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Burton Blatt Papers

An inventory of his papers at the Syracuse University Archives

Sponsor: The processing of this collection was made possible through generous funding from the Burton Blatt Institute.

Finding aid created by: Brian Burtt and Maude Falcone
Date: 2006

Revision history:
2013	converted to EAD (Sean Molinaro)
2023	style updates and content warning added (MAM)

Biography

Burton Blatt (1927-1985), a renowned figure in the field of special education, was an advocate for the rights of people with cognitive disabilities. During his time at Syracuse University, he promoted the causes most important to him through his work as an educator, administrator, and author.

Blatt was born in New York City in 1927, and he returned home to attend New York University after serving two years with the US Navy in the Philippines (1945-1946). After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in 1949, he took his first job as an educator, teaching English and social studies at a public middle school in Brooklyn. During this time, he was also working towards a Master of Arts degree at the Teachers College of Columbia University. He completed his master's in 1950, and with it, he took a more specialized teaching position with the New York City Board of Education, this time teaching children with cognitive disabilities.

As Blatt gained experience teaching children with disabilities, his interest in improving services for people with disabilities grew and evolved. In 1950, while teaching, he began work towards a doctoral degree in special education. During this busy time in his professional life, he was also beginning a new family life. In 1951 he married Ethel Draizen, another New York City native, and the two of them had their first of three sons a few years later. By 1955, Blatt was ready to return to academia, turning his attentions away from an individual special education classroom in the hope of making a larger impact in other roles.

In 1956, Blatt went to Pennsylvania State University as a graduate scholar, where he was awarded a Doctor of Education degree the following year. After receiving this degree, he was asked to join Southern Connecticut State College as both an associate professor and the Coordinator of Special Education. Eager to act upon his vision of improving education services, he co-founded a psycho-educational clinic at Southern Connecticut State College in 1957. Recognizing Blatt's talent, vision, and dedication, the college promoted him in both of his roles in 1959, making him a full professor and the chair of the newly-formed Department of Special Education.

Ready to make similar contributions to a new institution, Blatt joined Boston University as a professor and the chair of the Special Education Department in 1961. Within the same year he joined the faculty, he founded a psycho-educational clinic at Boston University, modeled after the successful clinic in Connecticut. He remained at Boston University for eight years, during which time he began to publish more frequently. It was in these early years of what would be a prolific publishing career that Blatt published his most influential work.

Christmas in Purgatory, published in 1966, is a photographic essay documenting the inhumane, abusive conditions found in state institutions for people with cognitive and developmental disabilities. Blatt visited several institutions, where he often found a sympathetic staff member who would, at great personal risk, agree to show him the most shameful inner wards of the institution. Accompanying him on these institutional visits was Fred Kaplan, a freelance photographer and close personal friend. Kaplan affixed a hidden camera to his belt, and with it he captured hundreds of disturbing photographs that immediately caught the attention of people around the world. President Johnson, who had recently established the President's Committee on Mental Retardation, personally called Blatt to ask for extra copies of the book, and Christmas in Purgatory reportedly influenced the committee's work. Amidst the uproar caused by the book's publication, Blatt faced great pressure to name the institutions depicted, but he refused. The names of the institutions pictured do not matter, Blatt asserted, as one would find conditions that were similar, or worse, in institutions all over the United States.

In 1969, Blatt concluded his time at Boston University to take similar positions at Syracuse University. As in Boston, he was brought on as both a professor and the director of the Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation at Syracuse University's School of Education. Upon joining Syracuse University, he swiftly established a psycho-educational clinic there, as he had done twice before. His arrival to SU also would be welcomed with some special fanfare. In 1970, in honor of its centennial, Syracuse University named six distinguished Centennial Professors who were meant to stand as leaders in their respective fields. Blatt, a fresh arrival to the University, was chosen as one of them.

Blatt wasted no time in working to live up to Syracuse University's high expectations. In 1971, he founded the Center on Human Policy, a Syracuse University research and advocacy organization that aimed to promote the most pressing causes for people with disabilities, namely deinstitutionalization. Interest in the Center, which Blatt guided as its first director, was immediate. Christmas in Purgatory's harrowing exposure of the conditions of state institutions stirred new interest in the movement for deinstitutionalization. Blatt, a fervent leader of the movement, sought to replace inhumane institutions with humanistic services that could support people with cognitive disabilities to become participatory members of a better society.

The growing momentum of the deinstitutionalization movement drove the Center on Human Policy's early efforts. The Center focused on developing alternatives to institutionalization, researching and publicizing injustices faced by people with disabilities, organizing legal services, and promoting community education on related issues. The Center on Human Policy endured over the decades that followed and grew into The Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies. As it evolved, the Center has expanded its scope, its network of collaborators, and its methods for achieving progress. Though much has changed, the guiding philosophy remains the same: to promote and develop an inclusive society that values and supports the participation of people with disabilities.

Blast's swift and dramatic contributions to Syracuse University were widely appreciated, and in recognition of his passionate leadership, forward-thinking vision, and administrative skill, the School of Education named him dean in 1976. At the time of his appointment, the School was facing significant challenges. In the 1940s, the School of Education underwent significant reforms that sought to broaden the existing program's narrow focus. Though these changes were greatly successful at the time, over the following decades, the School became overly generalized in its approach to the ever-evolving field of education. Blatt immediately initiated the most significant reforms to the School of Education in the previous 30 years, breaking the School into four major divisions: Study and Teaching, Educational Foundations, Educational Development and Administrative Studies, and (of particular interest to Blatt) Special Education and Rehabilitation. The School of Education had founded a leading, progressive Special Education program in 1946, but this, too, was in need of innovative changes. Blatt was just the person to make the program a superior model once again.

In addition to his administrative and educational duties at Syracuse University, Blatt was also taking on significant responsibilities elsewhere. In 1976, he was selected as the national president of the American Association on Mental Deficiency, and in 1978, he served as the president of the Syracuse Development Center. He was committed to this kind of organizational service throughout his career, serving as president, coordinator, or consultant to numerous national and local organizations. He also gave his time to acting as an expert witness in dozens of state and federal trials, traveling as a guest speaker, and working on many government appointment councils and committees. For this work, he received extensive recognition. In 1978, he was given an award by the New York State Association of Teachers of the Handicapped for his work, and he had received several similar awards in Massachusetts and Connecticut in years prior.

Despite his many responsibilities, Blatt always found time to write. It was said that he wrote every day, and that work turned into hundreds of publications, including articles, columns, reviews, reports, and books. After the influential publication of Christmas in Purgatory in 1966, Blatt's next few books focused on similar themes of institutional abuse. These included Exodus from Pandemonium: Human Abuse and a Reformation of Public Policy (1970), Souls in Extremis: An Anthology on Victims and Victimizers (1973), and Revolt of the Idiots: A Story (1976), a novel about a revolt in an institution. Institutions underwent significant reforms in the years that followed, but Blatt and colleagues concluded in 1979's The Family Papers: A Return to Purgatory that the institution, by its nature, remained an unworkable model. While continuing to advocate for deinstitutionalization into the 1980s, Blatt also began to write on other topics more frequently, such as special education. Some of his publications from this time include In and Out of the University: Essays on Higher and Special Education (1981) and In and Out of Books: Reviews and Other Polemics on Special Education (1984).

At the start of 1985, Blatt was still as active, involved, and invested in his work as ever. It came as a terrible shock to those who knew him when he died suddenly from illness on January 20, 1985 at 57 years old. Following his death, many people wrote letters to the publications that ran memorial articles and expressed their grief, praise for the great person they knew, and pledges to turn their sorrow into productive action.

