Inventory of the Norman Drachler papers

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Title: Norman Drachler papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1985
Collection Number: 85020
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 198 manuscript boxes (78.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Minutes, reports, studies, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed matter relating to public education, primarily in Detroit.
Creator: Drachler, Norman
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1985.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Norman Drachler papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Norman Drachler was a teacher, educational integration advocate, superintendent for the Detroit school system, and the founder of an urban educational institution.
Born May 20, 1912 in Kaminetz-Podolsk, in what is now Ukraine, Drachler and his family immigrated to Detroit in 1929. He received a bachelor's degree (1937) and master's degree (1939) in education from Wayne State University, and he eventually went on to receive a doctorate in education from the University of Michigan (1951).
Drachler began his teaching career in the Detroit school system in 1937 and became superintendent in 1966. During his tenure as superintendent, Drachler worked on integrating both the administration and student body. He increased the percentage of African-American teachers by 40% and advocated to prohibit schools from purchasing textbooks that published negative images of minorities.
After resigning from the Detroit school system in 1971, Drachler founded the Institute for Educational Leadership, first at George Washington University and then in Palo Alto. The foundation provided a unique training program for administration and staff working in urban school districts. Drachler retired in Arizona and passed away in Phoenix in May 2000.

Scope and Content of Collection

Minutes, reports, studies, pamphlets, clippings, and other printed matter relating to public education, primarily in Detroit.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Education -- Michigan -- Detroit

 

Detroit

box 1

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1960-1974

box 2

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1960-1974

box 3

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959 1962-1967

box 195

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1963-1966

box 4

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education, Proceedings of the Employee Retirement Commission 1949-1952

box 196

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1973-1983

box 5

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1960-1974

box 198

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959

box 6

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1945-1959, 1960-1974

box 194

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1968-1969 1972-1973

box 197

Proceedings of the Detroit Board of Education 1974-1975

box 6

Citizens' Committees on Schools 1957-1968

box 7

Citizens' Committees on Schools

box 8

Citizens' Committees on Schools

box 9

Citizens' Committees on Schools

box 10

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 11

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 12

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 13

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 14

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 15

Decentralization, other cities, and national views

box 15

Detroit and Michigan materials: Education, demographic data, and Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1962-1963

box 16

Detroit and Michigan materials: Education, demographic data, and Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1962-1963

box 17

Detroit and Michigan materials: Education, demographic data, and Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1962-1963

box 18

Detroit and Michigan materials: Education, demographic data, and Michigan Constitutional Convention of 1962-1963

box 18-28

Educational finance - Detroit and other cities

 

Educational finance - national literature

 

Educational finance - federal and state reports, and various pamphlets

box 28-37

Federal programs and compensatory education

 

Compensatory education - national

 

Federal government in education - hearings, acts, data on American education

box 37

Public school publications to staff and community

Scope and Contents note

Also includes curriculum and plant evaluations.
box 38

Public school publications to staff and community

Scope and Contents note

Also includes curriculum and plant evaluations.
box 39

Public school publications to staff and community

Scope and Contents note

Also includes curriculum and plant evaluations.
box 40

Public school publications to staff and community

Scope and Contents note

Also includes curriculum and plant evaluations.
box 40-55

Newspaper clippings from newspapers in Detroit and other cities: schools in the news 1961-1980

 

Newspaper clippings from newspapers in Detroit and other cities on one or several topics

 

Detroit and other cities

box 55-57

Curriculum 1958-1967

 

Textbooks 1967

 

Juvenile delinquency and youth (includes dropouts from school) 1965-1968

 

Large cities, employment 1962-1963

box 57

School finance and federal aid 1958-1969

box 58

School finance and federal aid 1958-1969

box 59

School finance and federal aid 1958-1969

box 60

Integration - civil rights 1956-1969

box 61

Integration - civil rights 1956-1969

box 62

Integration - civil rights 1956-1969

box 63

Integration - civil rights 1956-1969

box 63-65

Large cities 1961-1964

 

Segregation 1964

 

Delinquency 1963-1964

 

Poverty program and welfare 1965

box 66

National materials

Scope and Contents note

Culturally deprived; Large cities; Leadership.
box 67

National materials

Scope and Contents note

Culturally deprived; Large cities; Leadership.
box 68

Education materials: Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

box 69

Education materials: Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

box 70

Education materials: Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

box 71

Education materials: Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

box 71

Urban America - education: Reports, articles, books

box 72

Urban America - education: Reports, articles, books

box 73

Urban America - education: Reports, articles, books

 

Detroit

box 74

Computer printouts: Selected data for decentralization study, selected data on federal and state programs, and selected data

Scope and Contents note

Includes information on each school by region, indicating expenditure per child in each school and other relevant materials, such as achievement on national tests, etc.
box 75

Computer printouts: Selected data for decentralization study, selected data on federal and state programs, and selected data

Scope and Contents note

Includes information on each school by region, indicating expenditure per child in each school and other relevant materials, such as achievement on national tests, etc.
box 76

