The William Dallas Herring Papers contain files, notebooks, essays, articles, newpaper clippings, reports, and other papers relating to North Carolina education as well as Herring's other projects. Topics include kindergarten programs, community colleges, vocational education, desegregation, and teacher education. The collection also ...
MoreThe William Dallas Herring Papers contain files, notebooks, essays, articles, newpaper clippings, reports, and other papers relating to North Carolina education as well as Herring's other projects. Topics include kindergarten programs, community colleges, vocational education, desegregation, and teacher education. The collection also includes some film and audio recordings in various formats and a number of photographs. William Dallas Herring served as a member of the North Carolina Board of Education for twenty-two years and as its chairman for twenty of those years (1957-1977). He was responsible for educational initiatives that still shape the lives of North Carolina's citizens, including the establishment of the community college system, the initiation of a statewide curriculum study, and the development of kindergarten programs.
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