HENNEPIN COUNTY: MINNEAPOLIS PUBLIC SCHOOLS:

An Inventory of Its Published Records and Reports at the Minnesota Historical Society

Government Records

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Creator: Minneapolis Public Schools.
Title:Published Records and Reports.
Dates:1878-2004.
Language:Materials in English.
Abstract:Reports and miscellaneous print and near-print items of or about the Minneapolis public school system.
Quantity:9.3 cubic feet (9 boxes and 1 partial box).
Location: See Detailed Description for shelf locations.

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Included are directories, surveys, reports, specifications, manuals, school histories, school commencement and dedication programs, school activities programs, and curriculum materials.


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Availability:

The collection is open for research use.

Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minneapolis Public Schools. Published Records and Reports. Minnesota Historical Society.

See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.

Accession Information:

Accession numbers: None; 983-17; 986-8; 989-68; 990-59; 990-78; 991-155; 2001-69; 2013-20; 2014-2; 2014-6

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Catalog ID number: 001710033


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DETAILED DESCRIPTION

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116.H.2.9BDirectory [of Teachers and Officials] of the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1901/1902-1914/1915. 1 volume.
Guidebook for Common Practices in All School Work, 1948-1955. 1 volume.
Equipment Standards, 1929-1931. 1 volume.
Contains Materials Used … in the Treatment, Care, and Maintenance of Schoolhouse Floors and Equipment…., 1931 and Equipment Standards, Elementary Schools: Kindergarten -6th Grades, Administration Suite, Community Kitchen, Gymnasium, Stage, and Instructors’ Room, Hygiene Room, Teachers Rest Room, Janitors Room, Teachers Lunch Room, and Special Activities Room.
Specifications Covering Tools, etc., used in Connection with Janitorial-Engineering Service in Public Schools, 1937.
Personnel Practices, Minneapolis Public Schools, 1955. 1 volume.
Home Room Advisors’ Committee Policy and Procedures Memos, 1940.
About Jobs, 1946-1952. 1 volume.
Bulletins issued by the Counseling Department.
Survey of Special Education in Minneapolis, undated.
Fire Protection Engineering Report on Minneapolis Public Schools, March 1931. 1 volume.
Includes floor plan (ground or first) and exterior photograph for each school.

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Expand/CollapseREPORTS

Arranged chronologically.


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116.H.2.9BA Plan for the Rearrangement of the Public School System, 1910.
Vocational Education Survey Report, 1916. 1 volume.
Where are the Children?, 1916.
Description of the permanent school census and system of attendance supervision.
A Million a Year: A Five-Year School Building Program, 1916.
Financing the Minneapolis Schools, 1916.
The Price of Progress: Legislative Program of the Board of Education, 1916.
The Schools of Minneapolis: At Home to the Schools of the Nation, 1928.
Personal Account Book, rev. ed., 1929.
Issued by Frances R. Kelley, Director of Home Economics of the Minneapolis Public Schools; saved as an example of the instructional material issued by the department. This volume is blank of specific entries.
Budget Facts, 1931-1937.
The Three R’s Plus: A Study of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1935.
The Minneapolis Janitor-Engineer Training School…., 1935.
Inspection and Rating of Public School Engineering Service, 1935.
The Facts and Figures of Minneapolis Public School Finances, 1936.
Financial Facts, 1938.
1940 Budget.
Report on Survey of the Public Schools of Minneapolis, 1942, 1947. 2 volumes.
Analysis of the Minneapolis Public School Situation, 1948.
Public Schools: An Investment in Youth, 1953.
A Report on the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1950.
Study of Wages and Fringe Benefits Provided Custodial, Stockroom, and Transportation Personnel…., May 1960.
Better Schools: An Investment in Human Resources, November 19, 1963.
Bryant Y.E.S. [Youth Educational Support] Center Report, 1969. 1 volume.

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116.H.2.10FAutumn Nature Study for Primary Grades, 1899.
Curriculum Bulletin Nos. 1-7, 1945-1949. 1 volume and 1 folder.
An Overview of the Elementary School Curriculum, 1952. 1 volume.
Outline of Curriculum for Junior High Schools, 1952.

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Expand/CollapseHISTORICAL ITEMS/PUBLICATIONS, MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOL SYSTEM

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116.H.2.10FNewspaper photograph of W. F. Webster, Superintendent of Schools and staff of supervisors and principals, 1925.
Brief History of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1956.
History of the Growth and Development of Elementary School Libraries in the Minneapolis Public Schools (1899-1956), 1956. 1 volume.
By Jane D. Strebel.
List of former superintendents of schools (1892-1975), 1975.
Includes short biographical sketches.
Commencement programs and lists of graduates, 1904-1921. 1 volume.
Includes high school commencement programs, 1904-1921 (missing January 1904, Central, East, and South districts; June 1904, all; June 1905, Central and East; June 1906, Central; January 1909, East and West; June 1918, Central; January 1919, East; June 1902, Vocational; June 1921, South); grade school commencement programs, 1904-1918 (missing January 1904, Central and East; June 1904, Central, East, and North; January 1907, East; January 1910, South); list of graduates, East High School, 1893-1905; and list of graduates, Central High School, 1889-1892 (1891 missing).
School activities programs and other printed matter, 1909-1922. 1 volume.
Includes community programs, pages 1-12; music programs, pages 13-27; openings, pages 28-37; pageants and festivals, pages 38-44; Parent-Teachers’ Association, pages 45-54; patriotic programs, pages 55-63; plays, pages 64-89; Save the Schools and Libraries-general literature, pages 90-97; Save the Schools and Libraries-literature from schools, pages 98-126; and miscellaneous, pages 127-131.
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116.I.1.3BHistory of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1868-1988, compiled circa 1937-1979.
Includes public schools, first public school teacher, mission school, history of the junior high school in Minneapolis, list of superintendents beginning in 1868.

