This is a guide to sources of information related to the history and contributions of women in the fields of science, medicine, and engineering. Also included are writings on present-day women scientists, as well as materials on the current status and concerns of women in the sciences. It is not intended to be a comprehensive bibliography.…

Because past frames of reference and perspectives on Chinese Americans have relied mainly on English language sources, they seldom reflected the attitudes and experiences of the Chinese themselves. This bibliography attempts to remedy that situation by listing over 1,500 available works in the Chinese language which can be found in libraries and…

This monograph deals with the many contributions of J. R. Kidd to adult learning on a world scale. In Part 1, a number of scholars, family members, and friends comment upon specific events they witnessed in Kidd's life. This anecdotal, biographical, and historical section begins with an introduction by Nancy J. Cochrane and personal accounts from…

All 39 delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the U.S. Constitution in September 1787, but the 40th signature, that of William Jackson, the Secretary of the Convention, authenticated the results of the session in Philadelphia. This booklet on Jackson is one in a series on Revolutionary War soldiers who signed the U.S. Constitution, and…

Alexander Hamilton was among the most intellectually gifted of the Founding Fathers and a brilliant political theorist, but he lacked practical political experience, and his major political contributions occurred only when his specific policies were adopted and carried forward by others with broader vision. This booklet on Hamilton is one in a…

David Brearly was a student of the Enlightenment philosophers and English jurists who taught that a contract existed between the individual and the state, and this exposure influenced him as a framer of the Constitution, with its careful definitions of the obligations of government and the rights of citizens. This booklet on Brearly is one in a…

Approximately 46 reference materials on the Caribbean located in the McClennan Library, McGill University (Montreal), are cited in this annotated bibliography. Although most materials deal exclusively with the Caribbean, a few titles cover Latin America in general. The relevance of these materials to the Caribbean has been emphasized. Materials…

Discusses the education of Melvin Smith, who attended Noyes Elementary School in the kindergarten grade; Larimer School, Dewey School, and Foster School in the elementary grades; Haven Junior High School; Evanston Township High School; and Fisk University. (JM)

Described is the education of an individual who was born in a remote village in the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. It tells how a young boy progressed from a village, where the language spoken did not have names for numbers, to the position of tutor in mathematics at a university. The story is felt to resemble many others in the rapidly…

This paper provides a history and analysis of the career of black historian and educator John Hope Franklin. Franklin's early educational experiences are described and discussed in relation to the overall black educational situation in the 1930s. Also discussed are Franklin's books and his ideas and activities in the areas of civil rights. (APM)

This pamphlet provides an illustrated narrative history of the George Rogers Clark Bicentennial Exhibit at the Indiana State Museum. George Rogers Clark was a frontier hero of the American Revolution who explored and conquered territory in Kentucky, Ohio, and Illinois. The multimedia exhibit is open to the public from February 25, 1976 through…

Selected Ukrainian poetry rendered in identical or equivalent English meter makes this annotated anthology the first comprehensive survey of this poetry in English. A substantial introduction to the literature of the Ukraine points out the historical development and sociological significance of this literature. The complete text of the 12th…