This is a personal reminiscence of the first 25 years of the Library History Round Table of the American Library Association. Discusses the lives of the two founders, Louis Shores and Wayne Shirley, and presents a historical examination of the founding and subsequent years of the organization. (LRW)

The way in which the photographic images from the Holocaust explains about the working of the historical narratives and disturb the cultural memory is explored. The reading of these photographic images yields as a byproduct of knowledge, which is described as "forgetful memory".

Fourteen people who knew Buckminster Fuller as students, neighbors, and co-workers offer remembrances of his personality. They remember especially his ability to communicate with and inspire people of diverse ages, educations, and backgrounds. (IS)

Provides a history of the Teachers and Writers Collaborative in the form of a personal anecdote. Discusses the future of the Collaborative, and the importance of imagination. (PA)

Describes the author's experiences as an editor of children's books. Some of the fundamentals of juvenile nonfiction are summarized, and several books from the 1960s, '70s and '80s are mentioned. Recognition of nonfiction works by children's book award committees is also discussed. (MES)

Shows how captivity stories acted as propaganda against the American Indians in the nineteenth century. Gives excerpts from a captivity narrative portraying Indians in a negative way and demonstrates its use as propaganda during the time of the Black Hawk War. (AEM)

Interviewed Frank Fletcher, a leader in establishing counseling as a profession, about his life and his work. His responses provide a personalized perspective of the profession and of the significant events that influenced his career development. (Author/KS)

The author describes his personal experiences in trying to get the Music Educators National Conference to sponsor a new journal--the "Journal of Research in Music Education." (RM)

The intellectual and political activity at Teachers College during the 1930's contributed to enlargement of twentieth-century American progressivism. (IAH)

Pays homage to Freudenthal, a man who knew no cultural boundaries and who opposed obscurantism. His thoughts and works went in many complementary directions--mathematics, history of mathematics, mathematics education, and philosophy. He opened mathematics education to everyone and never lost the intellectual requirements of a great scientific…

Noting that different audiences have constructed widely varying interpretations of the figure and work of Margery Kempe ("The Book of Margery Kempe" dates from the beginning of the 15th century), this paper examines the subversiveness of Margery's rhetoric for medieval audiences and for modern audiences and students. The paper first…

An autobiography by Francis Pendleton Gaines, who served as a college president or university dean for 35 years, is presented. Dr. Gaines came from an academic family: his father was president of Washington and Lee University and his uncle was a Hampden-Sydney College president. The account covers his family background, his boyhood and personal…

Dale's impact on the author's personal and professional development during their 40-year association is described. His teaching style, approach to scholarship, and emphasis on writing are discussed; as well as his contributions to educational research, which include the Dale-Chall Readability Formula. (IAH)

Judd's studies on generalization in student learning, commitment to an empirical knowledge base for teaching and learning, influence on educational and public policy, and his redoubtable teaching style are among the topics covered in this reminiscence by one of Judd's former doctoral students at University of Chicago (1926-27). (IAH)

The author reminisces about her tenure in children's services in the New York Public Library during the 1930s. She focuses on her memories of Anne Carroll Moore, the head of the children's department, and some of the other women she worked with, including Moore's successor, Frances Clarke Sayers. (MES)