Long-time employee of the Illinois Office of Public Instruction, chair of the Sub-committee on Special Education of the Springfield Board of Education's School Survey Committee, 1962-63. Kamm, a native of Latvia, received a B.S. from the University of Illinois in 1926, an M.A. from the Teachers College of Columbia University in 1931, and an Ed.D. from New York University in 1944.

Chiefly announcements, correspondence, clippings, printed material, reports, research files and surveys of the Special Education Sub-Committee, documenting its activities and survey findings regarding services being offered to handicapped children in District 186 by community agencies, public schools and school health units. Reports and recommendations of the Springfield Citizens Committee for School Improvement, a city-wide community group independently formed in 1971 to address problems in the school system, concern problems in the school system, particularly the physical facilities of the schools. Transcripts of WMAY radio talk shows presented by Springfield Mayor Nelson Howarth, 1968-1971, are also included.