gr00186.xml Education Department: Vocational Technical Education Division An Inventory of Its Van Tries (Assistant Commissioner Robert P.) Subject Files at the Minnesota Historical Society National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Minnesota Historical Society

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Finding aid encoded by Cheri Thies, January 2011. Finding aid written in English. OVERVIEW Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota. Division of Vocational-Technical Education. Van Tries (Assistant Commissioner Robert P.) subject files. 1881-1983. Materials in English. Correspondence, financial materials, background reports, memos, agendas, resolutions, photographs, news clippings, and related materials documenting the duties and activities of the assistant commissioner's office. Although mainly documenting the tenure of assistant commissioner Robert P. Van Tries, a few papers date from his predecessor, S. K. Wick. 8.25 cu. ft. (9 boxes). See Detailed Description for shelf locations. SCOPE AND CONTENTS

The files contain information on private trade schools, veterans training, teacher education, work-study, and the individual agriculture, business, distributive education, home economics, technical education, industrial arts, health occupations, trade and industry programs, accreditation, participation in a national study of vocational education, and youth employment and training. They also document the office's relationship with the State Board of Vocational Educaiton, the State Advisory Committee for Vocational Education (and its predecessor, the State Advisory Council for Vocational Education), the governor's office, HIRE (Helping Industry Recruit Exoffenders), LEAP (Loaned Executives Action Program), the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, the research and development committee for vocational education, and the research coordinating unit for vocational education.

The files also include an alphabetical set of files containing individual school districts' requests for funds to support their vocational education programs (1950s-1970s); a number of background reports both produced by and used by the office, including the annual state plan for vocational education (1969-1974), reports of the state's vocational technical schools (1963-1964, 1967-1968), and on enrollment and post-enrollment statistics, numbers of teachers and administrators in vocational education, and the status of teacher training and work-study in vocational education (1966-1967); and Van Tries' speeches (1973-1979).

CATALOG HEADINGS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Agricultural education -- Minnesota. Business education -- Minnesota. Continuing education -- Minnesota. Distributive education -- Minnesota. Federal aid to vocational education -- Minnesota. Fieldwork (Educational method) -- Minnesota. Government aid to education -- Minnesota. Home economics -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota. Industrial arts -- Study and teaching -- Minnesota. Paramedical education -- Minnesota. School attendance -- Minnesota -- Statistics. School districts -- Minnesota. School management and organization -- Minnesota. Teachers -- Minnesota -- Statistics. Teachers -- Training of -- Minnesota. Technical education -- Minnesota. Technical education -- Planning -- Minnesota. Trade schools -- Minnesota. Veterans -- Education -- Minnesota. Vocational education -- Evaluation -- Minnesota. Vocational education -- Field work -- Minnesota. Vocational education -- Finance -- Minnesota. Vocational education -- Planning -- Minnesota. Youth -- Employment -- Minnesota. Persons: Van Tries, Robert. Wick, S. K. Organizations: Helping Industry Recruit Exoffenders. Minnesota. State Board of Vocational Education. Minnesota. Governor's Loaned Executives Action Program. Minnesota. Dept. of Education. Minnesota Advisory Council for Vocational Education. United States. Office of Education. United States. National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. University of Minnesota. Minnesota Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education. Document Types: Photographs. News clippings. ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Preferred Citation:

[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Division of Vocational-Technical Education. Van Tries (Assistant Commissioner Robert P.) Subject Files. Minnesota Historical Society.

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Accession Information:

Accession number(s): 982-63; 990-168; 2009-32

Processing Information:

Processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with a Basic Project grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).

Catalog ID number: 001713593

DETAILED DESCRIPTION 105.D.19.5B State Board of Vocational Education, 1969-1973. 6 folders.

Reports on educational projects undertaken by the Vocational Technical Education Division.

State Advisory Council for Vocational Education, 1952-1978. 14 folders.

Van Tries served as council coordinator from 1960 through 1969. Includes papers of his predecessor, Vocational Education Director S. K. Wick and the council’s annual reports to the State Board of Education .

Annual reports, 1957-1973. 6 folders. Agendas and meeting minutes,

Includes correspondence, policy statements, and presentations.

1952-1978. 2 folders. 147.E.4.8F 1974-1976. 4 folders. Oversight hearing, 1974. Publications,undated and 1974-1975.

Visitation 1974-1975; Observations on Minnesota Vocational Education.

105.D.19.6F State Plan for Vocational Technical Education, Fiscal Years 1970-1974. 3 volumes and 6 folders.

Submitted annually to the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare by the State Board of Vocational Education.

