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John N. Patterson Papers

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John Patterson was a consultant to the School District of Philadelphia and was also active in community and conservation organizations.

The bulk of these papers concern education and the Philadelphia public school system, including correspondence, task force reports, speeches, studies, proposals, and projects. Subjects covered are vocational education, inner city school problems, school decentralization, model school districts, and Philadelphia's Parkway School. Papers also include correspondence, reports, and proposals concerning the Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (H.E.A.R.T.); material on SugarLoaf, a country estate which Patterson wished to convert to a conservation preserve; and the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center. There is also some material on Patterson's financial holdings.

Deposited by Mrs. Anne Patterson in 1971, Accession 82.

Finding aid revised according to contemporary archival standards in June 2015.

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February 2024
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Collection Inventory

Andorra Homes Project, Montgomery County-- miscellaneous papers, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 1
Bank Street College--Correspondence, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 2
Bank Street College--Conference program, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 3
Bank Street College--Conference report, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 4
Bicentennial Corporation--Learning Sub-committee, proposals, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 5
Bicentennial Corporation--Miscellaneous papers, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 6
Blue House--Investment account, undated.
Box 1 Folder 7
"Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document", 1967.
Box 1 Folder 8
"Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document", 1967.
Box 1 Folder 9
"Changes in the Philadelphia Public Schools: A Source Document", 1967.
Box 1 Folder 10
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Correspondence, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 11
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee-- Correspondence, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 12
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Financial estimates, undated.
Box 1 Folder 13
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Mailing lists, undated.
Box 1 Folder 14
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--Mailing lists, undated.
Box 1 Folder 15
Citizens' Education Campaign Committee--"School Visits Report", 1961-1962.
Box 1 Folder 16
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Annual reports, 1967, 1969.
Box 1 Folder 17
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Board meeting minutes, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 18
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Correspondence, 1968-1970.
Box 1 Folder 19
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Golden Beach Hotel, education, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 20
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Miscellaneous financial figures, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 21
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Nature of stockholders meeting and proxy forms, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 22
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Nature of stockholders meeting and proxy forms, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 23
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Proposed stock purchase agreement, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 24
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Questionnaire to board members, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 25
Commonwealth Realty Trust, Inc.--Southgate Apartments, brochure, undated.
Box 1 Folder 26
"A Curriculum Proposal for Modern Foreign Languages for Nursery School through Grade Twelve", 1963.
Box 1 Folder 27
Day Care Project--Summary of Day Care situations, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 28
Day Care Project--Memoranda on proposal, 1968.
Box 1 Folder 29
Demonstration Cities Program--Proposal by Mayor James Tate for Philadelphia participation, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 30
"Dimensions of an Urban University", undated.
Box 1 Folder 31
Eberhard Faber, Inc.--Correspondence, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 32
Education Parks--"Feasibility Study", 1966.
Box 1 Folder 33
Education Parks--Proposal for community service park in Germantown, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 34
Education--Untitled speech by Patterson, 1967.
Box 1 Folder 35
"Education Voucher System", undated.
Box 1 Folder 36
"Educational Perceptions, Preferences, Needs, and Goals", 1969.
Box 1 Folder 37
"Exploring the Wissahickon Valley", 1968.
Box 1 Folder 38
"Federal Grant for Desegregation", 1965.
Box 1 Folder 39
George A. Fuller Company--Draft notes on, 1966.
Box 1 Folder 40
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Correspondence, 1968, 1970.
Box 1 Folder 41
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Final proposal, July 1970.
Box 1 Folder 42
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Final proposal, July 1970.
Box 1 Folder 43
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Magazine article, undated.
Box 2 Folder 44
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 2 Folder 45
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Quarterly report, April and July 1970.
Box 2 Folder 46
Household Employment Association for Re-Evaluation and Training (HEART)--Report on seminar, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 47
"The Human Services Manpower Crisis", undated.
Box 2 Folder 48
Inner City School Problems--Seminar, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 49
Inner City School Problems--Seminar, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 50
"An Instructional Management Strategy for Individual Learning", undated.
