Volume: 4 linear ft.
Inclusive Dates: 1946-2003
Provenance: Donated February 6, 2013 by Gene White
Copyright: This collection may be protected from unauthorized copying by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code).
Historical / Biographical Sketch: Gene White grew up in Ohio and attended Miami University of Ohio, graduating with degrees in Home Economics Education and Nutrition (Dietetics). She then continued her graduate education at Ohio State University. She worked more than twenty years as Food Service Director in China Lake, California. She went on to become that state’s Director of Nutrition Services in the late 1970s and while in that position she served as President of the American School Food Service Association from 1977-1978. Currently she is involved with international feeding programs. See also the Gene White Oral History Interview.
Scope and Content: The materials in this collection include various reports, magazines, journal articles, brochures, and other materials related to the history of child and nutrition. This collection also contains a large amount of Gene White’s personal and business correspondence regarding her research for a book on the history of child and nutrition programs. The date of this collection ranges from the 1920s through the early 2000s.
Inventory:
Box 1: Correspondence, Congressional Reports, and Articles
Report: Comprehensive Study of the Child Nutrition Programs, Submitted by the United States Department of Agriculture, pursuant to Public Law 93-150, July 1974. 109 pages.
Booklet: 1972 National School Lunch Program Survey, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service. 53 pages plus Appendix.
Booklet: Management Information Report on Fraud, Waste, Error and Abuse in the Domestic Food Assistance Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, January 1982. 123 pages.
Report: Budget 1975, Questions and Answers, Child Nutrition Division, not dated.
Report: Briefing Book, American School Food Service Association, July 1986. 21 pages.
Article: A School Lunch War…, The Washington Post, March 17, 1995. 1 page.
Newsletter: The Friday Letter, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Vol. 10, No. 13, July 7, 1989. 8 pages.
Newsletter: The Friday Letter, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Vol. 10, No. 22, November 10, 1989. 10 pages.
Article: A Hard Pyramid to Swallow? The Washington Post, April 28, 1993. 2 pages.
Editorial Cartoon: “No, thanks. I’ll take my chances with the drive-by shootings….”[Kid refusing what is being served in the school cafeteria line.] Arizona Republic, October 27, 1993. 1 page.
Editorial Cartoon: “Stop complaining….Think of all those poor children on the Reagan School Lunch Program….” [with what appears to be a third-world family eating a meal.] The St. Cloud Daily Times, September 28, [1981]. 1 page.
Editorial Cartoon: Reagan School Lunch Program, Rich, Poor, Other, with the other being out of reach on the serving line, North Hennepin Post, [October 1, 1981]. 1 page.
Editorial Cartoon: School Lunch, with one woman to the other: “Now that Stockman has re-approved vegetables for the school lunch, we’d better get some hay in for the winter.”, with children grazing in a littered lot next to an elementary school and one asking the other “What’s the correct wine with ragweed?”, Brockton Enterprise and Brocton Times, October 11, 1981. 1 page.
Editorial Cartoon: Server to student: “It’s a ketchup sandwich. But it IS served on a beautiful full-color replica of the new White House china,” with all the serving windows empty of food, Rocky Mountain News, September 29, 1981. 1 page.
Booklet: The School Lunch, Educational Department, Postum Company, Inc., Battle Creek, Michigan, not dated, photocopy. 34 pages.
Legislative Analysis, prepared by School Programs Division, Legislative Section, July 7, 1981, not paginated.
Booklet: National School Lunch Act¹, An Act to provide assistance to the States in the establishment, maintenance, operation and expansion of school-lunch programs, and for other purposes. June 4, 1946. 36 pages. Photocopy.
The National School Lunch Program, Background and Development, by Gordon W. Gunderson, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. 30 pages.
CRS Issue Brief, Child Nutrition: Expiring Programs and Major Issues in the 103rd Congress, Updated April 5, 1993, by Jean Yavis Jones, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress. 14 pages. 2 copies.
Legislative History of the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP), July 8, 2003, not attributed. 7 pages.
Chronological Legislative History of Child Nutrition Programs, Budget Division, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, January 1980. 134 pages.
CRS Report to Congress, Child Nutrition Programs: Background and Funding, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Updated February 9, 1998. 12 pages.
Federal Domestic Food Assistance Legislative Chronology, 1935-1992, Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, January 9, 1992, Updated November 30, 1992. 47 pages.
CRS Report to Congress, Child Nutrition: Program Information, Data, and Analysis, Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, January 21, 1993, Updated February 23, 1993. 26 pages.
Report to Congress, Received through the CRS Web, Child Nutrition and WIC Programs: Background and Funding, Joe Richardson, Domestic Policy Program Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, Updated April 22, 2003. 48 pages.
Report: An Overview of Fiscal Year 1992 Operations and Results, Food and Nutrition Service. 15 pages. Note attached: To Stan/Alberta/Joe/Vernon, From Ronald J. Vogel, 4-1-93, “FYI. Thought you might find some of this information useful.”
The Lunch Pattern and the Nutritional Goal, a talk presented by Betty Peterkin, Consumer and Food Economics Institute, Human Nutrition Center, Science and Education Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, at meeting of National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition, San Antonio, Texas, November 16, 1979. 7 pages, with attachments, but even numbered pages are missing.
John Kramer’s speech, December 16, 1980. 21 pages.
Why Child Nutrition Programs Fail, by Rodney E. Leonard, December 3, 1969. 56 pages.
Report: Everyman’s Guide to Federal Programs Impact! Vol. 1, No. 1. , not dated. 22 pages.
Memorandum: From J. J. Dittrick, Acting Area Field Supervisor, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Food Distribution Division, to State School Lunch Supervisors, October 11, 1957, with the attached: Superintendent’s Appraisal of the School Lunch Program, by Dr. Robert E. Wilson, Superintendent, Mansfield City Schools, State-wide Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 20, 1957. 12 pages.
Memorandum: From Sherry Thackeray, to Robert Delorenzo, regarding CN Reauthorization Paper – October; National School Lunch Program, 12 Percent Commodity Provision, October 2001. 2 pages.
Paper: Targeting in the Food Assistance Programs in the Eighties, not dated, not attributed. Contains multiple sections: Domestic Food Assistance Policy in the 1980’s, 14 pages; The Food Stamp Program in the 1980’s, 2 pages; Child Nutrition Programs in the 1980’s, 3 pages; The WIC Program and CSFP Programs in the 1980’s, 4 pages; The Temporary Emergence Food Assistance Program, 2 pages; Nutrition Program for the Elderly. 1 page; and Appendix A: Economic and Population Statistics, 197901987, 5 pages.
Time Magazine, front cover, October 12, 1981, No Free Lunch, The High Cost of Entitlements.
Statement regarding the problem of malnourishment as a national responsibility, not dated, not attributed. 1 page. Note attached: “Stan, You may want to place this in CNS’s historical archives if you don’t already have copies. R.”
Chronology of Events: School Lunch Meal Pattern Regulations F. Y. 1982, not attributed. 4 pages. Two copies.