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116.H.2.10F 1879-1976 (bulk 1950-1970). 2 folders.
School histories, and commencement and dedication programs.
In alphabetical order by school name.
Armtage-Marshall. 1 folder.
Armtage, 1953.
Blaine, 1914.
Bryant Junior High, undated.
Burroughs, circa 1952.
Dowling, circa 1952.
Irving, 1976.
Kenny, 1955.
Kenwood, 1961.
Folwell Junior High, 1937, 1975.
Jordan Junior High, 1958.
Lind, 1951.
Lowry, 1952.
Mann, 1961.
Marshall, 1952.
Minneapolis High School-Willard. 1 folder.
Minneapolis High School, 1879.
Minnehaha, post-1947.
Morris Park, 1952.
North High School, 1966.
Northrop, 1966.
Prescott, 1952.
Roosevelt, undated.
South High School, 1970.
Vocational High School, 1951/1952.
Waite Park, 1951.
West High School, 1957.
Willard, 1950.
Story of Walla-Ka-Zoo [North High School], 1906. 1 volume.
Central High School commencement exercises programs, 1896, 1903.
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116.I.1.3BWenonah Elementary School, 1953-1997. 9 items in 1 folder.
Brochure, 1993; dedication program, March 15, 1953; yearbook, 1994-1995; handbooks, 1992, 1993-94, 1994-95; Chipmunk Chatter, 1993, 1995; and report to community, 1997.
William H. Harrison Elementary School, Dedication Program, May 7, 1961.

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Expand/CollapseGENERAL PUBLICATIONS, SET 1

The following volumes comprise two or more publications bound together. They include reports, studies, surveys, bulletins, guides, manuals, and courses of study. Most were produced by the Minneapolis school system.


Arranged roughly in chronological order.


