Part 1 (M2015-071): Betty L. Johnson Papers, 1953-2015
Physical Description: 0.4 cubic foot (1 archives box) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, circa 1965-1975 and 2015, of Betty Johnson of Janesville, Wisconsin, concerning her efforts to improve the care of the mentally disabled at state facilities. The papers include Betty's five scrapbooks detailing the family's efforts to help her son with disabilities, his experiences at Southern Colony, the fundraising and work with local and state mental organizations and her son's death in 1967. Also included are other reports and publications such as the "Wisconsin State Plan for Construction of Mental Health Facilities" (1968-1969), "Guidelines for Action in Mental Health and Retardation" (1965), the "Beloit Public Schools Practices and Procedures to Facilitate the Implementation of Chapter 115 of the Wisconsin Statutes" (1975), and Betty's remembrance, A Personal Story on Behalf of Handicapped Children (2015).

Scrapbooks

Book 1: “Chris and Our Efforts to Help Him,” 1953-1955

Book 2: “Southern Colony,” 1955

Book 3: “Local and State Organization Fundraising, etc.,” 1957-1958

Book 4: “'Out of the Darkness into the Light' and Colony Situation,” 1955-1957

Book 5: “Chris Passes Away,” 1966-1967

Reports

“Wisconsin State Plan for the Construction of Mental Retardation Facilities,” 1968-1969

“Guidelines for Action in Mental Health and Mental Retardation,” 1965

“Beloit Public Schools, Practices and Procedures to Facilitate the Implementation of Chapter 115 of the Wisconsin Statutes,” 1975

Memoir

A Personal Story on Behalf of Handicapped Children, 2015

Part 2 (M2015-141): Elaine Keller Papers, 1970-1977
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1970-1977, of Elaine Keller relating to her work with the Wisconsin Association of Retarded Children (WARC), a Wisconsin non-profit organization devoted to passing the Bill of Rights for Handicapped Children (Senate Bill 185), a bill the organization believed necessary to integrate children with developmental disabilities into public school systems. The papers consist of the drafts, proposed changes, and amendments to the bill provided by various committee members prior to its passage. Also included are news clippings on the Bill of Rights' passage, WARC bulletins, memos, parent training manuals, and correspondence, as well as materials documenting Keller's work with the Milwaukee Public Schools' implementation of the new law.

Senate Bill 185 (SB 185) Passage

Wisconsin Council on Special Education, 1972-1975

Wisconsin Legislative Council

Draft statutes and proposals, 1972-1973

Information and research bulletins, 1972-1973

Memos, 1972

Summary and reports, 1972-1973

Analysis, 1973

Wisconsin proposed changes to SB 185, 1973

News clippings on passage of SB 185, 1973

Amendments, 1973

Milwaukee Public Schools

Rules implementing subchapter IV of Chapter 115 of Wisconsin Statutes, 1976

Implementation of Chapter 115 into Milwaukee Public Schools, 1970-1977

Milwaukee Public Schools Community Study on Exceptional Education, 1972

News articles and bulletins on Milwaukee implementation, 1973-1975

WARC Administrative Records

Implementation of Chapter 89, 1973

Guidelines for the implementation of Chapter 89, 1973

WARC training manual for parents, 1973

WARC correspondence, 1973

WARC Educational Committee

Correspondence, 1973

Packets, 1973-1974

WARC “Classification of Mentally Challenged Children,” 1974

White House conference on “Handicapped Children,” 1977

Part 3 (M2015-180): Barbara J. Pellegrini Papers, 1969-2016
Physical Description: 0.4 cubic feet (1 archives box) and 12 photographs 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1969-2016, of Dr. Barbara J. Pellegrini, the mother of a son with learning disabilities and an activist and advocate for public special education. This collection contains material related to Pellegrini's role in advocating for resources for special education in Beloit and Rock County and in changing state laws pertaining to special education. The collection includes four notebooks compiled by Pellegrini in writing her self-published 2015 memoir, The Way It Was. The notebooks contain clippings, correspondence, resources, and other materials relating to special education. One notebook also includes correspondence (1981-1985) related to Pellegrini's job as the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development Coordinator for Cooperative Educational Service Agency (CESA) 17 (later renamed CESA 2). Also included are personal accounts from Suzanne Kendrick and Donna Mutschler about their efforts to secure special education instruction for their children.

