Preliminary Inventory of the Chester E. Finn, Jr. papers

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Title: Chester E. Finn, Jr. papers

Date (inclusive): 1966-2000

Collection Number: 78089

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 208 manuscript boxes (86.7 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, correspondence, agenda, and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, and especially to educational policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and to activities of the Educational Excellence Network and of the United States National Assessment Governing Board.

Creator: Finn, Chester E., Jr, 1944-

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Chester E. Finn, Jr. papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

American educator; staff assistant to the president of the United States, 1969-1970; special assistant for education to the governor of Massachusetts, 1972-1973; United States assistant secretary of education for research and improvement, 1985-1988; director, Educational Excellence Network.

Scope and Content Note

Speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, correspondence, agenda, and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, and especially to educational policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan, and to activities of the Educational Excellence Network and of the United States National Assessment Governing Board.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Education -- United States

Reagan, Ronald

Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

United States. Department of Education

Educational Excellence Network

United States. National Assessment Governing Board

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Teacher training and Teacher Corps

Education in Massachusetts

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Educators, intellectuals, and ethnicity

Health

Population and family planning

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Council for Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Education

Scranton Commission on campus unrest

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Higher education #1

Higher education #3

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Higher Education Working Group

James S. Coleman and school desegregation

Campus unrest #2

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Youth

"A Call for Cooperation," Presidential message to Congress 1970

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Education in Massachusetts

Urban Schools, decentralization, and school politics

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Higher education #2

Higher education #4

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Harvard Graduate School of Education A-400 Project

Non-public schools and teachers' unions

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Writing by Daniel Patrick Moynihan

Education (general)

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Black colleges

Council for Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Education

Miscellaneous writings by Chester E. Finn, Jr.

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Presidential higher education message and follow-up 1970

Educational research and Presidential message

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Education (research, Title I, funding, etc.)

National Institute of Education #1

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National Institute of Education #2

Presidential elementary and secondary education message #2

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Presidential elementary and secondary education message #3

School finance

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Documents defining the project "The Improvement of High School Humanities Teaching"

Correspondence

Publicity

Invitations to attend conferences

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Proposals for the conference "Improving High School Humanities Teaching," . 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes list of public school-participants

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Proposals for the conference "Improving High School Humanities Teaching," . 1983

Scope and Contents note

Includes list of public school-participants

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Participant packets for above conference

Conference logistics/reservations

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Correspondence and memoranda to/from authors

Participants (schools, colleges, teams)

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Box 20

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to/from authors;

Participants

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Box 21

Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to/from authors;

Participants

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Educational excellence network

Against Mediocrity: The Humanities in America's High School, New York 1984

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Writings during world trip n.d.

White House service 1969-1970

Personal correspondence at Vanderbilt 1982 October-December

Floor amendment to the Higher Education Reauthorization Bill 1981 June 23

Educational reform in Tennessee

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Correspondence

Correspondence of Twenties Century Fund

Report of the Task Force on Federal Elementary and Secondary Education Policy 1983

Service at UNESCO delegation

Assistance to Ernest L. Boyer with his Carnegie High School study

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Personal correspondence while working in the Senate 1977-1981

Correspondence while working at Vanderbilt 1984

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Correspondence while working at Vanderbilt 1981-1983

Correspondence while working for the Governor of Massachusetts 1972-1973

Overseers

Correspondence with Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1975-1977

Old correspondence 1970-1983

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Correspondence while working at Vanderbilt 1981-1983

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Lecture notes, American Social History 1962-1963

Correspondence 1966-1981

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"An Education in Administration: A Study of Five Graduate Schools and Their Implications for a Sixth," , submitted by Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1969 March

"Community Participation in Title III Programs: The Newton and Boston Experiences," , by Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1968 June

"A New Deal for Old Harbor: Public Housing in Boston, ," prepared by Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1933-1937

"Citizen Participation, School Planning and the Humboldt Avenue Experience," , submitted by Chester E. Finn and Florence Shelton 1967 August 15

Schools, Health Care, and the Community: Final report of the Mission Hill-Parker Summer Study, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, , by John D. Herzog and Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1968 March

"The American High School: Educating for Tomorrow," Brown University 1984 March 5-8

Clippings

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Correspondence files - Hanna collection

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Correspondence - World trip 1971

"Up Against the Wall, Brooks House!" Harvard University, , by Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1968 August

"The Irish and the Boston Schools," , by Chester E. Finn, Jr. 1870-1930

Correspondence while working at Vanderbilt 1983-1985

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Educational excellence network 1985 July

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Revised draft paper on "Television for Children," 1986 October