Today, the spirit of Burton Blatt's work lives on through the Burton Blatt Institute, an organization that strives to advance the empowered participation of people with disabilities within our shared global society. Opening its first office at Syracuse University in November of 2005, the Burton Blatt Institute has since expanded to include offices in Washington, D.C. and Atlanta. Through policy research, the fostering of productive public-private dialogue, and other methods, the Burton Blatt Institute builds upon the compassionate, inspirational work to which Burton Blatt dedicated so much of his life.

Scope and Content Note

The Burton Blatt Papers contains a variety of materials dating from 1948 to 2006, though the bulk of the collection dates from the 1950s to the mid-1980s. The collection has been divided into ten series:

The first series, titled Professional, consists of curricula vitae, appointment books, dissertation materials, hiring announcements, and other general materials related to Blatt's professional development.

The Teaching series contains news clippings, course materials, course evaluations, correspondence, recorded seminars, and other items from his time teaching at K-12 schools, Southern Connecticut State University, Boston University, and Syracuse University.

The Research and publications series, the largest series in the collection, shows the extensive effort that went into Blatt's many written works. This series includes manuscripts, correspondence, research notes, and proofs from both his professional academic writing (in books, articles, reports, and other formats) and his literary writing (novels and poetry).

The Service series is another substantial and broad-reaching portion of the collection. It contains writings, correspondence, organizational reports, and committee proceedings from Blatt's time serving universities, national and local organizations, and state and federal governments. He served in many roles, including coordinator, consultant, editor, expert witness, and visiting lecturer, among others.

The Subject files series, which is small, includes handouts, brochures, and writings from assorted sources. The following series, News clippings, is a small grouping of clippings not closely related to other parts of the collection.

Blatt's interest in the writings and research of others is evident in the Other authors series, which collects many articles, books, and audiovisual materials produced by others.

The brief Citations of Burton Blatt series contains some examples of citations or discussions of Blatt's work in publications, newspapers and magazines, and other sources.

The Correspondence series is comprised of Blatt's general correspondence. This series organizes large amounts of correspondence into chronological and individual subseries. The chronological subseries dates from 1952 to 1984 (plus some posthumous letters), and the folders of correspondence with specific individuals includes exchanges with some of the people Blatt most admired, such as Seymour Sarason. Also included in this series are the numerous pieces of correspondence Blatt received in response to his article, "The Tragedy and Hope of Retarded Children," published in Look magazine on October 31, 1967.

The Burton Blatt Papers contains only a small series of Personal materials, though in life, Blatt held his family to be what he valued most. This series consists of a few assorted papers related to Blatt's family, his religious life, and his memorial service.

This collection contains materials that users may find objectionable due to ableist and harmful language. The language contained in this collection was prevalent at the time of its creation, although no less harmful and inaccurate than it is today. The collection is preserved and presented for its historic and research value.

Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

Please note that the collection is housed off-site, and advance notice is required to allow time to have the materials brought to the Reading Room on campus.

Access to media items requires advance notice to produce a use copy.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

All requests for use of photographs from Christmas in Purgatory should be addressed to The Center on Human Policy, which holds the copyright.

Related Material

The Syracuse University Archives holds a faculty file, portrait file, and clipping files on Burton Blatt. Additionally, the Archives holds the School of Education Office of the Dean Collection, which includes Blatt's faculty personnel files and subject files from his time as dean of the School of Education.

Selected Search Terms

Names

Blatt, Burton, 1927-1985.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.
Syracuse University. -- Center on Human Policy.
Syracuse University. -- School of Education.

Associated Titles

Christmas in Purgatory.

Subjects

Children with mental disabilities -- Education.
Deinstitutionalization.
Special education.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Audiotapes.
Compact discs.
Correspondence.
DVDs.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Videotapes.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Burton Blatt Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gifts of Ethel Blatt and Louis Heifetz in 1985.

Processing Information

All materials were placed in acid-free folders and boxes. Processing of the Blatt Papers was done in 2006 thanks to generous funding from the Burton Blatt Institute.

Arrangement

Original order was maintained for most of the collection. Some materials are in alphabetical or chronological order.

Table of Contents

Professional

Teaching

Research and publications

Service

Subject files

News clippings

Other authors

Citations of Burton Blatt

Correspondence

Personal

Inventory

	Professional
		CV, hiring, and appointment
Box 1			CVs 1958, 1965-1985 (18 folders)  Spring 1985 vita and bibliography
Box 1			The pilot - announcement as new teacher, Mark Twain Junior High School, Brooklyn, NY December 6, 1949  Clipping
Box 1			Resignation from P.S. 200, Brooklyn, NY 1957
Box 1			Standard certificate, Connecticut Board of Education July 1, 1959  Certificate
Box 1			Announcement of Boston University appointment September 1961  Mention in The Education Digest
Box 1			Personnel record, Southern Connecticut State 1957-1961
Box 1			Personnel record, Boston University 1962-1969
Box 1			Boston University Medical Center, appointment as educator, special scientific staff, Department of Psychiatry June 30, 1967  Certificate
Box 1			Appointment as director of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Syracuse University 1969
Box 1			Announcement as Syracuse University Centennial Professor 1970  Syracuse University press release
Box 1			Candidacy for dean, SU School of Education 1976 (2 folders)
		Dissertation
Box 1			Dissertation - The physical, personality, and academic status of children who are mentally retarded attending special classes as compared with children who are mentally retarded attending regular classes - the Pennsylvania State University June 1956
Box 2			Drafts undated (2 folders)
Box 2			Dissertation abstract, short article circa 1957
Box 2		Appointment books 1976-1978 (3 folders)
Box 3		Appointment books 1979-1984 (4 folders)
		Materials relating to his education
Box 3			Notebook - kinesiology course 1948
Box 3			Education - miscellaneous undated
Box 3			Penn State 1952-1956 (Folder 1 of 2)
Box 4			Penn State 1952-1956 (Folder 2 of 2)
Box 4			NYU commencement 1949
Box 4			Definitions (ED 470) undated (2 folders)
Box 4			Marion Rex Trabue tribute 1956
		Honors and awards
Box 4			Who's who in America 1962
Box 4			Splendid scarves club 1962
Box 4			Kephart award (Purdue) 1974  SU School of Education press release
Box 4			Honorary doctorate, Ithaca College 1974
Box 4			NY Association of Teachers of Mentally Handicapped award 1976
Box 4			Young Adult Institute award 1983  Write-up from the Young Adult Institute
Box 5			Kennedy International awards undated

