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M. Donald Thomas papers, 1794-2004
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Thomas, M. Donald
- Title
- M. Donald Thomas papers
- Dates
- 1794-2004 (bulk)17942001
- Quantity
- 15 boxes, (14 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- ACCN 2312
- Summary
- The M. Donald Thomas papers (1794-2004) contain education publications, letters signed by political figures, personal and professional correspondence, and other letters of political and historical interest.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Historical NoteReturn to Top
M. Donald Thomas was the superintendent for the Salt Lake City school district in the 1970s-1980s, as well as a collector of historical documents.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The M. Donald Thomas papers contain education publications, as well as letters signed by political figures.
The 2012 addendum contains a variety of historical letters, including some related to the Thomas family. Of particular interest is a series of 47 letters written between 1861 and 1864 by John Carnes, soldier for the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
I: Education PublicationsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Certificates and Letters
Contains a letter signed by Harry Truman.
|
1939-1958 |
| 1 | 2 | Brochures |
1960-2001 |
| 1 | 3-4 | Educational Journals |
1969-1978 |
| 1 | 5 | Engraving Reproductions |
1991 |
| 1 | 6 |
Equity and Choice
|
1984 |
| 1 | 7 |
A Guide to Publishing in Education
|
1977 |
| 1 | 8 |
Insight
|
1978 |
| 1 | 9 | Know Your America Program |
1959 |
| 1 | 10 |
Learning Begins at Home
|
1978 |
| 2 | 1-3 | National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Bulletin |
1980-1986 |
| 2 | 4 | Salt Lake City School District News Clippings |
1980 |
| 2 | 5 |
School Law and Parent's Rights
, Donald Thomas |
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| 2 | 6 |
The Winters are Unfair and Other Poems
|
1973 |
II: PortraitReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Oversize | |
| 3 | Framed reproduction of Woodrow Wilson |
III: Civil War CorrespondenceReturn to Top
These letters have been scanned and are available to review by researchers on a CD in box 4. Approval to view the original correspondence in box 4 must be given by the Curator of the Manuscripts Division.
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1-3 | John Carnes Letters
Letters appear in chronological order, with their original envelopes when available. Folder 1 contains supplemental documents concerning Carnes himself, as well as the ownership history of these letters. A digital version of these letters exists; please inquire for more information.
|
1861-1864 |
| 4 | 4 | M. Donald Thomas Letters
Contains letters written by Amos Beebe Eaton, a brigadier general for the Union during the American Civil War.
|
1869-1921 |
IV: Correspondence and personal materials, 1898-2004Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 5 | 1 | General materials |
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| 5 | 2 | General correspondence |
1898-1997 |
| 5 | 3 | The Education Papers of M. Donald Thomas |
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| 5 | 4 | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints |
1973-1985 |
| 5 | 5 | Wendell Ashton |
1982-1984 |
| 5 | 6 | Ted Bell |
1974-1986 |
| 5 | 7 | Avard Fairbanks |
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| 5 | 8 | Jake Garn |
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| 5 | 9 | Mark Herzberg |
1981-1997 |
| 5 | 10 | Elizabeth Layton |
1981-1989 |
| 5 | 11 | Scott M. Matheson |
1976-1984 |
| 5 | 12 | David Monson |
1978-1984 |
| 5 | 13 | Orrin Hatch |
1977-2004 |
| 5 | 14 | Bruce S. Jenkins |
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| 5 | 15 | Elizabeth Hornor,
" We Differ as Rational Friends: The Human Nature Debate Between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson"
|
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| 5 | 16 | Japan |
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| 5 | 17 | Maps |
V: Speeches and ScriptsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 6 | 1 | Absenteeism |
| 6 | 2 | Accountability |
| 6 | 3 | Achievement Gap |
| 6 | 4 | Administrators |
| 6 | 5 | American Dream |
| 6 | 6 | American Ethos |
| 6 | 7 | Articles |
| 6 | 8 | Associations, E.D. |
| 6 | 9 | The Authentic Person |
| 6 | 10 | Barbara Smith |
| 6 | 11 | Ben Willis |
| 6 | 12 | Bilingual Education |
| 6 | 13 | Board Partnership |
| 6 | 14 | Book Outline |
| 6 | 15 | Book Review |
| 6 | 16 | Bring 'em Back Alive |
| 6 | 17 | Broudy |
| 6 | 18 | Child Development: Preparation for School |
| 6 | 19 | Churches / Ethics |
| 6 | 20 | Closing Schools |
| 6 | 21 | Collaboration |
| 6 | 22 | Community Education |
| 6 | 23 | Complexities of Leaders |
| 6 | 24 | Comprehensive High School |
| 6 | 25 | Confrontation, Moral |
| 6 | 26 | Courage |
| 6 | 27 | Darlene Ball |
| 6 | 28 | Decentralization |
| 6 | 29 | Declining Enrollment |
| 6 | 30 | Defend the Tower |
