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Folkdance program at Grinnell college 1975-1976 budget Department/Faculty size for 1975-1976 Anthropology and Sociology Departments enrollments, 1971/72 - 1974/75 Salary recommendations for 1975-1976

Job descriptions for Director of Computer Services; Manager of Computer Operations Memo regarding Black Cultural Center Study of academic pressure at the College Career preview internship program Teaching experience of Grinnell faculty

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Budget for Alumni Office Grinnell-in-London budget summary and proposed 1975 budget Final report on participation in the U.S.A. - U.S.S.R. Senior exchange... by Gregory Guroff Complaints regarding Bookstore operations

Comments on academic pressure Policy and standards for admission of students, 1975-1976 Policy and standards for admission of students, 1974-1975 The development of an interdisciplinary program in Communictions at the College

Letters from Switzerland, 1947-1948 [Mr. Clapp directed the University of Delaware Foreign Study Group in Geneva, Switzerland 1947-48] “Transplanting our family” summary of the Swiss experience by Laura (Mrs. Harold) Clapp. 26 p. Typed. “Perspectives on these papers: by Laura Clapp. 5 p, typed. Summary information handwritten by Laura Clapp, 1971. 8 p. 22 letters from HLC and Laura Clapp to their families with clarifying comments by Laura Clapp added later (16 are holograms, 6 are typed and may not be the original copies).

Council for Basic Education Harold Clapp was one of the founders of the Council for Basic Education (1956), served as the Council’s First Executive Secretary 1956-57, as President 1959-60, and was editor of the CBE Bulletin 1956-57. CBE was a nonprofit educational organization show “primary purpose was strengthening the basic subject in American elementary and secondary schools.” CBE Certificate of Incorporation. 1956. 12 p., and 2 descriptive leaflets. CBE Bulletins, ed. By HLC, Aug. 1956-Aug. 1957 also two August 1958 Bulletins with unsigned articles by HLC. Articles not signed or initialed by someone else were written by HLC during the year of his editorship. Executive Secretary’s Report, Oct. 1957. 7 p. Typescript. Bibliography of articles about CBE in US newspapers. 7 p. “The Main job of Schools” manuscript of editorial by HLC in Des Moines Sunday Register, Sept. 2, 1956. “Some Overtones – National and International -- of American Education.” 1959, 8 p. Talks given by HLC under auspices of CBE: Remarks to Division of Arts and Sciences, American Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities, Washington, Nov. 13, 1956. 5 p. “Schools Need More Thank Money” to National Conference of Taxpayer Executives, Washington. Feb. 4, 1957. 8 p. “The American Scholar and Public Education.” Wayne State Chapter of the AAUP, Feb. 19, 1957. 8 p. “The Need for Substance in Secondary Education" Southern Humanities Conference, Tulane University. Mar. 29 and 30, 1957. 8 p. Remarks at Farewell Luncheon. Brookings Institution, Washington. Aug. 6, 1957. 4 half-sheets. “Basic Education – and the Council Therefore,” University of Kentucky. Foreign Language Conference. April 24, 1959. 9 p. General Prospectus of Council for Basic Education. Autumn, 1959. 16p. [Author unknown. Describes CBE’s point of view, operations, assessments of its work, etc,] Miscellaneous papers.