	Teaching
		K-12
Box 5			Bound newspapers from K-12 teaching 1950-1955  The Children's News, vol. 1, no. 6 - March 20, 1950  The Children's News, vol. 1, no. 8 - April 4, 1950  The Children's News, vol. 1, no. 9  The Children's News, vol. 1, no. 13 - May 22, 1950  The Children's News, vol. 1, no. 14 - May 29, 1950
Box 5			Newspapers from K-12 teaching undated (2 folders)
Box 6			Newspapers from K-12 teaching undated (3 folders)
Box 6			K-12 teaching materials undated (2 folders)
Box 6			Letters from K-12 teaching 1950-1955 (3 folders)
Box 7			Newsletters March 1950, December 1954
Box 7			Photographs - special classes 1951, 1953  'With the boys of my Special Class, 1951'  'With my Special Class, 1953'
Box 7			Verses for young funsters undated
		Southern Connecticut State
Box 7			Miscellaneous courses undated
Box 7			Psychology of exceptional children, ED 406 undated
Box 7			Blatt's departure from Southern Connecticut State undated
		Boston University
Box 7			Class of 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971 - class list 1968-1971
Box 7			Commencement programs 1963, 1967
Box 7			Correspondence 1962-1967
Box 7			Exams 1962-1967
Box 7			Institute on Learning Disabilities 1969
Box 7			Miscellaneous course information 1963, 1968
Box 7			Miscellaneous teaching materials 1962-1969 (2 folders)
Box 7			Objectives of teacher education undated
Box 7			Recommendation for Bernadette Blong 1974
		Syracuse University
Box 8			Administration of Special Education undated
Box 8			Bulletins - School of Education April 1973
Box 8			Correspondence: "The scholarly vocation" 1980-1981
Box 8			Correspondence 1970-1981
Box 8			Course evaluations 1970-1975 (4 folders)
Box 8			Course material 1970, 1974
Box 8			Course materials: "The scholarly vocation" 1980
Box 8			Examinations 1971-1973
Box 9			Examinations 1971-1973
Box 9			Faculty communication of scholarly activities March 1971
Box 9			Lecture notes, miscellaneous materials undated
Box 9			Miscellaneous teaching materials undated
Box 9			Nirje, Bengt March 1-2, 1971
Box 9			Telephone seminar for doctoral students - correspondence 1974-1982
Box 9			Telephone seminar for doctoral students - course material, miscellaneous 1971-1980
Box 9			Student work undated
Box 9			Syllabi 1969-1984
Box 9			Workshop on human abuse 1969-1972
			Cassette-recorded seminars
Box 10				Sarason, Seymour undated (audio tapes 2 and 3 only)
Box 10				Scholarly vocation seminar 1981 (23 audio tapes)
Box 11				Telephone seminar 1978-1979 (8 audio tapes)
Box 11				Telephone seminar 1979 (1 audio tape)
Box 11				Telephone seminar 1981 (3 audio tapes)
Box 11				Telephone seminar 1982 (4 audio tapes)
Box 12				Telephone seminar 1983 (1 audio tape)
Box 12				Telephone seminar 1984 (4 audio tapes)

