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A Guide to the Education in Florida Subject Files

Finding aid prepared by John R. Nemmers

University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
August 2004


Descriptive Summary

Provenance: Friedman, Howard Jay
Title: Education in Florida Subject Files
Dates: 1947-1978
Extent: 10.75 linear ft. 26 Boxes
Identification: MS Group 149


Biographical/Historical Note

Howard Jay Friedman was employed by the Florida Department of Education beginning in the 1940s. He served as Editor of the Florida School Bulletin, Director of Public Information and Publications in the 1960s, and as Administrator of Public Information Services in the 1970s.


Scope and Content

News clippings, press releases, speeches, correspondence, reports, publications, photographs. Subject files created by Friedman during his service with the Florida Department of Education, primarily news clippings pertaining to public education in Florida. Major subjects covered include desegregation/integration in Florida education and the 1968 statewide teacher strike. Other topics include education legislation, textbooks, school construction, federal aid, adult education, the Civil Rights Act, teacher certification, the Florida Education Association, school auto tags, teacher wages, and the history of education in the State. In addition to Friedman's own correspondence, much of the correspondence and speeches are by Florida State Superintendents of Public Instruction, Thomas D. Bailey and Floyd T. Christian. The majority of the photographs are not dated and unidentified but they were probably created for use in news media.


Access or Use Restrictions

Access

Collection is open for research.


Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Education in Florida Subject Files, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.


Subject Files, 1947-1978


Box 1

Adult Education. 1959-1962
American Federation of Teachers. 1968
Americanism vs. Communism. 1950-1966
Americanism vs. Communism. 1950-1966
Americanism vs. Communism. 1950-1966
Audiovisual Education. 1957-1962
Awards. 1962-1971
Cartoons. 1949-1968
Censorship. 1962
Civil Rights Act. 1964-1966
Civil Rights Act. 1964-1969
Crises in Education (September). 1967

Box 2

Crises in Education (October). 1967
Crises in Education (November). 1967
Crises in Education - Claude Kirk, speeches, newspaper accounts. 1966-1971
Crises in Education - Claude Kirk, speeches, newspaper accounts. 1966-1971
Crises in Education - Correspondence. 1958-1968
Disadvantaged Children. 1965-1966
Discipline. 1959-1976
Documentaries. 1950-1958
Driver Training. 1951-1966
Editorials. 1949-1967

Box 3

Education Abroad. 1958
Education - Accreditation. 1949-1968
Education - Banking Knowledge. 1950-1968
Education - Business. 1951-1963
Education - Curriculum. 1950-1972
Education - Curriculum. 1957-1968
Education - Elementary and Secondary. 1972-1973
Education - Finance. 1947-1971
Education - Finance. 1949-1951
Education - Finance. 1949-1965

Box 4

Education - Finance. 1949-1971
Education History - Alachua County. 1950-1972
Education History - Brevard County. 1950-1951
Education History - Broward County. 1959-1961
Education History - Dade County. 1958-1968
Education History - Duval County. 1951-1965
Education History - Escambia County. 1957-1967
Education History - Florida. 1947-1967
Education History - Florida. 1951-1973
Education History - Florida. 1958-1976
Education History - Florida. 1967-1973

Box 5

Education History - Hillsborough County. 1966-1968
Education History - Lake County. 1967-1968
Education History - Leon County. 1952-1970
Education History - Levy County. 1960
Education History - Marion County. 1951
Education History - Negro Schools. 1950-1966
Education History - Orange County. 1951
Education History - Palm Beach County. 1959-1966
Education History - Pinellas County. 1949-1968
Education History - Polk County. 1947-1961
Education History - St. Lucie County. 1970
Education History - Seminole County. 1967
Education History - Suwannee County. 1970
Education History - Volusia County. 1951
Education - Improvement Expense Program. 1965-1970
Education - Improvement Expense Program. 1968-1970
Education - Law and Legislation. 1947-1968
Education - Law and Legislation. 1947-1973
Education - Law and Legislation. 1947-1976

