NCTE/Commission on the Profession, 1958-62

Description: Files on the Commission on the Profession containing correspondence; agendas and minutes of meetings; nominating ballots and invitations for membership; annotated bibliography on the "Profession of English Teaching" (1959); report from the committee on teaching loads (1959); "Viewing 'English' in Perspective: A Work Sheet" (1959); preliminary inquiry on "The Responsibilities of Teachers of English" (1959); proposal to "Improve the Courses in Methods of Teaching English Offered in Colleges Throughout the U.S." (1960-61); proposal for an annual report on English Teaching (1961) and recommendations for termination of the commission (1962). Principal correspondents include: Brice Harris (Director), J. Nicholas Hook, Albert Marckwardt, Helen Olson and James R. Squire.