The Louise Bonar and Carol Wolfe collection of Boston education materials was created and compiled by parent and community activist Louise Bonar and Community District Advisory Council (CDAC) administrator Carol Wolfe during the desegregation of Boston Public Schools from 1965 to 1978. The collection contains administrative records, clippings and articles, correspondence, fliers, legal documents, meeting minutes, memos, newsletters, notes, printed materials, scrapbooks, and subject files dating from 1952-1984 (bulk 1966-1978). Much of the material reflects the work both women did with the Citywide Coordinating Council, its sub-committees, and the CDAC for Boston’s School District 1. These records also document Louise Bonar’s service on numerous parents’ councils and as a member of the League of Women Voters of Boston. The materials reflect Louise Bonar's interest in experimental education, politics, race, class, gender issues, and Boston history. Some of Bonar’s materials include records generated by her husband, Laurence. Sensitive parent, student, and employee materials are closed due to privacy restrictions. Please consult the Archivist about using these documents.

As one of the original forty-two members of the Citywide Coordinating Council, Bonar collected memos, reports, correspondence, newsletters, legal documents, conference material, and publications related to the work of the Council, its subcommittees, and its monitoring arm, CDAC. Wolfe, as an administrator for CDAC District 1, kept files containing handbooks, directories, correspondence, bylaws, committee materials, workshop materials, memos, and reports. A series of minutes from CDAC meetings collected by Wolfe are arranged by date. Model Demonstration Sub-system materials include evaluations, committee materials, budgets, and materials relating to schools involved in the program. The parent council series includes materials from various home and school associations. Publications collected by Bonar are primarily focused on education and desegregation topics. Store-Front Learning Center materials include background information on the organization, program proposals, and two scrapbooks. Subject files compiled by Bonar include a large number of newspaper clippings, articles, mailings, memos, correspondence, conference material, and reports on educational and desegregation topics.