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116.H.2.10F Circa 1916-1927. 1 volume.
Analysis of the Five Year Building Program of the Board of Education, circa 1916.
The Finances of the Minneapolis Schools, 1919.
A Study of Costs and Standards of Living of Minneapolis Teachers in Relation to their Salaries, 1926.
A Study of Teachers Salaries and Some Facts Bearing upon an Increase in Such Salaries in Minneapolis, circa 1927.
A Cooperative Study of a Neighborhood in South Minneapolis, circa 1925.
The Tuttle-Columbus Neighborhood, 1922.
Educational Opportunities in Minneapolis, circa 1926.
A Survey: The Growth of Teachers in Service, 1921.
1917-1947. 1 volume.
What Some Minneapolis Teachers Think About Superintendents, Supervisors, and Principals, and their Activities, 1917.
Report of Oral Hygiene Activities in the Public Schools of Minneapolis, 1922-1923.
A Study of Costs and Standards of Living of Minneapolis Teachers in Relation to their Salaries, 1926.
Presenting Glimpses of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1933.
Educational Opportunities in Minneapolis, 1934-1935.
Minneapolis School Budget Facts, 1931-1937.
Character Education Throughout the School, 1937.
Junior High Schools in Minneapolis, 1939-1940.
Miller Vocational School: Trade and Industrial Training for Veterans, undated.
A Report to the Superintendent on the War Emergency Agriculture Program of Farm Worker Training as Carried on in the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1943.
Your Schools: Today and Tomorrow, 1944.
Your Child Goes to Kindergarten, 1945, 1947.
Secondary Curriculum Planning Committee Reports Progress to Secondary School Faculties and Charts Future Action for the Consideration of all Secondary Teachers, 1947.
1922-1939. 1 volume.
Educational Bulletin, Volumes 1-4, 8-11, 1922-1939.
Annual Report, Attendance Department, 1931-1932.
National Education Association, Department of Superintendence, Official Program, 1933.
Convention held in Minneapolis.
Manual Explaining Pupil’s Cumulative Record Card, undated.
The High School Graduate Faces the Future, 1939.
A Summer Vacation Guide: Nature and Science, undated.
My Book: It Tells Me the Way to Success, 1934.
Issued by the 4th, 5th, and 6th grades, Cleveland School.
A Girls’ Vocational High School, undated.
The Junior High School, 1937.
By Newton H. Hegel, Principal, Folwell Junior High School.
Youth and the Alcohol Program, 1938.
Reading in the Junior and Senior High School, 1927.
Bulletin of the Minneapolis Principals’ Forum: Citizenship Through Practice, 1922.
1933-1938. 1 volume.
Guide Book in Special Education, 1937-1938.
Presenting Glimpses of Minneapolis Public Schools, 1933.
By Superintendent of Schools Carroll R. Reed.
The Approach to School, circa 1937.
Your Child and the School Dollar, 1937.
Report of superintendent of schools to Board of Education.
Character Education Throughout the School, 1937.
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116.H.3.1B 1936, 1940. 1 volume.
Manual to Accompany Remedial Reader at the Third Grade Level, 1936.
Remedial Reading Materials Part II, Comprehension Grades V and VI, 1940.
1936-1957. 1 volume.
Educational Program, Minneapolis Junior High Schools…, 1956-1957.
North High Community: Health and Recreation Report, 1953.
Course of Study in Modern Foreign Languages, 1936.
Junior High School Mechanical Sketching and Mechanical Drawing, undated.
1937, 1940. 1 volume.
A Setting for Health, 1940.
Teacher handbook.
Suggestive Practices and Procedures for Home Room Teachers, 1937-1938.
1935-1937. 1 volume.
Remedial Speech Reader, 1935.
By Helen Gibbons and Clara Cook.
Course of Study in English Composition, Correct Usage, and Spelling, Kindergarten, Grades I-VI Inclusive, 1935.
Word Analysis for Pre-Primer, Primer, First, Second, and Third Reader Levels, 1937.
1940-1948. 1 volume.
Remedial Reading Materials Part I: Mechanics and Elementary Comprehension, 1940.
Curriculum: Retail Training, Vocational High School, 1941.
Manual Explaining Pupil’s Cumulative Record Card, 1940.
Meet the Visiting Teacher, undated.
The High School Graduate Faces the Future, 1940.
What Happens to Minnesota High School Graduates?, 1941.
Symposium: The Role of the Language Arts in Plans for City-Wide Curriculum Study, 1946.
Prepare Yourself for a War Job, circa 1942.
The High School Graduate in War Time, 1944.
Your Child Needs Health, circa 1950.
Guidebook for Common Practices in All School Work, 1945.
You, the June 1948 High School Graduate Ask … Do I Need Further Training? What Kind Can I Get? Where Can I Get It? Where Can I Get a Job?, 1948.
Veterans Administration Vocational Guidance Center, circa 1946.
The High School Graduate in Peace Time Asks … Do I Need Further Training? What Kind Do I Get? Where Can I Get It? Where Can I Get a Job?, 1946.