News Release: Agriculture Department Regulations May Lead to Open-face Quarter “Quarter-Pounder”, Food Research and Action Center, September 4, 1981. 1 page. On reverse, Article: ‘Let Them Eat Curd,’ Decommissioned Doonesburys, Village Voice, October 21-27, 1981. 1 page. Two copies.
Congressional Record, Proceedings and Debates of the 99th Congress, Second Session, House of Representatives, Vol. 132, No. 141—Part III, Washington, Tuesday, October 14, 1986. 2 pages. Two copies.
Article: Bush’s Shortfall, National Journal, October 17, 1992. 2 pages. Two copies.
Editorial Cartoon: “What are you, some kind of crazy ‘Moderate’?”, The Washington Post, November 12, 1995. 1 page. On reserve, Punchlines Choice TV Quotes, TV Guide, October 26, [?]. 1 page. Two copies.
Editorial Cartoon: “I don’t have much hope for this broad-based coalition,” not dated, not attributed. On reserve, Child Nutrition Forum, as of May 20, 1998—1:00 p.m.). Two copies.
The National School Lunch Program, Background and Development, by Gordon W. Gunderson, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971. 30 pages.
Special Nutrition Programs, not dated, not attributed, not paginated.
School Nutrition Division, Issue: Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) school participation in the school nutrition programs, not dated. 1 page. Attached: Memorandum from Dorothy Glancy, Acting Assistant General Counsel, Food and Nutrition and PACA Division, Office of General Counsel, United States Department of Agriculture, to Robert Leard, Acting Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, regarding Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) School Participation in the School Nutrition Programs, January 21, 1983. 2 pages.
School Nutrition Division, Part 210 – National School Lunch Program, Meal Pattern Monitoring. Attached: United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, Washington, D.C., Reprinted from the Federal Register, January 18, 1980, 10 pages.
Report: Nutrients in Type A School Lunches, Summary of results of a nationwide study by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, March 11, 1969. 9 pages.
Article: Take a Look at the New Type A, School Foodservice Journal, October 1977. 6 pages.
Memorandum: From Robert L. Rizek, Chairman, Consumer and Food Economics Institute, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, to Grace L. Ostenso, Director, Nutrition and Technical Services Staff, Food and Nutrition Service, regarding Nutritional Goal for Preschool Children in National School Lunch Program, March 16, 1977. 6 pages.
Letter: From Dan Glickman, Secretary, Department of Agriculture, to Honorable Franklin D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget, regarding the enclosed USDA’s Children’s Hunger Initiative for Learning and Development, October 2, 1997. 28 pages. Attached: Children’s Hunger Initiative for Learning and Development (CHILD) Fiscal Year 1999 Costs (in $ millions), October 1, [1997]. 4 pages.
Historical Perspective on the School Meals Programs: The Case for Strong Federal Assistance, Prepared for Shirley R. Watkins, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Ceres Forum On School Meals Policy, Georgetown Center for Food and Nutrition Policy, November 24, 1997. 7 pages.
Information Sheet: Nutrition Education and Training Program, U.S. Department of Agriculture, February 1992. 1 page.
Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET) Data Sheet, Legislation, Revised April 1993. 1 page.
Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET) Historical Summary of Legislation, not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET) Regulations and Amendments, Nutrition Science and Education Branch, Nutrition and Technical Services Division, Food and Nutrition Service, January 1988. 1 page.
Legislative Changes in the CCFP, not dated, not attributed. 4 pages.
Legislative Changes in the SFSP, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Child Care and Summer Programs Division, Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1981 – P.L. 97-35/Regulations Revisions, not dated, not attributed. 6 pages.
Open letter from Bill Clinton, The White House, to everyone celebrating the 30th anniversary of two landmark federal child nutrition programs: the Summer Food Service Program and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP), May 6, 1998. 1 page.
Letter from Daniel W. Burkhardt, Special Assistant to the President, Director of Correspondence and Presidential Messages, The White House, to Dear Friend, regarding long-standing guidelines governing the use of Presidential messages, not dated. 1 page.
History of WIC Program, not dated, not attributed. 7 pages.
History of the Formulated Grain-Fruit Product, Food and Nutrition Service, Special Nutrition Programs, School Programs Division, March 25, 1981. 6 pages.
Presentation of the Coordinated Review Effort, not dated, not attributed. 49 pages.
Reimbursement Rates and Payment Factors, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
Paper relating to the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET) Funding History, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
The Children’s Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Initiative, USDA, September 26, 1997. 22 pages.
Summary of new Spending in FY 99 ($300 million), not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
The Children’s Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Initiative, September 19, 1997, not attributed. 5 pages.
The Proposed School Nutrition Program, Child Nutrition Division, September 19, 1997. 8 pages.
The Community Child Nutrition Programs, Child Nutrition Division, September 19, 1997. 3 pages.
The Children’s Anti-Hunger and Nutrition Initiative, September 23, 1997. 5 pages.
The Proposed School Nutrition Program, Child Nutrition Division, September 23, 1997. 6 pages. Two copies.
The Proposed Community Child Nutrition Programs, Child Nutrition Division, September 23, 1997. 4 pages.
Children’s Anti-Hunger Initiative, Summation of Costs, not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program: Additional Menu Planning Alternatives, not dated, not attributed. 9 pages.
Universal SBP Pilot Evaluation Technical Requirements, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Talking Points for the Any Reasonable Approach Proposal Issued May 15, 1998, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Stanley C. Garnett, Director, Child Nutrition Division, to All State Agency Directors, regarding extending the waiver of the provision requiring weighted averages for nutrient analysis for a further two years, February 17, 1998. 1 page.
Highlights of Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Amendments of 1998, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Analysis of Proposed Regulations Regarding Any Reasonable Approach, not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
Letter: From William J. Clinton, The White House, to The Speaker of the House of Representatives, requesting and making available each of the emergency appropriations listed in the enclosed letter from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, January 19, 2001. 1 page.
Letter: From Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, to The President, The White House, submitting for the President’s consideration requests to make available previously appropriated contingent emergency funds, January 19, 2001. 5 pages.
Promoting Healthy Eating Behaviors in Children: Role of School Environments, Competitive Foods, USDA, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, June 1999. 6 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Increasing Resources for Feeding Children in Afterschool Programs, not dated, 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Commodity Reengineering, not dated. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding The Child and Adult Care Food Program as a Resource for Increasing the Supply of Quality Affordable Child Care, not dated. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Food Stamp Program, not dated. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Food Stamp Caseload and Outreach, not dated. 1 page. 2 copies.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Ground Meat Specifications, not dated. 1 page.
Notice to the Trade, Ground Beef Suppliers, United States Agricultural Department of Marketing Agriculture Service, June 2000. 3 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Over-certification of eligible students for meal assistance, not dated. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding Special Assistant to the Secretary for Nutrition Policy, not dated. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), not dated. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Barry Sackin, Agriculture Advisory Team, to Bush-Cheney Transition, regarding WIC, not dated. 2 pages.