	Research and publications
		Professional and academic
			Books
Box 12				Miscellaneous notes undated (2 folders)
Box 12				In and out of books - manuscript material undated
Box 12				In and out of the university - in and out of the professoriate undated
Box 12				In and out of books / in and out of the university - correspondence 1975-1982
Box 12				In and out of the university - manuscript material undated
Box 13				Media reviews, edited by Blatt, manuscript 1976
Box 13				Media reviews, edited by Blatt, published material 1976
				In and out of mental retardation: essays on educability, disability, and human policy
Box 13					Manuscript material undated
Box 13					Correspondence 1980-1982 (2 folders)
Box 13					Page proofs undated
Box 13					Announcements and catalogs undated
Box 13					Reviews undated
Box 13				Manuscript materials - general / unidentified undated
Box 14				Manuscript materials - general / unidentified undated (2 folders)
				Christmas in purgatory: a photographic essay on mental retardation - co-authored with Fred Kaplan
Box 14					Book 1976 (3 copies)
Box 14					Book, reprint with CD of images 2006
Box 14					Copyright application 1966
Box 14					Correspondence 1966-1984
Box 14					Manuscript material undated
Box 15					Photographs undated
Box 15					Reactions undated (3 folders)
Box 15					Miscellany - reviews, announcements, etc. undated
Box 16				General correspondence 1961-1984 (8 folders)
				Souls in extremis: an anthology on victims and victimizers
Box 17					Manuscript materials 1973 (Folders 1-9 of 10)
Box 18					Manuscript materials 1973 (Folder 10 of 10)
Box 18					Correspondence 1971-1975, 1978
Box 18					Page proofs circa 1973
Box 18					Reviews and announcements circa 1973
Box 18					Photograph undated
				Exodus from pandemonium: human abuse and a reformation of public policy
Box 19					Manuscript materials 1970 (2 folders)
Box 20					Manuscript materials 1970 (2 folders)
Box 21					Manuscript materials 1970 (6 folders)
Box 22					Correspondence 1965-1974
Box 22					Page proofs circa 1970
Box 22					Reviews and announcements circa 1970  Announcement from Allyn and Bacon, inc. Publishers
				The conquest of mental retardation
Box 22					Correspondence 1979-1984
Box 23					Manuscript materials undated (2 folders)
Box 23					What we can know before studying the field undated
Box 23					18th century writers undated
Box 23					Historical survey undated
Box 23					Antiquity, pre-18th century undated
Box 23					Conceptual underpinnings of the field: what makes it a field undated
Box 23					The metaphors of mental retardation undated
Box 24					Counting the mentally retarded undated
Box 24					Formal and official classification schemes (the search for cause and effects) undated
Box 24					Responsive environments undated
Box 24					Explanations of mental retardation (what's wrong with the retarded person?) undated (2 folders)
Box 24					The controversies undated (3 folders)
Box 24					Responses to mental retardation: treatment, help, accommodation undated
Box 25					The expansion of services, 1950s to 1970s undated
Box 25					Doubts about victory: the emergency of new questions undated
Box 25					The industries undated
Box 25					Social, cultural, political forces undated (2 folders)
Box 26					Rationales and realities undated
Box 26					The elusiveness of moral opportunity: ideals in the practical world undated
Box 26					Teachers undated
Box 26					Doctors, nurses undated
Box 26					Lawyers, judges, politicians undated
Box 26					Officials and administrators undated
Box 26					Banishment: the creation of monsters undated
Box 26					Intelligence undated
Box 26					The educability hypothesis, spectacular methodologists and the Sullivan-Keller paradox undated
Box 26					Mental retardation and life, eugenics, euthanasia, sterilization, and cadavers undated
Box 26					A "revolt of the idiots" movement undated
				Perspectives in special education: personal orientations - Co-authored with Richard J. Morris
Box 26					Manuscript materials circa 1984
Box 26					Correspondence July-November 1983
Box 27					Page proofs circa 1984
Box 27					Reviews and announcements circa 1984
				Teacher training
Box 27					Manuscript materials undated
Box 27					Correspondence August 1961 - May 1962
Box 27					Announcements undated
Box 27					Review undated
				The family album: views of residential settings for mentally retarded people
Box 27					Slides 1978
Box 27					Script undated (Audio cassette and CD)  Audio recording
Box 27					Transcript for slide show undated
				The family papers: a return to purgatory - Co-authored with Andrejs Ozolins and Joe McNally
Box 28					Excerpt in vantage April 9, 1979
Box 28					Article in the new renaissance 1978
Box 28					Reviews and announcements undated
Box 28					Correspondence March 1978-December 1980
Box 28					Gossett's response: remaking an old institution into a developmental center: a return to purgatory refutes, by Kenneth D. Gossett undated
Box 31					Photographs and proofs undated oversizse
Box 32					Photographs and proofs undated oversizse
Box 28				Planned with Neuber - plans for book with Margaret A. Neuber 1960
				The intellectually disfranchised: impoverished learners and their teachers
Box 28					Bound copy undated
Box 28					Manuscript materials undated
Box 29					Correspondence 1967
Box 29					Page proofs undated
Box 29				The pariah industry - unpublished, manuscript material undated
				The educability of intelligence: preschool intervention with disadvantaged children
Box 29					Published material undated
Box 29					Manuscript materials undated
Box 29					Correspondence 1969
				An alternative textbook in special education: people, schools and other institutions - Edited by Burton Blatt, Douglas Biklen, and Robert Bogdan
Box 29					Manuscript materials undated
Box 29					Reviews and announcements undated
Box 30					Correspondence 1965-1979 (4 folders)
Box 30				Educating pre-school culturally disavantaged children - manuscript materials undated (2 folders)
Box 33				Educating pre-school culturally disavantaged children - correspondence 1966
Box 33				Unmailed letters (formerly slides of my life) - autobiography manuscript material 1977
Box 33				A handbook of physical education for retarded adolescents 1952
Box 33				Nature and needs of the retarded; the certainness within probability - unpublished manuscript materials undated
Box 33				Projected book: troubled children and their families: essays on problems, treatments and potentials 1980
Box 33				Projected book: in and out of trouble circa 1983
			Articles and book chapters
Box 33				"Attention and mental retardation" 1968 - Co-authored with Kenneth G. Crosby  Article
Box 33				"Banishment in academe" - draft 1979  Article
Box 33				"The monolith and the promise" 1973  Article, republished with new title
Box 34				"The monolith and the promise" 1973
Box 34				"Biography in autobiography" 1984
Box 34				"Bureaucratizing values" 1984 (2 folders)  Article
Box 34				"Can a modern American university live with a unique mission?" undated  Article
Box 34				"Chop suey is no substitute for brotherhood" 1982  Article
Box 34				"On competencies and incompetencies, instruction and destruction, individualization and depersonalization" 1976  Article
Box 34				"A concept of educability and the correlates of mental illness, mental retardation, and cultural deprivation" 1970
Box 34				"The Connecticut story: new concepts and a positive approach" 1963
Box 34				"The crisis in education" undated  Article
Box 34				"Curriculum and methods research in special education" - family involvement undated  Article
Box 34				"The dark side of the mirror" - mental retardation 1968  Article
Box 34				"Is deinstitutionalization working?" undated  Article
Box 35				"The didactic case: a disordered child who changed under special medico-pedagogical interventions" undated - Co-authored with Ethel D. Blatt