In-Service Courses, 1947.
The January 1947 High School Graduate Asks … Do I Need Further Training? What Kind Can I Get? Where Can I Get It? Where Can I Get a Job?, 1947.
Helping Adolescents Grow Up: A Handbook for Minneapolis Teachers, 1948.
1942-1946. 1 volume.
Remedial Reading Materials:
Part I: Mechanics and Comprehension, Grades V and VI, 1946.
Part II: Mechanics and Comprehension, Grades V and VI, 1946.
Helps to Improve Your Reading:
Organization, Book X, 1942.
Organization, Book Y, 1942.
Organization, Book Z, 1942.
1947-1952. 1 volume.
Analysis of the Minneapolis Public School Situation, 1948.
Senior High Schools, 1947-1949.
Senior High Schools, 1950-1952.
Do I Need Further Training?, 1950.
Do I Need Further Training?, 1952.
Recommended Minimum Standards for Student Employment, undated.
West High Evening School, 1949.
Minneapolis Vocational High School and Technical Institute, 1951-1952.
Library Books for Primary Grades, 1950, 1951, 1952.
Library Books for the Grades 4, 5, 6, 1950, 1951, 1952.
Teaching Opportunities, 1952.
In-Service Education, 1950-1951.
Speech Correction in Practice, 1948.
1948-1950. 1 volume.
You and the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1950.
Minneapolis Public Schools Offer Teaching Opportunities, undated.
Minneapolis Public Schools and Conservation, undated.
Primer for Common Learnings, 1948.
Guidebook for Common Practices in School Work, 1948.
Living and Learning in the Elementary School, 1949.
Library Books for Primary Grades, 1950.
Library Books for Grades 4, 5, 6, 1950.
Your Child Learns to Read, undated.
Your Child is Growing Up with Reading, undated.
Your Child Wants to be an Independent Reader, undated.
Aids to World Understanding for Elementary School Children, 1950.
1950-1951. 1 volume.
Standard Rules for the Operation of School Safety Patrols in Minneapolis, undated.
Issued by the Minneapolis Police Department.
Home Fire Prevention: Questions and Answers, undated.
Issued by the Minneapolis Fire Department.
Civil Defense Guide for Minneapolis Schools, 1951.
Health Education Study, Whittier Elementary School, 1947-1949.
1953-1954. 1 volume.
Report of Reading Centers, 1953.
Tuberculosis Education, 1953.
Resource Guide: Mental Health, Personality Growth and Adjustment, 1954.
Field Trip Handbook: Visiting Our Community, 1954.
Minneapolis Vocational High School and Technical Institute, undated.
1953-1958. 1 volume.
Know Your Elementary Schools: A Handbook for Parents, 1958.
Parent and Child Prepare for School, 1956, 1957.
Vocabulary Helps for Beginning Reading, 1953.
Blueprint for Reading Centers, Elementary Schools, 1956.
An Overview of the Elementary School Curriculum, 1958.
1954-1955. 1 volume.
You and the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1954.
Curriculum Development in Mathematics, 1954.
Educational Program, Minneapolis Senior High Schools, 1954-1956.
Language Arts in the Educational Program, 1954-1956.
Schools, Community are Neighbors, 1954.
North High area study report regarding reading and community education practices.
Handbook for Counselors, 1955.
1955-1956. 1 volume.
Kindergarten Education in the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1955-1956.
Reading Readiness in Kindergarten and First Grade, 1956.
Independent Activities for First Grade, 1956.
1956-1958. 1 volume.
A Handbook on Evaluating Techniques, 1958.
Emergency Care Chart, 1956.
Scholarship and College Information Guide, 1958.
Suggestive Book List for Seventh Grade Social Studies, 1957.
Do I Need Further Training?, 1949, 1953, 1956-1959, 1967, 1968. 1 folder.
For issues 1946-1948, 1950, and 1952, see volumes above.
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116.H.3.2F 1957-1959. 1 volume.
Community Use of Schools: Regulations and Fee Schedules, 1958.
So You are the New Clerk with the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1958.
Educational Program 1959-1960, Senior High Schools.
Junior High School Handbook: Mechanical Drawing, Sketching, Blueprint Reading, 1957.
1959-1960. 1 volume.
Guide for Teaching Health, Physical Education, Recreation: Grades 7-12, 1960.
Guide to the Teaching of Reading, Listening, Viewing: Grades 7-12, 1959.
Procedures for the Program of Fire Safety in the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1959.
Exploratory Experiences and Resources in Art for Junior and Senior High School Students, Art Resource Guide: Grades 7-12, 1960.
1981-1989. 5 folders.
Agreements between Board of Education and East Side Neighborhood Services (Menlo Park), 1989.
A Guide to K-12 Programs, Fall 1987.
Great Schools for a Great City, February 1991.
Multicultural and Gender-Fair Education Plan, May 1989.
Proposal Submitted to the U. S. Department of Education Magnet Schools Assistance Program, 1988.

