Guide to the Don Barr Papers,
1975-2003.

Collection Number: 23-24-3670

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
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Compiled by:
RMC Staff
Date completed:
May 2008
EAD encoding:
RMC Staff, May 2008
Date modified:
RMC Staff, December 2012

© 2008 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Don Barr papers, 1975-2003.
Collection Number:
23-24-3670
Creator:
Donald Barr
Quantity:
2 cubic feet.
Forms of Material:
Publications, Reports, Correspondence, Printed Materials
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Abstract:
Includes course material, publications, correspondence, and seminar material pertaining to Barr's career in the College of Human Ecology and his work on multicultural education and social injustices.
Language:
Collection material in English

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Professor emeritus of Policy Analysis and Management, formerly the Dept. of Human Service Studies, Cornell University
Don Barr was born May 7, 1935 in Geneva, Ohio. He earned a B.S. (1957) in social and earth sciences at Miami University in Ohio, an M.A. (1959) in sociology and a Ph.D. (1964) in guidance and counseling, both at Indiana University. When Barr first came to Cornell in 1971, he was the director of the college's office of counseling and admissions. Later, he moved to the Department of Human Service Studies (HSS), now called Policy Analysis and Management (PAM) and served a term as chair of this department.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

Includes course material, publications, correspondence, and seminar material pertaining to Barr's career in the College of Human Ecology and his work on multicultural education and social injustices.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Barr, Donald
Cornell University--Faculty
New York State College of Human Ecology.Dept. of Human Service Studies.
New York State College of Human Ecology.Dept. of Policy Analysis and Management.

Subjects:
College students--Political activity.
Multicultural education--United States.
Race identity.
Race relations--United States.
INFORMATION FOR USERS