History of Competitive Foods, not dated, not attributed. 8 pages.
Milk Requirement, National School Lunch Program, not dated, not attributed. 4 pages.
School Programs Division Background Paper: Meal Patterns, January 22, 1982. 4 pages.
National School Lunch Program Article: Memorandum from United States Department of Agriculture School Nutrition Division U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET), not attributed, not dated.
Public Hearings on Child Nutrition Programs, National Summary, not dated, not attributed. 26 pages.
Scottsdale Conference Report: State Child Nutrition Directors and Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Theme: Planning for Progress in Child Nutrition, Federal – State – Local, Conducted in Association with the National Advisory Council on Child Nutrition, Scottsdale, Arizona, December 10, 11, 12, 1974. 21 pages. 2 copies.
Consolidated Report of Sectional Workshops, State Child Nutrition Directors and Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Theme: The Team Approach is the Key to Success, Denver – March 26-29, 1973; Louisville – April 2-5, 1973.
Public Law 100-356, An Act to amend the National School Lunch Act to require eligibility for free lunches to be based on the nonfarm income poverty guidelines prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget, June 28, 1988. 2 pages.
P. L. 100-435, Hunger Prevention Act of 1988, As Agreed to By the House and Senate on 8/11/88, P.L. Signed 9/19/88. 1 page.
Congressional Record – Senate, July 29, 1988. 1 page.
Excerpts from House of Representatives Conference Reports, September 28, 1988. 39 pages.
Congressional Record – Senate, August 5, 1987. 17 pages.
Legislative History: Child Care Food Program, National School Lunch Program, Special Milk Program, State Administrative Expenses, School Breakfast Program, Summer Food Service Program for Children. 19 pages.
Competitive Foods: Legislative History, Lawsuits, Regulatory History. 4 pages.
Competitive Foods Proposed Rule, April 25, 1978; Notice Withdrawing April 25 Proposal, December 15, 1978; Competitive Foods Reproposal, July 6, 1979; Competitive Foods Proposed Rule (to amend the “time and place” portion of the rule), March 13, 1984. 2 pages.
History of Competitive Foods, not dated, not attributed. 8 pages.
Milk Requirement, National School Lunch Program, not dated, not attributed. 5 pages.
Article: What Are American Children Eating? Implications for Public Policy, Nutrition Reviews, Vol. 53, No. 5, May 1995. 16 pages.
Special Assistance Certification and Reimbursement Alternatives Guidance, School Programs Division, USDA-Food and Nutrition Service, not dated, not paginated.
Child Nutrition Briefing Book, State Directors Meeting – San Diego, December 1987. 41 pages.
Comparison of House & Senate After-Care Snack Proposals, not dated, not attributed.
National School Lunch Act, As Amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 11-7-73). 10 pages.
Booklet: Child Nutrition Act of 1966, As amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 11-7-73). 7 pages.
Booklet: Public Law 94-105, 94th Congress, H. R. 4222, October 7, 1975. An Act to amend the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 in order to extend and revise the special food service program for children and the school breakfast program, and for other purposes related to strengthening the school lunch and child nutrition programs.
Booklet: Child Nutrition Act of 1966, As amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 10-7-75). 9 pages.
Booklet: National School Lunch Act, As Amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 10-7-75). 15 pages.
Booklet: Public Law 95-627, November 10, 1978, 95th Congress, An Act to extend and amend the special supplemental food program and the child care food program, and for other purposes.
Booklet: Child Nutrition Act of 1966, As amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 11-10-78). 17 pages.
Booklet: National School Lunch Act, As Amended (Asterisks indicate deletion if provisions no longer effective as of 11-10-78). 25 pages.
Document related to amending the Child Nutrition Act to permit WIC to transfer funds to CSFP, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
Letter: From Patrick J. Clerkin, Director, Supplemental Food Programs Division, to Thomas F. Heldeman, Regional Inspector General for Audit, Office of Inspector General, Midwest region, regarding long-term goals for a major restructuring of the Commodity Food Program, not dated. 2 pages.
Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Bill H.R. 24 – Highlights, October 17, 1989. 2 pages.
Booklet: The National School Lunch Act and Child Nutrition Act of 1966 Amendments of 1975, Government Printing Office, June 26, 1975. 84 pages. 2 copies.
Letter: From Frank Ippolito, Director, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Governmental Affairs, to John Bode, Scott Dunn, Gene Dickey, Maria Falcone, Molly Howell, George Braley, Tom Sullivan, Stan Garnett, Fran Zorn, and Barbara Nelson, with the attached copy of a new committee print entitled “Child Nutrition Programs: Issues for the 101st Congress” which was prepared by the House Education and Labor Committee with assistance from ASFSA, March 2, 1989. 221 pages.
Booklet: Report No. 96-838, Child Nutrition Amendments of 1980, June 26, 1980. 148 pages.
Booklet: Committee Print, Child Nutrition Programs: Description, History, Issues, and Options, prepared by the staff of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, January 1983. 128 pages. 2 copies.
Food Service Management Companies and the National School Lunch Program – Legislative and Regulatory Remarks, not dated, not attributed. 1 page. 2 copies.
Report: The Commodity Supplemental Food Program (CSFP), not dated. 23 pages plus attachments.
Special Assistance Certification and Reimbursement Alternatives Guidance, School Programs Division, USDA-Food and Nutrition Service, not dated, not paginated.
Booklet: Proposed Assessment, Improvement and Monitoring System (AIMS), October 25, 1979, containing AIMS master preamble, AIMS proposal for Part 210, AIMS proposal for Part 235 (Sanctions), Reprint of September 14 AIMS interim for Part 235 (Funding).
Poster: Summer Food Service Program for Children, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Program Aid 1133, March 1976. Removed to flat case, Room 141.
Summer Food Service Program: A Historical Survey, March 1983. 4 pages.
Booklet: Materials for Use in Special Food Service Summer Recreation Training Program, Summer 1972, Training Site Supervisors, Nutrition and Technical Services Staff and Child Nutrition Division, Food and Nutrition Service. 28 pages.
Booklet: Site Handbook, Special Summer Program for Children, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, May 1973. 10 pages.
Folder: Team Nutrition USDA, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Services, with materials related to the Healthy Schools Summit, October 7-8, 2002.
Presentation: Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act of 2004, Public Law 108-265, An Orientation, USDA, FNS, September 2004. 145 pages.
Folder: Special School Milk Program, Experimental Operations, Herbert D. Rorex, 1955.
Report: FNS Transition Task Force Report, December 1988, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
Letter: From Gary L. Bostwick, Attorney at Law, to Gene White, Department of Education, regarding a memorandum to California State Senator H. L. Richardson, September 21, 1983. 9 pages.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate, May 2, 1985. 7 pages.
Testimony Delivered by Louis Smith before Subcommittee on Nutrition of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, May 2, 1985. 7 pages.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives, February 26, 1985. 6 pages. 3 copies.
