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Charles S. Benson Papers BANC MSS 2002/44 c
BANC MSS.2002/44 c  
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Writings 1959-1993

Physical Description: Cartons 1-2; Carton 3, folders 1-54

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title.

Scope and Content

Includes articles, reports, drafts of manuscripts and reviews of others' work.
carton 1, folder 1-83

Access to Quality Vocational Education - Financing Adult Education 1966-1991

carton 2, folder 1-78

Financing of Primary Education - School Without Property Taxes 1962-1993

carton 3, folder 1-54

A Search for New Energy - Young People and the Use of Time, unidentified writings 1959-1991

 

Testimonies 1966-1991

Physical Description: Carton 3, folders 55-59; Carton 4, folders 1-6

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Includes copies of expert testimonies given to various commmttees and other advisory bodies by Benson, most notably that given in various iterations of the Serrano case.
carton 3, folder 55-59

Testimonies 1966-1973

carton 4, folder 1-6

Testimonies 1977-1991

 

Conferences 1966-1994

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Scope and Content

Contains materials regarding conferences that Benson either attended or presented at.
carton 4, folder 7-13

Conferences 1966-1994

 

Correspondence 1955-1994

Physical Description: Carton 4, folders 14-22; Carton 5, folders 1-15

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.
carton 4, folder 14-22

Correspondence 1955-1973

carton 5, folder 1-15

Correspondence 1974-1994

 

Subject Files 1968-1991

Physical Description: Carton 5, folders 16-26; Box 1; Box 2, folders 1-2

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically.

Scope and Content

Contains files on various topics of interest to Benson, including materials on the Serrano case, as well as working papers from committees and professional organizations.
carton 5, folder 16

Advisory Panel on Financing Elementary and Secondary Education 1979

carton 5, folder 17

Advisory Panel to the National Assessment of Vocational Education 1989

carton 5, folder 18

American Educational Research Association 1986

carton 5, folder 19

California Roundtable Task Force on Jobs and Education

carton 5, folder 20

Center for Educational Field Services

carton 5, folder 21

Education Congress of California

carton 5, folder 22

Education Dissemination 1990

carton 5, folder 23

England 1971-1973

carton 5, folder 24

Financing Public Education in New York State 1972

carton 5, folder 25

Fleischman Report 1972-1974

carton 5, folder 26

Ford Foundation 1991

box 1, folder 1

HEW School Finance Study 1979

box 1, folder 2

Junior College Advisory Panel

box 1, folder 3

National Assessment of Vocational Education 1988

box 1, folder 4

National Center for Research in Vocational Education 1990

box 1, folder 5

New York Commission on the Quality, Cost and Financing of Elementary and Secondary Education

box 1, folder 6

Senate Select Committee on School District Finance 1972

box 1, folder 7

Serrano 1981, 1983

box 1, folder 8

Serrano Amici Brief 1987

box 1, folder 10

University of California, Berkeley- Childhood and Government Project

box 1, folder 9

U.C. and the Public Schools 1968

box 1, folder 11

Vocational Education 1989

box 1, folder 12

Vocational Education and Training Policy Study

box 2, folder 1

Miscellaneous

box 2, folder 2

Unidentified Notes

 

Personal and Teaching Materials 1960s-1990

Physical Description: Box 2, folders 3-6

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.

Scope and Content

Includes biographical materials such as vita and press. Also contains copies of book reviews and promotional materials for Benson's books and some teaching materials.
box 2, folder 3

Biographical Materials

box 2, folder 4-5

Book Reviews and Promotional Materials

box 2, folder 6

Teaching Materials 1980-1990

 

Consultancy Work 1968-1990

Physical Description: Carton 6; Carton 7, folders 1-4

Scope and Content

Documents several foreign consultancy trips Benson made to advise on education and its financing including trips for the World Bank. Included in the series are notes, correspondence and reports on his work. Writings based on his work in Pakistan can also be found in Series I.

Arrangement

Arranged hierarchically.
carton 6

Pakistan 1968-1990

carton 7, folder 1

Nigeria- World Bank 1985

carton 7, folder 2-4

Bulgaria- World Bank 1990

carton 7, folder 5-14

Educational Finance in England

Scope and Content

Notes, drafts and research materials on the history of Educational Finance in Great Britain.

Arrangement

Arranged as received.