Box 6

Education - Law and Legislation. 1949-1966
Education - Law and Legislation. 1949-1967
Education - Law and Legislation. 1949-1970
Education - Law and Legislation. 1949-1975
Education - Law and Legislation. 1953-1968
Education - Law and Legislation. 1957-1968

Box 7

Education - Law and Legislation. 1965-1968
Education - Law and Legislation - Amendments. 1948-1952
Education - Law and Legislation - Amendments. 1948-1952
Education - Law and Legislation - Amendments. 1949-1952
Education - Law and Legislation - Amendments. 1950-1952
Education - Law and Legislation - Amendments. 1950-1956

Box 8

Education - Liability. 1961
Education - Pre-School. 1947-1948
Education - Publications: Florida. 1947-1973
Education - Publications: Florida (The Stork, The New Resident and Florida Schools). 1950-1951
Education - Publications: Florida. 1958-1976
Education - Publications: Nationwide. 1951-1973
Educational Television. 1966
Ethics. 1961
Exceptional Children. 1947-1961
Federal Aid to Education. 1949-1968
Federal Aid to Education. 1949-1969

Box 9

Federal Aid to Education. 1955-1969
Federal Aid to Education. 1956-1968
Federal Aid to Impact Areas. 1961-1962
Federal Aid - NDEA. 1965-1968
Fireman Training. n.d. (ca. 1949)
Florida Athletic Association. 1950
Florida Education Association. 1947-1969
Florida Education Association. 1951-1970
Florida Education Association. 1951-1970
Florida Education Association. 1966-1969
Florida Education Association - 1966 Sanctions. 1965-1967

Box 10

Florida Products Festival. 1955-1956
Florida State Teachers Association (FSTA) speech by Floyd T Christian. 1966
Fraternities and Sororities. 1951
Freedoms Foundation. 1962-1964
Friendship Letters to Cuba. 1960
Gallup Poll. 1958
Gifted Children. 1958
Government Corruption. 1951-1969
"How Good Is Your School?" (Publication). 1956-1959
Insurance. 1949-1961
Junior Colleges. 1953-1966
Juvenile Delinquency. 1962
Kindergarten. 1950-1961
"Know Florida" (Publication). 1951-1957
Leadership Training Conference. 1947-1950
Legislative Reapportionment. 1959-1966
Married Students. 1959
Military Bases. 1953-1959
Minimum Foundation Program. 1950-1961
Moral Education. 1959-1961
National Education Association (NEA) Investigation. 1965-1967

Box 11

Nepotism. 1958-1963
Newsletters. 1958-1971
News Releases. 1950-1970
New York World's Fair Florida Education Exhibit. 1963-1964
Non-Resident Tuition Legislation. 1949-1959
Parent Teacher Association (PTA). 1949-1968
Politics and Education. 1949-1972
Private Schools. 1959-1970
"Reaching for Greatness" Speech - Governor's Conference by Floyd Christian. 1966
Recreational Programs. 1951-1959
Religion in Schools. 1953-1962
Reports. 1953-1974
Reports. 1953-1974
Scholarships. 1961-1962
School Attendance. 1952-1970

Box 12

School Auto Tags (Folder 1). 1950-1953
School Auto Tags (Folder 2). 1950-1956
School Auto Tags (Folder 3). 1950-1956
School Auto Tags (Folder 4). 1951-1953
School Auto Tags (Folder 5). 1952-1956
School Board. 1949-1970
School Buildings. 1950-1967

Box 13

School Buses. 1951-1959
School Construction. 1949-1953
School Construction. 1953-1959
School Construction. 1954-1956
School Construction. 1960-1968
School Integration - Alachua County. 1954-1971
School Integration - Alachua County. 1956-1973

