, Folder 1
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Description: UtonianDates: 1923Container: Box 15, Folder 2
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Education, Secondary
Personal Names
- Thomas, M. Donald--Archives
Geographical Names
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
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