Letter from Clifford O. Morris, Director, School Food Services Unit, State of New Mexico Department of Education, to The Honorable Pete Domenici, United States Senator, regarding maintaining the Section 4 funding in the National School Lunch Program, January 11, 1985. 2 pages. 3 copies.
Letter from Harold L. Blackburn, Commissioner of Education, Kansas State Department of Education, to Senator Bob Dole, regarding cuts in Section 4 funds for the National School Lunch Program, January 16, 1985. 2pages. 3 copies.
Testimony of Michael R. Lemov, Executive Director, Food Research and Action Center, before House Education and Labor Committee Hearings on Impact of FY 1986 Budget Cuts on Child Nutrition Programs, February 26, 1985. 10 pages plus attachments.
News Release: Administration Budget Assaults Children’s Food and Nutrition Programs, Food Research and Action Center, February 26, 1985. 3 pages.
Letter: From Augustus F. Hawkins, Chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, to Mrs. Gene White, confirming White’s appearance as a witness before the House Committee on Education and Labor, February 13, 1985. 1 page.
Table: Average Price of Paid School Lunches and Average Preparation Cost of School Lunches – February 1985. 1 page.
14th Annual Legislative Action Conference, Commitment ’86, February 25-28, 1986. 5 pages. Includes a brochure and handwritten notes from the conference.
Memorandum: From Gene White, American School Food Service Association, to Sharon Gibson, Thelma Becker, Ann Smith, Marshall Matz, confirming plans for a Summit Conference, September 18, 1985. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Gene White, American School Food Service Association, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, President, President-Elect, Board Advisory, Executive Director, regarding the fall meeting of the PPL Committee, September 18, 1985. 2 pages.
Memorandum: From Gene White, Chairman, to Public Policy and Legislative Committee, regarding Response to CFR Part 250 (Proposed), October 11, 1985. 1 page.
Letters from Marshall Matz, Counsel, American School Food Service Association, to The Honorable Tom Harkin, United States Senate; The Honorable Tom Foley, U.S. House of Representatives; Mr. Bob Greenstein, Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; The Honorable John Bode, Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture; The Honorable Richard Gephardt, U.S. House of Representatives; The Honorable Paula Hawkins, United States Senate, inviting each to speak at the American School Food Service Association Legislative Action Conference, December 20, 1985. 1 page each.
Newsletter: Legislative News, Gene White, Chairman, American School Food Service Association, December 10, 1985. 1 page.
Information Sheet: Section 4 Funding, American School Food Service Association, February 3, 1985. 3 pages.
Newsletter: Legislative News, Focus 435, American School Food Service Association, not dated. 3 pages.
The President’s Tax Proposals to the Congress for Fairness, Growth, and Simplicity, May 1985. 6 pages. 2 copies.
Handwritten noted regarding budget cuts, not dated, not attributed. 10 pages.
Typed drafts regarding budget cuts, not dated, not attributed. 7 pages.
1985 Legislative Issue Paper, American School Food Service Association, February 1985. 2 pages.
Letter: From Joseph J. Scherer, Ph.D., American Association of School Administrators; Linda Tarr-Whelan, National Education Association; Arnold Fege, National PTA; Michael Casserly, Council of Great City Schools; Amy Peck, The Council of Chief State School Officers; Greg Humphrey, American Federation of Teachers; Marshall Matz, American School Food Service Association; Michael Resnick, National School Boards Association, to The Honorable James Abdnor, United States Senate, asking for Abdnor’s support of an amendment to the budget resolution sponsored by Senator Paula Hawkins, April 17, 1985. 2 pages.
Child Nutrition Budget Cuts: Opposition Talking Points, American School Food Service Association, April 15, 1985. 1page.
Letter: From Paula Hawkins, United States Senate, to Dear Colleague, regarding the budget-cutting process being equitable, April 9, 1985. 1 page.
Letter: From Donna R. Watson, R.D., President, The American Dietetic Association, to Mrs. Gene White, Chairman, Legislative Committee, American School Food Service Association, commending the American School Food Service Association for taking the lead in defending the National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs, May 1, 1985. 1 page.
Western Union Mailgram from Gene White, Chairman, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislative Committee, to American School Food Service Ass, regarding passage of House Budget Resolution, May 23, 1985. 1 page.
Western Union Mailgram from Gene White, Chairman, Public Policy and Legislative Committee, American School Food Service Association, to American School Food Service Ass, regarding the importance of everyone’s Senate delegation knowing their position regarding child nutrition, Section 4, and the Administration’s proposed budget cuts, January 10, 1985. 1 page.
Western Union Mailgram from Gene White, Chairman, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislative Committee, to American School Food Service Ass, regarding the Senate voting against tabling the Paula Hawkins amendment, May 9, 1985. 1 page.
Western Union Mailgram from Gene White, Chairman, ASFSA Public Policy and Legislative Committee, to American School Food Service, regarding the Dole-White House compromise being the basis for the mark-up on the budget in the Senate, May 1, 1985. 1 page.
ASFSA Legislative News, American School Food Service Association, May 10, 1985. 2 pages. 2 copies, with one copy of the House Budget Committee member list.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association Before the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, United States Senate, May 2, 1985. 7 pages. Work Copy.
The Politics of Hunger: 1984, by Marshall L. Matz. 5 pages.
Article: Promoting School Lunch Participation through Nutrition Education, Journal of Nutrition Education, Volume 17, Number 1, 1985. 4 pages.
Newsletter: The Kiplinger Washington Letter, September 2, 1983. 1 page.
Article: Nutrient Content of Food in Bagged Lunches of Children in Kindergarten through Third Grade, School Food Service Research Review, 8 (2), 1984. 4 pages.
Article: Student Lunch Practices: A Comparison of Cost and Dietary Adequacy of School Lunch and Brown Bag Lunches, School Food Service Research Review, 8 (2), 1984. 5 pages.
Child Nutrition Programs Update, Dairy Council Digest, Volume 53, No. 6, November-December 1982. 6 pages.
Booklet: Hunger In America: The Federal Response, by Nick Kotz, The Field Foundation, 1979. 40 pages. Photocopy.
Article: Hawkins Succeeds Perkins: A Change in Style, Not Goals, Expected at Education-Labor, Special Report: Education and Labor Committee, September 29, 1984. 4 pages.
Article: Cattle King Chief Draws 6 Years in Prison, Rocky Mountain News, October 12, 1984. 1 page.
School Lunch Q & A, not dated, not attributed. 3 pages.
Testimony Presented on Behalf of the Kansas State Board of Education Before the Subcommittee on Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry, and Nutrition, United States Senate, May 2, 1985. 6 pages.
Audit Report: Food Distribution Program Evaluation of Food Processors and the National Commodity Processing System, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Inspector General – Audit, Midwest Region, [March 21], 1985. 32 pages.
Box 2: Correspondence, Reports, and Articles
Letter: From Thelma Flanagan to Sandy Sandridge regarding materials about early leaders, June 1, 1991, with inclusions. 5 pages.
Memo from Jo Busha, Vermont Department of Education Child Nutrition Programs, to Gene White regarding historical documents, September 23, 1999. 5 pages.