Educational evaluation

box 77

Educational evaluation

box 78

Educational evaluation

box 77

High schools

box 78

High schools

box 79

High schools

box 80

High schools

box 81

High schools

box 81

School reports and riot of 1967

box 82

School reports and riot of 1967

box 83

School reports and riot of 1967

box 84

School reports and riot of 1967

box 85

The courts and education

box 86

The courts and education

box 87

Collective bargaining - Detroit and nation

box 88

Collective bargaining - Detroit and nation

box 89

Student unrest - Detroit and nation

box 90

Student unrest - Detroit and nation

box 91

Student unrest - Detroit and nation

box 91

Educational reports

box 92

Educational reports

box 93

Educational reports

box 94

Educational reports

box 95

Educational reports

box 96

Educational reports

box 97

Educational reports

box 98

Educational reports

 

National materials

box 99

Administration - general

box 100

Administration - general

box 101

Administration - general

box 102

American education - policies, politics, and critics

box 103

American education - policies, politics, and critics

box 104

American education - policies, politics, and critics

box 105

Assessment of education

box 106

Assessment of education

box 107

Assessment of education

box 107

The courts and education

box 108

The courts and education

box 109

The courts and education

box 109

Disadvantaged in education - nation

box 110

Disadvantaged in education - nation

box 111

Disadvantaged in education - nation

box 112

Education - other cities

box 113

Education - other cities

box 114

Education - other cities

box 115

Education - other cities

box 115

Ethnics and education - nation

box 116

Ethnics and education - nation

box 117

Ethnics and education - nation

box 118

Hispanic and Indian education - nation

box 119

Hispanic and Indian education - nation

box 119

School integration - general

box 120

School integration - general

box 121

School integration - general

box 122

School integration - general

box 123

School integration - general

box 123

Segregation - education - nation

box 124

Segregation - education - nation

box 125

Segregation - education - nation

box 126

Teacher education - nation

box 127

Teacher education - nation

box 128

Teacher education - nation

box 128

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

box 129

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

box 130

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

box 131

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

box 132

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

box 132-134

Urban America - education: Reports, articles, books

 

Urban Task Force - integration - nation

box 135

International education

box 136

International education

box 137

International education

box 138

International education

box 139

International education

box 140

International education

box 140

Publications: National Education Association and American Association of School Administrators

 

Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

 

Culturally deprived, large cities, leadership

 

Disadvantaged in education - nation

 

Education - other cities

box 141

Educational issues during the 60s and 70s

box 142

Educational issues during the 60s and 70s

box 143

Educational issues during the 60s and 70s

box 143-145

Equal educational opportunities - Senator Mondale, chairman - reports and related articles

 

Ethnics and education - nation

box 145-148

Federal government and education

 

Hispanic and Indian education - nation

 

National education data

box 149

Student unrest - women in education

box 150

Student unrest - women in education

box 151

Student unrest - women in education

box 152

I.Q. - re-organization

box 153

I.Q. - re-organization

box 154

I.Q. - re-organization

box 155

Ability grouping - instruction

box 156

Ability grouping - instruction

box 157

Ability grouping - instruction

box 158

Ability grouping - instruction

box 159

Research - youth

box 160

Research - youth

box 161

Research - youth

box 162

Coleman Report and related materials

box 163

Coleman Report and related materials

box 163-166

Higher education and miscellaneous

 

Publications: National Education Association and American Association of School Administrators

 

Reports from other cities: Seattle, Los Angeles, Boston, St. Louis, San Francisco, and others

 

School integration - general

 

Segregation, education - nation

 

Teacher education - nation

 

United States Civil Rights Commission - reports

 

Urban America - education: Reports, articles, books

 

Detroit

 

Collective bargaining - Detroit and nation

 

Student unrest - Detroit and nation

 

Educational reports

box 166

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 167

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 168

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 169

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 170

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 171

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 172

Newspaper clippings by subject areas

Scope and Contents note

Subjects include Detroit, curriculum, cities, general education, tests and I.Q., integration, courts and schools, and others.
box 172

Reports on Detroit public schools: population data, housings, etc.

box 173

Reports on Detroit public schools: population data, housings, etc.

box 174

Reports on Detroit public schools: population data, housings, etc.

box 174

Overlays for overhead projector: Demographic materials indicating relationships between educational achievement and health, housing, income, and race

box 175

Overlays for overhead projector: Demographic materials indicating relationships between educational achievement and health, housing, income, and race

box 176

Overlays for overhead projector: Demographic materials indicating relationships between educational achievement and health, housing, income, and race

box 177

Public school files: Negotiations, research, etc.

box 178

Public school files: Negotiations, research, etc.

box 179

Public school files: Negotiations, research, etc.

box 179

Reports and some related statements and articles by the superintendent

box 180

Reports and some related statements and articles by the superintendent

box 181

Reports and some related statements and articles by the superintendent

box 182-184

Detroit school election data on requests for additional funds and miscellaneous

 

National materials

 

Administration - general

 

American education - policies, politics, and critics

 

Assessment of education

box 185-186

The courts and education

 

Urban Task Force - integration - nation

box 187

Urban Task Force and related materials

box 188

Urban Task Force and related materials

box 189

Urban Task Force and related materials

box 189

White House Conference for Children and Youth

box 190

White House Conference for Children and Youth

box 191

White House Conference for Children and Youth

 

International education

box 191

Detroit educational evaluation

box 192

Detroit educational evaluation

box 193

Detroit educational evaluation

box 197

Incremental Materials 1985