Cite As:
Don Barr papers, #23-24-3670. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Biographical
2004
Vita and Biographical Material
 Box 1 Folder 1
1971-2000
Annual Reports
 Box 1 Folder 2
Awards
 Box 1 Folder 3
1996
Dept. Curriculum Committee
 Box 1 Folder 4
Publications
March 1984
The Society for Applied Anthropology, Anuual Meeting, Toronto
 Box 1
September 1971
Counselor Education And Supervision Volume 11 No.1
 Box 1
June 1984
International Society of Political Psychology, Official Program Directory
 Box 1
1984
Catalyst, A Socialist Journal of the Social Services
 Box 1
Winter 1988
NASPA Journal Volume 26 No. 2
 Box 1
February 1968
The Personnel And Guidance Journal Volume 46 No.6
 Box 1
Summer 1974
Community Mental Health Journal Volume 10 No. 2
 Box 1
Fall 1997
Athena, Cornell Women's Center
 Box 1
1977
Teacher Corps, Team Leaders Handbook
 Box 1
May 1987
The Bulletin of the Association of College Unions - International Volume 55 No.3
Box 1
1970
"Humanist Images of Man", Association of Humanistic Psychology, Eighth Annual Meeting
 Box 1
May 1992
Family Support: Framework for the Future
 Box 1
July 1977
Program Ideas and Research in Nutrition Education Abstracts, Society for Nutrition Education, Tenth Annual Meeting, Washington DC
Box 1
March 1974
"Sharing Educational Success", Sixth Annual Report, National Advisory Council on Supplementary Centers and Services
 Box 1
"Power to the Family!", Human Ecology Forum, Volume 14 No. 1
 Box 1
Spring 1990
African Studies and Research Center, Cornell University Newsletter Volume 2. No. 1
 Box 1
NY FarmNet, An Information and Referral System for Farm Families in NY State
 Box 1
Publications
 Box 1 Folder 5
An Introduction on Henry Thoreau's Resistance to Civil Government
 Box 1 Folder 6
A Retrospective Study of the Impact of Race and Class on Academic Success at Ithaca High School
 Box 1 Folder 7
1992
Critical Reflections of Power in the Empowerment Process
 Box 1 Folder 8
Correspondence
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 9
1975
Memo to Board of Trustees on the Status of Minority Students at Cornell
Box 1 Folder 10
1970-2002
With Various Deans in the College of Human Ecology
 Box 1 Folder 11
1976-1986
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 12
1987-1990
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 13
1991-1992
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 14
1993
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 15
1994-1995
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 16
1996
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 17
1997
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 18
1998-1999
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 19
1999-2000
Articles
 Box 1 Folder 20
Lectures, Seminars, Workshops, Presentations and Proposals
Institutional Change
 Box 1 Folder 21
Cultural Differences (Bennet), Personal Journey Differences
 Box 1 Folder 22
Cornell Empowerment Project
 Box 1 Folder 23
Social Ecological Model, Feedback in the Empowerment Process, Planned Changes
 Box 1 Folder 24
Affirmative Action - Reports
 Box 1 Folder 25
1980s-1990s
Lectures - Various Topics
 Box 1 Folder 26
1986
Lecture - Anti-Racism
Box 1 Folder 27
Lecture - Privilege
 Box 1 Folder 28
Lecture - James - Social Stratification
 Box 1 Folder 29
Lecture -Theories, Racism, Colonization
 Box 1 Folder 30
Lecture -Ringer Duality
 Box 1 Folder 31
Lecture -American Indian
 Box 1 Folder 32
Lecture - Slavery Reconstruction - Jim Crow Period
 Box 1 Folder 33
Lecture - Education - Racism and Social Action
 Box 1 Folder 34
Lecture - Anti-Social Control
 Box 1 Folder 35
Lecture - White Country Club
 Box 1 Folder 36
Lecture - Old and New Paradigms
 Box 1 Folder 37
School Rules - BJM
 Box 1 Folder 38
1990s
Lecture - Hate Materials
 Box 1 Folder 39
1950s
Lecture - Civil Rights
 Box 1 Folder 40
Lecture - Ethnic Myth - Steinberg's Notes
 Box 1 Folder 41
Lecture - White Supremacy - Hook and Macintosh Articles
 Box 1 Folder 42
Lecture - Institutional Reason
 Box 1 Folder 43
Lecture - Jewish Immigrants from Ethnic Myth
 Box 1 Folder 44
Lecture - Racism Stats
 Box 1 Folder 45
Lecture - Scientific Racism
 Box 1 Folder 46
Lecture - Racism and Human Services
 Box 1 Folder 47
Lecture - Social Class
 Box 1 Folder 48
Lecture - Racism and Oppression
 Box 1 Folder 49
Lecture - Apartheid
 Box 1 Folder 50
1978-1985
Apartheid/ Divestment - Faculty and Staff Response
 Box 1 Folder 51
1985
Apartheid Issues - Memos
 Box 1 Folder 52
1995
Ithaca City Council Statement
 Box 1 Folder 53
1985-1989
Divestment - Memos/ Articles
 Box 1 Folder 53
1989-1995
Articles -Divestment
 Box 1 Folder 54
Alternative Community School