Memoir: The Way It Was: Two Decades as a Mother, Activist, and Special Educator on Behalf of Children with Learning Disabilities, 2015

Research materials

Notebook 1

Special education in Beloit

Clippings, 1969-1971

Correspondence, 1969-1971

Petition, circa 1969

Pellegrini description of special education in Beloit in 1969-1971, written circa 2015

Notebook 2

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, 1973-1974, 1978

Writing and passage of SB 185/Chapter 89/Chapter 115

Addresses and notes, circa 1972

Clippings, 1972-1973

Correspondence, 1972-1973

Legislative history, 1973

Pellegrini description of 1972-1973 events, written circa 2015

Publicity (Chapter 89), 1973

Special education programs and teachers in Wisconsin, 1972

Wisconsin Legislative Council, 1972

Notebook 3

Chapter 89 and Special Education

Correspondence, 1974-1977

Clippings, 1974-1978

Description of events, written circa 2015

Recognition event for supporters of SB-185, 1974
Note: Photographs

Resources

Beloit Public Schools, Special Education Department annual report, 1973-1974

Citizens for Better Education Remedial Plan, circa 1974

“Education of Handicapped Children” / Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1977

“Getting It Together: A Guide to Writing Statements Concerning a Student's Exceptional Educational Needs” / Wisconsin Department of Instruction, 1977

Kindergarten screening protocol, Clinton Public Schools, 1975

Report to the Wisconsin Legislature from the Council on Special Education, 1977

Notebook 4

Correspondence, CESA 17/CESA 2 (Cooperative Educational Service Agencies), Coordinator, Comprehensive System of Personnel Development, 1981-1985, 1991

Resources, “Let's A.C.C.T. On It! Collaborative Consultation in Albany (Wisconsin),” 1985

Other personal accounts

Suzanne Kendrick, 1976, 1985, 1993

Donna Mutschler, 2016

Part 4 (M2016-025): Barbara Rock Papers, 1965-2003
Physical Description: 3.1 cubic feet (3 records center cartons and 1 folder) and 1 photograph 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, primarily 1970-1980, collected by Barbara Rock while working as a member of Milwaukee Parents Association of Children with Learning Disabilities and their project, Milwaukee Task Force on Children with Exceptional Education. The Task Force centered on achieving equal and accessible access for children with special education needs. The papers consist of the Task Force's annual reports, newsletters, workshop materials, news clippings, and Rock's correspondence with disability activists and politicians. Also included are Wisconsin Association of Children with Learning Disabilities notes and letters, 1976 Chapter Operations Manual, and Professional Advisory Board material, a photograph of Rock serving as a disability activist, Wisconsin statutes related to exceptional children, and Governor Lucey's 1976 proclamation of October Learning Disabilities Month in the State of Wisconsin.

Task Force research materials, 1965-1974

Combined Task Force administration, 1977

Task Force annual report, 1978-1980

Task Force short and long range goals, undated

Planning committee meetings, 1973

Correspondence and notes, 1972

Inter-office memorandums, 1972-1973

Handbook on legal opinions, 1979

Compliance suit, 1976-1980

Workshop materials on educating children with disabilities, 1977, 1980

Conference and workshop handbooks, 1971-1979

Papers on learning disabilities, 1974, 1976

Research on disabilities, 1979-1980

Program placements, 1976-1978

Superintendent's report #1 on broadly based community study, 1973

Task Force and Milwaukee Department of Public Instruction (DPI) joint agreements, 1976-1980

Remedial plan for compliance with Chapter 115 and Subchapter IV, 1977

Broadly based community study, 1972-1976

Concerned Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities, 1971, 1971-1979

