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.)
Creator
Colomb, Doris W.
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
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Preferred Citation
[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.
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.
Miscellaneous Documents (includes correspondence, newsletters, and copies of clippings)
ca. 1974-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 2
Federal laws (includes copies of laws regarding civil rights, correspondence, and Kanawha County School Board policy and procedure
statements pertaining to textbook selection)
ca. 1970-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 3
Legal 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)
1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 4
Library Bill of Rights (includes correspondence, pamphlets and articles regarding censorship)
ca. 1969-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 5-9
Kanawha Coalition for Quality Education, (KCQE) papers (includes correspondence, newsletters, bulletins, conference material,
minutes of meetings, and position statements)
ca. 1974-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 10-13
Kanawha County Board of Education (correspondence, policy statements, bulletins, textbook selection procedures, and clippings)
1970–1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 14
Research Papers regarding the Kanawha County Textbook Controversy
ca. 1974-1976
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 15
Conflict Resolutions (includes model statue dealing with bias in textbooks and "people to people dialogue")
undated
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 16
West Virginia Board of Education papers (includes book lists, pamphlets, and correspondence)
ca. 1972-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 17-18
West Virginia State legislative materials (includes bills, correspondence, bulletins, abstracts, and model statues)
1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 19
KCQE, (Kanawha Coalition for Quality Education), newsletters (includes 26 issues of February 1975)
1975
Mixed Materials Box: 1 Folder: 20
"Right Wing" Articles and Organizations (includes correspondence, minutes of meetings, and lists of organizations)
ca. 1973-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 1-2
"Right Wing" Articles and Organizations (includes articles, bulletins, correspondence, and newsletters)
Miscellaneous 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)
ca. 1973-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 2 Folder: 10-11
Clippings 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)
1974–1975
Mixed Materials Box: 3
Correspondence and Petitions
ca. 1974-1975
Mixed Materials Box: 4
Textbooks
ca. 1965-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 5
Textbooks
ca. 1965-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 6
Textbooks
ca. 1965-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 7
Textbooks
ca. 1965-1973
Mixed Materials Box: 8
Oversized 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)
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