Guide to the James Porter Moffett Papers
Guide to the James Porter Moffett Papers, ca. early 1950s-2001
Collection number: Mss 243
Department of Special CollectionsDavidson Library
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Processed by:
- Molly Kimpel; latest revision by D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
- Nov. 3, 2008
- Encoded by:
- A. Demeter
Scope and Content of Collection
Arrangement
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]