Box 35				"Dissonant notions concerning disordered children and their educability" 1966 - Co-authored with Frank Garfunkel
Box 35				"On distorting reality to comprehend distention" 1984  Article
Box 35				"Does an honest university have to go out of business?" undated - Co-authored with Andrejs Ozolins
Box 35				"A drastically different analysis" 1979
Box 35				"Early arguments on educability" undated  Article
Box 35				"Educability, human policy, and the future of people with special needs" undated  Article
Box 35				"Educating intelligence" 1964
Box 35				"The emperor would rather get it over with" 1981
Box 35				"The executive" 1976  Article
Box 35				"The expendability criterion" 1981
Box 35				"Faith, science and disability" undated
Box 35				"Fragments from an autobiography" 1980
Box 35				"The franchised school and the educational supermarket" Fall 1972  Article
Box 35				"Friendly letters: on the correspondence of Helen Keller, Anne Sullivan, and Alexander Graham Bell" undated  Article
Box 35				"Foundations of human abuse" undated  Article
Box 35				"From institution to community: a conversion model" 1977 - Co-authored with Robert Bogdan, Douglas Biklen, and Steven Taylor
Box 35				"Hail the conquering dolphin: reflections on the pre-service preparation of special class teachers" 1963
Box 36				"Handicap prejudice and social science research" 1984 - Co-authored with Robert Bogdan, Douglas Bilken, and Steven Taylor
Box 36				"Handicapped children in modal programs" 1971  Article
Box 36				"Head Start for the handicapped: congressional mandate audit" 1977 - Co-authored with Gail L. Ensher and James F. Winschel  Article
Box 36				"How I imagine disability is seen through the eyes of scientists" undated  Article
Box 36				"How to change the world without ruining it or yourself" 1984  Article
Box 36				"How to choose a university president" undated  Article
Box 36				"How to destroy lives by telling stories" 1981
Box 36				"How to keep selfishness from gumming up a decent society" undated  Article
Box 36				"Humanizing adult education research: five stories from the 1930's" - foreword 1982
Box 36				"A hypothesis of theories and methods in special education" 1967
Box 36				"Institutionalization / communitization / normalization / mainstreaming" undated
Box 36				"Institutions for the mentally retarded: a war disguised as a debate" 1977 - Co-authored with J. Winschel and G. Ensher
Box 36				"The integration-segregation issue: some questions, assumptions, and facts" 1975
Box 36				Interview - update - SU School of Education newsletter Winter 1972
Box 36				Inventory of completed works undated
Box 36				"Label jars, not people" 1977 - Co-authored with Douglas Biklen and Robert Bogdan
Box 36				"Lady Godiva was a prude: and other brief examinations of people and their institutions" 1981  Article
Box 37				"Man through a turned lens" 1970  Article
Box 37				"Meanderings watching the telethon during a fall afternoon" undated  Article
Box 37				"Measuring and modifying behavior of special education teachers" 1964
Box 37				"Might there always be other reasons" undated
Box 37				"Monopoly" undated  Article
Box 37				"Naked data" undated
Box 37				"The nine pillars of mental retardation" 1975  Article
Box 37				"A note on definitions and precision" undated  Article
Box 37				"On an academic plague" 1982 - Co-authored with Andrejs Ozolins
Box 37				"On dissent: three stages of evaluation" 1971
Box 37				"On the bill of rights and related matters" 1977  Article
Box 37				"On the heels of psychology" 1982
Box 37				"On the language of mental retardation" undated  Article
Box 37				"On writing, reading and teaching" undated  Article
Box 37				"The once and future schools" 1979
Box 37				"Owners and users of the university" 1971  Article
Box 37				"The pariah industry: a diary from purgatory and other places" 1980
Box 37				"Thephylactery factor, priests politic, declaration, and benemortasia" undated  Article
Box 37				"Physical, personality and academic status of children who are mentally retarded attending special classes as compared with children who are mentally retarded attending regular classes" 1958
Box 37				"The politics of human welfare " 1969  Article
Box 37				"Poor Sophie's dead, lucky us, lucky Sophie" undated  Article
Box 37				"Positive approach needed" 1960
Box 37				"The preparation of special education personnel" 1966
Box 37				"The process of learning and the correlates of deprivation and mental retardation" undated  Article
Box 37				"Pros and cons on institutionalization of the mentally retarded" - subject files (article not included in file) undated
Box 37				"Psycho-educational assessment, curriculum development, and clinical research with the 'different' child" 1977 - Co-authored with Frank Garfunkel
Box 37				"Public law 94-142 reconsidered" circa 1980s  Article
Box 38				"Public policy and the education of children with special needs" 1972
Box 38				"Public education and the university" 1974
Box 38				'Purgatory' and recommendations for institutional reform" 1969  Article
Box 38				"The question of scholarship in special education" undated  Article
Box 38				"Research on mental retardation: teaching the mentally retarded" October 1972  Article
Box 38				"Retarded children" 1967 - Co-authored with Charles Mangel
Box 38				"The role of the state teachers college in preparation of teachers of the mentally handicapped" 1959
Box 38				"Round trip to Hartford: will the University of Connecticut realize its mission at the Arsenal School?" June 11, 1970 - With Frank Garfunkel, Albert Murphy, Dan Richardson, Alex Rodrigues, and Leo Sperling
Box 38				"Selected references from the literature on exceptional children" 1964 - Co-authored with William C. Kvaraceus
Box 38				"Self justification" undated  Article
Box 38				"The sheep and wolves, the shakers and movers of special education" undated  Article
Box 38				"A short prejudiced history" undated  Article
Box 38				"Some impressions of the Connecticut child who is mentally handicapped: his past, his present, his future" Winter 1958 - Co-authored with Sally Dean and Nancy Giard
Box 38				"Some observations and questions concerning an unstudied problem in special education" 1963
Box 38				"Some persistently recurring assumptions concerning the mentally subnormal " 1960  Article
Box 38				"The standardization of intelligence tests on Southern Negro public children" 1963 - Co-authored with Frank Garfunkel
Box 38				"The sublime virtue" Fall 1961  Article
Box 38				"Teaching the mentally retarded" 1973 - Co-authored with Frank Garfunkel
Box 38				"Thank God I don't have to thank God it's Friday" 1973  Article
Box 39				"This crazy business: leadership in mental retardation" August 1975 (2 folders)
Box 39				"Towards a more acceptable terminology in mental retardation" 1961  Article
Box 39				"The university of scholarly deeds" Fall 1981 - Co-authored with Andrejs Ozolins
Box 39				"Unsolicited advice to architects" undated  Article
Box 39				"Villages in our field" undated  Article
Box 39				"The wealth behind the bell - the idea behind the act" undated  Article
Box 39				"What scientists can learn from Socrates" undated  Article
Box 39				"What a public of education can do about the education of teachers" April 1980  Article
Box 39				"What teachers need to know" 1977 - Co-authored with Frank Garfunkel
Box 39				"Who are the disabled? what is disability?" undated  Article
Box 39				"Who's left?" undated  Article
Box 39				"Why educational research fails the field, and why it may be forgivable" 1980
Box 39				"The years of subterfuge, hypocrisy and silliness" undated  Article
Box 39				Correspondence concerning articles 1960-1975 (2 folders)
Box 40				Correspondence concerning articles 1976-1985 (2 folders)
Box 40				Permissions to reprint undated
			Columns
Box 40				"We get the teachers we deserve" 1981
Box 40				"Bandwagons also go to funerals: unmailed letters 1 and 2" 1979