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Arranged alphabetically by title.


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116.H.3.3BAchieving the Objectives of Education, 1953.
A Study of the Administration of Special Education, June 1968.
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116.I.1.2FAdult Education, January-June 1940.
Cooperating with the Work Projects Administration.
Adult and Youth Programs and Services, Southwest, Armtage, Fulton, Fall 1995.
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116.H.3.3BAgreements, Policies, and Administrative Regulations, October 1968, 1979-1981, 1981-1983.
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116.I.1.2FAgreements, Policies and Administrative Regulations, January 1976.
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116.H.3.2FAn Evaluation of an Experimental Progress Report Card used in Selected Elementary Public Schools in Minneapolis during 1971-1972, November 1972; An Approach to Setting Educational Goal Priorities in the Minneapolis Public Schools, July 1974. 2 items in 1 folder.
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116.H.3.2FAnïn, Volume IV, Nos. 4-6, February-May 1979.
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116.I.1.2FAnnual Report on Curriculum, Instruction and Student Performance, 1997-1998.
Architectural Report, Prairie View Elementary School, Eden Prairie, No. 272, September 1964. 1 volume.
Athletic Manual, 1989-1990. 1 volume.
Bright Ideas for Family Involvement, Volume II, Office of Family Involvement, July 1998. 1 volume.
Building Evaluations and Ratings With Related Information, January 13, 1982.
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116.H.3.2FBuilding Facilities Utilization Committee Report, January 8, 1974.
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116.H.3.3BCentral High School Commencement Program, 1964.
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116.I.1.2FCharter of the Board of Education of the City of Minneapolis, 1878.
Special Legislative Act of March 8, 1878.
Charter Rules and Regulations, 1933.
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116.H.3.2FCitizens School Facilities Committee. 3 items in 1 folder.
Address by John B. Davis, Jr., Superintendent, 1970; Final Report: A Recommended Action Program for the Minneapolis Public Schools, February 1971; Task Force and Ad Hoc Committee Reports, February 1971.
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116.H.3.3BCommunity Education, undated.
Information packet.
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116.H.3.2FCommunity Education Schedules, 1972-1976. 4 items in 1 folder.
Fall 1972, Winter/Spring 1973, Winter/Spring 1976, Summer 1976.
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116.H.3.3BA Community Looks at its Schools: An Inter-Agency Task Force Approach. 2 volumes in 1 folder.
A Preliminary Report, January 1969; Report No. 2, One Year Later...A Revisit, May 1970.
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116.H.3.2FCommunity Resource Volunteers Program. 3 items in 1 folder.
Annual Report, circa 1970; How to Initiate and Administer a Community Resource Volunteer Program, 1971; Newsletter, Volume II, Issue 1, February 1968.
Community Use of Schools: Policies and Regulations, 1969.
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116.I.1.2FContinuing Education Committee for Relicensure, 1994.
Course of Study in English Composition, Correct Usage, and Spelling, Kindergarten, Grades I-VI Inclusive, 1935.
Critical Choices for the 1980s: School Decisions Facing Minneapolis, May 29, 1979.
Critical Choices: Communications for the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 12, January 1982.
Critical Choices: Climate and Community Support in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 21, Winter/Spring 1985-1986.
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116.H.3.2FCritical Choices: Junior High Programming in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 14, March 1983.
Critical Choices: Minneapolis Public School Facilities Discussion Package 11, November 1981.
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116.H.3.3BCurriculum Development Procedures in the Minneapolis Schools (Minneapolis Accountability Project), June 1974.
Data Processing Advisory Committee Planning Session, July 8, 1975.
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116.I.1.2FDiscipline in the Minneapolis Schools, Minneapolis Accountability Project, 1976. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.3BDiscipline Policy Statement, 1970.
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116.I.1.2FA District Master Plan for Technology in the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1984-1985.
Districtwide Student Achievement Test Results in Spring 1990.
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116.H.3.2FDrugs: A Pilot Survey of Minneapolis Secondary School Students, June 1970.
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116.H.3.3BEducational Over-Burden Study, circa 1968.
Final report of the Superintendent's Committee on Over-Burden Aid.
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116.I.1.2FEducational Renewal for the Seventies, A Report on Racism in Education, July 1, 1974. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.3BSurvey: Elementary School Libraries, March 1961.
Conducted by the Minneapolis Citizens Committee on Public Education.
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116.H.3.2FElementary School Released Time Evaluation 1970-1971, May 1971.
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116.I.1.2FEliminating the Gap: Ensuring That All Students Learn, April 17, 1995.
Emergency Procedures, September 1970.
Enrollment History and Projections, Student Information and Technology 1983-1986 to 1994-1995, November 1989.
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116.H.3.3BEnrollment: Sight Count of Pupils:
1969-1970, November 1969.
1970-1971, October 1970.
Equal Educational Opportunity: Minneapolis Public Schools, 1971.
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116.I.1.2FAn Executive Statement to the Minneapolis Board of Education, August 13, 1985.
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116.H.3.3BFaculty Studies: An Approach to Professional Growth, Curriculum Bulletin E8, 1960.
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116.I.1.2FFederal and State Funded Educational Programs, 1976-1977.
Financial Facts Relating to the 1941 Budget, September 1940.
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116.H.3.2FFederal Programs in the Minneapolis Public Schools, circa 1969-1970.
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116.I.1.2FFinal Report on the Minneapolis Public Schools, Winter 1989. 1 volume.
American Indian Accreditation Team.
