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Collection Overview
Title:F. Andre Favat papers, 1960-1977
Dates:1960-1977
Location:73/3
Call Number:M11
Volume:0.60 cubic ft (2 boxes)
Scope and Content Abstract:The collection documents F. Andre Favat's (FAF) teaching career at Northeastern University (NU). It includes reports and committee records from NU's Department of Instruction, records regarding student teaching, FAF's lecture notes and published writings, and newspaper clippings about his murder.
Historical Abstract:Born in Ilion, New York, F. Andre Favat (FAF) earned his A.B. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1959 and received his master's and doctoral degrees in education from Harvard University. In 1969 he joined Northeastern University as assistant professor of English education in the Department of Instruction. He became an associate professor in 1972. As a member of Northeastern University's faculty, FAF was the chair of the Undergraduate and Curriculum Committee and the coordinator of faculty development. He was also actively involved with the Massachusetts, New England and National Councils of Teachers of English. FAF was murdered in 1976, at the age of 38.
Arrangement:Arranged in one alphabetical sequence
Subjects and Contributors:
  • Favat, F. Andre, 1938-1976.

  • Northeastern University (Boston, Mass). -- Dept. of Instruction.

  • Student teaching -- Massachusetts.
  • Education -- Study and teaching.
  • Children's literature.
  • College teachers.
Restrictions:Records are closed for 25 years from the date of their creation, unless researchers have written permission from the creating office.
Processor:Finding aid prepared by Kelcy Shepard, September 1996

Scope and Content Note

The F. Andre Favat collection spans the years 1960-1982, with the bulk of the material detailing FAF's career at Northeastern University, 1969-1976.  It is arranged alphabetically and organized at the folder level.

The collection comprises FAF's files and published works.  It consists of reports and committee records from the Department of Instruction, student teaching records, and FAF's lecture notes and published writings.  The student teaching files include student placement records and student evaluations of cooperating teachers, the course, and the student teaching experience.

In addition, the collection contains newspaper clippings regarding FAF's murder and the allegations of homosexuality that arose during the investigation and trial.

Historical Note

Born in Ilion, New York, in 1938, F. Andre Favat (FAF) earned his A.B. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1959 and received his master's and doctoral degrees in Education from Harvard University.  In 1969 he joined Northeastern as assistant professor of English education in the Department of instruction. He became an associate professor in 1972.  As a member of Northeastern University's faculty, FAF was the chair of the Undergraduate and Curriculum Committee and the coordinator of faculty development.

FAF belonged to the American Association of University Professors Modern Language Association, the International Reading Association, Phi Delta Kappa, and the Alumni Association of the Harvard Graduate School of Education.  He was also actively involved with the Massachusetts, New England and National Councils of Teachers of English.  He chaired the Committee on Research and served on the Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Council of Teachers of English.  As a member of the New England Council of Teachers of English, FAF chaired the Curriculum committee and served on both the School and College Committee, and the Advisory Committee.  In addition, FAF held the positions of director of the National Council of Teachers of English and president of the Massachusetts Council of Teachers of English at the time of his death.

F. Andre Favat was murdered in 1976 at the age of 38. In 1979 the F. Andre Favat Learning Resources Center and Library of Children's Literature was established in his memory at Northeastern University.

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BoxTitleDate
1Curriculum Vitae1976
Department of Instruction
1Course Materials, Writing and Teaching Writing1976
1Curriculum for University College 1968-1973
1"Narrative and Analysis for an Instructional Sequence on Manipulating Language"1971
1Position Papern.d. 
1Report: "Writing and the Teaching of Writing"1969?
1"Some Writing Occasions"1971
1Student Evaluations of "Methods and Materials for Teaching English" Course (2 folders)1969
1Undergraduate and Curriculum Committee1960-1961, 1975(?)
Lecture Notes
1"51.143 Methods and Materials of Teaching English [and] 51.840 Teaching English Literature" (3 folders)1975(?)
1Mohonson Junior-Senior High School Creative Writing Course1960-1961
1Massachusetts Council for Teachers of English1976-1977
1Memorial Service1976
1Murder and Trial1976-1977
1National Council for Teachers of English 1976-1977
1Placement Exams, University College1970-1973
1Robert Frost Script 1969
Student Teachers
1,2General (4 folders)1970-1972
2Evaluations of Cooperating Teachersn.d.
2Evaluations of Students by Supervisors1969-1976
2Placement Records1969-1975
Writings
2"Achieving a State of Grace"1971
2"An Approach to Poetry"1963
2"Child and Tale:  the Origins of Interest"1976
2"Do Language Arts Teachers Look on Journalism with Disdain?"1962
2"English in the Real World: the Uses of Non-Literature"1976
2"From Computer to Criticism: an Application of Automatic Content Analysis to the Study of Literature"1966
2"That Other World: Some Characteristics of Anthropomorphic Animal Stories"n.d.