Box 40				"Fragments from an autobiography" 1980  Column
Box 40				"How truants can save the publics" 1982
Box 40				"Faith, science and disability" 1985  Column
Box 40				"Professor stories" February 1983-September 1983
Box 41				"Professor stories" October 1983-April 1985 (3 folders)
Box 41				"Professor stories" - edited versions undated
Box 41				"Professor stories" - flyer undated
Box 41				White obituary - "Wesley Dale White, 1901-1978" 1978
			Reports
Box 41				"Assessment of the handicapped effort in experimental and selected other Head Start programs serving the handicapped" - Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation, Syracuse University February 1974
Box 41				"A child advocacy system in New York State" November 1971
Box 41				"Conference on training programs for personnel who work with educationally disavantaged children" 1964
Box 41				"A directory of Connecticut's services for exceptional children" May 1961
Box 41				"Education of handicapped children in Rhode Island" February 1963
Box 42				"Exceptional children in regular classrooms" undated
Box 42				"A field demonstration of the effects of nonautomated responsive environments on the intellectual and social competence of educable mentally retarded children" 1961 (5 folders)
Box 43				"A final report on the assessment of the handicapped effort in experimental regular Head Start" October 1974 (2 folders)
Box 43				"Final report on costs in serving handicapped children in Head Start" September 1974
Box 43				"Handicapped children in modal programs" undated
Box 43				"Head Start for the handicapped" undated
Box 43				"Human report: 1" 1970
Box 43				"Legislative commission studying the education of handicapped children" 1961
Box 43				"Mainstreaming for the mildly retarded" undated
Box 44				"Massachusetts plan for its retarded" 1966
Box 44				"Massachusetts study of educational opportunities for handicapped and disavantaged children" 1971 (2 folders)
Box 44				"A plan for reformation of services for the mentally retarded in Massachusetts" 1968 (2 folders)
Box 44				"Report on children with special needs in New York State" September 1971 (2 folders)
Box 45				"Report on children with special needs in New York State" September 1971 (2 folders)
Box 45				"Research and Sstudies, New Haven" 1958-1959
Box 45				"A review of research: implications for the Head Start handicapped effort" October 1974
Box 45				"A statement on policy recommendations on the handicapped effort in Head Start" October 1974
Box 45				"A summary of recent research in special education at New Haven State Teachers College" 1957
Box 45				"Survey of special education services in the public publics of Brookline, Massachusetts" June 1965
Box 45				"Training for teachers" 1967-1968
			Reviews, responses, commentary
Box 45				Correspondence, re: reviews 1966-1980
Box 45				Miscellaneous book review manuscript undated
Box 45				Notes for miscellaneous reviews undated
Box 45				Miscellaneous book reviews undated
Box 46				Biklen, Douglas, "Community organizing" undated
Box 46				Blatt and Ozolins review of Joseph and Laurie Braga undated
Box 46				Blatt and Ozolins review of Kate Long undated
Box 46				Blatt and Ozolins review of Prof. Henry J. Perkinson undated
Box 46				Blom, Gaston E. paper undated
Box 46				Building a bridge program (Cohen/Apter) undated
Box 46				Due process in special education undated
Box 46				Educational handicap undated
Box 46				The new clients: legal services for mentally retarded persons 1979
Box 46				Normalization, social Integration, and community services undated
Box 46				The paradox of this self-fulfilling prophesy of individual development undated
Box 46				Psychology of mental retardation undated
Box 46				Response to NYS prevention plan undated
Box 46				Response to Lawrence M. Stolurow's article: "Research on mental deficiency at the Institute for Research on Exceptional Children" 1962
Box 46				Review reprints undated
Box 46				American journal of mental deficiency undated
Box 46				A time for humanists undated
Box 46				Interviews undated
Box 46				American journal of mental deficiency undated (2 folders)
Box 47				Crisis in child mental health undated
Box 47				Hospital and community psychiatry undated
Box 47				Community mental health journal undated
Box 47				Exceptional children undated
Box 47				The exceptional individual undated
Box 47				Inner grace undated
Box 47				Journal of orthopsychiatry undated
Box 47				Juvenile delinquency undated
Box 47				NYS ARC books undated
Box 47				NYU education quarterly response letter undated
Box 47				Psychological problems in mental deficiency undated
Box 47				Psychology misdirected (MS by Seymour Sarason) undated
Box 48				Right to education undated
Box 48				Seymour Sarason's work in progress undated
Box 48				Show me no mercy undated
Box 48				State mental hospitals undated
Box 48				Stripped bare at the follies undated
			Introductions
Box 48				Correspondence, re: miscellaneous introductions undated
Box 48				Baby learns to talk, by Donald F. Maietta and Don Glen Sandy 1969
Box 48				Book in special education, Edward Meyen undated
Box 48				The disposable people, by. Prof. James Gardner and Dr. Art Veno 1979
Box 48				Family of the retarded child undated
Box 48				Humanizing adult education research: five stories from the 1930s, by Ronald Hilton undated
Box 48				Manpower development monograph undated
Box 48				Parents speak out: views from the other side of the two-way mirror, by Ann P. Turnbull and H. Rutherford Turnbull III 1978
Box 49				The Psycho-Educational Clinic undated
Box 49				Syracuse law review - the legal rights of the mentally retarded 1972
Box 49				When a college works with a public school undated (2 folders)
Box 49				Prospectus by Dr. Peter Knobock and Dr. Michael Berres 1984
Box 50		Research notes undated - mostly unidentified 3x5 cards
		Literature
			Fiction
Box 51				General correspondence regarding fiction submissions 1976-1984 (3 folders)
Box 51				Introduction 1975
				Novel: the professor
Box 51					Correspondence 1974-1981 (2 folders)
Box 51					Correspondence with Sidney Kramer (agent) 1983-1984
Box 51					Draft, readers' comments undated
Box 52					First draft undated (2 folders)
Box 52					Manuscript material undated (2 folders)
Box 53					Manuscript undated (3 folders)
Box 53					Uncorrected draft undated
				Novel: revolt of the idiots
Box 54					Bound manuscript undated
Box 54					Correspondence 1972-1977 (2 folders)
Box 54					Cover undated
Box 55					Excerpt in arise undated
Box 55					Manuscript undated (3 folders)
Box 56					Manuscript undated
Box 56					Note undated
Box 56					Photographs undated
Box 56					Reviews and announcements undated
Box 56				Novel: Ernest, Ruth, and Uncle Waldo - manuscript undated (2 folders)
			Poetry
Box 56				"Aphorisms of a burned-out pessimist" undated  Poem
Box 56				"The day the sun sank forever" undated  Poem
Box 56				"Each man's life means everything" undated
Box 56				"He" undated  Poem
Box 56				"The pariah's preacher" undated  Poem
Box 56				"President's message: storms and quiet before the storm" circa 1970  Poem
Box 56				Miscellaneous poetry undated  Poem, 'Benchmarks of Civilization: 2'  Poem, 'Faithless Mission'  Poem, 'Lamentations on Man and Waste'  Poem, 'On Guilt by Disassociation'  Poem, 'Test for Poets'  Poem, 'Zeitgeist of the Obese Society'
		Popular media
Box 57			"An interview with Dr. Burton Blatt" discussing Christmas in purgatory Spring 1980
Box 57			"On the bill of rights and related matters" July 1977  Article
Box 57			"Realities in being a parent of an educable mentally retarded child" circa 1956  Document
Box 57			"Unmailed letter: on the educability paradox" September 1970  Article
Box 57			The miracle worker - introduction to teaching guide undated  Draft
Box 57			"Criteria for evaluating research proposals" undated  Document
Box 57			"Views from monoliths behind windows to nothing" undated
