J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Manuscripts Division
Special Collections
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0860
801-581-8864
http://www.lib.utah.edu/collections/manuscripts.php
ACCN 2312
M. Donald Thomas papers
1794-2004
Thomas, M. Donald
15 boxes
14 linear feet
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.
Collection materials are in
English
.
Biographical Sketch
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Thomas was the superintendent for the Salt Lake City school district in the 1970s-1980s, as well as a collector of historical documents.
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.
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.
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.
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Donated by David Thomas in 2009 and 2012.
Donated by M. Donald Thomas in 2011.
Processed by Julia Huddleston in 2010.
Addenda processed by Michael Bills in 2012, Maggie Anderson in 2013, and Taylor Ouimette in 2015.
Thomas, M. Donald--Archives
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Correspondence
Education, Secondary
Elementary and Secondary Education
Military
I
Education Publications
1
1
Certificates and Letters
1939-1958
Contains a letter signed by Harry Truman.
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
2
6
The Winters are Unfair and Other Poems
1973
II
Portrait
3
Framed reproduction of Woodrow Wilson
III
Civil War Correspondence
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.
4
1-3
John Carnes Letters
1861-1864
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.
4
4
M. Donald Thomas Letters
1869-1921
Contains letters written by Amos Beebe Eaton, a brigadier general for the Union during the American Civil War.
IV
Correspondence and personal materials
1898-2004
5
1
General materials
5
2
General correspondence
1898-1997
5
3
The Education Papers of M. Donald Thomas
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
5
8
Jake Garn
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
5
15
Elizabeth Hornor,
We Differ as Rational Friends: The Human Nature Debate Between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
5
16
Japan
5
17
Maps
V
Speeches and Scripts
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 Materials
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 Documents
13
1
Utah School Register
13
2
School Clerk Notebook
13
3
History Book
13
4
Certificate
1794
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.
VIII
General Materials
14
Newspaper Clippings
15
Signed Yearbooks
1919-1923
15
1
Davis High Yearbook
1919
15
2
Utonian
1923