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WAUCliftonLinda6642.xml Guide to the Linda Clifton papers Clifton (Linda) papers Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries 2025

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-12-05. Description is written in: English, Latin script. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries Linda Clifton papers Clifton, Linda J. 6642 4.01 cubic feet 5 boxes 1967-2023 Papers and ephemera related to a writer and community activist English .

Dr. Linda Jane Clifton is a writer, educator, advocate, and former Washington State political candidate. Dr. Clifton was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Balboa, Canal Zone District, Panama. She has been a Washington State resident since 1959. Dr. Clifton became an employee of Ephrata Public Schools in Grant County, Washington in approximately 1967; she was an English teacher at Ephrata High School and, later, Woodinville High School before retiring from teaching in 1998.

Dr. Clifton received elected honors such as the Chairpersonship of the Central Washington University Board of Trustees (1977), State Woman of Achievement from Business and Professional Women (1970s), and Precinct Committee Officer of the King County Democrats (1990, 1992, 1994). She was involved in various state and national organizations as an educator and community leader, and she led workshops on writing pedagogy and English education issues. In 1976 and 1978, Clifton was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the elections for Washington State Representative in the 13th Legislative District.

Dr. Clifton was the K-12 Director of the Puget Sound Writing Project from 1983-2002. In 1983, Dr. Clifton founded Crab Creek Review, a print literary journal. Dr. Clifton works under Clifton Consulting as an education consultant (since 1998) and independent editor (since 1983). She is a poet and fiction writer, and her work has appeared in journals and anthologies published by Blue Begonia Press, Calyx, A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, Drash, Gold Dust, NWP Voice, Tinderbox, and Crab Creek Review.

Dr. Clifton earned a PhD in Medieval Literature from the University of Washington in 1989. Dr. Clifton is Jewish and has been involved in Jewish community organizations throughout her life and career. She resides in Seattle, Washington.

Sources: "Linda Clifton," LinkedIn. Accessed 17 July 2025. "Linda J. Clifton," Poets & Writers. Accessed 17 July 2025.

Teaching materials, correspondence, and writing related to Clifton's writing consulting practice. Also photos, clippings and publicity related to her campaign for Washington District 13 and activism.

Gift of Linda Clifton, January 2025

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Arranged in 3 series.

Series 1: Texts, worksheets, planning documents, overhead slides, and notes for K-12 English curricula utilized in Linda Clifton's English classes and writing consulting practice, in the Washington State Writing Project and Puget Sound Writing Project, and in conferences regarding Washington State educational standards. Writing portfolio student examples from Clifton's high school English classes.

Series 2: Photos, publicity, research materials, and campaign preparation materials related to Linda Clifton's campaign for Washington District 13 Representative in 1976 and 1978. Scrapbooks and loose related materials, mostly containing newspaper clippings, regarding the Clifton campaigns and Clifton's personal activism, career, and personal life.

Series 3: Documents, newspapers, reports, and correspondence reflecting Linda Clifton's individual political activism lobbying for specific issues or through various organizations, such as the National Council of Jewish Women, Women's Endowment Foundation, 43rd District Democrats, and 32nd District Democrats.

The Puget Sound Writing Project (PSWP), founded in 1978, was a partner program of the University of Washington offering writing institutes to K-12 English teachers to improve their teaching of writing as well as workshops to individual schools and districts. In 1989, the House of Representatives Committee on Higher Education established the Washington State Writing Project including both the PSWP and "a new smaller program at Washington State University", likely referring to the Central Washington Writing Project (CWWP). The CWWP is presently a local site of the National Writing Project, while the PSWP is not.

Source: "House Bill Report: ESSB 5227," Washington State Legislature. Accessed 17 July 2025.

Personal Papers/Corporate Records Elementary and Secondary Education Jewish Americans Series 1, Washington State Writing Project, Puget Sound Writing Project, and other writing curriculum materials 1980-2006 Washington State Writing Project handouts, including Double Entry Journal sample handout 2003 acc 6642-001 Box 1 1 Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board College Readiness Project materials 2006 June acc 6642-001 Box 1 2 National Writing Project writing retreat documents 1999 acc 6642-001 Box 1 3 Washington Educational Research Association materials 2000-2004 acc 6642-001 Box 1 4 "Content Area Studies III: Writing" taught by Linda Clifton at Antioch University-Seattle Branch in Winter 2005 coursepack 2005 acc 6642-001 Box 1 5 Reading/Writing Workshop at Peninsula School District (Washington) materials 2006 March 10 acc 6642-001 Box 1 6

Contains donor-provided tabs with notes and organization

Peninsula School District (Washington) materials 2004-2006 acc 6642-001 Box 1 7 Various workshop and class slides by Linda Clifton undated, 1998-2003 acc 6642-001 Box 1 8-9

Contains donor-provided tabs with notes and organization

Overhead slides and teaching notes undated, 2002-2006 acc 6642-001 Box 1 10-11

Contains donor-provided tabs with notes and organization

Puget Sound Writing Project class materials 1980-1982 acc 6642-001 Box 1 27-29

Questioning Strategies: Hill + Graham; Process paper + comments; Inservice class; Linda J. Clifton as Fellow

