July/August 2001
In This Issue July/August 2001
The Great Experiment
Contentious debates about ideas and values have shaped American education since its inception.
By Paulette W. Campbell
Volume 22, Issue 4
Schoolhouse in Okanogan, Washington, 1907.
Photo by Frank Matsura. National Archives
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Features
Wild Intellectuals and Exotic Folks
A small college in North Carolina devised a radically different approach to education by bringing together artists and scholars.
By Rachel GalvinFallout: Art and Design in the Atomic Age
The plastics of wartime were transformed into Tupperware cocktail shakers as a new aesthetic emerged after the dropping of the bomb.
By Pedro PonceMaking Culture Visible
How turn-of-the-century libraries found a new resource in photography.
By Julie K. BrownPioneer Painters
Works by three Lutheran artists who shaped the early religious environment in the upper Midwest are on display in Iowa.
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Departments
Conversation
The Lone Star State Crosses a New Frontier
Douglas E. Barnett talks with NEH Chairman William R. Ferris about taking the New Handbook of Texas online.
Executive Function
Alice Smith Barkley
For twenty years, North Carolina's Alice Smith Barkley has spearheaded programs ranging from literacy campaigns to oral history training.
By Chrissa GerardEdNote