Program files, 1960-1972. Program operations. 1960-1972. Projected program activities, 1967-1968. 1 volume. Teacher education annual reports, 1961-1967. 7 volumes. 105.D.19.7B Teacher education annual reports, 1967-1972. 6 volumes. Special needs, 1970-1972. Agriculture, miscellaneous, 1966-1972. Business Office, miscellaneous, 1964-1970. Distributive, miscellaneous, 1963-1972. Home economics, 1964-1972. Industrial arts, 1968-1972. Technical, 1969-1972. Trade and industry, 1969-1972. Field service, 1968-1971. Health occupations, 1968-1972. 105.D.19.8F Program planning development, 1969-1972. Evaluation, 1968-1972. Private trade schools, 1969-1972. Veterans training, 1969-1972. Equipment utilization, 1969-1972. Manpower, 1972. 1 volume. Work study, 1969-1972. Reports, 1963-1969. Vocational Technical Schools Annual Reports, 1963-1964. 1 volume. Enrollment in Supporting Vocational Education Courses, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Follow-up Enrollees in Preparatory Vocational Education Programs, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Number of Teachers in Vocational Educational Programs, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Number of Teachers in Vocational Educational Programs and Local Vocational Personnel, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Report on Advisory Committees Memberships, 1966-1967. 2 volumes. Status of Teacher Training in Vocational Education, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Status of Vocational Education Work-Study Program, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Number of Local Administrators in Vocational Education, 1966-1967. 1 volume. Vocational Technical Schools Quarterly Reports, 1967-1968. 1 volume.

For Mankato, Minneapolis, St. Cloud, Wadena, and Winona only.

Subject files, 1881-1983. Accreditation, 1970-1973. 3 folders.

Mainly concerns the inability of faculty to have their National Student Defense Loans “forgiven” by teaching at a vocational technical school.

Amendments to 1972 Education Act, 1972. 2 folders. Coordinator Governor’s Office, 1966-1970. 105.D.19.9B Correspondence with Administrative Division, 1968-1973. 23 folders.

With Deputy Commissioner of Administration Farley Bright, Director of Administrative Services Ron Laliberte, and Personnel Supervisor Pearle McCrae.

Duluth AVTI: Correspondence regarding cargo ship, 1963-1964.

Attempt to secure a surplus government cargo ship for use in training stevedores and engineers.

Eckman Center Study, 1968-1972. 147.E.4.8F Evaluation, 1974-1980. GAO audit/history, 1974, 1980. General statements, circa 1960-1981. Governance, circa 1969-1980s. 5 folders. 105.D.19.9B HIRE [Helping Industry Recruit Exoffenders], 1968-1972. 147.E.4.9B Historical documents, 1960s-1980s. 2 folders. Historical information, 1900-1983. Historical legislative information, 1980-1983. History files: Austin Area Vo-Tech Institute, 1972. Aviation Training Center, 1967-1980. Eveleth Area Vo-Tech Institute, circa 1962-1982. Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1967-1980. Special needs, 1945-1981. Thief River Falls Vo-Tech Institute, 1949-1980. Vocational education, 1881-1972. Vocational, student, 1937-1979. 105.D.19.9B Junior college, 1968-1972. LEAP [Governor’s Loaned Executives Action Program], 1972. Management concepts and motivation, 1976-1980. Minnesota Vocational Legislative Committee reports, 1959-1969. Minnesota Vocation Technical programs, 1963. Mondale (Walter) visits, 1972-1975. National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, 1970-1973. 147.E.4.9B National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, 1967-1975. National Resource Panel, 1975-1976. News clippings, circa 1968-1972. Perkins Report, 1973-1974. Photographs, undated and 1949-1982.

Most are black and white; many are unidentified people attending meetings.

Presentation to House Education Committee, 1976. 105.D.19.9B Project Baseline, 1972-1973. 2 folders. Reconversion Study Committee, 1972. Reorganization of Vocational Technical Education Division, 1971-1972. [Minnesota] Research and Development Committee for Vocational Education, 1970-1972. 3 folders.

A committee stipulated in the state plan for vocational education to set priorities for use of available funds to partially support exemplary programs in vocational education; includes the 1970 set of proposals for exemplary programs.

Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education, 1969-1972.

Joint committee of the State Board of Vocational Education and the University of Minnesota's Division of Vocational and Technical Education.

Revenue sharing, 1973. 147.E.4.10F Speeches/testimony of Robert P. Van Tries, 1973-1979. 3 volumes. Subcommittee on Vocational Education minutes, 1952-1953.

[.75 cubic feet empty, letter sized]

105.D.19.9B Tuition matters and discussion, 1972. United States Office correspondence, 1965-1968.

Mainly with the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare and Minnesota's senators and representatives.

Youth employment and training program, 1961. School district files, A-Z, 1950s-1970s (bulk 1960s). 23 folders.

Organized in a loose alphabetical order by community name. They concern funding requests by individual districts to support their vocational education programs.