Letter: From Maureen B. Staggenborg, Director, Child Nutrition Programs, to Dr. Jane Logan, National Food Service Management Institute, regarding a history of child nutrition programs, with attached documents, March 9, 1999. 26 pages.
Letter: From John, Public Schools of North Carolina, to Gene White, August 30, 1999, with a packet of historical materials:
Booklet: Committee Print, Child Nutrition Programs: Description, History, Issues, and Options, Prepared by the Staff of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, January 1983. 128 pages.
Report: Rules, Regulations, Policies, and Procedures Governing School Food Services in North Carolina Public Schools, adopted by State Board of Education, July 6, 1967. 11 pages.
Article: It Educates and Feeds, Too: Oak Grove Principal Proud of Lunchroom, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Report: Overcoming World Hunger: Report of the Presidential Commission on World Hunger, An Abridged Version, June 1980. 29 pages.
Report: The Universal School Lunch Survey, School Food Service Project of The National Education Finance Project, August 1971. 31 pages.
Article: When the First Hot Lunch Came to a Maine School, The Christian Science Monitor, September 14, 1990. 1 page.
Article: News in Brief, featuring a photograph from 1953 of school cafeteria workers making sandwiches, Education Week, September 20, 2000. 1 page.
Article: Building a Healthy Future, West Virginia Task Force On School Health, 1992. 3 pages.
Booklet: Lunch at School in Our West Virginia Hills: 60 Years of Progress, not paginated, October 1995.
Article: 160,283 Children Benefit From Lunch Program, Sunday Gazette-Mail, January 3, 1960. 1 page.
Article: Bill Giving School Boards Say on Junk Food Approved, The Charleston [Gazette], April 9, 1977. 1 page.
Article: Conley Grade School Has Thanksgiving Dinner For Board of Education Officials, Berkley Post-Herald, November 28, 1952. 1 page.
Article: Raleigh County School Hot Lunch Cooks Take Holiday From Duties to Learn How to Cook, not attributed, October 13, 1948. 1 page.
Article: U.S. Funds Running Low: State Lunch Project Nears End of Financial ‘String’, not attributed, April 8, 1956. 1 page.
Article: Computerized Reporting System to be Piloted in WV: U.S.D.A. to Provide Programming, Mountain State Lunch Line, Vol. 6, No. 1, January 1986. 1 page.
Article: Superintendents Studying Relief for Lunch Program, not attributed, February 26, 1954. 1 page.
Article: How It All Began VSFSA News, Spring 1999. 2 pages.
Poem: A Lad’s Look At Lunch, R. R. Ramsey, not dated. 1 page.
Poem: The School Cafeteria, R. R. Ramsey, not dated. 1 page.
Report: Time Out for Lunch: Progress in W. Va. Schools, not dated. 49 pages.
Program: Memorial Service for Faith Wolfe C. Gravenmier, West Virginia School Food Service Association, April 17, 1999. 4 pages.
Conference packet for West Virginia School Food Service Association, April 16-18, 1999.
Article: The First Years of School Feeding in Virginia, VSFSA News, Winter 1999. 14 pages.
[Speech notes] for 1986 Southeast Regional Breakfast, ASFSA, Detroit, Michigan, not attributed. 5 pages.
Report: Feeding America’s Children at School: A Report on School Food Service and Nutrition Education Programs, based on Special Study Number 8 of the National Educational Finance Project, 1971, and other recent studies, State of Florida Department of Education, not dated. 110 pages.
Letter: From Gene White to Thelma Flanagan regarding White’s participation in the AHEA Institution Administration Section Program, March 18, 1974. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Thelma Flanagan to Lucille Barnett, Louise Frolich, and Gene White, regarding Institution Management Symposium, AHEA, Los Angeles, February 26, [1974]. 1 page.
Letter: From Edna L. Poyner, Head, Educational Services Department, American Home Economics Association, to Dear Annual Meeting Speaker, regarding participation in the 65th Annual Meeting of the American Home Economics Association, March 1974. 2 pages.
Letter: From Gene White to Thelma Flanagan regarding White’s participation on June 26th, April 26, 1974. 1 page.
Letter: From Thelma Flanagan to Gene White, regarding Flanagan’s schedule, April 23, 1974. 2 pages.
Letter: From Linda Herr to Gene White, August 8, 2001, regarding a copy of school lunch recipes from 1943 to assist Gene with her book on the school lunch program.
Booklet: School Food Recipes, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Miscellaneous Publication No. 537, December 1943, photocopy sent to Gene White from Linda Herr, August 1, 2001. 48 pages.
Article: Mrs. McGinness’ Record: At 106, Retired Teacher Has Seen Monumental Change, Richmond Times-Dispatch, March 8, 1999. 4 pages.
Article: State Urged to Establish School Fund for Lunches, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Editorial Cartoon: “This nation must remain strong!”, regarding hot lunches for Florida school children, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
Article: The School Lunch Situation, Free Press, July 16, 1943. 1 page.
Report: 20 Million for Lunch: A Report From Educational Facilities Laboratories, 1968, not paginated; may be a printer’s proof.
Report: White Paper on School-Lunch Nutrition, Citizens’ Commission on School Nutrition, December 1990. 19 pages.
Pamphlet: Food to Nurture the Mind, The Children’s Foundation, 1970. 23 pages.
Article: School Nutrition Past: Prologue to Excellence, School and Community Nutrition Division, Georgia Department of Education, not dated. 2 pages.
List of Pioneer ASFSA Leaders, not dated, not attributed. 2 pages.
Article: The School Cafeteria – An Opportunity for Dietitians, Reprinted from Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Vol. 13, No. 2, July 1937. 5 pages.
Draft: Chronological Log of School Food Service, Developments, Fond and Historic Memories, 1935*-1955, Thelma G. Flanagan, [1975]. 8 pages. 3 copies.
Newsletter: School Food Service News, Vol. 6, No., July-August 1949.
Numerous clippings all of which appear to be from School Food Service News, 1949. The articles have various description markers on the top right, such as “Organizational Development,” “Annual Conference,” and “PD.” 18 pages. Specific articles of interest include the following:
(1) Article: Women at Work, Organizational Development, 1949. 2 pages.
(2) Article: Research in School Lunch, SFSA News, 1949. 1 page.
(3) Article: Our Retiring President, not attributed. 1949. 1 page.
(4) List: Executive Board, School Food Service Association, 1949. 1 page.
(5) Article: Legislative Report, not attributed, December 1949. 2 pages.
Highlights: 1948-1949, Mary de Garmo Bryan, Ph.D., President, President of Institution Management, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York. 3 pages.
Goals: Mary de Garmo Bryan, 1949. 1 page.
Article: Program Excellence, not attributed, 1949. 1 page.
Article: Nutrition and Standards, SFSA News, March-April 1949. 1 page.
Newsletter: School Food Service News, Vol. 6, No. 4., July-August 1949. 2 pages.