Final Report on the Minneapolis Public Schools, 2nd Edition, Winter 1989. 1 volume.
American Indian Accreditation Team.
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116.H.3.2FFinance and Operations 1990 Referendum, 1990.
Five Year Plan for the Minneapolis Public Schools (Draft, Part 1), May 1981.
Five Year Plan for the Minneapolis Public Schools (Draft, Part 2), January 1982.
Five Year Plan for the Minneapolis Public Schools (Draft), March 1982.
Five Year Plan for the Minneapolis Public Schools (Draft, Part 3), March 1982.
Five Year Plan for Minneapolis Public Schools, April 1982.
Five Year Plan Update for Minneapolis Public Schools, 1983-1984.
Five Year Plan for Minneapolis Public Schools, January 1987.
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116.I.1.2FA Flexible School Year Program, June 24, 1977. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.3BFranklin School Health Education Project:
Preliminary Report, 1947-1949.
Report, 1949-1950.
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116.I.1.2FGetting Acquainted with Your Elementary School, September 1957. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.3BGuide to K-12 Programs in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Effective Fall 1982.
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116.I.1.2FGuide to Teaching Reading in the Elementary School, 1950. 1 volume.
Handbook of Information for Teachers New to the Elementary-Grammar Grades, September 1946. 1 volume.
A Handbook of Nature and Science Teaching in the Elementary School, 1938.
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116.H.3.3BHealth Education Study: Whittier Elementary School 1947-1949, 1950.
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116.H.3.2FHuman Relations Guidelines for Minneapolis Public Education in the 1970s, November 24, 1970.
Implementing the Five Year Plan, Spring 1987.
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116.I.1.2FIndependent School District No. 621, Mounds View, Telephone Directory, 1977-1978.
Indian Games, Winter 1971. 1 volume.
By Katherine J. Gurnoe.
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116.H.3.2FIndian Education Department: Miscellaneous pamphlets, 1979.
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116.H.3.2FIndian Education Parent Participation Guide, May 1989.
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116.I.1.2FIndian Education Summer Session, 1979.
Information Services Center, 1974.
Information Services Handbook, October 19, 1971.
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116.H.3.2FIntercom, Volume 1, Nos. 1, 3-4, Volume 2, Nos. 1-2, 1975-1976. 5 items in 1 folder.
I Want to be with Mother Earth: Prose and Poetry by Students of the Title IV Program, Summer 1978.
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116.I.1.2FJunior High School What's It Like?, 1975.
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116.H.3.3BLocation Maps; Political Maps, 1973-1995.
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116.H.3.2FLooking Beyond High School: A Guide for Students, 1982-1983.
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116.H.3.3BProposed Long Range Capital Improvement Program, September 1954.
Lunch Program in the Elementary Schools, circa 1970.
Maintaining Significant Levels of Instruction at Inner-City Schools: A Report on Curriculum Development for Secondary Education, August 1965.
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116.I.1.2FManagement Index, March 1972.
Management Consultation Services Final Report, August 31, 1970.
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116.H.3.3BMinneapolis Public Schools: Historical Chronology of School Desegregation, March 30, 1987.
1967 Minneapolis School Financial Needs, July 27, 1966.
Citizens League report.
A New Education Thrust: A Recommended School Plant Program for Minneapolis. 2 volumes in 1 folder.
Part One, March 1969.
Final Report, August 1969.
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116.I.1.2FNew Planning Processes for the Minneapolis Public Schools, October 1991.
1990 Census Tracts.
Map.
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116.H.3.3BA Study in Occupations for Classes in Community Life Problems, 1923-1924.
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116.I.1.2FOur City Government, September 1965.
Our Minneapolis Children…knocking at the school house door…children at risk, May 19-20, 1987.
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116.H.3.3BParent and Teacher Conferences: Committee on Reporting to Parents, March 1973.
Personnel Directories, 1949/1950.
Personnel Directories, 1973/1974.
Personnel Directories, 1974/1975.
Personnel Directories, 1979/1980.
Personnel Directories, 1982/1983.
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116.I.1.2FPersonnel Directory, 1950-1951, 1957-1958, 1977-1978, 1992-1993. 4 items in 1 folder.
1950-1951 and 1957-1958 are titled Directory Minneapolis Public Schools.
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116.I.1.3B Personnel/Staff Directories, 1962-1999. 8 folders.
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116.I.1.2FPER [Planning, Evaluation, Reporting], Second Annual Report, 1979-1980, July 1980.
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116.H.3.3BPER [Planning, Evaluation, Reporting] Annual Report: Minneapolis Public Schools: Great Places to Learn, 1987-1988.
Personnel: Sight Count of Personnel: 1970-1971, October 1970.
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116.I.1.2FPersonnel Sight Count, 1972-1973. 1 volume.
Pertinent Provisions of the Constitution, Statues, By-laws, Rules and Regulations, Minneapolis Public Schools, June 1961.
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116.H.3.2FPlanning and Support Services Division. 6 items in 1 folder.
Preferences for Educational Alternatives Expressed by Parents of Students in Minneapolis West Area Schools, January 1975; Progress Toward the Development of Educational Choices (fourth Semi-Annual Report), April 1975; School-Related Attitudes of Minneapolis Junior High School Students, May 1972 to May 1975, March 1976; School-Related Attitudes of Minneapolis Elementary School Children Before and After the First Year of Desegregation, April 1976; Patterns of Educational Program Dimensions: The Identification of Alternatives, June 1976; The Minneapolis Accountability Project, 1972-1976 Final Report, January 1977.
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116.I.1.2FPrincipals' Manual, 1941.
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116.H.3.3BProfile of the Minneapolis Public Schools, 1965.
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116.H.3.2FProfiles of Performance in the Minneapolis Public Schools, November 1972.