Parents Association of Children with Learning Disabilities

Notes, 1971-1985

Correspondence, 1971-1985

News clippings, 1971-1974

Programs, 1975

By-laws and administrative records, 1974-1975

Information Resources Committee, 1973-1980

Parent and children advocacy training, 1972-1980

Parent and child advocacy training manual, 1973-1979

Advocacy training, 1976-1980

Advocacy committee meeting minutes, 1980

Wisconsin Advocacy Project correspondence and notes, 1976-1977

Newsletters, 1971-1974, 1977-1983

Council for Exceptional Children, 1974

Administrative records, 1970-1989

Supportive Services materials, 1972

Wisconsin Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 1971-1981

Wisconsin Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 1981-1982

Notes and letters, 1971-1983

Chapter operations manual, 1976

Professional Advisory Board, 1972, 1975-1979

Professional Advisory Board, 1980-1989

Wisconsin State bulletins, 1976-1984

Wisconsin Senate Bills, 1973, 1975, 1977

Wisconsin Education of the Handicapped Act, 1979

Wisconsin statutes relative to Exceptional Children, 1971-1980

Wisconsin Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2003

Wisconsin State Proclamation of October Learning Disabilities Month, 1976

Photograph of Barbara Rock

Part 5 (M2016-047): Frances B. Bicknell Papers, 1974-1992
Physical Description: 0.8 cubic feet (2 archives boxes) 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1974-1992, of Frances B. Bicknell, the mother of a son with developmental disabilities and a Madison activist who fought to protect and preserve the rights of people with developmental disabilities. This collection includes records from Bicknell's time serving on the Dane County Developmental Disabilities Services Board in the late 1970s, including material from the Protective Services Committee, Board publications, and information about services provided by the Board. Bicknell also served as co-chair of the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services Protective Services and Guardianship Task Force from 1979-1981. These papers include Task Force correspondence, Task Force reports, and resource material collected by Bicknell, chiefly about the legislative history of various Wisconsin laws related to guardianship as well as studies and other material on the topic. Additionally there are reports and publications about the guardianship of people with developmental disabilities collected by Bicknell over the years.

Dane County Developmental Disabilities Services Board

Board meetings, 1979

Financial

Grants: WADD Guardianship Project, circa 1978-1979

Organizational dues, 1978

Memos, 1976

Protective Services Committee

Meeting agendas, 1978-1980

Meeting minutes, 1978-1980

Publications

Guardianship manual, 1979

Handbook for guardians, 1977

Plan Coordination Committee Task Force report, 1978

Recommendations regarding the development of a Dane County Protective Services System, 1976

Services

Adult Protective Services, 1977-1978

Case management, 1977-1978

Crisis advocacy, 1978-1979

Grievance procedures, 1978

Job placement, 1978-1979

Special living arrangements, 1976-1978

Substitute care, 1977

Statement of philosophy, 1976

Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services Protective Services and Guardianship Task Force

Clippings, 1975-1978

Correspondence, 1979-1981

Meeting minutes, 1979

Notes (Fran Bicknell), circa 1979

Reports

Draft legislation, 1979

Report to Secretary Pearcy, 1979

Summary of recommendations, circa 1979

Resource material

Correspondence and memos, 1974-1978

Legislative history

Chapter 55, 1976

Chapter 119, 1975

Chapter 284 Revision, A.B. 573 drafts, 1975

Chapter 284 Revision, A.B. 573 notes and research, 1974-1976

Chapter 284 Revision, A.B. 573 roll call votes, 1976

Chapter 284 Revision, A.B. 573 revision, correspondence, 1974-1976

Chapter 393, 1975

Chapter 455, 1975

Non-Profit Corporation Guardianship, 1976

Pamphlets, circa 1976

Protective Placement, circa 1976

Reports

Chapter 55: Wisconsin Protective Services Law and Its Application, 1978

Duties and Liabilities of Guardians, circa 1976

Protective Services/Guardianship in Wisconsin: analytical report, 1979

Protective Services Task Force committee report, 1975

Temporary guardianship, circa 1976

Research

Center for Public Representation, publications, 1977 and 1992

Reports

“Children of Misfortune,” 1984

“Guardianship of Adults,” 1985

“Returning the Mentally Disabled to the Community: Government Needs to Do More,” 1977