United States. Department of Education - Memoranda 1986-1987

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Briefing material and background information for site visitors for the School Recognition Program Meeting 1988 February

CLEI's involvement in adult literacy

TOPS (Targeting Outstanding Programs and Schools)

CLEAR (Center for Language Education and Research)

Vocational Education Reauthorization Proposal

Trade Bill

ECIA working group

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United States. Department of Education. Office of Educational Research and Improvement 1985-1988

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United States. Department of Education - National Institute of education 1985

United States. Department of Education - Centers competition 1984-1987

United States. Department of Education - Center on State and Local Policy Development and Leadership 1985-1987

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United States. Department of Education - Leadership Center 1987

United States. Department of Education - Center on Post-Secondary Teaching and Learning 1985-1986

United States. Department of Education - Information Service 1985-1986

National Library of Education 1985

United States. Department of Education - Association meetings 1986-1988

United States. Department of Education - ECIA Reauthorization 1986-1987

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United States. Department of Education - Library Studies 1985-1987

United States. Department of Education - MIS (Management Improvement Service) 1987

Correspondence, Vanderbilt 1981-1984

United States. Department of Education - Publications policy 1986

United States. Department of Education - OERI Fellows Program 1986-1987

White House Working Group on Human Capital and Competitiveness 1985-1986

What Works II 1986-1987

USIA, Japan, etc. 1985

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United States. Department of Education - Public high schools 1987

United States. Department of Education - Summary of the third Quarterly Report for the Regional Laboratory for Educational Improvement of the Northeast and Islands 1986

United States. Department of Education - Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) 1985

United States. Department of Education - Quarterly reports of the labs

Programs for the improvement of practice 1985-1986

Secondary school recognition program 1985-1988

box 40

Youth-2000 Project 1986

Youth indicators

Zorinsky project 1986

Year of Elementary School 1985

Leadership in Educational Administration Development (LEAD) program 1987

National Council on Educational Research

Correspondence

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B-C

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C-G

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G-H

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I-M

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M-R

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R-W

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W-Y

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A-B

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B-C

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C-E

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E-M

box 52

M-P

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P-S

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S-T

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T-Z

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F-G

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G-H

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H-K

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K-L

FY Budget

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990

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FY Budget 1987

FY Budget

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1988

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1989

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1990

FY Budget

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1987

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1989

Chronological file 1986

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January-May

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June-August

box 64

September-November

Chronological file

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1986 December - 1987 February

box 65

1987 March-April

Chronological file 1987

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May-July

box 66

August-October

box 66

November-December

box 67

Chronological file 1988 January-February

OERI - Reauthorization

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OERI - Overview materials

OERI - Reorganization highlights

OERI - Reorganization, final version

Advisory Council on Education Statistics

box 69

Advisory Council on Education Statistics

EL/SEC Redesign

Reorganization - 1985 and beyond

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Advisory Council on Education Statistics

Visclosky amendment

Elementary/Secondary Redesign (working papers)

box 71

National Assessment Planning Project 1988

Elementary/Secondary Education Project

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National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

box 73

NAEP material

The Nation's Report Card: Improving the Assessment of Student Achievement

box 74

NAEP material

Hawkins-Stafford implementation

Co-op program

NAD evaluation of NCES

Correspondence with Albert Shanker

Standards

box 75

Orientation Book for Participants in NAEP Conference 1998 May

President's Commission on Americans Outdoors 1986

Curricula vitae - A-H

box 76

Curricula vitae - H-W

box 77

Budget history

Ipeds

The Nation's Report Card: Improving the Assessment of Student Achievement

Second Conference of the Study Group on National Assessment 1986 September 30

Third Conference of the Study Group on National Assessment 1986 December 4

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Nation's Report Card press material 1987

NAEP files

Advisory Council of Education Statistics

box 79

Plan for the Redesign of the Elementary and Secondary Data Collection Program

NAEP files

NAEP reading project

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OERI - Reauthorization

OERI - Reorganization

box 81

NCES plans

NAEP plans

OERI press kit

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NCES Renaissance

OERI Reauthorization hearing - House of Representatives 1986 February

Data gaps

CS - Council of Chief State Schools Officers

Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

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Electronic mail

Chronological file 1988

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February 29-April 28

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April 29-May

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July-September

Chronological file

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June-September

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October-December

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America 2000 - Candidate sites to illustrate proposed reports

America 2000 - An education strategy

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America 2000 - An education strategy - A proposal for the President

Briefing papers for Secretary Designate Alexander 1991

box 93

National Assessment Governing Board

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National Assessment Governing Board

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America 2000 - An education strategy

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America 2000

Alexander, Lamar

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