St. Louis City-St. Louis County White House Conference on Education Records, 1955-1988 (S0494)

17 cubic feet, 488 folders, 1 grooved media, 738 photographs, 20 cassettes, 14 audio tapes, 11 video tapes

 Finding Aid

This collection contains correspondence, cassettes, reports, and meeting minutes documenting the St. Louis-St. Louis County White House Conference on Education’s effort to improve education throughout St. Louis by examining local education problems, establishing effective communication among citizens, educators, and legislators, and creating recommendations to serve as guidelines for developing education policy.

Subjects

Counties

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