Letter from Helen Crane, Asst. Supervisor, Cafeteria Service Section, Los Angeles City Board of Education, to Dr. Mary de Garmo Bryan, Teachers College, Columbia University, regarding Bryan’s acceptance of an invitation to speak at the National School Cafeteria Association Convention in San Antonio, June 4, 1941. 1 page.
Newsletter: School Food Service Association News, Volume 4, Number 3, September 1947. 5 pages.
Resolution: To Endorse the Nutrient Standard Approach to School Menu Planning, Executive Board Meeting, January 23-24, 1976. 1 page.
History and Overview of Child Nutrition Programs, 1920-1998. Orientation to Child Nutrition Management, The National Food Service Management Institute, June 8, 1998. 12 pages. Original and 2 photocopies.
Article: Our Children and Their Nutrition Needs, Teachers College Record, Vol. XXXIII, No. 5, February 1932. 10 pages.
Inventory: Mary de Garmo Bryan materials loaned to Thelma Flanagan, July 1975. 12 pages.
History and Overview of Child Nutrition Programs, Leadership, National Food Service Management Institute, June 10, 1996. 6 pages.
History and Overview of Child Nutrition Programs, Orientation to Child Nutrition Management, National Food Service Management Institute, June 15, 1995. 14 pages. 2 copies.
Handwritten note: Odyssey Presentation, July 13, [year unknown].
The National School Lunch Program, Background and Development, FNS – 63, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1971. 30 pages.
The Road to Good Nutrition, by Lydia J. Roberts, United States Department of Labor, 1942. 54 pages.
Letter: From Nancy Brady, Food and Nutrition Service, to Gene White, August 12, 1999. Contains twelve (12) Photocopies of 1940s USDA photographs of children eating school meals.
Article: Child Health and the Selective Service Physical Standards, Public Health Reports, Vol. 56, No. 50, December 12, 1941. 12 pages.
Report: Ten-State Nutrition Survey, 1968-1970, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. 12 pages.
Report: Creating an Agenda for School-Based Health Promotion: A Review of Selected Reports, Harvard School Health Education Project, Department of Health and Social Behavior, Harvard School of Public Health, March 1992. 32 pages.
Report: Health Aspects of the School Lunch Program, A Report to the Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education of the National Education Association and the American Medical Association, 1962. 30 pages.
Circular No. 202: School Lunches and Education, Helps from Federal Agencies, The Cooperating Committee on School Lunches, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Office of Education, not dated, not paginated. 2 copies.
Circular No. 210: School Gardens for School Lunches, Cooperating Committee on School Lunches, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Office of Education, March 1942. 22 pages. 2 copies.
Note: From Jane to Gene White, January 22, 2000. “Gene, Thought you might be interested in the attached.”
Food Time – A Good Time at School, School Children and the War Series, Leaflet No. 4, Federal Security Agency, U. S. Office of Education, 1943. 13 pages.
Nutrition History Notes, Vanderbilt Medical Center Library, No. 27, Fall 1986. 9 pages.
Glossary of Legislative Terms Related to Child Nutrition Programs, not dated, not attributed. 12 pages.
The Legislative “Engines.” not dated, not attributed, not paginated.
Booklet: American School Food Service Association, 1995-1996 Annual Report. 16 pages.
Speech: [Nutrition] Through the School Lunch, Dr. Mary de Garmo Bryan, Conference of School Food Service Directors, November 4, 1939. 9 pages.
Addresses and Discussion of the Eleventh Annual Food Service Directors’ Conference and the Convention of the National School Cafeteria Association, The Sherman Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, October 10, 11, 12, 1946. 95 pages.
Materials relating to the first National School Lunch Conference, United States Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration, Washington, October 10, 1946.
Presentation: Child Nutrition: Making the Difference, by Gene White, MS, RD, for the Mary deGarmo Bryan Lecture, The American Dietetic Association, October 1992. 19 pages.
What’s for Lunch?, a special interest session on menu planning at the American School Food Service Association Convention, October 29 – November 2, 1963. 19 pages.
Note: Handwritten describing the changes in the country regarding improvements in nutrition despite the poverty experienced across the country at the time from a report to Congress, 1979.
Capitol Action: How a Bill Becomes a Law, American School Food Service Association, not dated. 4 pages. 3 copies.
Universal Vision, America’s Children Ready to Learn, Back to the Future, not attributed, not paginated, 1992. 2 copies.
Booklet: A Survey of Child Nutrition Programs in the United States, American School Food Service Association, Spring 1987. 12 pages. 4 copies.
Child Nutrition: Chronology of Legislative Events, 99th Congress (1985-86), American School Food Service Association. 3 pages.
Article: School Nutrition Programs in Perspective, not dated, not attributed. 4 pages.
National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs – Legislative History Highlights, not dated, not attributed. 6 pages. 2 copies.
Summer Food Service Program for Children – Legislative History Highlights, 2 pages.
Position Paper: Combination of Lunch and Breakfast Costs, not dated, not attributed, not paginated.
Nutrition Education and Training Program (NET) Funding History, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, February 1999. 4 pages.
Miscellaneous documents relating to the history of school lunch. Includes: “Do You Know The History of School Lunch?” along with five copies a paper detailing the Nutrition School Lunch Act.
Memorandum from Louise A.K. Frolich, Director, Legislative Affairs, American School Food Service Association, to ASFSA Executive Board, ASFSA Legislative Committee, with attached legislative history of various child nutrition programs compiled by FNS, May 14, 1982.
Trifold brochure: Legislative History Highlights of Child Nutrition Programs, American School Food Service Association, not dated.
Article: Visions at Vail: 10 Years Later, Food Management, December 1986. 8 pages.
Article: Survey Reveals School Food Facts: ASFSA Discovers What Makes School Cafeterias Tick – From Favorite Foods to Program Profiles, School Food Service Journal, October 1987. 1 page. 3 copies.
Article: Restaurant Keeping in the Public Schools: What it is Doing for Child Welfare, The Modern Priscilla, May 1914, sent to Gene White by Barry Sackin, August 20, 1999. 2 pages.
Glossary of Legislative Terms Related to Child Nutrition Programs, not dated, not attributed. 12 pages.
History and Overview of Child Nutrition Programs, Orientation to Child Nutrition Management, National Food Service Management Institute, June 15, 1995. 14 pages. 3 copies.
Concept Paper: Institute for School Food Service Management, Draft, 1984. 5 pages.
Resolution of the American School Food Service Association, in support of the establishment of a School Food Service Management Institute, 1984. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Marshall Matz to Nancye Perry, Ann Smith and Gene White, regarding Institute for Food Service Management (IFMA), and an attached draft letter for consideration to The Honorable Jamie Whitten, Chairman, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, Attn: Mr. Robert B. Foster, regarding exploring the possibility of the Subcommittee supporting the creation of an Institute for Food Service Management, December 12, 1984. 5 pages.
Roster of Participants – Orientation to Child Nutrition Management, June 14-25, 1999. 3 pages.
