Guide to the James Porter Moffett Papers

Biographical/Personal Information – by and about JPM

General – incl. Phillips Exeter Bulletin, 1961

Curriculum Vitae – by family, ca. 2001

Harvard – incl. commencement, 1953

"James Moffett Remembered," articles by Jan Moffett, Judy Moffett, James Brewbaker, Fran Claggett, Tom Gage, James Gray, Nancy Harray, Gloria Pipkin, Robert Romano, Mary Ann Smith, Betty Jane Wagner, and Lois Weiner, California English, 3, 2 (Winter 1997)

Memorial and related

Photos

"A Tribute to James Moffett," Regina Foehr, with Miles Myers, Donald R. Gallehr, Richard L. Graves, Sheridan Blau, and Betty Jane Wagner, Journal of the Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, vol. 3 (Winter 1997-1998); 1-12

Correspondence

Professional – Education related (incoming/outgoing)

1961-1970, 1973-1985

1986-1996

Currently with editors, 1992-1995

Publishing, ca. 1965-1995

Miscellany, 1976, 1988

Interaction Controversy

Series of textbooks, published by Houghton-Mifflin, created by JPM, became the focus of a textbook censorship scandal in Kanawa County, West Virginia – includes correspondence with Houghton-Mifflin and others, articles, interviews, publicity, reports, reviews, testimonials, and other related materials, ca. 1966-1976

Professional Activities – conferences and organizations

Aspen Curriculum Congress, 1990

Assembly for Expanded Perspectives on Learning, 1992-1996

Carleton University, 1988

Conferences, Symposia, Workshops – many with JPM as speaker

1970s

1980s

1990s

International Federation for the Teaching of English [IFTE], 1984

Joint Committee on Educational Goals and Evaluation (California Legislature, State Capitol, Sacramento) – Evaluation Retreat, Santa Barbara, Apr. 6-7, 1973

National Council of Teachers of English

General, 1991

English Coalition Conference, [latter 1980s]

Snow Mountain – "Lit Crit and Holy Writ," 1995

Writings about JPM and his impact, 1970s-1980s

Project Files

Research/teaching/writing projects, including some related correspondence.

ACR [Alliance for Curriculum Reform], 1991-1992

Active Voices, ca. 1987

Active Voices III Correspondence, 1983-1986

Agnosia Correspondence, 1984-1986

Almost Heaven

Applications of Ideas, 1976-1988

Article Publishing, 1982-1987

Beyond Frameworks

Book Lists, 1971-1988

Bread Loaf, 1985-1993

CAP [California Assessment Program]Writing, 1989

Coming on Center, 1980-1987

E Pluribus Unum

Education Book, 1980-1982

Edvantage Software – Correspondence, 1996

Elementary Correspondence, 1986

English in the Eighties (Third International Conference on the Teaching of English), 1980

Esoteric Evolution, ca. 1985-1986

General Semantics, 1958-1968

Gig Notices and Programs, 1970-1975

Global Alliance for Transforming Education [GATE], 1991-1992

Grassroots IV Correspondence, 1984-1985

Harmonic Learning, 1991-1995

History / Conspiracy, ca. 1971

HMCo [Houghton Mifflin Company] College Correspondence, 1970-1980

Interdisciplinary Education

Journal Methods, 1981-1987

Junior High Correspondence, 1984-1986

Kanawha County, 1973-1983

Learning Institute – Northern Virginia Writing Project, 1990-1991

Literary Criticism and Holy Writing [Lit Crit / Holy Writ]

Literacy

Literacy Kit, 1990-1994

Mapping the Universe of Discourse (English 720), 1982-1984

Middlebury College, 1986-1989

Moral Articles, 1988

NJRA – re The Universal Schoolhouse: Spiritualizing Society, 1993

Notes on United States, etc., 1993

Notes on Writing, ca. 1965

Origen (Alexandrian philosopher and theologian)

