A Filmstrip of the Functions of the Curriculum Center, Arizona State College at Tempe, Arizona, 1950

The Joel A. Benedict Papers are divided into four series: Series I: Educational Materials, Series II: Professional, Series III: Visual Literacy Associations, and Series IV: Visual Literacy Newsletters. Materials are arranged alphabetically by folder title.

Series I: Educational Materials consists of reports, guides, and audiovisual materials discussing understanding different aspects of photography and audiovisual education. Joel Benedict produced many of these materials himself, while others were composed by his students, contemporaries, and colleagues.

Series II: Professional describes Benedict's professional background, awards, and endeavors outside of the educational field. Information on his company, Instructional Media Associates, Inc., is included here.

Series III: Visual Literacy Associations contains conference materials, membership information, and correspondence related to Dr. Benedict's involvement in a variety of organizations. The majority of this series documents the International Visual Literacy Association.

Series IV: Visual Literacy Newsletters contains three different publications. Strategies was a forum for media literacy published out of San Francisco. Visual Literacy Newsletter served as a monthly update for members of the International Visual Literacy Association about the organization and visual literacy news. Visual Literacy Review was also a monthly publication for members of the IVLA intended to keep them abreast of current news in education and visual literacy.