Box 2 Folder 51
Intensive Learning Center--Advisory Committee meeting minutes, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 52
Intensive Learning Center--Comments by Advisory Committee members on possible changes, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 53
Intensive Learning Center--Organization for instructions, 1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 54
Intensive Learning Center- -Prospectus, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 55
Intensive Learning Center--"Summer Stuff", 1969.
Box 2 Folder 56
Intergroup Education--Seminar, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 57
Intergroup Education--Seminar, 1965.
Box 2 Folder 58
Kalodner, Philip P.--Article on 1969, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 59
Middle Schools--"As of Now: Philadelphia's Community and Magnet Schools", 1966.
Box 2 Folder 60
Middle Schools--Conference, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 61
Middle Schools--Conference, 1966.
Box 2 Folder 62
Middle Schools--Conwell School, "Challenge and Change at...", 1967.
Box 2 Folder 63
Middle Schools--Conwell School, fact sheets, undated.
Box 2 Folder 64
Middle Schools--Conwell School, test score results, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 65
Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 2 Folder 66
Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 2 Folder 67
Middle Schools--Miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 2 Folder 68
Middle Schools--Report on, undated.
Box 2 Folder 69
Middle Schools--Report on, undated.
Box 2 Folder 70
Model School Program--Memoranda and committee meetings, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 71
Model School Program--Report on Masterman Laboratory, undated.
Box 2 Folder 72
Model School Program--Report on North Philadelphia Model School District, 1967.
Box 2 Folder 73
National Committee for Support of the Public Schools--Newsletter, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 74
National Committee for Support of the Public Schools--Special reports, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 75
"New Approaches in Public Education", undated.
Box 2 Folder 76
New Land Purchase--115 Acre Tract, 1969.
Box 2 Folder 77
New Land Purchase--"Philadelphia International Airport Related Land", undated.
Box 2 Folder 78
"Notes on a Teaching Experience", 1967.
Box 2 Folder 79
Oxon Hill Children's Farm--Correspondence, 1970.
Box 2 Folder 80
Parkway School--Committee meeting, undated.
Box 2 Folder 81
Parkway School--Evaluation Project, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 82
Parkway School--Miscellaneous papers and memoranda, 1967-1968.
Box 2 Folder 83
Parkway School--Status report, 1968.
Box 2 Folder 84
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society--Educational programs for Children, 1969-1970.
Box 2 Folder 85
Personal papers. Biographical data on John N. Patterson, undated.
Box 3 Folder 86
Personal papers. Correspondence, 1966-1970.
Box 3 Folder 87
Personal papers. "The Individual and Society: The Players and the Plot", 1969.
Box 3 Folder 88
Personal papers. Life insurance--miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 3 Folder 89
Personal papers. Medical examination, 1954.
Box 3 Folder 90
Personal papers. Miscellaneous speech notes, undated.
Box 3 Folder 91
Personal papers. Miscellaneous speech notes, undated.
Box 3 Folder 92
Personal papers. Mrs. Patterson--correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1970.
Box 3 Folder 93
Personal papers. Naval records--correspondence, undated.
Box 3 Folder 94
Personal papers. Naval records--correspondence, undated.
Box 3 Folder 95
Personal papers. Naval records--discharge and promotion papers, undated.
Box 3 Folder 96
Personal papers. Naval records--instructions, undated.
Box 3 Folder 97
Personal papers. Naval records--miscellaneous pamphlets, undated.
Box 3 Folder 98
Personal papers. Naval records--officer's qualifications record jacket, undated.
Box 3 Folder 99
Personal papers. Naval records--photograph, 1953.
Box 3 Folder 100
Personal papers. Naval records--training program, undated.
Box 3 Folder 101
Personal papers. "The Windward Passage-Both Ways: Some Comparisons and Afterthoughts", 1970.
Box 3 Folder 102
"The Phantom Nongraded School", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 103
Philadelphia Council for Community Advancement-- Newsletter, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 104
Philadelphia Opportunities for Women-- Correspondence, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 105
Plays for Living--Committee members and committee fact sheet, 1969-1970.
Box 3 Folder 106
Plays for Living--Correspondence, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 107
Plays for Living--Future objectives requiring additional finances, undated.
Box 3 Folder 108
Plays for Living--Performances, 1967-1969.
Box 3 Folder 109
Plays for Living--Request to the Grant Foundation for support, 1967.
Box 3 Folder 110
Primary and Secondary Education in the Delaware Valley--Staff memoranda, 1968.
Box 3 Folder 111
"A Program Proposal for WTAF-TV", undated.
Box 3 Folder 112
"A Proposal to Implement Educational Change through Community Co-Operation", 1966.
Box 3 Folder 113
Regional Cooperation between the Schools of Philadelphia and the Suburbs--Miscellaneous papers, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 114
"The Relationship between Metropolitan Areas, Manpower Shortages, and the Volunteer", 1965.
Box 3 Folder 115
Request for Operational Planning Grant, undated.
Box 3 Folder 116
Ridgeway Library Site--Correspondence, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 117
"School Administrators to Attend Human Relations Retreats", 1965.
Box 3 Folder 118
School Board Question--Patterson speech, 1966.
Box 3 Folder 119
School Board Question--Primary election, 1969.
Box 3 Folder 120
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 121
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 122
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 123
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 124
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 125
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 126
