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The letter expresses disappointment that King could not attend DRC Awards Luncheon, praises the Division for all it’s accomplished, praises King for making it possible, praises Ruszkiewicz for being the chief architect of the division and for having the grace to let someone else chair, and finally expresses hope for a graduate program in the DRC.
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Two letters from Lynne Cheney, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and former chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, to John Ruszkiewicz, one thanking him for his letter about her resignation from the NEH and another thanking him for the copy of _The Presence of Others_.
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Memo from Joe Kruppa to Lester Faigley, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, John Ruszkiewicz, and James Kinneavy regarding possible creation of Division of Rhetoric and Composition.
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A speech given by Lynne Cheney before the National Press Club, citing the E 306 controversy. Handwritten note on the cover page from Munson expresses thanks for Ruszkiewicz's help
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Letter from Carol Hartzog to John Ruszkiewicz on 17 August 1992 thanking him for comments on article draft of "Through the Looking Glass" and announcing that she is suspending work on the project and withdrawing from her agreement to publish it.
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A memo from Brodkey to Duban and Ruszkiewicz in response to their memo from 9 July 1990 offering suggestions for the curriculum redevelopment for E 306 after Writing About Difference was canceled. . Handwritten comments on the bottom expressing opinions about the future of this curriculum development.
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Redacted personal letter from James Duban to Carol Hartzog including comments on her article draft of "Through the Looking Glass." In it, he asks for any mention of him to be removed from the article and accuses Hartzog of bias in her narrative.
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Ruszkiewicz letter to Hartzog giving feedback on her draft of "Through the Looking Glass," and including redacted hand-written notes on her article draft. Ruszkiewicz says he does not have the same profound dissatisfaction as Hairston and the Dubans. However, he comments that Hartzog gave E 306 supporters the opportunity to speak in their own words while denying this chance to its opponents.
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Redacted personal letter from K. Duban to Hartzog in which she expresses displeasure with "Through the Looking Glass" and requests to be disassociated with the article.
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Letter from Carol Hartzog to James Duban requesting Duban's notes on a draft of "Through the Looking Glass."
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Draft of UCLA Vice Provost Carol Hartzog's article "Through the Looking Glass" that was circulated privately. Redacted.
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Letter from Gribben Hartzog offering frank and page by page criticism of her draft of the article "Through the Looking Glass." He states that as it stands, the article will harm his career and says he can no longer be associated with it.
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Typeset manuscript of Hairston’s response, missing the last two paragraphs printed in CCC. A handwritten post-it note is attached.
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Letter addressed to Dean Standish Meacham describes Maxine Hairston's opposition to proposed changes to RHE 306. Contains hand-written note by Hairston at end. Cc'd to Kruppa and Fonken
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Notes on a presentation given at the 1991 Conference on College Composition and Communication panel, Ideology in Freshman English
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Typed and highlighted notes on the 1991 Conference on College Composition and Communication panel, Freshman English and Social Issues
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Notes on two presentations (one headed "John Slatin") in different handwriting and on Marriott stationary
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The full text of Ruszkiewicz's presentation at the Conference on College Composition and Communication, 1991
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A description of a panel featuring Maxine Hairston, James Kinneavy, John Ruszkiewicz, and John Slatin, all discussing "Freshman English and Social Issues"; an abstract of Ruszkiewicz's presentation, "Reason is but Choosing: Ideology in Freshman English" is attached
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Two invoices from the University Co-Op (bookstore) indicating that Wayne Lesser and Linda Brodkey ordered copies of Rothenberg's _Racism and Sexism_ for 88 sections of E 306 and then cancelled the order six weeks later
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James Berlin's handwritten reply to a letter from Ruszkiewicz, expressing disagreement with Hairston's position on the E 306 controversy, as she presented it at CCCC and in the _Chronicle of Higher Education_
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A letter to James Berlin, defending Hairston's position on the E 306 controversy, admitting there were excesses on both sides of the controversy, and hoping that their political disagreement won't harm their friendship
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Also called the Bean Report, this report to the faculty council makes recommendations about how to create a consistent and fulfilling undergraduate experience despite increases in UT's size and complexity. The report advocates for the strengthening of general education requirements and pedagogy, specifically in writing. To this end, it recommends the creation of a Department of Rhetoric and Composition—as well as many other initiatives.
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A memo from the Advisory Committee on Lecturers suggesting procedures for the Executive Committee to follow when evaluating and ranking lecturers and documentation that lecturers must provide for such evaluation in the 1984-1985 academic year.
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A memo from William Sutherland, English Department Chair announcing that the English Executive committee recommends changes to the 1983 policies on the hiring of lecturers