Description: Professional Conference Files contain correspondence; financial statements; memoranda; proposals; press releases; reports; conference rosters; working papers; brochures and flyers; attendee feedback; participant guides; newsletters; programs; and proceedings of conferences organized jointly by NCTE, National Association for the Teaching of English (NATE), Modern Language Association (MLA), and professional organizations concerned with the English language arts; includes Dartmouth Seminar (1965-67), conferences of the International Steering Committee (1967-76), International Federation for the Teaching of English (1983-95), NCTE affiliate conferences on the status of English teaching and the profession (1965-68), and cooperative research projects such as the Comprehensive Survey of Undergraduate Programs in English in the United States (1965-71).