Box 57			"Suggested activities for student volunteers in special education" undated  Document
Box 57			"The skeptimist: education's ultimate weapon" undated  Document
Box 57			"Values of physical education, recreation, and sports for all" undated
Box 57			Newspaper writings 1966-1984  Newspaper article  Newspaper article  Newspaper article  Newspaper article  Newspaper article
Box 57			"The family" Spring 1978  Article
Box 57			"Competencies and Incompetencies in teaching and training teachers" February 1976
Box 57			"The nine pillars of mental retardation" September 1975
Box 57			"Public education and the university in the United States" December 1975
Box 57			"Curriculum and methods research in special education" 1977
Box 57			"Each man has value" February-March 1972
Box 57			"Mainstreaming: does it matter?" February 1976
Box 57			"Special education, yesterday, today and tomorrow: an interview with Frances Connor, Samuel Kirk and Burton Blatt" August 1977
Box 57			"The loyal opposition" October 1979
Box 57			"The loyal opposition" December 1979
Box 57			"The loyal opposition" February 1980
Box 57			"The loyal opposition," excerpt from the family papers April 1980
Box 57			"The loyal opposition: rediscovering the nineteenth century" June 1980
Box 57			"From the bookshelf: in and out of mental retardation" August 1981
		Non-print materials
			Audio tapes
Box 58				Education in America undated (5" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Educators forum, mentally retarded education undated (5" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Juniors after Stu Tea [?] November 23, 1960 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Counseling parents undated (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Diagnosis of mental retardation March 25, 1960 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Unidentified May 1963 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Juniors evaluation of professional education undated (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Great moments in special education undated (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Seminar January 31, 1963, February 7, 1963 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Seminar February 14, 1963, February 21, 1963 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Seminar February 28, 1963, March 14, 1963 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 58				Seminar - with Dr. Sarason March 21, 1963, March 28, 1963 (7" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 59				Stove presentation: Ben Slosberg, B. Kirkman, Genevieve Sczepanek, Mike Irwin undated (Audio cassette)
Box 59				Purdue University undated (3/4" reel-to-reel tape)
Box 59			MA, MH photograph undated
Box 59			Notes for draft of slide-tape show on the School of Education 50th anniversary Scholars Fund undated
Box 59			Miscellaneous photographs undated (4 folders)
Box 60			Photographs and negatives undated
Box 60			Photographs and negatives (duplicates) undated
Box 60			Slides, pre-school project undated
Box 60			Slides, miscellaneous undated
Box 60			Slides, Suffer the little children undated
		Unpublished works
			Conference presentations
Box 60				American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD), annual meetings 1970, 1973 (2 folders)
Box 61				American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD), annual meetings 1978-1983
Box 61				Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) 1963, 1971
Box 61				Children's disabilities and their relationship to schooling 1967
Box 61				CLAMR presents Burton Blatt on ethics undated
Box 61				Closing the gap: a seminar on designing for everyone 1975
Box 61				Educating the 24-hour retarded child 1975
Box 61				Fighting the deinstitutionalization backlash June 1982
Box 61				Focus on quality October 1978
Box 61				Hartford Institute on Mental Retardation 1957
Box 62				International Association for the Scientific Study of Mental Deficiency (IASSMD) 1976
Box 62				Mainstreaming the exceptional child in the library 1977
Box 62				Moral commitment undated
Box 62				Innovational uses of materials 1969
Box 62				"On humanistic technology..." 1976
Box 62				Miscellaneous conference announcements undated
Box 62				Miscellaneous conference materials undated
			Speeches
Box 62				"The causes and conditions of children's disabilities and their relationship to schooling" undated
Box 62				Centennial lecture: "Man through a turned lens" April 14, 1970
Box 62				"Children's disabilities and their relationship to schooling" undated
Box 62				"The consequences and educational treatment of mental retardation" undated
Box 62				"Crouse College today" (note cards only) undated
Box 62				Dialogue, WHEN-TV Syracuse September 8, 1970, September 16, 1970 - Poor quality (two 1/2" videotapes and DVD)
Box 63				"The educability paradox and the future for people with special needs" August 26, 1979 (2 audio tapes and 2 CDs)  Audio recording, part 1  Audio recording, part 2  Audio recording, part 3
Box 63				Fred F. Finn celebration undated
Box 63				"The future for people with special needs" undated (text and audio cassette)
Box 63				"How to change the world from A to Z" undated
Box 63				"If people could heed good advice" undated
Box 63				Interview by Anne C. Fox, University of Kentucky July 1976 (audio tape and CD, 39 minutes)  Audio recording
Box 63				Interview by Sue Morse, Syracuse University August 30, 1979 (audio tape and CD, 39 minutes)  Audio recording
Box 63				"The irony of Jewish education in America" undated
Box 63				"A layman looks at Judaism and the synagogue" February 18, 1966
Box 63				"Mainstreaming, deinstitutionalization and national policy" - speech at the University of Iowa April 22, 1983 (audio tape and CD, 1 hour, 2 minutes)  Audio recording
Box 63				Notes for miscellaneous speeches undated
Box 63				"On producing better teachers for New York State" undated
Box 63				"Outline for a freshman theme" undated
Box 64				Stonehill College, Easton, Mass. June 10, 1977 (1/2" videotape and DVD)
Box 64				"Three teachers" undated
Box 64				Unidentified panel participation in Boston, Mass. March 1, 1978 (2 audio tapes and 2 CDs)  Audio recording, part 1  Audio recording, part 2
Box 64				Unidentified speech, possibly in Georgia, November 11 undated - Very poor quality; digitized content includes the full speech, three brief excerpts, and audio without video (2 folders) (three 1/2" videotapes, three DVDs)  Video clip: History of mental retardation  Video clip: Advocacy  Video clip: Mainstreaming
Box 64				University of Iowa Radio Forum: an interview with Burton Blatt April 1983 (audio tape and CD, 29 minutes)  Audio recording
Box 64				"What a school of education can do about the education of teachers" undated
Box 65				"When we're smart we're very, very smart" undated
Box 65				Various speeches undated
Box 65				Young Adult Workshop and Institute undated
Box 65				Ethics undated
Box 65				Evaluation instruments undated
		Grant proposals
Box 65			Educating intelligence 1964
Box 65			A proposal for a national center on educational media and materials for the handicapped 1970
Box 65			Preparation of personnel for the education of handicapped undated
Box 65			Application to Cerebral Palsy Research and Educational Foundation 1960
Box 65			BU programs for the mentally handicapped undated
Box 65			Workshop on human abuse 1973
Box 65			Correspondence - summer workshop 1972
Box 65			A child advocacy program in Onondaga County February 1971
Box 65			A comparison of clinical and conventional methods... 1959
Box 66			Proposal for institute on mental retardation undated
Box 66			Kennedy Center for Mental Retardation at Boston University undated
Box 66			A center for the study and education of handicapped infants and children 1969
Box 66			Special Olympics undated
Box 66			The education of mentally retarded children in Massachusetts undated
Box 66			Miscellaneous correspondence, re: proposals undated