Puget Sound Writing Project and Washington State Writing Project Network planning materials and instructional texts 2002-2004 acc 6642-001 Box 2 26-27

Includes syllabus, teaching notes, articles, lists, and vision documents

Washington Educational Research Association (WERA) Washington State Assessment Conference materials 2003-2004 acc 6642-001 Box 2 28

Contains Washington State Writing Project and Puget Sound Writing Project materials

"Krab Kid Review" by Period 4 Alternative English and The Written Arts, literary magazine of the King County Arts Commission, Volume 9, Number 2 1985, 1987 acc 6642-001 Box 2 29 Content area writing and EALRs (Essential Academic Learning Requirements) curriculum materials 1998-2003 acc 6642-001 Box 2 30 Read-Around Workshop WTL (Writing-to-Learn) process materials, relation to EALRs (Essential Academic Learning Requirements) and benchmarks for Washington State Writing Project Network 2001, 2003 acc 6642-001 Box 2 31 Northwest Regional Education Laboratory portfolio curriculum 1992 acc 6642-001 Box 2 32 Sentence combining curriculum materials undated acc 6642-001 Box 2 33 Writing groups curriculum materials 2003-2004 acc 6642-001 Box 2 34 Writing Business Letters packet WC-EHS undated acc 6642-001 Box 2 35

Materials may be from Ephrata High School (EHS)

Educational Leadership; Center for Research on Evaluations, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST); and other publications on writing and reading 2003-2013 acc 6642-001 Box 2 36 The Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission recommendations document 2000 June 16 acc 6642-001 Box 2 37 Puget Sound Writing Project National Writing Project grant reviews/department review materials 2002-2003 acc 6642-001 Box 2 38 Washington State Writing Project (WTL) Writing-to-Learn resources: social studies, science, and math curriculum materials 2003-2004 acc 6642-001 Box 2 39 WAC/WID/WTL (Writing-to-Learn) and EALRs (Essential Academic Learning Requirements) in content areas documents 2003 acc 6642-001 Box 2 40 Revising handouts undated, 2004 acc 6642-001 Box 2 41 Linda Clifton portfolio curriculum materials 1985-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 42 Portfolio overhead slides 1989-1991 acc 6642-001 Box 2 43 Website design assignment student examples 1997-1998 acc 6642-001 Box 3 1 Ready, Set, Goals Poetry Walkabout workshop materials 2005 acc 6642-001 Box 3 2 Copy Editing Workshop materials 2005 acc 6642-001 Box 3 3 Portfolio curriculum materials 1986-1994 acc 6642-001 Box 3 4 Portfolio student examples undated, 1984-1994 acc 6642-001 Box 3 5-6 Washington Assessment of Student Learning Training to Score event materials 2000-2001 acc 6642-001 Box 3 7 Portfolio student examples undated, 1990 acc 6642-001 Box 3 8 Miscellaneous documents 1993-1994 acc 6642-001 Box 3 9 Portfolio student examples undated, 1990-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 3 10 Washington Assessment Leadership Team/Puget Sound Educational Services District materials 2001-2007 acc 6642-001 Box 3 15-16 Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) and Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) workshop materials 2000-2001 acc 6642-001 Box 3 18

Materials for Antioch University Seattle on teaching writing and using writing to teach based in National Writing Project/Puget Sound Writing Project principles, including Jewish tradition on reading allegorical - short article

Writing and Portfolio Assessment Institute by Northwest Evaluation Association (NWEA) materials 1990 acc 6642-001 Box 3 19 National Writing Project/Puget Sound Writing Project history documents; National Writing Project lobbying packet; National Writing Project legacy study 1996-2006 acc 6642-001 Box 3 22

Includes transcript of 2006 interview with Linda Clifton about her life and career

Education reform and Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs) Washington State article 1994 May 9 acc 6642-001 Box 3 23 Series 2, Linda Clifton Campaign materials, Washington District 13 Representative, 1976 and 1978 races 1967-2003 Candidate questionnaires; voters' pamphlet 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 12 Speech materials undated, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 13 Other races/opponent materials 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 14 Linda Clifton campaign mailings 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 15 Radio ads and TV materials 1971-1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 16 Printing materials: costs, design, and logos 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 17 Press releases 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 18 State of Washington, Unofficial Returns of General Election, November 7, 1978, Decmocratic and Republican Legislative Candidates 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 19 Newspaper ads materials 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 20 Phone survey materials undated acc 6642-001 Box 1 21 Sample brochures undated, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 22 Linda Clifton photos 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 23 Linda Clifton photos 1976-1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 24

Includes newspaper clipping

Linda Clifton photos 1976, 1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 25

Includes press release document

Strategy, budgets, and calendars of events 1975-1978 acc 6642-001 Box 1 26 "Teacher to Public Official and Back Again I" campaign scrapbook 1967-1977 acc 6642-001 Box 5

