West Virginia and Regional History Center
Kanawha County Public Schools, Textbook Controversy Records
Colomb, Doris W.
A&M 3523
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7.3 Linear Feet
7 ft. 4 in. (5 record cartons, 15 in. each); (2 document cases, 5 in. each); (1 flat storage box, 3 in.)
1963-1990
1965-1985
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Kanawha County Public Schools, Textbook Controversy Records, A&M 3523, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
Scope and Contents
Records regarding contoversy over textbook selection in Kanawha County schools. Includes correspondence, legal documents, and newsletters. Also includes copies of textbooks in question. The textbooks in this collection cover the subjects of literature, communications and speech, vocabulary and grammar, myths and fables, poetry, nonfiction, writing skills, and biography. There are also books regarding Federal and West Virginia school laws.
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Kanawha County - schools.
Miscellaneous Documents (includes correspondence, newsletters, and copies of clippings)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154856ca. 1974-197511Federal laws (includes copies of laws regarding civil rights, correspondence, and Kanawha County School Board policy and procedure statements pertaining to textbook selection)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154857ca. 1970-197512Legal Documents (includes Petition of Appeal to the State Superintendent of Schools, Kanawha Coalition for Quality Education v. The Board of Education of Kanawha County, and correspondence)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154858197513Library Bill of Rights (includes correspondence, pamphlets and articles regarding censorship)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154859ca. 1969-197514Kanawha Coalition for Quality Education, (KCQE) papers (includes correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, conference material, minutes of meetings, and position statements)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154860ca. 1974-197515-9Kanawha County Board of Education (correspondence, policy statements, bulletins, textbook selection procedures, and clippings)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1548611970–1975110-13Research Papers regarding the Kanawha County Textbook ControversyArchival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154862ca. 1974-1976114Conflict Resolutions (includes model statue dealing with bias in textbooks and "people to people dialogue")Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154863undated115West Virginia Board of Education papers (includes book lists, pamphlets, and correspondence)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154864ca. 1972-1975116West Virginia State legislative materials (includes bills, correspondence, bulletins, abstracts, and model statues)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1548651975117-18KCQE, (Kanawha Coalition for Quality Education), newsletters (includes 26 issues of February 1975)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1548661975119"Right Wing" Articles and Organizations (includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, and lists of organizations)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154867ca. 1973-1975120"Right Wing" Articles and Organizations (includes articles, bulletins, correspondence, and newsletters)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154868ca. 1972-197521-2NEA, (National Education Association) (includes reports, conferences, articles, correspondence, newsletters, magazines, booklets, and policy statements)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154869ca. 1974-197623-5Miscellaneous Documents (includes KCQE and IBC [Interracial Books for Children], bulletins, correspondence, policy statements, and guidelines; also education material and articles regarding sex education in the schools)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154870ca. 1973-197526-9Clippings pertaining to the Kanawha textbook controversy and the people involved (includes school board members, protesters, supporters, and the trials of those charged with acts of violence; clippings from The Charleston Gazette Mail and The Charleston Daily Mail; also includes ads from groups protesting and supporting the textbook selections)Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/1548711974–1975210-11Correspondence and PetitionsArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154872ca. 1974-19753TextbooksArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154873ca. 1965-19734TextbooksArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154874ca. 1965-19735TextbooksArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154875ca. 1965-19736TextbooksArchival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154876ca. 1965-19737Oversized Clippings (includes articles, editorials, and ads regarding the textbook controversy, from The Charleston Gazette, The Charleston Daily Mail, The Wall Street Journal, The Huntington Herald Dispatch, and The News and Observer of Raleigh, NC)Archival Resource KeyPrevious Archival Resource Key/repositories/2/archival_objects/154877ca. 1974-19908