Daily Schedule Week Two, Orientation to Child Nutrition Management, June 14-25, 1999. 1 page.
Child Nutrition Programs History and Overview, Course Outline, June 15, 1999. 3 pages.
How the System Works – Policy Making, not dated. 1 page.
Mary deGarmo Bryan Scholarship Fund in School Foodservice Administration, The American Dietetic Association Foundation Individual Fund Information, not dated. 2 pages.
Community Nutrition Section, excerpt from History of the American Dietetic Association, not dated.
School Nutrition Past: Prologue to Excellence, Mary de Garmo Bryan Lecture, by Josephine Martin, Ph.D., The American Dietetic Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 1985. 27 pages. 2 copies.
Article: Position of ADA, SNE, and ASFSA: School-based Nutrition Programs and Services, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, Volume 95, Number 3, March 1995. 3 pages.
Position Paper on Child Nutrition Programs, A.D.A. Reports, Volume 64, May 1974. 2 pages.
Presentation: Child Nutrition: Making the Difference, by Gene White, MS, RD, for the Mary de Garmo Bryan Lecture, The American Dietetic Association, October 1992. 23 pages. Fax receipt attached.
Various forms related to a recording of M. Josephine Martin’s presentation of “School Nutrition Past: Prologue to Excellence” for the The American Dietetic Association, 68th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 7-11, 1985.
Pamphlet: Relationships of Hunger and Malnutrition to Learning Ability and Behavior, The Nutrition Education Center, in cooperation with The Florida Department of Citrus, not dated. 23 pages.
Chronology and Brief Description of Federal Food Assistance Legislation 1935-1987, Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, May 28, 1986, updated January 15, 1988. 6 pages.
Federal Domestic Food Assistance Legislative Chronology, 1935-1992, CRS Report to Congress, Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, January 9, 1992, updated November 30, 1992. 47 pages. 3 copies.
Memorandum: From Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Food and Agricultural Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, to Hon. George Miller, Attn: Colleen Kavanagh, regarding Alternative method for comparing current law child nutrition program funding with the proposed block grants contained in H.R.1214 (or H.R.4), March 25, 1995. 10 pages.
Memorandum: From Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, regarding Universal School Lunch Program Background, Issues, and Analysis, January 3, 1992. 21 pages.
Child Nutrition: Program Information, Funding, and Participation FY 1980-FY 1990, Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, July 11, 1990, updated September 10, 1991. 23 pages.
Memorandum: From Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Food and Agricultural Policy, Environment and Natural Resources Policy Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, to Honorable Max Cleland, regarding Senator Richard B. Russell and the National School Lunch Program, February 10, 1999. 3 pages.
Congressional Record – Senate, March 10, 1999. 3 pages.
S. 575, A Bill to redesignate the National School Lunch Act as the “Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act,” in the Senate of the United States, March 10, 1999. 4 pages.
Email: From Jane Logan, Executive Director, NFSMI, to Frank Frost, regarding a documentary on George McGovern, April 9, 1999. 1 page.
Draft: What Will School Food Service Be in the Year 2000?, article for School Food Service Journal, not dated. 11 pages.
Report: Historical Legislative Background, The Federal Food Programs, The Dannon Company, Inc., October 1996. 27 pages plus attachments.
Legislative Report, Poppy Seeds, July 1976. 1 page.
Article: California’s Progressive Legislator, Food Management, not dated. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Gene White, Legislative Chairman, California School Food Service Association, to House of Delegates, California School Food Service Association, regarding Report of Legislative Committee, April 12, 1976. 5 pages.
Provisions of SB 120, not dated, not attributed. 1 page.
History of the California School Food Service Association, Year 1970-1971, Theme: Convert Dreams to Reality. 2 pages. 2 copies.
Article: Gene White Gears Up for Double Duty: ASFSA’s Next President Stays Busy in Sacramento, Western Foodservice, June 1977. 3 pages.
The National School Lunch Program, Background and Development, FNS – 63, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1971. 30 pages. 4 copies.
Report: The National Evaluation of School Nutrition Programs, Final Report – Executive Summary, April 1983. 13 pages.
Pamphlet: Estimating the Cost of Food for a School Lunch, United States Department of Agriculture, July 1948, photocopy. 12 pages.
Pamphlet: School Lunch Recipes…Using Cheese, United States Department of Agriculture, November 1949. 19 pages.
Pamphlet: School Lunch Recipes Using Dried Fruits, United States Department of Agriculture, August 1948. 7 pages.
Quantities of Food for Serving School Lunches, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics, Agricultural Research Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, July 1947. 18 pages.
Report: The National School Lunch Program, Background and Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture, last updated September 28, 2000. 38 pages.
Report: Providing Assistance to the States in the Establishment, Maintenance, Operation, and Expansion of School-Lunch Programs, Senate, 79th Congress, 1st Session, July 28, 1945. 20 pages.
Speech: The Congressional Commitment to Children With Special Needs, Honorable Bob Dole, Senator, R-Kansas, not dated. 5 pages.
Trifold brochure: Legislative History Highlights of Child Nutrition Programs, American School Food Service Association, not dated.
Trifold Brochure: Creating Policy for Nutrition Integrity in Schools, American School Food Service Association, not dated.
Trifold Brochure: Creating Policy for Nutrition Integrity in Schools, American School Food Service Association, revised June 24, 1994.
Trifold Brochure: Creating Policy for Nutrition Integrity in Schools, American School Food Service Association, revised December 9, 1994.
Pamphlet: School Lunches, Farmers Bulletin 712, United States Department of Agriculture, issued March 1916, revised June 1922 and May 1924, photocopy. 22 pages.
Cookbook: Photocopy of a vintage WPA cookbook, not dated. 218 pages.
Congressional Record for both Senate and House of the debates on the School Lunch Act, 1946, photocopies.
Legislative Issue Paper, American School Food Service Association, 1986, Work Copy, 5 pages.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, March 8, 1983. 8 pages. Work copy.
Administration’s Proposed Budget Cuts, Fiscal Year 1987, February 1986. 1 page. 2 copies.
Instructions for Regional Reps., not dated, not attributed. 3 pages. 2 copies.
Agenda: ASFSA Annual Conference, July 25-31, 1986. 1 page. 2 copies.
Legislative Issue Paper, American School Food Service Association, 1986, Final. 5 pages.
Legislative News, February 10, 1986. 3 pages. 4 copies.
News Release: School Lunch Proposal to Eliminate Program in Many Schools, American School Food Service Association, February 5, 1986. 1 page.
Memorandum: From Jean Yavis Jones, Specialist in Social Legislation, Education and Public Welfare Division, Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress, to House Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education Subcommittee, Attn: Jack Jennings, regarding Participation Response in the School Lunch Program if Subsidies are Eliminated for Meals Served to Non-poor Children, February 5, 1985. 5 pages.
1987 Budget Summary, U. S. Department of Agriculture. 8 pages.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association before the Committee on Education and Labor, United States House of Representatives, February 27, 1986.
Statement of the American School Food Service Association, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, June 2, 1983. 7 pages.
