Exceptional Education History Project Collection, 1953-2016

Container Title
M2016-025
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.
Box   1
Folder   1
Task Force research materials, 1965-1974
Box   1
Folder   2
Combined Task Force administration, 1977
Box   1
Folder   3-4
Task Force annual report, 1978-1980
Box   1
Folder   5
Task Force short and long range goals, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Planning committee meetings, 1973
Box   1
Folder   7
Correspondence and notes, 1972
Box   1
Folder   8
Inter-office memorandums, 1972-1973
Box   1
Folder   9
Handbook on legal opinions, 1979
Box   1
Folder   10-12
Compliance suit, 1976-1980
Box   1
Folder   13-14
Workshop materials on educating children with disabilities, 1977, 1980
Box   1
Folder   15
Conference and workshop handbooks, 1971-1979
Box   1
Folder   16
Papers on learning disabilities, 1974, 1976
Box   1
Folder   17
Research on disabilities, 1979-1980
Box   1
Folder   18
Program placements, 1976-1978
Box   1
Folder   19
Superintendent's report #1 on broadly based community study, 1973
Box   1
Folder   20
Task Force and Milwaukee Department of Public Instruction (DPI) joint agreements, 1976-1980
Box   1
Folder   21
Remedial plan for compliance with Chapter 115 and Subchapter IV, 1977
Box   1
Folder   22-24
Broadly based community study, 1972-1976
Box   1
Folder   25-26
Concerned Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities, 1971, 1971-1979
Parents Association of Children with Learning Disabilities
Box   1
Folder   27-31
Notes, 1971-1985
Box   2
Folder   1-2
Correspondence, 1971-1985
Box   2
Folder   3
News clippings, 1971-1974
Box   2
Folder   4
Programs, 1975
Box   2
Folder   5
By-laws and administrative records, 1974-1975
Box   2
Folder   6
Information Resources Committee, 1973-1980
Box   2
Folder   7-8
Parent and children advocacy training, 1972-1980
Box   2
Folder   9
Parent and child advocacy training manual, 1973-1979
Box   2
Folder   10-11
Advocacy training, 1976-1980
Box   2
Folder   12
Advocacy committee meeting minutes, 1980
Box   2
Folder   13-14
Wisconsin Advocacy Project correspondence and notes, 1976-1977
Box   2
Folder   15-16
Newsletters, 1971-1974, 1977-1983
Box   2
Folder   17
Council for Exceptional Children, 1974
Box   2
Folder   18-24
Administrative records, 1970-1989
Box   2
Folder   25
Supportive Services materials, 1972
Box   2
Folder   26-33
Wisconsin Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 1971-1981
Box   3
Folder   1-6
Wisconsin Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, 1981-1982
Box   3
Folder   7-8
Notes and letters, 1971-1983
Box   3
Folder   9
Chapter operations manual, 1976
Box   3
Folder   10-12
Professional Advisory Board, 1972, 1975-1979
Box   3
Folder   13
Professional Advisory Board, 1980-1989
Box   3
Folder   14
Wisconsin State bulletins, 1976-1984
Box   3
Folder   15-16
Wisconsin Senate Bills, 1973, 1975, 1977
Box   3
Folder   17
Wisconsin Education of the Handicapped Act, 1979
Box   3
Folder   18-21
Wisconsin statutes relative to Exceptional Children, 1971-1980
Box   3
Folder   22
Wisconsin Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 2003
Oversize Folder  
Wisconsin State Proclamation of October Learning Disabilities Month, 1976
PH Box   36
Photograph of Barbara Rock