School Decentralization--"An Evaluation of Decentralization in New York City", 1968.
Box 3 Folder 127
School Decentralization--"The Politics of Decentralization", 1968.
Box 4 Folder 128
School Decentralization--Proposed guide- lines of the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, 1969.
Box 4 Folder 129
School Decentralization--Recommendations of Education Committee of the Americans for Democratic Action, undated.
Box 4 Folder 130
School Decentralization--Untitled paper, undated.
Box 4 Folder 131
"A School Designed for Kids", 1970.
Box 4 Folder 132
School District of Philadelphia-- Architecture and construction expenses, undated.
Box 4 Folder 133
School District of Philadelphia--Budget, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 134
School District of Philadelphia--Budget proposal, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 135
School District of Philadelphia--Consultants, employed, undated.
Box 4 Folder 136
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming A-C, undated.
Box 4 Folder 137
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming D-H, undated.
Box 4 Folder 138
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming J-N, undated.
Box 4 Folder 139
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming O-R, undated.
Box 4 Folder 140
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming S-T, undated.
Box 4 Folder 141
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Incoming U-Z, undated.
Box 4 Folder 142
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, 1965-February 1966.
Box 4 Folder 143
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, March-May 1966.
Box 4 Folder 144
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, June-August 1966.
Box 4 Folder 145
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, September-December 1966.
Box 4 Folder 146
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 147
School District of Philadelphia--Correspondence, Outgoing, 1969-1970.
Box 4 Folder 148
School District of Philadelphia--Field Foundation Project, preliminary planning, 1966.
Box 4 Folder 149
School District of Philadelphia--Mental Health Programs, undated.
Box 4 Folder 150
School District of Philadelphia--Office of Planning, meetings, 1966.
Box 4 Folder 151
School District of Philadelphia--Organization plan for school district, undated.
Box 4 Folder 152
School District of Philadelphia--Recruitment of personnel, memoranda on, undated.
Box 4 Folder 153
School District of Philadelphia--Recruitment of personnel, miscellaneous resumes, undated.
Box 4 Folder 154
School District of Philadelphia--Repairs and physical expansion, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 155
School District of Philadelphia--Research for Better Schools, statements on personnel, undated.
Box 4 Folder 156
School District of Philadelphia--Services and activities of division of school extension, 1966.
Box 4 Folder 157
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, correspondence, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 158
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, correspondence, 1966-1967.
Box 4 Folder 159
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report to board of education, 1965.
Box 4 Folder 160
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report to board of education, 1967.
Box 4 Folder 161
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on capital program and physical plant, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 162
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on capital program and physical plant, undated.
Box 5 Folder 163
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on budget analysis procedures, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 164
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on manpower and programs, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 165
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on manpower and programs, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 166
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, seminar, 1965.
Box 5 Folder 167
School District of Philadelphia--Task Forces, report on proposed, undated.
Box 5 Folder 168
School District of Philadelphia--"A Video- Sponder Teaching System", undated.
Box 5 Folder 169
School District of Philadelphia--Warehousing, 1966, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 170
School Superintendents--Miscellaneous articles on, undated.
Box 5 Folder 171
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Adult Ecology course, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 172
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Budget and expenses, 1969-1970.
Box 5 Folder 173
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Christmas Count, 1969, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 174
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--"Computer Utilization in Air and Water Pollution Control", 1969.
Box 5 Folder 175
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Correspondence, 1968-1970.
Box 5 Folder 176
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Employee's manual, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 177
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Executive Committee minutes, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 178
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Executive Committee minutes, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 179
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Insurance coverage, undated.
Box 5 Folder 180
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center-Maintenance and janitorial manual, 1969.
Box 5 Folder 181
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Miscellaneous papers and brochures, undated.
Box 5 Folder 182
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly attendance record, 1969-1970.
Box 5 Folder 183
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly summary, February-March 1969.
Box 5 Folder 184
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Monthly summary, April-August 1969.
Box 5 Folder 185
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Pilot Urban Ecology Study, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 186
