LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON L I B R A R Y & M U S E U M www.lbjlibrary.org March 2002 (rev. June 2010) ED MATERIAL AT THE LBJ LIBRARY PERTAINING TO THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965 INTRODUCTION This list includes the principal files in the Johnson Library that contain material relating to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965. It is not definitive, however, and researchers should consult with the Library s archivists about other potentially useful files. This guide includes those collections that have been opened for research in part or in whole, and those collections that are currently unprocessed or unavailable. WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES (WHCF) This permanent White House office was the main filing unit during the Johnson presidency, though not the primary file for foreign policy documents. Material was filed under 60 major subject headings, several of which are pertinent to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. ED, Education Includes material on the education task forces, ESEA, and budget estimates of 1-14 education program costs FA 2, Federal Aid to Education 6-13 Includes ESEA, aid to parochial schools, and civil rights compliance in schools receiving federal aid FG, Federal Government-Organizations FG 165-4, Office of Education 245-248 FG 411/E, House Committee on Education and Labor 334 FG 431/L, Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare 343, 346 FG 600/Task Force/On Education 363 FG 764, National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children 410 LE, Legislation LE/ED, Legislation/Education 35-36 Includes legislation pertaining to elementary and secondary education LE/FA 2, Legislation/Federal Aid to Education 37-42 Includes material on ESEA and later amendments SP, Speeches SP/ED, Speeches of Others/Education 11 SP 2-3/1965/ED, Special Message/1965/Toward Full Educational Opportunity 65 SP 2-3/1966/HE, Special Message/1966/Domestic Health and Education 75
2 SP 2-3/1967/ED, Special Message/1967/Education and Health in America 82-84 SP 2-3/1968/ED, Special Message/1968/Education, The Fifth Freedom 116-117 WHCF CONFIDENTIAL FILE Arranged in the same subject categories as the WHCF Subject File, this file contains security classified or otherwise sensitive material. The CF Name File serves as a name index to the CF Subject File. This collection also includes agency reports and oversize attachments. The CF is entirely processed, but portions are still classified. FA 2, Federal Aid to Education 14 FG 165-4, Office of Education 30 FG 600/Task Force/On Education 35 LE/FA 2, Legislation/Federal Aid to Education 62 SP 2-3/1968/ED, Special Message/1968/Education, The Fifth Freedom 88 OFFICE FILES OF THE WHITE HOUSE AIDES Many White House aides maintained office files of their own, separate physically from the rest of the White House Central files. The files of each aide reflect his or her responsibilities. The list is not definitive, but it does include most pertinent folders in the aides files. Bohen, Fred Education Message 9 Federal Aid to State and Local Government 10 Busby, Horace Report from HEW 33 Califano, Joseph ESEA Act Fight 4/67-5/67 12 Education Task Force Report, 1965 (2 folders) 27 Background on HEW Programs 32 HEW Report on Education 36 Report on Transportation, Health and Education Message 38 Education 1968-1968 Task Force on Education 39 1966 Task Force on Education (2 folders) 61 Education 67 Education Laws Enacted During Johnson s Administration 85 Federal Education Programs-Special Analysis 100 Cater, Douglass Education: Current Background Information [Primarily ESEA] (5 folders) 22
3 Education: Miscellaneous Background Working Papers (4 folders) 22-23 Bureau of the Budget [Recommendations for HEW Legislation, 1967-1968] 23 [Dr. Donald] Hornig Memo to [Douglass] Cater Concerning Education, 9/21/66 23 Booklet: Digest of Educational Statistics to 1974-75 [1965 Edition, HEW] 24 Booklet: Projections of Educational Statistics to 1974-75 24 Booklet: The First Work of These Times, [A Report to the People on Education] 24 Department of Health, Education and Welfare Legislation since 1933 25 Correspondence: Education (Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) 25 Booklet: Profile of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (PL 25 89-10) Office of Education 1966 Notebook of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 25 [Material on the] Education Bill [and Message] as Delivered, 1965 25 Statement by Francis Keppel, Commissioner of Education before the House of 25 Representatives General Subcommittee on Education, January 22, 1965 Bill, H.R. 2365, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965] 26 House Worksheet [for H.R. 2362, March 25, 1965] 26 PL 89-10, 89th Congress, HR 2362, April 11, 1965 26 Copies of HR 2361, HR 2362, and S 370 26 Report to accompany HR 2362, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 26 1965 Notebook: Estimated Budgetary Costs of Education Bills in the First Year 26 [1966] House and Senate Hearings and Reports of Proceedings on ESEA 27-32 Congressional Record Proceedings and Debates of the 89thCongress [ESEA] 33 Material on Task Force on Education (13 folders) 37-39 1967 Task Force on Education Report 39 [Material on the] 1967 Task Force on Education 39 Meeting of the Task Force on Education, September 24, 1968 39 Signing of Education Bill at the Ranch, April 11, 1965 63 President's Reception for Educational Groups and Members of Congress for 63 Signing of Elementary and Secondary Education Act, April 13, 1965 Duggan, Ervin ESEA Act of 1965 (3 folders) 3 1966 Task Force on Education (3 folders) 4 Gaither, James Education General 6 Task Force on Education (Back-up) 1967-1968 190 American Education Department of Health, Education and Welfare 226 Program Memorandum on Education HEW Fiscal Years 1969-1973 225 1970 Preview Department of Health, Education and Welfare 225 Education (2 folders) 227 National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children 310 A Survey of Early Elementary Education in Public Schools [1960-1961] 331 Elementary and Secondary Education (2 folders) 237 and 351 Education 346 Task Force on Education 1966 (2 folders) 351 Papers for Consideration of Educational Task Force Members 314 Task Force on Education 1966 314
