Finding Aids

Committee For Better Schools: Georgetown, Texas

Manuscript Collection Number:
0029
Creator:
Norman Spellmann
Title:
Committee For Better Schools
Data Span:
n.d. 1917-1921, 1926-1967, 1970, 2003
Quantity:
1 Folder
Languages:
English

  • Biographical Note

    The records were collected by Norman Spellmann, a professor at Southwestern University, who was involved in efforts to integrate the Georgetown Independent School district during the early 1960s.

  • Scope & Content Note

    The records were collected by Norman Spellmann, a professor at Southwestern University, who was involved in efforts to integrate the Georgetown Independent School district during the early 1960s.

  • Inventory

    Box and Folder
    1.18
    Materials related to the desegregation of Georgetown public schools.
    Dr. Norman Spellman; Betty Spellman; Price Ashten; John Orgain; Harvey Miller;
    Committee for Better Schools, minutes;
    Georgetown Independent School District;
    Carver School, minutes;
    The Role of Southwestern University Faculty in the Desegregation of Georgetown’s Public Schools: 1962-1965, a presentation for Martin Luther King Day, 1997;
    Information Bulletin by the Committee for Better Schools;
    Committee for Better Schools, planning meeting;
    Notes for Dr. Jones’ history of SU;
    Crystal Ann Miller versus Joe Barnes- United States Court of Appeals;
    Newspaper clippings about desegregation, integration, segregation; 2008 explanatory letter and inventory of related materials donated to the Williamson County Historical Museum