Summary of Autism Project, 1977

“Through the Maze: A Legal Rights Handbook for People Living in Residential Facilities in Wisconsin,” 1987

Part 6 (M2016-048, VDA 351): David J. Franks Papers, 1973-2015
Physical Description: 1.0 cubic foot (1 records center carton) and 1 DVD 
Scope and Content Note: Papers, 1973-2015, of Dr. David J. Franks, a professor of Special Education at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, consisting of materials related to Franks' teaching career at UW-Whitewater and UW-Eau Claire, including material about his development of classes and programs at both institutions for the training of early childhood special education teachers. Also documented are conferences, training programs, and studies related to the exceptional education of children at these two UW campuses as well as material related to Dr. Franks' involvement with studies, task forces, committees, and research projects on early childhood special education in Wisconsin. Also included are Dr. Franks' 2015 memoir Peering Into the Past to Get a Glimpse of the Future: A History of Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Preparation and the Division on Early Childhood in Wisconsin and an oral history interview with Dr. Franks reflecting on his career in early childhood special education.

Special Education Instruction, 1973-2005

UW-Eau Claire

Cooperative Early Childhood Education Teacher Education Program with UW-River Falls, 2005

Early Childhood Special Education Program license extension, 1994

Early Childhood Special Education Program review report, 2003-2004

Early Education of the Handicapped program evaluation instrument, 1988

Early Education of the Handicapped program handbook, circa 1988

Early Education of the Handicapped program proposal, 1982

Early Intervention: Birth to Three Conference, 1988

Early Intervention for Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-Schoolers, Team Decision-Making Curriculum, circa 1993

Events, 1981-2000

Grant writing class, 2000

Special Education, Masters of Science Degree, handbook, circa 1990

Special Education, Undergraduate Program, handbook, circa 1990

Summer Early Education Learning Lab, 1982

UW-Whitewater

Developmental Therapy Training Institute, 1978

Early Childhood Exceptional Educational Needs certification program proposal, 1977

Early Childhood Exceptional Educational Needs Teacher training program, circa 1979

Early Childhood Special Education, in-service leadership training manual, 1980

Education of Young Handicapped Children program proposal, 1977

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Training Program project progress, 1979-1981

Publicity and events, 1974-1978

Wisconsin Task Force on Early Education for the Handicapped, 1973-1974

Wisconsin Early Childhood Special Education, 1973-2015

Council for Exceptional Children, Division on Early Childhood, 1973-2006

Division of Early Childhood, Developmental Delay Category Addition, 1985-1995

“Peering Into the Past to Get a Glimpse of the Future: A History of Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Preparation and the Division on Early Childhood in Wisconsin” / by David J. Franks, Ph.D., 2015

Projects

Birth to year three

Year-End Report (Year One), 1989-1990

Year-End Report (Year One), Appendix (1), 1989-1990

Year-End Report (Year One), Appendix (2), 1989-1990

Teacher Preparation Certification proposal, 1991-1992

Great Rivers Intervention Project, circa 1984

Early Childhood Special Education Teacher Certification, 1976-1977

Early Childhood Special Education Training Modules, 1976

Pre-school options, 1995-2000

Reports

“The Interdisciplinary Use of Art, Music, Literature in Habitation of the Young Handicapped Child,” 1994

“Medically Fragile, Chronically Ill Children: Resource Manual for School Personnel,” 1991

“Multi-Disciplinary Practices in Early Childhood Special Education”

Introduction, circa 2015

(1) Multi-Disciplinary Team Discipline Practice, circa 1990

(2) Special Education Teacher, circa 1977-1981

(3) Speech and Language Therapy, circa 1987

(4) Occupational Therapy, circa 1987

(5) Physical Therapy, circa 1986-2003

(6) Social Work and Counseling, circa 1987

(7) Role Release, circa 1987

Teaching Early Childhood: Exceptional Education Needs, Ten Resource Models, 1979

Wisconsin Personnel Development Project, 1989

Video

Oral History with Dr. David J. Franks about his career in Exceptional Education instruction, research, and practice, 2015