	Service
		Department and university service - Boston University
Box 66			Brightman, Alan Jay undated
Box 66			Schmidt, Bernadine R. application 1963
Box 66			Teacher education preliminary report to the University Long-Range Planning Committee 1970
Box 66			BU miscellaneous undated
		Department and university service - Syracuse University
Box 67			Civic literacy seminar 1982-1984
Box 67			The community imperative 1979
Box 67			Continuing assembly Spring 1970
Box 67			Coordinators meetings 1970-1971
Box 67			Coordinators 1971-1972
Box 67			Development of proposal, psycho-educational clinic undated
Box 67			Division report undated
Box 67			Division meetings 1971-1974 (3 folders)
Box 68			Report on Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation 1968-1969
Box 68			Education Council and School of Education 1970-1974 (3 folders)
Box 68			Education Council and School of Education, retreat 1972
Box 68			Faculty meeting as new dean of the School of Education September 20, 1976 (Audio tape and CD)  Audio recording
Box 68			Gebbie Clinic dedication - speech November 4, 1972 (2 audio tapes and 2 CDs)  Audio recording, part 1  Audio recording, part 2
Box 68			Honorary degree committee 1972-1973
Box 68			Institute for Community Psychology 1969-1971
Box 68			Learning disabilities committee meetings 1967-1970
Box 68			Mental retardation area meetings 1977-1982
Box 68			Newman, Edward 1975-1977
Box 68			Planning reports, annual reports 1969-1970
Box 68			Promotion and tenure committee 1969-1974 (4 folders)
Box 69			Promotions and tenure committee 1974-1976 (2 folders)
Box 69			Promotion procedures, Division of Special Education and Rehabilitation 1971-1972
Box 69			Proposed strategy and tactics for the new School of Education undated
Box 69			Report of ad hoc statistics committee 1971
Box 69			School of Education - council meeting minutes 1969-1975 (3 folders)
Box 69			School of Education - miscellaneous undated
Box 69			School of Education - future undated
Box 70			SU School of Education planning document February 1974
Box 70			SU School of Education planning document - overheads February 1974
Box 70			Special Education Division meeting minutes 1969-1971 (2 folders)
Box 70			SURC, possible relationship with School of Education 1970
Box 70			Viewpoints on Academic Affairs (Vice Chancellor John Prucha) January 1976
Box 70			Harold Woodward 1972-1976
Box 70			Faculty meetings, audio cassettes undated (4 audio cassettes)
		Lectures and travel
Box 71			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1956-1965 (10 folders)
Box 72			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1965-1970 (7 folders)
Box 73			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1970-1973 (6 folders)
Box 73			Lecture arrangements - correspondence - international symposium on mental retardation March 18-28, 1972
Box 73			Lecture arrangements - correspondence - AMD speech (basic kit) 1973
Box 74			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1974-1976 (5 folders)
Box 75			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1977-1980 (6 folders)
Box 76			Lecture arrangements - correspondence 1980-1984 (5 folders)
		Professional services - editorships
Box 76			Exceptional children 1970-1972, 1974
Box 76			Journal of education October 1968
Box 77			Journal of learning disabilities 1981-1982, 1984
Box 77			Journal of learning disabilities - correspondence 1983-1984
Box 77			Mental retardation 1963-1964, 1969
Box 77			Selected media reviews 1970-1974
Box 77			Not the swan's song, but there's an analogy buried in here somewhere undated
Box 77			Seminars in psychiatry undated (2 folders)
Box 77			Series: segregated settings and the problem of change undated
Box 77			Torch 1958
Box 77			Training teachers of the trainable 1957
Box 77			University Park Press undated
		Professional services - national organizations
			American Association on Mental Deficiency (AAMD)
Box 78				Annual meetings 1971-1977 (6 folders)
Box 78				Centennial meeting 1976
Box 79				Centennial meeting 1976 (2 folders)
Box 79				Clements, James 1975
Box 79				Committee on contracts 1974
Box 79				Correspondence 1972-1979 (7 folders)
Box 80				Council meetings March 1976, December 1978 (2 folders)
Box 80				Crissey, Marie Skodak 1975-1976
Box 80				Directories 1976
Box 80				Election 1976-1977
Box 80				Executive committee meetings 1971-1974 (5 folders)
Box 80				Follow-up 1972-1981
Box 81				Invitations 1975-1977
Box 81				Journal 1962-1974
Box 81				Kokaska, Charles 1974-1976
Box 81				Liaison with regional offices 1974-1975
Box 81				Monograph editor undated
Box 81				Monograph series committee 1971-1972
Box 81				Nominations and elections committee undated
Box 81				Planning 1971-1974
Box 81				Presidential Commission on Mental Retardation 1968-1978
Box 82				Report to council May 1975
Box 82				Report to council (draft) 1977
Box 82				Search committee for executive secretary undated (2 folders)
Box 82				Vanier, Jean 1974-1977
Box 82				Vice-president, first undated
Box 82			Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) - Teacher Education Division (TED) conference undated
Box 82			Foundation for Exceptional Children undated
Box 82			Massachusetts Association for Retarded Children (MARC) undated
Box 82			Massachusetts Psychological Association undated
Box 82			The Association for the Severely Handicapped (TASH) undated
		Professional services - consultancy to other universities
Box 82			American International College 1969
Box 82			Boston University (Sister Agnes McNally project) 1973-1974
Box 82			CUNY 1970-1971
Box 82			Fordham University 1984
Box 82			Illinois Board of Higher Education 1984
Box 82			Indiana University 1968-1970
Box 83			Massachusetts College of Art 1976
Box 83			New York University 1969-1970
Box 83			Ontario Council on Graduate Studies 1984
Box 83			Purdue University 1976
Box 83			Teachers College, Columbia University 1969-1971
Box 83			University of Connecticut 1970
Box 83			University of Kentucky 1969
Box 83			University of Pittsburgh 1969
Box 83			University of Utah 1973
		Professional services - manuscript reviews
Box 83			Miscellaneous manuscript reviews undated
Box 83			The deinstitutionalization of the retarded by Sylvia M. Bercovici 1981
Box 83			Review request letter for the exceptional individual 1980
Box 83			Review request letter for the culture of the school and the problem of change 1981
Box 83			In-between years by Robert Everhart undated
Box 83			Willer and Intagliata 1982
Box 83		Professional services - academic recommendation letters undated
		Community service
Box 84			ABT Associates, Inc. 1972-1975
Box 84			Advocate - Baker, Milton J. 1974-1976
Box 84			Barrier free environment 1975-1976
Box 84			Boston Public Schools 1967
Box 84			Consolidated industries 1970
Box 84			Educational testing service 1975-1977
Box 84			Fairport Central School District 1978
Box 84			Human teaching for human learning 1973
Box 84			Independent Living, Inc.. 1970-1976
Box 84			McEvoy Educational Center 1972
Box 84			National Society for Autistic Children CNY chapter 1971
Box 84			New York Special Olympics 1980
Box 84			Onondaga County 1973
Box 84			Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Children 1974-1976
Box 84			Syracuse - computer based project 1969
Box 84			Syracuse Developmental Center 1976
Box 84			Syracuse - McCarthy School 1971-1976
Box 84			Transitional Living services of Onondaga County 1975
Box 84			Urban Crisis Program 1970-1973
Box 84			Westchester BOCES Advisory Board 1973
Box 84			Workshop on special education - Phoenix 1962
Box 84			Transaction systems 1974
		The Center on Human Policy
Box 85			Announcement about CHP 1974
Box 85			Community Living Declaration undated
Box 85			Correspondence 1972-1982
Box 85			Declaration of human policy undated
Box 85			Epidemiologic considerations and children with special needs in New York State undated
Box 85			Meetings - Douglas Biklen and Robert Bogdan 1975-1976
Box 85			Notes from the center - Zeigler, Edward, "The future of social policy for children" November 1973
Box 85			Proposal - Institute for Public Leaders in the Human Services 1970-1981
		State and federal government - expert testimony and commentary
Box 85			Belle Chase undated
Box 85			Boyer et al. v. the State of Rhode Island undated
Box 85			Bretch v. Syracuse Board of Education undated
Box 85			Carulli v. Boards of Education undated
Box 85			Connecticut case undated
Box 86			Russell Daniels case undated
Box 86			Delaney v. Syracuse Board of Education undated
Box 86			Doe v. Henderson, Nashville, TN undated
Box 86			Garrity v. New Hampshire undated
Box 86			Goldstein et al. v. Cogun et al (Bartholomay case) undated
Box 86			Kentucky Association for Retarded Children v. Peter Conn et al. undated
Box 86			Larry P. v. Riles undated
Box 86			Lebanks v. Speers undated
Box 86			Lora v. New York City Board of Education undated
Box 86			Maryland Association of Retarded Children v. State of Maryland undated
Box 87			Maryland Association of Retarded Children v. State of Maryland undated
Box 87			Mental health Law Project drug litigation undated
Box 87			NYS Association for Retarded Children v. Carey undated
Box 87			State of NY v. Currier undated
Box 87			Meeting on Pennhurst decision April 27, 1981
Box 87			Piontkowski et al v. Syracuse City Schools undated
Box 87			Plymouth Consent decree undated (2 folders)
Box 87			Prince Edward Island undated
Box 87			Renelli / Willowbrook undated
Box 87			Roos v. Rhode Island undated
Box 87			Souder v. Brennan undated
Box 87			Syracuse Law review Issue on mental retardation undated
Box 88			Tennessee Peonage suit undated
Box 88			Townsend v. Treadway undated
Box 88			Webster v. Perry undated
Box 88			Welsch v. Linkins undated
Box 88			Welsch v. Noot undated
Box 88			Milton A. White, et al. v. Village of Manlius undated
Box 88			Willowbrook consent judgment undated
Box 88			Wilson / Beyer v. Boston University undated
Box 88			Wuorri v. Bruns undated
Box 88			Wuorri v. Concannon undated
Box 88			Wyatt v. Hardin et al., Alabama undated
Box 88			Wyatt v. Stickney undated
Box 88			Youngberg v. Romeo undated
		State and federal government - government appointments
Box 89			Angelini, Dennis - recommendation 1975
Box 89			Arlington, VA 1971-1972
Box 89			BEH questionnaires 1976
Box 89			Commission on International Year of Disabled Persons, public awareness 1981
Box 89			Connecticut, State of 1961
Box 89			Connecticut State Department of Health 1960-1961
Box 89			HEW SRS - Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare Social and Rehabilitation Service - Mental Retardation Project Review Committee 1971
Box 89			Joseph P. Kennedy. Jr. Foundation 1966-1976 (2 folders)
Box 89			Ladd School, Rhode Island 1965
Box 89			Massachusetts 1967-1970 (2 folders)
Box 89			Massachusetts Bureau for Mental Retardation - Advisory Council 1969
Box 89			Massachusetts Committee on Services to Children 1962
Box 89			Massachusetts Commonwealth Mental Health Foundation 1977
Box 89			Massachusetts Department of Mental Health 1964-1968
Box 90			National Research Council Committee 1976-1977
Box 90			Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government 1983
Box 90			New York City Bureau for Children with Retarded Mental Development 1973
Box 90			NYS Committee on Children 1971-1974
Box 90			NYS Council of Deans of Education 1983-1984
Box 90			NYS Department of Mental Hygiene (DMH) 1973-1974
Box 90			NYS teacher education 1983
Box 90			President's Committee on Mental Retardation 1967-1969
Box 90			Rehabilitation research centers closing 1975-1976
Box 90			Seaside Regional Center, Waterford, CT 1966-1975 (3 folders)
Box 90			Syracuse "financing quality education" November 15, 1983
Box 90			USDESEA schools 1968-1969
		State and federal government - institutions and deinstitutionalization
Box 91			Adult Activity Center, Arlington, VA 1970-1972
Box 91			Best, Allen C. - application undated
Box 91			Camphill Village, Copakje, NY 1974-1978
Box 91			Community at Marlboro, Mass. 1972
Box 91			LeFave, Hugh undated
Box 91			Erich Lindemann Mental Health Center 1970
Box 91			May Institute for Autistic Children 1974
Box 91			New England Villages Inc. 1971-1977
Box 91			Oral examinations for director and deputy director of New York State schools 1972-1973
Box 91			Sampson State School 1971
Box 91			Santostefano, Sebastiano - recommendation undated
Box 91			Stonegate School, Durham, CT 1972-1973
Box 91			Willowbrook 1972-1975
		State and federal government - proposed legislation
Box 91			Bartley-Daly Act, Massachusetts chapter 766 1974
Box 91			Maynard Reynolds - University of Minnesota 1974
Box 91			NY A-11979, S-10289 undated
Box 91			HR 5163, Quie bill 1973
Box 91			Subcommittee on Special Education 1959
Box 91			Syracuse TMR bill 1972-1973
		State and federal government - proposal evaluations
Box 92			Miscellaneous correspondence undated
Box 92			300-75-0225 1976
Box 92			Miscellaneous, re: Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) reviews 1967-1971
			Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW) proposal evaluations
Box 92				Indiana University 1975
Box 92				Institute for Independent Educational Research 1975
Box 92				Levine, Murray 1975
Box 92				Murray State University, KY 1975
Box 92				Ohio State 1975
Box 92				Philadelphia School District 1975
Box 92				Southern Illinois 1975
Box 92				University of Miami 1975
Box 92				University of Oregon 1975
Box 92				Wisconsin Council on Developmental Disabilities 1975