Profiles of Performance, City-Wide Trends and a School-by-School Report on the City-Wide Testing Programs and Related Factors, June 1983, October 1987, and June 1989.
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116.I.1.2FProfiles of Performance in the Minneapolis Public Schools, City-Wide Trends and A School-by-School Report on Aspects of the City Testing Program and Related Factors, December 1982, June 1985, July 1996. 3 volumes.
Programs-Alternatives-Options, Report to the City-Wide Alternatives Task Force, June 20, 1977.
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116.H.3.3BProject Head Start: A Research Report, 1965.
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116.I.1.2FProject SNAP Final Report, 1977. 1 volume.
Proposal for Work Training Project to be Conducted in Minneapolis Under Title I-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, December 10, 1964. 1 volume.
Pupil Sight Count, 1972-1973. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.3BPupil-Personnel Sight Count, 1974-1975, 1974.
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116.I.1.2FPupil-Personnel Sight Count, as of October 19, 1982. 1 volume.
Pupil-Personnel Sight Count, as of October 13, 1987. 1 volume.
Railroad Shippers in Minneapolis, November 1981.
Railroads in Minneapolis, October 1981. 1 volume.
Railroad in Minneapolis, Metropolitan Rail Network and System Map, October 1981.
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116.H.3.2FRecommendations for Enhancing Integration Supporting the Mission to Ensure Equity and Excellence in the Minneapolis Public Schools, June 1982.
Recommendations: Minneapolis Public School Facilities: Facilities Plan Presented to the Board of Education, January 1982.
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116.I.1.2FReflections, 1980.
A Report of Indian Education, 1978-1979.
Report of the Annual Racial/Ethnic Court of Personnel as of October 15, 1990, October 15, 1990.
Report of the Annual Racial/Ethnic County of Students, as of October 15, 1991. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.2FReport of the Annual Sight Count of Students and Personnel, as of October 17, 1989.
Report of the Citizens Task Force on Co-curricular Activities for Grades 7-12 in the Minneapolis Public Schools, January 31, 1989.
A Report of the Department of Indian Education…, 1977-1978.
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116.I.1.2FA Report of the Magnet School Task Force, August 1994.
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116.H.3.2FReview of Desegregation from a Legal Perspective, March 1986.
Right on … Accounting the Human Condition, 1970.
Sample Lessons: Strategies for a Multi-Ethnic Curriculum, 1976.
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116.I.1.2FSchool Site Disposition, Procedure, December 8, 1981.
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116.H.3.2FSchool Social Work Services: Annual Report, 1976-1977.
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116.I.1.3BSchool Support Program, School Needs Catalogue, 1974.
Self Evaluation for the Elementary School Principal (Tentative), August 1956.
Serving Youth At Risk in Minneapolis: An Urban Action Agenda for the 1990s, Office of the Superintendent, February 1990. 1 volume.
Southwest Community School Brochure, Winter 1981.
Speech and Language Development In Classes for Mentally Handicapped, 1962. 1 volume.
Statistical Summary, Research, Evaluation and Assessment, 1994-1995. 1 volume.
Strategic Plan, Vision for Public Education in Minnesota, August 1986. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.2FStep Up With SIMS: An Evaluation of the Systematic Instructional Management Strategies Program…, June 1976.
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116.I.1.3BStudent and Personnel Sight Count, Student Information and Office Services, as of October 18, 1988. 1 volume.
Student Information and Office Services, August 1986.
Student Information and Office Services, November 1987.
Student Information Network, Proposed Development for the Next Five Years, September 1981.
Student Name and Address File [SNAF], February 1970.
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116.H.3.3BStudent Rights and Responsibilities in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Adopted June 8, 1971.
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116.I.1.3BStudent Statistical Report, 1984-1985, 1985-1986, 1986-1987. 3 volumes.
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116.H.3.2FStudent Statistical Report, 1987-1988.
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116.I.1.3BStudents in the Minneapolis Public Schools-Some Characteristics, August 7-8, 1978.
1978 Minneapolis Administrators' Summer Workshop.
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116.H.3.3BSummary Report: Summer Workshop for the Development of Teaching Materials on Indian and Negro Heritage, Summer 1968.
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116.I.1.3BSummary Report on the Benchmark Testing Program in the Minneapolis Public Schools, September 1983, December 1984, August 1985, August 1987. 4 volumes.
Survey and Report of Resident Requirements for School District Employees, 1977.
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116.H.3.3BA Three-Year Analysis of the Attendance Patterns of Thirty-Four Elementary and Secondary Schools Designated as Target Schools for Special Programs Written Under Title I, Educational Research Department, December 1966.
Title I Plans and Projects, 1965-1966.
Title I Projects:
Abstracts, 1965-1966.
Description and Evaluation, 1967.
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116.H.2.3BEvaluations, 1965-1966, 1966-1967, 1967-1968. 3 volumes in 3 folders.
Twelve Billboards: Minneapolis Public Schools, 1987.
An Urban Area Summer Program for Children: A Research Report, 1965.
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116.H.3.2FUse of, and Reaction to, Educational Television Lessons (KTCA, Channel 2) by Minneapolis Elementary School Teachers 1970-1971, June 1971.
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116.I.1.3BThe Use of Teachers' Skills in the Minneapolis Schools, Minneapolis Accountability Project, June 1973.
Together We Decide: January 1980 Needs Assessment Report, 1979.
A View of the Past-A View to the Future, An Evaluation of the 1978-79 Minneapolis Public Schools Title IV, Part A Program, 1979. 1 volume.
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116.H.3.2FWe Ask the People: Needs Assessment, January 1979.
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116.H.2.3BWhat's New? Innovation, Experimentation and Emphases: A Summary of the Minneapolis Elementary Schools 1967-1968, 1967.
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116.I.1.3BWhen Kids and Systems Collide, A Systemic Perspective on Learning Readiness Issues in Hennepin County, April 1992. 1 volume.