| 6 | 31 | Defense of Public Education |
| 6 | 32 | Democracy |
| 6 | 33 | Detroit |
| 6 | 34 | Detroit Speech |
| 6 | 35 | Dream Deferred |
| 7 | 1 | Early Childhood Education |
| 7 | 2 | Economic Value of Education |
| 7 | 3 | Education for All |
| 7 | 4 | Education Priorities |
| 7 | 5 | Education Reform |
| 7 | 6 | Effective Schools |
| 7 | 7 | Ethical Use of Power |
| 7 | 8 | Ethics |
| 7 | 9 | Ethics Education |
| 7 | 10 | Ethos, American |
| 7 | 11 | European Reformers |
| 7 | 12 | Evaluation |
| 7 | 13 | Evaluation, School |
| 7 | 14 | Fallacy of Future Shock |
| 7 | 15 | Family |
| 7 | 16 | Financial Equity |
| 7 | 17 | Funding Equity and Adequacy |
| 7 | 18 | Gerald Bracy |
| 7 | 19 | Grade Nine: Reducing Failure |
| 7 | 20 | Guidance - High School |
| 7 | 21 | Guy Odom |
| 7 | 22 | Harriet |
| 7 | 23 | Hemlock Leadership |
| 7 | 24 | Humor |
| 7 | 25 | The Impossible Dream |
| 7 | 26 | The Japanese Experience |
| 8 | 1 | Leadership |
| 8 | 2 | Leadership Theory |
| 8 | 3 | Leadership Training |
| 8 | 4 | Legislative Goals |
| 8 | 5 | Letterhead |
| 8 | 6 | Let's Stop Knocking Our Schools |
| 8 | 7 | Management by Spontaneity |
| 8 | 8 | Mid-Year Staffing |
| 8 | 9 | Moral Bankruptcy |
| 8 | 10 | Moral Confrontations |
| 8 | 11 | Moral Issues in Education |
| 8 | 12 | Myths in Education |
| 8 | 13 | Negotiations |
| 8 | 14 | No Child Left Behind |
| 8 | 15 | Parent Influence |
| 8 | 16 | Parents |
| 8 | 17 | Partnerships: Home School |
| 8 | 18 | Personnel Evaluation |
| 8 | 19 | Pluralism |
| 8 | 20 | Poem Teachers |
| 8 | 21 | Point of Contact |
| 8 | 22 | Policies |
| 8 | 23 | Politics of Education |
| 8 | 24 | Positive View of Self |
| 8 | 25 | Principals |
| 8 | 26 | Priorities |
| 8 | 27 | Private Sector |
| 8 | 28 | Prologue |
| 8 | 29 | Programs |
| 8 | 30 | Public Education: Priority |
| 8 | 31 | Publications |
| 9 | 1 | Reducing Failure |
| 9 | 2 | Reform Education |
| 9 | 3 | Reform - Schools |
| 9 | 4 | Renewal |
| 9 | 5 | Responsibility for Education |
| 9 | 6 | Revisionist View of Public Education |
| 9 | 7 | Scamming the Scammer |
| 9 | 8 | Schools as a Business |
| 9 | 9 | School-Based Management |
| 9 | 10 | School Board Governance |
| 9 | 11 | School Excellence |
| 9 | 12 | School Finance |
| 9 | 13 | Self-Actualization |
| 9 | 14 | Self Esteem |
| 9 | 15 | Self-Imposed Schedule |
| 9 | 16 | Sense and Nonsense |
| 9 | 17 | Separation: Church / State |
| 9 | 18 | Serving Our Schools |
| 9 | 19 | Shadows of the Past |
| 9 | 20 | Shared Governance |
| 9 | 21 | Skills |
| 9 | 22 | Skills, Administrator |
| 9 | 23 | South High School |
| 9 | 24 | Standards |
| 9 | 25 | Standards in Education |
| 9 | 26 | State Education System |
| 9 | 27 | Stop Knocking Schools |
| 9 | 28 | Student Discipline |
| 9 | 29 | Superintendents |
| 9 | 30 | Superintendent Contract |
| 9 | 31 | Superintendent Evaluation |
| 9 | 32 | T-Grouping |
| 9 | 33 | Teacher Evaluation |
| 9 | 34 | Traditional View of Education |
| 10 | 1 | Undeserving Children |
| 10 | 2 | Value of Education |
| 10 | 3 | Vita |
| 10 | 4 | We Are at War |
| 10 | 5 | What's Right with School |
| 10 | 6 | Wigginbottom Leadership |
| 10 | 7 | Words for Uncertainty |
| 10 | 8 | Untitled Paper |
VI: Collected MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | |
| 11 | 1 | Lindon B Johnson |
| 11 | 2 | Mace's School History of the United States |
| 11 | 3 | American Historical Portraits |
| 11 | 4 | Pearl Harbor: USS Yorktown |
| 11 | 5 | Music Talents and Aptitudes |
| 11 | 6 | Hunter College Diploma |
| 11 | 7 | Cornell University 1915 Yearbook |
| 11 | 8 | Maps |
| 11 | 9 | Unitarian Pamphlets |
| 11 | 10 | Geography Book Cover |
| 11 | 11 | Corporate Wives |
| 11 | 12 | Maps |
| 11 | 13 | Receipt Book |
| 12 | 1 | Art Books |
| 12 | 2 | Political Cartoons |
| 12 | 3 | Winston Churchill Cartoons |
| 12 | 4 | Paintings |
| 12 | 5 | Prints Book |
VII: Utah School History and Other Historical DocumentsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 13 | 1 | Utah School Register |
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| 13 | 2 | School Clerk Notebook |
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| 13 | 3 | History Book |
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| 13 | 4 | Certificate
Certificate awarded to Daniel Lombard as being appointed Quarter Master of the First Regiment, in the First Brigade and Fourth Division of the Militia of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
|
1794 |
VIII: General MaterialsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | |||
| 14 | Newspaper Clippings |
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| 15 | Signed Yearbooks |
1919-1923 | |
| Box | Folder | ||
| 15 | 1 | Davis High Yearbook |
1919 |
| 15 | 2 | Utonian |
1923 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Education, Secondary
Personal Names
- Thomas, M. Donald--Archives
Geographical Names
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
Finding aid prepared by Julia Huddleston
2010 (last modified: 2020)
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