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.