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Problems affecting Nature Center, undated.
Box 5 Folder 187
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Program proposal, undated.
Box 5 Folder 188
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Public Tours, program for, undated.
Box 5 Folder 189
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--"A Seasonal Study of a One Meter Section of a Stream on the Schuylkill Valley Nature Center", 1970.
Box 5 Folder 190
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Sugar Loaf Conference, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 191
Schuylkill Valley Nature Center--Teacher's Urban Ecology Workshop proposal, 1970.
Box 5 Folder 192
"Some Major Areas of Concentration for Improving the Quality of Education in Philadelphia", undated.
Box 5 Folder 193
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate- -Correspondence, 1967.
Box 5 Folder 194
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence, January-February 1968.
Box 5 Folder 195
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence, March-June 1968.
Box 5 Folder 196
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Correspondence, July 1968 - April 1969.
Box 5 Folder 197
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Miscellaneous newspaper articles, undated.
Box 5 Folder 198
Sugar Loaf, Greenfield Estate--Proposal for creation of Conference Center, 1968.
Box 5 Folder 199
"Survival...and the Pursuit of Happiness", 1970.
Box 6 Folder 200
Temple University--Operating expenses, 1967-1970.
Box 6 Folder 201
"Towards a Differentiated Teaching Staff", undated.
Box 6 Folder 202
"Training as an Agent of Institutional Change", 1966.
Box 6 Folder 203
"Urban Observatories: A Proposal for the National League of Cities", 1965.
Box 6 Folder 204
"The Value of the Dollar", 1970.
Box 6 Folder 205
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--members, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 206
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration vocational education, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 207
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration of vocational education, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 208
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Pennsylvania--plan for administration of vocational education, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 209
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--field exposure sessions, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 210
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--organization, undated.
Box 6 Folder 211
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--members, undated.
Box 6 Folder 212
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--summary of activities, 1970.
Box 6 Folder 213
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--meeting minutes, 1969-1970.
Box 6 Folder 214
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--correspondence, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 215
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, Philadelphia--correspondence, 1970.
Box 6 Folder 216
Vocational Education--Advisory Council, United States--miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 6 Folder 217
Vocational Education- -Conference, 1966.
Box 6 Folder 218
Vocational Education--"Cooperative Work Experiences in Industrial Education", 1969.
Box 6 Folder 219
Vocational Education--"Involving Industry in Local Vocational and Technical Education", 1967.
Box 6 Folder 220
Vocational Education--Miscellaneous papers, undated.
Box 6 Folder 221
Vocational Education--Occupational education conference, 1968.
Box 6 Folder 222
Vocational Education--"Plans and Prospects for Federal Vocational Education Funds", 1969.
Box 6 Folder 223
Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 224
Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 225
Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, Revised, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 226
Vocational Education--Proposal for Job Bound Youth, Revised, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 227
Vocational Education--School District of Philadelphia, organization of vocational education administration, undated.
Box 6 Folder 228
Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, budget, undated.
Box 6 Folder 229
Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, description, undated.
Box 6 Folder 230
Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, scheduling, undated.
Box 6 Folder 231
Vocational Education--Skill Center Program, technical advisor's meeting, undated.
Box 6 Folder 232
Vocational Education--"A Statement of Philosophy of Occupational Education", 1968.
Box 6 Folder 233
Vocational Education--"A Statement of Philosophy of Occupational Education, " excerpts, 1968.
Box 6 Folder 234
Vocational Education--Suggestions and proposals for programs of Occupational Education in Philadelphia schools, 1969.
Box 6 Folder 235
Vocational Education--"Survey of Vocational Education in 19 Large City School Systems", 1969.
Box 6 Folder 236
Vocational Education--Three year plan for advisory committee on vocational education, undated.
Box 6 Folder 237
Vocational Education--Venango County Technical School, report, 1970.
Box 6 Folder 238
"Where We're At in Philadelphia"--"Old Needs and New Directions", 1967.
Box 6 Folder 239
"Where We're At in Philadelphia"--"Managing the Public Schools", 1967.
Box 6 Folder 240
"Where We're At in Philadelphia"--Revolutions in Philadelphia, undated.
Box 6 Folder 241
Where We're At in Philadelphia--"A Proposal for an Institute of Administrative Training and Planning", 1968.
Box 6 Folder 242
Young America Preserves, Inc.--Proposal for the Children's Museum of Philadelphia, 1968.
Box 6 Folder 243
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, undated.
Box 6 Folder 244
Miscellaneous newspaper clippings, undated.
Box 6 Folder 245
Appointment Book, 1967.
Box 7
Appointment Book, 1968.
Box 7
Appointment Book, 1969.
Box 7
Appointment Book, 1970.
Box 7
Mass Cards on Death, 1970.
Box 7

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