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Collection Title:
Creator:
Charters, Alexander N. Charters, Margaret A., 1925-2019.
Inclusive Dates:
1890-2014
Abstract:
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, newsletters, photographs, reports, speeches, writings and memorabilia of the internationally-recognized American adult educator. Personal material includes family and friends as well as organizations with which Dr. Charters was involved (e.g., Park Central Presbyterian Church). Professional material pertains to Dr. Charters' work with a wide range of issues and organizations in the field of adult and continuing education, including the Adult Education Association (AEA/USA), Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE), Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA), Coalition of Adult Education Organizations (CAEO), Commission of Professors of Adult Education (CPAE), International Conference on Adult Education (ICAE), International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE), Middle States Association (MSA), National University Extension Association (NUEA) and its successor organizations, and UNESCO. There is also extensive material relating to Dr. Charters' longstanding and central roles in adult education at Syracuse University as professor, department chair, and dean.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Bibliographies.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Directories.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Photographs.
Reports.
Speeches (documents)
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Adult education -- Bibliographies.
Adult education -- Congresses.
Adult education -- Cross-cultural studies.
Adult education -- Archival resources.
Adult education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Adult education -- History.
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Adult education -- United States.
Community education.
Comparative education.
Continuing education.
Continuing education -- Archival resources.
Continuing education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Education and state -- United States.
Educators -- United States.
Evening and continuation schools.
International education.
Universities and colleges -- Graduate work.
University extension -- United States.

Creator:
Commission of Professors of Adult Education
Inclusive Dates:
1950-1985
Abstract:
Organizational records (correspondence, financial papers, legal papers, documentation of conferences and other meetings, membership files, reports, task force and committee papers, and printed material) of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include Robert A. Carlson, Mary Jane Even, William Griffith, Cyril Orvin Houle, Roy John Ingham, Malcolm Shepherd Knowles, Alan Boyd Knox, Howard McClusky, Wayne Schroeder and Wilson B. Thiede. Also present are subject files for organizations including the Adult Education Association, the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, the Association of University Evening Colleges, the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, the National Association for Public and Continuing Education, and the National University Extension Association. There are also general and regional printed materials as well as some audio-visual materials (film, slides, and tape recordings).
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Annual reports.
Audiocassettes.
Correspondence.
Film reels.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Reports.
Slides (photographs)
Sound recordings.
Subject:
Adult educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Adult education -- North America.

Creator:
International Congress of University Adult Education
Inclusive Dates:
1954-1992
Abstract:
The International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) was formed in 1960 to exchange information and opinions about activities in adult education, and to discuss ways of advancing adult education on a broad front. Records include correspondence, membership records, memoranda, minutes and reports. Organizations represented in the collection include the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults and Unesco. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include Alexander N. Charters, Alexander Albert Liveright, and Paul Henry Sheats.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Reports.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Study and teaching.
International education.

4.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Liveright, A. A. (Alexander Albert), 1907-1969
Inclusive Dates:
1934-1969
Abstract:
Alexander A. Liveright was a professor of adult education and director of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) for more than ten years. Correspondence, minutes and reports which highlight Liveright’s professional interests and affiliations. Included are papers generated while professor in the schools of education at Boston University and Syracuse University, as director of The Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, and as founding member and Secretary of the International Congress of University Adult Education. Sagamore Conference papers and those of the New Institutional Forms Project, a research project begun by Liveright to study the development of comprehensive adult education programs, also appear in the collection. International adult education is the focus of records from trips to Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, the Philippines, and Thailand. Miscellaneous material includes newspaper clippings, War Manpower Commission documents, and material from the Highlander Folk School.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Invoices.
Speeches (documents)
Curricula.
Interviews.
Proposals.
Reports.
Minutes (administrative records)
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Continuing education -- United States.
Continuing education -- Study and teaching.
Educators, United States