Series 4: Writings of Harold L. Clapp, published and unpublished A. Published articles and manuscripts of published material. 1929-1959 [Partial bibliography of other published articles is in Harold L. Clapp Manuscript Inventory, Appendix A. Paper copies of many articles are filed in Grinnell College Archives] 1. “Those Dirty French Writers.” The Willow Path. Nov. 1929. 6 p. 2. “An American Scholar and Public Education.” South Atlantic Bulletin, Jan. 1957, 4 p. 3. Some Lessons from Swiss Education. 1958. 9 p. Typed manuscript with appended bibliography of newspapers and journals which published the article. 4. Some Hints from the Swiss. No date. 18 p. Typed manuscript. (No record of where this was published) B. Unpublished stories, articles, and reports, 1958-1960 Arranged chronologically. Mr. Clapp’s writings on education also in “Talks” (series 3) and “Council for Basic Education” (series 2) 1. “Paris Green.” 1938. 14 p. 2. “Sammy Carpenter’s Friends.” ca. 1939. 7 p. (Story for children) 3. “Linguistics Lament.” ca. early 1940s. 7p. 4. “Without Study or Effort.” ca. 1946. 15 p. 5. Letter to Chairman of Modern Foreign Languages, Grinnell College, June 1946. 1946. 4 p. 6. “Sand in the Ears of European Business.” ca. 1949. 7p. (Based on the 1946-7 experience in Switzerland) 7. “On Stinging Beads.” 42 p. 8. “A simple man’s Revolt.” 5 p. 9. “Educational Hypothesis.” 6 p. 10. “Et Tu Brutal Digest.” ca. 1955. 7 p. 11. “The Question of Ernest P. Goodfellow.” ca. 1955. 8 p. 12 The New-Rich Curriculum by Voltaire. Ca. 1955. 9 p. 13. “A Few More Thoughts on Why Johnny Can’t Read.” ca. 1955-56. 2 p. 14. “Pedagogical Perceptions for Cooperative Laymen.” ca. 1957. 6 p. 15. Report of Chairman of the Faculty. 1959. 10 p. 16. “What Are the Essential Ingredients in a Sound Education for Teachers?” 1960. 5 p. 17. “Grinnell College. [Faculty Salaries and Benefits].” Report by HLC. Summer 1960. 9 p. 18. [Paper on education requirements for teachers] undated, ca. 1951-56. 2-22 p. (p. 1 with title is missing) 19. “Specific Suggestions for Increasing Reading Power in French.” 2 p.

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[continued from Box 1] C. Published book, Manual for French A2. 1947 (Unpaged. Odette de Lecluse, co-author) D. Unpublished books, (4), ca. 1953-1958 1. Education for Mediocrity. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5 of a projected 7-chapter book. Ca. 1948-1956. 92p. Non-fiction. 2. Dialogues and Diatribes. Ca. 1953. 161 p. Satire. 3. Private Papers of Jeremiah Badger, N.P. 1954. 213 p. Satire. Version of Dialogues and Diatribes. 4. Knightmares or Modern Education Through a Looking Glass, Darkly. Ca. 1953-1956. 146 p. Satire. Appended to manuscript are explanatory notes by Laura Clapp and a talk given by Mr. Clapp to the Whitcomb Club, Feb. 1955, “On Writing Satire,” describing this novel. 5. Aisse. Notes on proposed historical novel. 1960. Ca. 20 leaves.

Folders: #1 Checks and receipts (found folded into the account book), 1916-20 #2 Certificate of Association, deeds, mortgages, 1883-97 #3 Correspondence, minutes, insurance information, 1887-1922 Ledgers/Notebooks: #1 Record of the Congregational Church of Christ in Victor, Iowa, 1883-94. Includes minutes of meetings; letters from pastors inserted in book. Highlights: • Nov. 1, 1883: first minister (p. 55) • Jan. 7, 1884: annual meeting (p. 57) • Jan. 1884: sexton's duties (p. 59) • Aug. 11, 1884: discussion regarding the salary for a pastor ("impossible for the Victor members to raise over $200.00 towards the salary") (p. 67) • May 1885: consideration of engaging Rev. W.L. Coleman of Grinnell as pastor for six months (p. 73) • Nov. 6, 1885: Rev. J.M. Bowers [Bowens?] accepts offer to preach for six months (p. 75) • May 28, 1886: Mr. H.L. Marsh accepts call to the pastorate for one year (p. 81) • Sept. 1, 1888: Rev. James Rowe engaged for one year (p. 91) • Dec. 2, 1889: annual meeting (p. 95); first parsonage (p. 96) • Dec. 1892 annual meeting (p. 105) • Dec. 30, 1893: annual meeting (p. 113) • Sept. 1894: William B. Payne accepts pastorate (letter between p. 116-117) • Dec. 1, 1894: annual meeting (p. 118) • Lists of members, 1883-94 (p. 122-141) #2 The second record book of the First Congregational Church of Victor, Iowa, 1895-98. Includes minutes from meetings; letters from pastors who received a call from the congregation are inserted in the book. Highlights: • Dec. 14, 1895: annual meeting ("parsonage full of debt") • Dec. 19, 1896: annual meeting • between March and July 1897: pages cut out ("expunged") • Jan. 3, 1898: annual meeting • Mar. 30, 1898: addition to parsonage