Report: Hearings on a Bill to Make Permanent Certain Child Nutrition Programs, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 7, to make permanent certain of the authorizations of appropriations under the National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1963, March 6, 7, and 13, 1984. 129 pages. 2 copies.
Report: The Impact of the Administration’s 1987 Budget Proposal on Child Nutrition Programs, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Ninth Congress, Second Session, February 27, 1986. 73 pages. 2 copies.
Committee Print: Child Nutrition Programs: Issues for the 101st Congress, prepared for the Memorandum from Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education, Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, December 1988. 220 pages. 2 copies.
Pamphlet: The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States of America, 93rd Congress, 2d Session, House Document No. 93-415, reprinted 1974. 54 pages.
Committee Print: Hunger in the Classroom: Then and Now, prepared by the Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, United States Senate, January 1972. 78 pages.
Report: Resolution Urging Continuation of Federal Involvement in Child Nutrition Programs, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. Con. Res. 384, held on September 21, 22, 1982. 90 pages.
Committee Print: Child Nutrition Programs: Description, History, Issues, and Options, prepared by the staff of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, 98th Congress, 1st Session, January 1983. 128 pages.
Report: Review and Reauthorization of Certain Child Nutrition Programs, Hearings before the Subcommittee on Nutrition of the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session, March 12 and April 4, 1984. 195 pages.
Letter: From Jesse Helms, Chairman, United States Senate, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to Mrs. Gene White, October 12, 1984.
Box 2: The following items from Box 2 are not Foldered.
Binder: The National School Lunch Program Background and Development, by Gordon W. Gunderson, computer printout in 3-ring binder. 60 pages.
Box 3: Reports, Articles, and Magazines
Book: Their Daily Bread: A Study of the National School Lunch Program, Committee on School Lunch Participation, not dated. 135 pages.
Report: Consolidated Report of Sectional Workshops, State Child Nutrition Directors and Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Theme: The Team Approach is the Key to Success, Denver – March 26-29, 1973, Louisville – April 2-5, 1973. 24 pages.
Briefing Book, Special Nutrition Programs, not attributed, October 1985. 24 pages.
National Summary: Public Hearings on Child Nutrition Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October – November 1977. 26 pages.
Report: Feeding Children: Federal Child Nutrition Policies in the 1980’s, Budget Issue Paper for Fiscal Year 1981, Congressional Budget Office, Congress of the United States, May 1980. 149 pages.
Report: 1989 Functional Survey Management Report, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Regional Operations, May 1990. 32 pages.
Report: Nutrition Assistance in the United States: 30 Years After the While House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health, United States Department of Agriculture, Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, FNS-318, May 2000. 7 pages.
Report: Food From Farmer to Consumer, Report of the National Commission on Food Marketing, June 1966. 203 pages.
Transition Preparation Briefing Materials, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, December 15, 1992. 91 pages.
Briefing for President’s Task Force on Food Assistance, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, September 27, 1983, not paginated.
Report: FNS Transition Task Force Report, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, December 1988.
Report: The White House Conference on Child Care, Conference Proceedings, The White House, October 23, 1997. 118 pages.
Report: Washington Regional Assessment, MUST Project, WRA Task Force, April 1977. 82 pages.
Report: Food & Nutrition Service Management Needs Task Force Report, August 1972. 45 pages.
Report: Washington Region Relationship Study, Volume II, Appendices, prepared for Food & Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, V. Dallas Merrell, Ph.D. and Associates, March 1976.
Report: Food and Nutrition for the 1980’s: Moving Ahead, Comprehensive Plan for Implementing the National Food and Human Nutrition Research and Education and Information Programs, United States Department of Agriculture, April 1979. 47 pages.
Magazine: Food Review, Volume 23, Issue 1, United States Department of Agriculture, January-April 2000. 55 pages.
Report: Evaluation of the Nationwide Child Nutrition Division and Top Level FNS Organization and Management, prepared for the Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Ernst & Ernst, April 1974.
Magazine: Food & Nutrition, Volume 17, Number 2, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, April 1987. 23 pages.
Magazine: Food & Nutrition, Volume 16, Number 4, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, October 1986. 23 pages.
The Federal Budget Process, not dated, not attributed, not paginated.
Report: Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships Project, Conclusions and Recommendations, Report to the Administrator, Food and Nutrition Service, August 8, 1977. 7 pages.
Report: Management and Technical Assistance, Fiscal Years 1975 and 1976, August 1976, not attributed, not paginated.
FNS Transition Task Force Report, December 1988, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture.
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Report: Urban Public School Feeding Survey, March 1976, FNS/Program Reporting Staff, November 30, 1976. 18 pages.
Report: Partial report relating to deficiencies and recommendations for New York City’s school food service operations, with cover missing.
Report: Report of the Federal-State Child Nutrition Workshop, Minneapolis, October 10, 11, 12, 1978, School Programs Division, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA, November 20, 1978. 20 pages.
FNS Priorities – FY 1981 and Beyond, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service.
Journal: Chapter I: Background and Description of the Program; Chapter II: Relationship Between Section 4 (General Assistance Financing) and School Lunch Participation; Chapter III: Impact of Hunger and Malnutrition on Student Achievement; and Chapter IV: Child Nutition Programs: A Narrative Legislative History and Program Analysis; Nutrition Programs Stay Top Priority: A Leading Advocate of child nutrition programs looks at the year ahead and the work Congress is doing. School Food Service Research Review, 13(1)1989. Cover missing. Contains information on child nutrition programs.
Remarks of President Richard Nixon: At the opening plenary session of the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health Sheraton Park Hotel, December 2, 1969. 3 pages.
Folder: U. S. Total of All State Agency and Regional Office Administered Programs, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, Reprinted from Federal Register September 23, 1977 (42 F.R. 48360).
Report: Listening to America’s Families, Action for the 80’s, A Summary of the Report to the President, Congress, and Families of the Nation, White House Conference on Families, November 1980. 100 pages.
Annual Historical Review Fiscal Year 1995, Food and Consumer Services, US Department of Agriculture, Program Information Division, June 1997. 57 pages.
Report: State Agency Assessment Task Force Report, United States Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service, October 1977. 60 pages.
Report: State of the Art: Management Strategies and Techniques in Federal Assistance Programs, USDA Food & Nutrition Service, May 1977. 84 pages. 2 copies.
Report: FNS Transition Task Force Report, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, December 1988. 12 pages.
Report: FY 1988 Agency-Wide Functional Survey Management Report, USDA Food and Nutrition Service, Office of Regional Operations, August 1988. 45 pages.
Report: Washington Regional Assessment, MUST Project, WRA Task Force, April 1977. 82 pages.
Food Assistance Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 1991.
Report: FNS Transition Task Force Report, Food and Nutrition Service, United States Department of Agriculture, December 1988. Multiple reports.
Binder: Public Policy and Legislative Committee 1985-86.
Binder: Roles, Responsibilities, and Relationships Project, Report and Analyses of Questionnaire Responses, Food and Nutrition Service, August 8, 1977.