Creator:
National University Extension Association
Inclusive Dates:
1924-1972
Abstract:
The National University Extension Association was founded in 1915. Membership consists of universities and colleges engaged in university extension. The Association’s purpose is to develop and advance ideals, methods, and standards in continuing education and university extension. Its activities include a national annual conference and a number of publications. Records include Board of Directors’ correspondence and meetings, minutes and reports; committee files; correspondence; Project Head Start (U.S.) papers and manuals; Job Corps Driver Education Training papers; papers and photographs of the Office of Education, Adult Basic Education Teacher Trainer Institutes; and subject files for various adult education organizations and divisions. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include those of: Alexander N. Charters, James R.D. Eddy, A.A. Liveright, Ernest Edward McMahon, Julius M. Nolte, Lloyd W. Schram, Paul H. Sheats, and Thurman White. Subject files include those of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults and the Division of Correspondence.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Contracts.
Correspondence.
Lists.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Photographs.
Reports.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Federal aid to child development.
Teachers, Training of.
University extension -- United States.

6.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Reed, Bernard W. (Bernard Webster), 1916-1962.
Inclusive Dates:
1915-1960
Abstract:
Correspondence, research materials, course materials and a subject file. Reed's dissertation on the origins and history of the Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) is well represented, and includes summaries of Proceedings of Annual Conventions, officer rosters, and transcripts of interviews with AUEC executives. There is also information on the Association of Urban Universities (AUU), the National University Extension Association (NUEA), and the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) as they relate to the AUEC. In addition, there are course materials from his tenure at the University of Chicago, many of which originated from the Industrial Relations Center. The subject file contains material related to adult education and evening colleges.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Curricula.
Dissertations.
Drafts (documents)
Lists.
Notebooks.
Syllabi.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Educators -- United States.
Evening and continuation schools -- United States.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Sheats, Paul H., 1907-
Inclusive Dates:
1925-1975
Abstract:
Files of the American educator (1907-1984). Personal files include oral history, correspondence from and about Theodor Wilhelm, memorabilia, photographs, material on Nazi education, student papers, speeches, selected writings, some audio-visual material, etc. There are organizational records for several California education organizations as well as a number of key national adult education organizations including the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A., Association of University Evening Colleges, Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, National University Extension Association, UNESCO, and University Council on Education for Public Responsibility. There are also more than 40 subject and country files and information on meetings and conferences, and two audiorecordings.
Type of Material:
Abstracts (summaries)
Annual reports.
Sound recordings.
Awards.
Bibliographies.
Correspondence.
Drafts (documents)
Memorabilia.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Notes (documents)
Oral histories (document genres)
Pamphlets.
Press releases.
Proceedings.
Reports.
Slides (photographs)
Speeches (documents)
School yearbooks.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Study and teaching.
Adult education -- Africa.
Adult education -- Australia.
Adult education -- Canada.
Adult education -- Europe.
Adult education -- Great Britain.
Adult education -- India.
Adult education -- Methodology.
Adult education -- New Zealand.
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education -- United States.
Adult education teachers -- Training of.
Older people -- United States.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
Basic education.
Community development -- United States.
Community education -- United States.
Education -- 1945-1964.
Education -- 1965-
Educators -- United States.
Evening and continuation schools -- United States.
Evening and continuation schools -- California.
Literacy.
Mass media in education.
National socialism and education.
University extension -- United States.
Vocational education -- United States.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pamphlets.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war.

Creator:
Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education.
Inclusive Dates:
1951-1975
Abstract:
Material collected or published by Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education (SUPCE). Publications include original monographs as well as works from the Clearinghouse of Resources for Educators of Adults, Fund for Adult Education, the International Seminar on Adult Education, the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults, ERIC, American Foundation for Continuing Education, the Library of Continuing Education at Syracuse University, and miscellaneous publications by notable adult educators including Alexander N. Charters, Cyril O. Houle, J. Roby Kidd, A.A. Liveright, John Ohliger, James B. Whipple, et al.
Type of Material:
Bibliographies.
Drafts (documents)
Essays.
Monographs.
Pamphlets.
Reports.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Educational publishing.