Box 14

School Integration - Bay County. 1956-1964
School Integration - Bradford County. 1956-1971
School Integration - Broward County. 1957-1970
School Integration - Broward County. 1958-1978
School Integration - Charlotte County. 1958-1964
School Integration - Columbia County. 1956-1970
School Integration - Dade County. 1955-1972
School Integration - Dade County. 1955-1972
School Integration - Dade County. 1955-1972
School Integration - Duval County. 1956-1967

Box 15

School Integration - Escambia County. 1955-1964
School Integration - Flagler County. 1967
School Integration - Gadsden County. 1956
School Integration - Gilchrist County. 1967
School Integration - Gulf County. 1967
School Integration - Hardee County. 1956
School Integration - Hendry County. 1956-1967
School Integration - Hernando County. 1956-1968
School Integration - Highlands County. 1958-1967
School Integration - Hillsborough County. 1956-1967
School Integration - Indian River County. 1957-1964
School Integration - Jefferson County. 1956
School Integration - Lafayette County. 1967
School Integration - Lake County. 1955-1960
School Integration - Lee County. 1961-1967
School Integration - Leon County. 1957-1964
School Integration - Levy County. 1971
School Integration - Madison County. 1965
School Integration - Manatee County. 1956-1967
School Integration - Marion County. 1955-1971
School Integration - Monroe County. 1962-1964
School Integration - Okaloosa County. 1956-1964
School Integration - Orange County. 1956-1970
School Integration - Palm Beach County. 1956-1971

Box 16

School Integration - Palm Beach County. 1956-1971
School Integration - Pasco County. 1956-1967
School Integration - Pinellas County. 1955-1973
School Integration - Polk County. 1956-1971
School Integration - Putnam County. 1963
School Integration - St. Johns County. 1963-1967
School Integration - St. Lucie County. 1956-1971
School Integration - Santa Rosa County. 1963
School Integration - Sarasota County. 1955-1963
School Integration - Seminole County. 1956
School Integration - Sumter County. 1956-1967
School Integration - Taylor County. 1967
School Integration - Volusia County. 1956-1970
School Integration - Walton County. 1967
School Integration - Washington County. 1956
School Integration - Florida (Folder 1). 1949-1960

Box 17

School Integration - Florida (Folder 2). 1952-1973
School Integration - Florida (Folder 3). 1953-1970
School Integration - Florida (Folder 4). 1955-1973
School Integration - Florida (Folder 5). 1956-1964
School Integration - Florida (Folder 6). 1956-1971

Box 18

School Integration - Florida (Folder 7). 1957-1971
School Integration - Florida (Folder 8). 1959-1977
School Integration - Florida (Folder 9). 1960-1973
School Integration - Florida (Folder 10). 1970-1971
School Integration - Florida (Folder 11). 1955-1971
School Integration - Florida (Folder 12). 1955-1971

Box 19

School Integration - Law and Legislation. 1956-1962
School Integration - Southern States. 1956-1962
School Integration - Southern States. 1956-1970
School Integration - Universities and Colleges. 1955-1973
School Libraries. 1951-1968
School Millage Tax Election. 1951-1968
School Safety. 1966
School Superintendents and Principals. 1948-1974
School Voucher Plan. 1970

Box 20

"Schools to Keep Us Free" - Thomas D. Bailey. 1951-1952
Science Emphasis. 1957-1963
Speeches. 1949-1976
Statewide Testing. 1959
Statistics. 1950-1971
Summer School. 1947-1959
Teacher Certification. 1951-1962
Teacher Exchange. 1961
Teacher Recruiting. 1969
Teacher Retirement. 1947-1950
Teacher Salaries (Folder 1). 1949-1968
Teacher Salaries (Folder 2). 1947-1970

Box 21

Teacher Shortage. 1961-1967
Teacher Strike. 1967-1968
Teacher Strike. 1967-1968
Teacher Strike. 1967-1968
Teacher Strike. 1967-1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968