4 Task Force on Education 1966 (3 folders) 314,315 Task Force on Education 1966 315 Goodwin, Richard Education Teacher, Audio-Visual Aids, Curriculum 10 Health, Education, and Welfare (General) 21 McPherson, Harry Education Bill 1965 7 Education, Domestic 7 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 8 Manatos, Mike Health, Education, and Welfare 1966 (2 folders) 19 Education Legislation 1963-1965 7 Moyers, Bill Education (2 folders) 1 Department of Health, Education, and Welfare 1965 76 Education 115 Panzer, Frederick Education 1/63-4/65 Box 474 Roche, Charles Education Funds 2 Education Bill 3 Elementary School Aid 2 Sparks, William Education and Health Acts 8 HEW Legislation 11 Sprague, Irvine Elementary and Secondary Education Box 1 Wattenberg, Ben Speech Material - Education and Health Message to Congress, 2/67 12 Health and Education Message to Congress 7 Congressional Back-up Speech for Education Message 16 Wilson, Henry Hall Education 13 Education 7
5 TASK FORCE REPORTS The term task force as used during the Johnson Administration, refers to a working group whose goal was the formulation of specific policy recommendations for the upcoming year. The following task forces contain some recommendations and information pertaining to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 1964 Outside Task Force on Education - Gardner 1 1965 Interagency Task Force on Education - Ink 10 1965 Interagency Task Force on Education - Keppel 10 1966 Outside Task Force on Education - Friday 4 1966 Interagency Task Force on Education - Gardner 13 1967 Outside Task Force on Urban Education Opportunities - Miller 5 1967 Interagency Task Force on Education - Gardner 21 1968 Interagency Task Force on Education - Cohen 27 STATEMENTS President Johnson gave several speeches in which he briefly mentions the Elementary and Secondary Education Acts. Researchers should check the index to The Public Papers of the Presidents for references to this topic. The Statements File may also contain material pertaining to this topic. This collection is filed chronologically and contains backup material correspondence, drafts and final copies of speeches. Request by date and subject of speech. Remarks, Full Educational Opportunity (on the Occasion of the Education 137 Message), 1/12/65 Statement on the Passage of ESEA in the House, 3/27/65 142 Remarks, Passage of Education Bill, 4/9/65 143 Remarks, Education Bill Signing, Johnson City, Texas, 4/11/65 143 Statement on Domestic Health and Education, 3/1/66 178 Remarks, Signing of Several Health & Education Bills, 11/3/66 220 Remarks on Sending to Congress His Message on Education and Health, 230 2/28/67 Statement on Signing ESEA Amendments, 1/2/68 258 ENROLLED LEGISLATION Prepared by the Director of the Legislative Reference Office of the Bureau of the Budget, these reports cover both private and public bills and joint resolutions submitted to the President for his approval. The reports include the purpose of the act, agency recommendations, and discussions of the ramifications of the legislation. For more information see the Special Files finding aid. Box PL 89-10, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 19 PL 89-750, Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1966 46 PL 90-247, Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1967 60
6 PENDING LEGISLATION HEW Reports 1/65-4/65 HEW Reports 3/66-11/66 HEW Reports 4/67-12/67 ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORIES At the end of the Johnson Administration, each agency and department prepared a history of its activities and accomplishments during the Johnson years. See the finding aid for a table of contents of the various administrative histories. Dept. of HEW Administrative History (Office of Education) Oral Histories that are part of the OE Administrative History Box 3, 3A OFFICE OF EDUCATION MICROFILM See reels: 25, 46-50, 60-63, 72-75, 77-79, 81, 85, H-15, H-16, H-19. ORAL HISTORIES Transcripts of oral history interviews may be consulted at the Library or borrowed through interlibrary loan by writing to the Interlibrary Loan Archivist, Lyndon B. Johnson Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas, 78705. Interviews with the following people contain material on the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and are open for research. Interviews marked (wp) require written permission. Contact the Interlibrary Loan Archivist regarding the procedure. A complete list of oral histories is available and is maintained in a card file in the Reading Room. Name Accession # Interview # Carl Albert AC 74-159 Interview Number: III Douglass Cater AC 72-19 Interview Number: I John W. Gardner AC 74-109 Interview Number: I Kermit Gordon AC 81-11, 12, 13, 14 Interview Number: I-IV Edith Green AC 86-69 Interview Number: I Dr. Samuel Halperin AC 74-120 Interview Number: I Harold Howe, II AC 73-201 Interview Number: I Dr. Francis Keppel AC 72-22 Interview Number: I, II Sidney P. Marland AC 78-110 Interview Number: I Albert H. Quie AC 75-33 Interview Number: I Harold Barefoot Sanders AC 74-248 Interview Number: I Sidney Saperstein AC 87-45; 87-46 Interview Number: I, II James A. Turman AC 74-49 Interview Number: I Charles Zwick AC 79-68 Interview Number: II See also Oral Histories that are part of the HEW (Office of Education) Administrative History