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An extensive list of violations with complaints about the new syllabus drafted by Gribben over the summer to replace the original Brodkey syllabus
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An account of the E 306 controversy published in the Texas AAUP newsletter
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A brief description and reading list for a lower-division writing course
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Letter to LDEPC regarding recent changes to E306, voicing objections and requesting additional meeting
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Letters between "Mali" at Northern Arizona University and Maxine Hairston regarding E306
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A very detailed chronology of events, including articles in popular media, interviews with reporters and faculty, and appearances on local television shows, all relating to the controversy about E 306 Writing about Difference. The chronology begins in May 1990 and ends in June 1990. It features quotes from Kruppa, Brodkey, and Gribben.
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Ruszkiewicz fax to Hartzog introducing and presumably orginally attaching the LDEPC meeting minutes she previously requested. He notes that the minutes are not very clear and that no votes were taken at this meeting.
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A memo to the LDEPC suggesting an alternative to teaching first-year writing, a class that does not require content but instead focuses on the skills of grammar, paragraphing, and argumentation. Attached is Duban's fall 1990 E 306 syllabus to exemplify this approach
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Memo regarding 306 curriculum and textbook selections
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A letter from Karen Duban to Maxine Hairston, lamenting the E 306 controversy and suggesting an edited collection of P.C. battle stories from people on the political right. Letter redacted.
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A letter to Douglas Laycock (School of Law) rebutting charges that Kirt Heinzelman made against James Duban in the _Daily Texan_. Includes specific references to meetings and conversations.
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Ruzkiewicz provides rationale for the creation of the DRC as well as sharing his vision of what the division should and should not be. Possibly to be shared at 18 September 1992 English department meeting on the creation of the DRC.
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In notes on Kruppa's memo, Ruzkiewicz provides rationale for the creation of the DRC as well as sharing his vision of what the division should and should not be.
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Letter from Hartzog to Gribben requesting notes on a draft of an insert for MLA. Draft is attached with redacted handwritten edits from an unknown source. Edits contest elements of Brodkey's narrative of the controversy, encourage stronger language confirming the course's left-wing bias, and question Hartzog's lack of discussion of Brodkey's refusal for a pilot program.
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Ruszkiewicz reply to Hartzog with his comments on a possible MLA insert outlining the E 306 controversy. He contests some elements of Hartzog's narrative and includes departmental meeting minutes and memos to support his points.
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Fax from Hartzog to Ruszkiewicz including draft of possible statement on E306 controversy for MLA.
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An unattributed explanation of a meeting about the DRC among James Kinneavy, Linda Ferreira-Buckley, John Slatin, and John Ruszkiewicz. The faculty oppose the originally proposed leadership structure and agree on a sequence of writing courses and he establishments of the Writing Center and the Computer Research Lab. They agree recruiting is necessary but are reluctant to take funding away from the English Department. Finally, the announce their decision to nominate Faigley as the first dividison chair. The document includes several handwritten edits.
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Letter from Karen Duban to Carol Hartzog with notes on draft of Hartzog article "Through the Looking Glass." In the largely redacted letter, Duban chastises Hartzog for incomplete research on tehe E 306 controversy and suggests that she is assuming a partisan role in the manner. Extensive handwritten notes on the redacted draft critique the piece in great detail.
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A Heritage Foundation flyer advertising the panel and the talk that John Ruszkiewicz gave at the 1992 ALEC conference.
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Brochure and schedule of sessions of ALEC's 1992 meeting in Colorado Springs.
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Handwritten note from Hairston to Ruszkiewicz introducing an attached article by Yale professor Woodward which has since been removed from the file. She also includes the letter she wrote Woodward, which congratulates him on speaking out against political correctness in the university. In the redacted letter, she recounts the E 306 controversy and notes that she, as someone interested in women's issues and as a political liberal, complicated the PC narrative that opposition to Writing About Difference came only from extreme conservatives. She ends her letter by calling for more to stand up and speak out against political correctness.
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A report decrying P.C. culture at American universities that makes specific reference to the E 306 controversy and the plight of Alan Gribben; Lynne Munson's card is attached.
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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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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.