Box 22

Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968

Box 23

Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike. 1968
Teacher Strike - Aftermath. 1968
Teacher Strike - Crisis Sunday. 1967
Teacher Strike - Governor's Conference. 1966
Teacher Strike - Governor's Conference. 1967
Teacher Strike - Governor's Conference. 1968
Teacher Strike - Newspapers. 1968

Box 24

Teacher Tenure. 1951
Teacher Training. 1949-1965
Teaching Materials. 1956-1957
TEAM (Trading Education Articles and Materials). 1966-1970
TEST (Teaching Educational Skills to Teachers). 1966
Testing. 1957
Textbooks. 1949-1968
Textbooks. 1949-1968
Textbooks. 1953-1968

Box 25

Textbooks. 1958-1965
Textbooks. 1968
Textbooks (Magruder). 1951-1968
United Faculty of Florida. 1976-1978
Universities and Colleges. 1947-1975
Vocational Education. 1964-1968
Workshops. 1971



Photographs, 1947 and n.d.


Box 26

Adult Education: African-American adult education class. n.d. (ca. 1959-1962)
Adult Education: "English for Foreign Born" (two men and woman at tape recorder). n.d.
Adult Education: Group of women working with fabric in classroom. n.d.
Adult Education: "Practical Nursing" (three nurses with mother and newborn). n.d.
Adult Education: Unidentified eight men in chemistry class. n.d.
Adult Education: Unidentified four men in electronics lab. n.d.
Assorted classroom scenes (10 items). n.d.
Chartering of the Allied Youth Post, Orlando, Florida. March 13, 1947"
Education Commissioner Thomas Bailey Meetings and Ceremonies (3 items). n.d. (ca. 1950-1954)
Field Trips: Group of students inspecting underground cave at Florida Caverns State Park. n.d. (ca. 1948)
Field Trips: Two biology students (male and female) examining tree and root system. n.d. (ca. 1948)
Fireman Training: Firemen spraying foam on ground (3 items). n.d. (ca. 1949)
Group of 30 students with female teacher outside school building. n.d.
Handicapped man in wheelchair operating heavy machinery. n.d.
Kindergarten: Children in classroom and on playground (7 items). n.d.
Newspapers and Magazines in School Libraries. n.d.
News Releases - Approximately 22 students reading books in classroom. n.d.
News Releases - Nine women and instructor in home economics or cooking class preparing meal. n.d.
Nurse instructing adult education student (female). n.d.
Policeman demonstrating use of handcuffs on unidentified man. n.d.
"Safety Health" display with woman pointing at blackboard. n.d.
School Auto Tags: "Better Schools Make Better Communities" logo (7 items). n.d. (ca. 1950-1954)
School Buildings: Various school buildings in Florida (14 items). n.d.
Students (three girls and a boy) exiting a school bus. n.d.
Superintendent Thomas Bailey observing vocational rehabilitation speech class (2 items). n.d. (ca. 1950)
Teacher, Mrs. Sizemore, demonstrating self-actualization with three girls and a boy. n.d.
Three unidentified young men parading with U.S. flag. n.d. (ca. 1941-1945)
Two cows with unidentified man milking one of them. n.d.
Two unidentified men shaking hands beside an airplane. n.d. (ca. 1950)
Unidentified female practicing nursing skills with young female patient. n.d.
Unidentified female with fishing rod and large fish. n.d.
Unidentified men (four) leveling flooring. n.d.
Unidentified students crossing in front of school bus (negative). n.d.
Unidentified woman in adult education class operating a sewing machine. n.d.



Selected Subjects and Access Points

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog:
Subject Terms:
Collective labor agreements--Teachers--Florida.
Education--Florida--Finance.
Education--Florida--History.
Education--Florida.
Public schools--Florida.
School boards--Florida.
School integration--Florida--History.
School integration.
Segregation--Florida.
Strikes and lockouts--Teachers--Florida.
Teachers' unions--Florida.


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