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| Title: | Finder, Morris. Papers |
|---|---|
| Dates: | 1951-1999 |
| Size: | 1.5 linear feet (3 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | Morris Finder, Professor Emeritus of English Education, School of Education at the State University of New York, Albany. Finder published a biography Ralph W. Tyler, influential education scholar and University of Chicago professor. Finder's correspondence with Tyler comprises the bulk of the collection. |
The collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Finder, Morris. Papers, [Box #, Folder #], Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Morris Finder received his Ph.D. in Education from the University of Chicago in 1960 and went on to teach at institutions in the United States and abroad. He retired from the State University of New York in Albany. In 2004, Finder published Educating America: How Ralph W. Tyler Taught America to Teach, a biography of Tyler that charts his career and influence upon education and public schooling in the United States.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of Finder's correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler from the mid-1980s to 1990s. This correspondence covers details of Tyler's career and reveals his thinking on various education policy issues. Also included is Finder's correspondence with others about Tyler as well as copies of Tyler's correspondence with President Truman.
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, November 1992 - May 1993 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, July 1992 - December 1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, January - June 1992 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, June - December 1991 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, December 1990 - June 1991 |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, July - December 1990 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, December 1989 - June 1990 |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, January - December 1989 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, January 1988 - January 1989 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, December 1986 - December 1987 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Correspondence with Ralph W. Tyler, April - December 1986 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Correspondence with David Riesman, 1989, article reprint by Riesman, 1988 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Correspondence with Paul B. Diedrich, June 1994 - April 1995 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Correspondence with Paul D. Diedrich, May 1995 - May 1996 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Correspondence with T. Paul Schultz, information on "Oleo Margarine Controversy," 1987, 1999 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Correspondence between Ralph W. Tyler and President Truman, 1951 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Ralph W. Tyler, "America's Educational System: A Unique Approach," 1988 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Detroit Neighborhood Educational Center Project, 1970 - 1971 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Miscellaneous correspondence, 1987, 1992 |