Cambridge Partnership for Public Education (Cambridge, Mass.)

Scope and Contents The formation of the Cambridge Partnership for Public Educatin (CPPE) and the development of its major policies are documented in the bylaws and minutes of meetings and correspondence of the Board of Directors. Detailed information about daily operations are recorded in general administrative files. The grant and program files include information about the DeWitt Wallace-Readers Digest Library Power Program, Project RICH, mini-grants, and other efforts to improve Cambridge Public Schools....

Scope and Contents of the Collection The collection consists of files created by Walter Milne while he was assistant to the chair of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Corporation and assistant to the president of MIT, a period during which he acted as MIT's principal liaison with the Cambridge, Mass., community. Records include correspondence, development proposals, press clippings, and transcripts of hearings that document MIT's purchase and attempts to develop an area of Cambridge once occupied by the Simplex Wire and...