 Box 1 Folder 55
1970
Workshop- Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
 Box 1 Folder 56
1984
Proposal -"High School for the Study of Human Services"
 Box 1 Folder 57
1985
Proposal - Rural NY Farmworker Opportunities
 Box 2 Folder 1
1986
Presentation - Sue Watkin's Class
 Box 2 Folder 2
1986-1987, 1989
Proposal - "Power and Empowerment" and Final Report to the Ford Foundation
 Box 2 Folder 3
1988
Workshop - Keuka College
 Box 2 Folder 4
1988
Proposal - Empowerment - Dominican Sisters, Ohio
 Box 2 Folder 5
1988
Workshop - Youth Bureau
 Box 2 Folder 6
1989
Workshop - Rider College
Box 2 Folder 7
1989
Workshop - Youth Development, Youth Bureau
 Box 2 Folder 8
1989
Proposal - Funding for Training for Trainers - Migrant Workers
Box 2 Folder 9
1990
Meeting - National Treasury Employees Union
 Box 2 Folder 10
1991
Conference - Community and Leadership Development, Texas
 Box 2 Folder 11
1989,1991
Ithaca School Board
 Box 2 Folder 12
1991
Workshop - Fall Creek School
 Box 1 Folder 13
1992
Panel Discussion - Ithaca College
 Box 2 Folder 14
1993
Workshop - University of Wyoming
 Box 2 Folder 15
1993
Workshop - Elmira College
 Box 2 Folder 16
1993
Workshop -Minneapolis, Minnesota
 Box 2 Folder 17
1993-1994
Proposal - College of Forestry, Syracuse
 Box 2 Folder 18
1993-1994
Seminar - Coastal Bend Family Summit, Texas
 Box 2 Folder 19
1994
Conference - "Partners in Policymaking"
 Box 2 Folder 20
1994
Workshop - Tioga Central Schools
 Box 2 Folder 21
1994
Workshop - Spencer Van Ellen Schools
 Box 2 Folder 22
1994-1995
Workshop - Cortland State
 Box 2 Folder 23
1995
Meeting - Ithaca City School District Administration, Parents, Students of Color
 Box 2 Folder 24
1995
Training - Ithaca City School District Orientation for Staff
 Box 2 Folder 25
1995
Workshop - Diversity - Steuben County
 Box 2 Folder 26
1995
Conference - Migrant Program Education
 Box 2 Folder 27
1995
Review - Family Resources Coalition
 Box 2 Folder 28
1995
Community Empowerment Project GIAC
 Box 2 Folder 29
1995
Workshop - International Early Childhood Care and Development Summer Institute
 Box 2 Folder 30
1995
Leadership Seminar - Ithaca City School District - "Elimination of Prejudice/Institutional Racism"
 Box 2 Folder 31
1995
Leadership Institute - NYC Principals
 Box 2 Folder 32
February 1995
Workshop - Cortland State
 Box 2 Folder 33
1995
Workshop - GIAC Staff
 Box 2 Folder 34
January 1996
Lecture -"Breaking The Code of Silence About Racial Tension In Rural America : An Applied Research Project"
 Box 2 Folder 35
1996
Workshop - Ithaca City School District Bus Drivers
 Box 2 Folder 36
1996
Leadership Seminar - Fayette County Public Schools, Kentucky
 Box 2 Folder 37
1996
Lecture - Community Nutrition Seminar
 Box 2 Folder 38
1996
Training - Tompkins County Human Rights Commission
 Box 2 Folder 39
1996
City of Ithaca Affirmative Action Committee Discussion Ideas
 Box 2 Folder 40
1996
"Children First" - Survey on Anti-Racism - Akwesasne Mohawk School
 Box 2 Folder 41
1996
Debate - Multicultural Education
 Box 2 Folder 42
1996
Workshop - Ithaca City School District - Physical Education Teachers
 Box 2 Folder 43
1996
Community Youth Empowerment Project
 Box 2 Folder 44
1997
Workshop - Partners in Policymaking - Arc of Nebraska
 Box 2 Folder 45
1997
Ithaca High School - Affirmative Action
 Box 2 Folder 46
Summer 1997
Leadership Institute - Ithaca City School District
Box 2 Folder 47
1997
Leadership Seminar - NYC - "Case Study on Racism"
 Box 2 Folder 48
Summer 1997-1998
Leadership Seminar - Schenectady School District
Box 2 Folder 49
1998
Workshop - Building Partners in Policymaking , Nebraska
 Box 2 Folder 50
1998
Meeting - Enfield School
 Box 2 Folder 51
November 1998
Race and Education - Ithaca High School
 Box 2 Folder 52
Fall 1998 - Spring 1999
Leadership Seminar - Geneva Presbytery Pastors
Box 2 Folder 53
2000
African Institute Presentation
 Box 2 Folder 54
Course Materials
Handouts
 Box 2 Folder 55
1994
Three Dimensions of Power, Empowerment/Power
 Box 2 Folder 56
HSS 101 - Models of Human Service
 Box 2 Folder 57
Fall 1991
HSS 101
 Box 2 Folder 58
Fall 1994
HSS 101 - Steps in Problem Solving
Box 2 Folder 59
Fall 1998
HSS 101/PAM 180
 Box 2 Folder 60
HD 280 "Racism in American Society"
 Box 2 Folder 61
Fall 1998
HSS 280
 Box 2 Folder 62
1999
PAM 240
 Box 2 Folder 63
Fall 2000
PAM 280 - Readings Book I
 Box 2 Folder 64
Fall 2000
PAM 280 - Readings Book II
 Box 2 Folder 65
Spring 2002
PAM 280
 Box 2 Folder 66
2003
PAM 280 "Race, Power and Privilege in the US"
 Box 2 Folder 67
2003
PAM 280 Syllabus
Box 2 Folder 68
Fall 2002
PAM 402
 Box 2 Folder 69
Spring 1999, Fall 2000
PAM 471
 Box 2 Folder 70