Series Descriptions
ID R390.01, Box 1, Folders 1-2
Series 1
Publications
1989-1990
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
Publications contain the final report, Toward a State of Esteem and the accompanying Appendix. Also within the series is a
book the committee was instrumental in publishing, Social Importance of Self-Esteem. An audiotape recording of the final report's
press release is also included.
ID R390.02, Box 1, Folders 3-5
Series 2
Final Report Files
1987-1990
Physical Description: 3 file folders
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The Final Report files consist of correspondence, annual reports, and final report drafts related to the task force's final
report published in January 1990. The final report drafts include drafts from the task force committees. The series contains
audio recordings of the Seventh Annual State Conference on Self-Esteem from 1989 and the May 1990 Toward a State of Esteem
summit. A videotape recording of the CBS Morning Program from February 2, 1987 can be found within the files.
ID R390.03, Box 1, Folders 6-8
Series 3
Committee Files
1987-1989
Physical Description: 3 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetical by committee.
Scope and Content Note
The Committee Files include final and draft reports, lists of committee memberships, committee chair files, meeting minutes
and agendas, memoranda, and committee information regarding the final report, budget issues, defining self-esteem, and public
awareness of self-esteem issues.
ID R390.04, Box 1-2, Folders 9-12
Series 4
County Task Force Files
1987-1990
Physical Description: 25 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by county.
Scope and Content Note
Files consist of correspondence with county level self-esteem task forces and include minutes and agendas of several county
level task force meetings, recommendations to the county task forces, resolutions and proclamations establishing the county
level task forces, and county reports.
ID R390.05, Box 2-3, Folders 13-2
Series 5
Member Files
1987-1989
Physical Description: 11 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by month.
Scope and Content Note
Member files contain correspondence, news clippings, final report drafts, memoranda, and biographies on task force members.
The files cover such topics as the final report, task force members' minority report ideas, members' discussion on subjects
not covered in the final report, and member opinions on self-esteem.
ID R390.06, Box 3, Folders 3-6
Series 6
Meeting Packet Files
1987
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by meeting packet.
Scope and Content Note
Meeting Packet files contain packets given to task force members for general and committee meetings in 1987. They include
agendas and meeting minutes, budget analyses, information regarding the county task forces, and procedural activities relating
to initial task force activity and establishing administrative procedure.
ID R390.07, Box 3, Folders 7-8
Series 7
Meeting Files
1987-1988
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by meeting.
Scope and Content Note
Meeting Files contain agendas and minutes of meetings, photographs, the photographic negatives, videotapes and audiotape recordings
of task force meetings. Issues discussed at the meetings include defining self-esteem, budget issues, self-esteem research
from the University of California, and possible areas of further research.
ID R390.08, Box 3, Folders 9-10
Series 8
"Think Tank" Files.
1988
Physical Description: 2 file folders
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged alphabetically by subject.
Scope and Content Note
The "Think Tank" files relate to a meeting on May 4, 1988, organized by executive director George Ball regarding the nature
of self-esteem. The meeting was designed to expand the scope of the task force's understanding of current research. The files
include agenda and minutes of the meeting, correspondence, academic papers, and notes from the meeting as well as audio and
video records.
ID R390.09, Box 3, Folders 11
Series 9
ACR Files
1987
Physical Description: 1 file folder
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by month.
Scope and Content Note
Files consist primarily of correspondence and relate to Assembly Concurrent Resolution 64 (1987-1988) and ACR 65 (1987-1988),
which called on county and state officials to maintain contacts with the task force.
ID R390.10, Box 3-4, Folders 11-6
Series 10
Statewide Task Force Public Hearing Files
1988-1989
Physical Description: 18 file folders
Access Information
Access to audiovisual material requires the production of use copies.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by date of hearing.
Scope and Content Note
The files relate to the nine public hearings that the task force held throughout the state from March 4, 1988 to April 11,
1989, and include agendas, audio recordings, video recordings, transcripts, testimony, background reports, and working files.
The Fresno hearing of May 20, 1988 is the only hearing without an audio recording. The Sacramento hearing on April 11, 1989
has audio and visual records.
ID R390.11, Box 4, Folders 7
Series 11
"Esteem" Back Issues
1987-1990
Physical Description: 1 file folder
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by newsletter.
Scope and Content Note
The file consists of issues of the task force's official newsletter "Esteem." The newsletter addressed the task force's activities
such as announcing public hearings and public meetings as well as describing the task force's progress on the final report.
"Esteem" also mentioned non-task force, self-esteem related research and publications. The first issue is not within the collection.
ID R390.12, Box 4, Folders 8-11
Series 12
Press Files
1986-1990
Physical Description: 4 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year.
Scope and Content Note
Press files consist of newspaper and magazine articles relating to the task force. This includes several interviews with John
Vasconcellos and editorials on the task force. Cartoonist Gary Trudeau's Doonsebury appears frequently as a prominent critic
of the task force's mission.
ID R390.13, Box 4-6, Folders 12-6
Series 13
Correspondence
1987-1990
Physical Description: 37 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by month.
Scope and Content Note
The series contains incoming and outgoing correspondence concerning various administrative aspects of the task force. Common
topics relate to donations, the newsletter, and responses to concerned citizens who critiqued or criticized the task force's
work.
ID R390.14, Box 6, Folders 7-9
Series 14
State Agency Correspondence
1987-1989
Physical Description: 3 file folders
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Scope and Content Note
The series contains correspondence with various state agencies, county task forces, the state legislature, and the federal
government regarding other agencies assisting in researching self-esteem and social issues.
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