Primarily newspaper clippings in which Linda Clifton is mentioned or of which Linda Clifton is the subject. A few pieces of correspondence and ephemera. Subjects include Clifton's 1976 legislative campaign, her accomplishments at Ephrata High School, and her election as chairperson of the Central Washington State College Board of Trustees

"Teacher to Public Official and Back Again I" campaign scrapbook loose materials 1976-2003 acc 6642-001 Box 3 28-31

Loose materials originally organized alongside scrapbook

Newspapers, ephemera, cards, correspondence, awards, and photos relating to Linda Clifton's personal interests and achievements as well as her teaching career and local activism. Include three Certificates of Election for Linda Clifton as the Precinct Committee Officer of the King County Democratic Party (1990, 1992, 1994)

"Teacher to Public Official and Back Again II" campaign scrapbook 1971-1978, 1981 acc 6642-001 Box 5

Newspaper clippings, ephemera, and correspondence documenting Linda Clifton's personal achievements and career as a teacher and local public official. Includes thank-you cards from students

"Teacher to Public Official and Back Again II" campaign scrapbook loose materials 1971-1988 acc 6642-001 Box 4 1-3

Loose materials originally organized alongside scrapbook

Newspaper clippings and correspondence related to Linda Clifton's 1978 legislative campaign. Newspapers, ephemera, cards, correspondence, and photos related to Clifton's personal life, interests, and career. Grant County Citizens Concerned About Nuclear War materials. Graded student work from Clifton's English class at Ephrata High School

Series 3, Personal political activism materials 1987-2008 "Comparable Worth" document 1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 1 Teen labor laws lobbying materials 1992-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 2 Violence against women lobbying materials 1988 acc 6642-001 Box 2 3 Anti-NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) materials and NAFTA analysis text 1992-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 4 Teachers' salaries lobbying newspaper articles 1987-1990 acc 6642-001 Box 2 5 National Council of Teachers of English education standards materials 1993-1994 acc 6642-001 Box 2 6 National Council of Jewish Women and Washington Women United lobbying and organizational materials 1992 acc 6642-001 Box 2 7 Women's Endowment Foundation Board of Directors Manual 2007-2008 acc 6642-001 Box 2 8 Women's Endowment Foundation Focus/Research Committee Report and related materials 2001-2005 acc 6642-001 Box 2 9 Women's Endowment Foundation materials 2006-2007 acc 6642-001 Box 2 10 43rd District Democrats materials 1992-1993, 1999 acc 6642-001 Box 2 11 King County Democrats materials and related publications 1990-1994 acc 6642-001 Box 2 12 The Future of Public Education in North America meeting official materials 1992-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 13-14 The Future of Public Education in North America meeting related materials 1992-1993 acc 6642-001 Box 2 15 Linda Clifton letters to and from elected officials; Vote Smart Project materials 1995-2003 acc 6642-001 Box 2 16 Senator Rosemary McAuliffe materials 1992, 1994 acc 6642-001 Box 2 17 Ronnie Dugger materials 1995 acc 6642-001 Box 2 18 Housing lobbying materials; Linda Clifton King County Testimony 1996 acc 6642-001 Box 2 19 Sound Transit materials 1998-1999 acc 6642-001 Box 2 20 Pension contribution rates lobbying materials 2000 acc 6642-001 Box 2 21

Includes correspondence with Senator Pat Thibaudeau

Linda Clifton, Precinct Committee Officer of King County Democrats Central Committee materials, including Dukakis campaign materials undated, 1988 acc 6642-001 Box 2 22 32nd District Democrats Issues Committee materials, phone tree, and address labels 1988-1989 acc 6642-001 Box 2 23 Proposed legislation for Washington State Writing Project undated, approximately 1987 acc 6642-001 Box 2 24 King County Democrats Central Committee, Legislative Action Committee planning materials 1989 acc 6642-001 Box 2 25 32nd District Democrats materials, including Legislative Action Committee/Issues Committee materials 1987-1992 acc 6642-001 Box 3 11-12 Anti-Defamation League materials 1998 acc 6642-001 Box 3 13 Anti-Defamation League Children of the Dream overview, biographies, budgets, and logo 1996 acc 6642-001 Box 3 14 Washington Women United Ad Hoc Committee report; legislative election preview; organizing documents; legislative issues documents; and Initiative 120, abortion rights legislative materials 1987-1991 acc 6642-001 Box 3 17 Fremont Public Association fund drive document 2000 acc 6642-001 Box 3 20 Peace Now 1994 Linda Clifton sign-on letter, poems, and press; history of alternative (liberal) views on Israel/Palestine 1991-2000 acc 6642-001 Box 3 21 Political action, Afghanistan: Afghanistan/Pakistan news, download of journalist account on University of Washington web network 1992 April acc 6642-001 Box 3 24 Political action, Bosnia: Balkans/Bosnia Resolution, Linda Clifton and John Coehlo 1995-1996 acc 6642-001 Box 3 25 Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction Ethnic Studies Advisory Committee materials, including Jewish Studies materials 2019-2023 acc 6642-001 Box 3 26-27