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Expand/CollapseGENERAL PUBLICATIONS, SET 3

Arranged alphabetically by title.


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116.I.1.5BA Course of Study to Guide Mathematics Instructions Grades One Through Six, 1976.
A Course of Study to Guide Reading Instructions Kindergarten Through Grade Six, 1979.
A Guide to K-12 Programs in the Minneapolis Schools, 1986.
A Resource Guide for Teachers of Educable Mentally Retarded Children in Minnesota Public Schools (Elementary and Secondary Schools), 1966.
Addition/Subtraction Resource Booklet (Elementary Curriculum), undated.
Aging Curriculum Elementary (K-6), 1984.
Agreements between the Board of Education and the Teachers Council relative to conditions of professional service in accordance with articles pursuant to Section 6, Chapter 633, Minnesota Laws 1967; Policies adopted by the Board of Education of Special School District No. 1; and Administrative regulations, 1968, 1970, 1971.
AIDS Educational Prevention Program K-6, 1992.
An Evaluation of the 1973-1974 Minneapolis Public Schools' Human Relations Program, 1974.
An Outline of Curriculum Content Human Growth and Development Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades, 1970.
An Outline of Curriculum Content Human Growth and Development Kindergarten through Grade Three, 1970.
An Overview for the Recognized Science Curriculum Kindergarten-Grade 6, 1961.
Annual Report, Special Education Department, 1978-1982.
Birth-Twenty One, Scope and Sequence of Functional Activities, Special Education Department, 1989.
Career Education Some Essential Learner Outcomes: Primary Grades K, 1, 2, 3; Intermediate Grades 4, 5, 6; Junior High Grades 7, 8, 9; Senior High Grades 10, 11, 12, 1981.
Children's Literature in the Reading Program, 1980.
Concepts for Elementary School Mathematics, undated.
Critical Choices, 1984-1986. 8 items in 1 folder.
Human Resources in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 20, Fall/Winter 1985-1986.
Technology Support in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 22, Spring 1986.
Addendum Number 2 to Facilities and Desegregation in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 19-B, Fall/Winter 1985-1986.
An Addendum to Facilities and Desegregation in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 19-A, Fall/Winter 1985-1986.
Appropriate Educational Standards in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 17, Spring 1985.
Facilities and Desegregation in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 19, Fall/Winter 1985-1986.
Instructional Uses of Technology in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 16, Spring 1984.
Program and Achievement in the Minneapolis Public Schools, Discussion Package 18, Fall/Winter 1985-1986.
Dozens of Useful Facts about the Minneapolis Public Schools 1986-1987, 1986.
Due Processes Procedures User Manual, Special Education Department, 1989.
Economic Education A Supplement to the Social Studies Guide Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, 1967.
Economic Education A Supplement to the Social Studies Guide Third Grade, Fourth Grade, 1967.
Economics in the Elementary School-Why What Where?, 1967.
Elementary Handwriting Series Level 1: Beginning Handwriting, 1972.
Elementary Handwriting Series Level 2: Transition from Manuscript to Cursive, 1972.
Elementary Handwriting Series Level 3: Maintaining and Refining Handwriting Skills, 1972.
Elementary Spelling Overview, 1981.
Excellence in Education for Minneapolis's Future (Strategic Plan), 2004.
Field Trip Handbook (Visiting Our Community), 1964, 1970. 2 folders.
Functional Spelling (Grades Two-Six), 1960.
Functional Spelling Activities, 1978.
Guide for Reading Teachers, 1978.
Guide to Teaching Arithmetic (Kindergarten-Grade Seven), 1955.
Guide to Teaching Mathematics (Grade Six-Grade Twelve), 1955.
Guide to Teaching Reading in the Elementary School, 1968.
Handwriting, 1956.
Health Physical Education Recreation, 1958.
Home Economics Goals and Objectives, Grades 4-6, 7-8, and 9-12, 1984-1985.
Homemaking Education Junior and Senior High School Handbook, 1964.
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116.I.1.6FIdeas for Oral and Written Expression, 1972.
Institutional Racism Project, 1975-1976.
Instructional Objectives English Language Arts K-12, 1976.
Introduction to Applesoft Basic, 1983.
Student Text, Preliminary Version for Use with the Apple II Microcomputer.
Living and Learning in the Elementary Schools, 1956.
Manual of Directions for Reading Games, 1974.
Guides for both the Intermediate Reading Level and TITLE 1 ESEA Reading Program.
Mental Health and Chemical Awareness (Level C 4-6), 1976.
Music (Kindergarten-Grade 6), 1957.
Music Curriculum Guide K-12, 1985.
Organizational Charts, 1968.
Park and Recreation Department/Board: Environmental Education Opportunities in Minneapolis Parks, 1972.
Personal Hygiene (Level C 4-6), 1976.
Policies, Procedures and Services Mentally Handicapped Programs, 1972.
Providing Art Experiences for Elementary Children, 1953.
Sample Lessons Strategies for a Multi-Ethnic Curriculum Volume 1A, 1B, 2A, 2B, 1974-1976.
Scope and Sequence of Writing Skills (Kindergarten thru Grade 6), undated.
Social Studies (Kindergarten-Grade 7), 1957.
Social Studies Guide K-12, 1983.
Social Studies Instructional Objectives, K-12, 1975.
Social Studies Kindergarten-Grade 8, 1981.
Social Studies The World We Live In Part 1 Kindergarten, 1971.
Social Studies Unit 1: We All Go To School (Grade One), 1971.
Social Studies Unit 1: Where We Live and Unit 2: Services in the Community (Grade Two), 1971.
Social Studies Unit 2: Family Living at Home (Grade One), 1971.
Some Essential Learner Outcomes for Educational Media (Curriculum Bulletin No. 55), 1980.
Speech Correction in Practice, 1961.
Study Guides for Cassette Lessons, 1973.
Contains multiple study guides: 10 Lessons in Lateral Thinking, Outstanding Americans Indians, Ranger Rick, Seekers of the Dream part 1-4, World Traveler, Vocabulary Development.
The Eye (Level C 4-6), 1976.
Vocabulary Helps for Beginning Reading, 1957.

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Expand/CollapseNEWSLETTERS AND BROCHURES

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116.I.1.3BThe Minneapolis Adult Basic Edition, January-March 1983, Fall 1984. 2 items in 1 folder.
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116.H.2.3BNorth Area Capsule, Volume IV, No. 5, November 1974.
North Area News, Volume 7, No. 5, Volume 8, No. 2, Volume 9, Nos. 1-3, 1974-1975.
The Pioneer (Central High School), Volume 64, No. 3, October 31, 1979.
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116.H.2.3BSouth-Central Pyramid News, Volume 3, No. 2, 1972;Volume 4, No. 3, 1972.
Washburn Grist, Volume 48, No. 4, October 1971.
West Area News, Volume 1, No. 3, Volume 2, Nos. 3-4, Volume 3, No. 1, 1974-1975.
West Cluster, Summer 1975.
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116.I.1.3BUpfront, 1997.
Staff newsletter.
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116.H.2.3BMiscellaneous brochures and leaflets, undated. 1 folder.
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116.I.1.3BMiscellaneous brochures and leaflets, circa 1960s-1980s. 1 folder.

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Expand/CollapseCATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics:
Education -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Education -- Curricula -- Minnesota.
Schools -- Exercises and recreations -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis.
Schools -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis -- History.
Document Types:
Directories.
Manuals.
Specifications.

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