People Reading, 1980-1981

Perish the Thought

Permissions, 1993-2001

Points of Departure, 1983-1984

Points of Departure – Correspondence, 1984-1986

Points of View [P.O.V.], 1965-1995

Points of View – Correspondence, 1964-1996

Points of View – Permissions, 1992-1993

Psychological Research

San Diego, 1984

SCLAR ( Student-Centered Language Arts and Reading), 1980-1982, 1991

SCLAR Readers, 1967

SCLAR Reviews, 1992-1994

SCLAR Revision, 1980-1982

Selected HMCo (Houghton Mifflin Company) Contracts, 1981-1983

Soul School, 1983-1984

"Sound Out" (a videocassette for learning to read and write, by JPM and Bobby Seifert), 1982-1993

"Sound Out" Correspondence, 1982-1993

Spiritual Sites of Composing, 1991-1992

Storm in the Mountains, 1987-1996

Teaching Writing, 1966

Think Tank, 1988-1992

Tri-University Project, 1969-1970

UCSD (University of California, San Diego), 1978

UCSD TA Notes on Assignments, 1983

Underground Spirituality, ca. 1985-1992

Universal Schoolhouse, 1992-1996

University of Calgary

Upcoming Gigs, 1994-1996

Writing and Meditation, ca. 1976-1985

Writing Samples, ca. 1982-1985

Yearbook Chapter, ca. 1987

Talks / Speeches/Consulting

Writings by JPM – Books

Includes copies, and some correspondence, publicity, and related material. Some other related material in the project files.

Active Voice: A Writing Program across the Curriculum

Active Voices II: A Writer's Reader for Grades 7-9, with Phyllis Tashlik

Active Voices III: A Writer's Reader for Grades 10-12, with Patricia Wixon, Vincent Wixon, Sheridan Blau, and John Phreaner

Active Voices IV [A Writer's Reader for College], with Miriam Baker and Charles Cooper

Coming on Center: English Education in Evolution

Drama: What Is Happening: The Use of Dramatic Activities in the Teaching of English

Harmonic Learning: Keynoting School Reform

The Moffett Literacy Program in Basic Skills: Reading, Writing, Spelling, and Punctuation ... (Sept. 1975)

Points of Departure: An Anthology of Nonfiction, edited by James Moffett

Points of View: An Anthology of Short Stories, edited by James Moffett and Kenneth R. McElheny

Storm in the Mountains: A Case Study of Censorship, Conflict, and Consciousness (1988)

Student-Centered Language Arts, K-12, 4th edition, with Betty Jane Wagner

Teaching the Universe of Discourse

The Universal Schoolhouse: Spiritual Awakening through Education

Publishers' blurbs

Writings by JPM – Shorter Works

Articles, handouts, interviews; also reviews of works and references to JPM's work.

Unpublished writings by JPM

"Bajan Bestiary" – poems, n.d.

Creative Writing – copies

"Education and Spirituality"

Esoteric Evolution, n.d.

Essays – college

"Good at War," [1990s]

Group Souls and War – book summary, n.d.

Growing Up Sober – short fiction, play, with analysis and commentary re alcoholic families, JPM's in particular, also sometimes titled Writing to Heal, ca. early 1990s

"Literacy by All and for All," n.d.

"Old Sweet Me" [a play], 1963, 1993

Poem drafts

Things Are not What They Seem – Thank God, n.d.

Underground Spirituality, n.d.

Unpublished Essays – late life, 1994-1995

Virginia Woolf thesis, 1952

"Writings across the Curriculum"

Miscellany

A/V

Audiocassettes

A10111/CS  Lit Crit and Holy Writ – U. of Wyoming, 1986

A10112/CS  Bajans and Lit Crit and Holy Writ – Snow Mountain, 1995

Videotapes (VHS)

V1879/VHS  Jim Moffett – Cheyenne, 1996

V1880/VHS  Jim Moffett – Interview and promo, Dec. 1996

V1881/VHS  Jim Moffett – National Council of Teachers of English [NCTE]