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Creator:
Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults
Inclusive Dates:
1951-1969
Abstract:
Established by a grant from the Fund for Adult Education in 1951, the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) worked with universities seeking to initiate or to improve adult education programs. Its purpose was to help American higher education develop greater effectiveness and a deeper sense of responsibility for the liberal education of adults. During its tenure the Center had three directors; John S. Diekhoff (1952-1953), John B. Schwertman (1953-1956), and A.A. Liveright (1956-1968). The records include correspondence, organizational files, publication files, writings, and miscellany. Key correspondents, mostly from the Center, are James T. Carey, Alexander N. Charters, Roger DeCrow, John S. Diekhoff, C. Scott Fletcher, Freda H. Goldman, Morton Gordon, Kenneth Haygood, Cyril Orvin Houle, A. A. Liveright, Harry L. Miller, John B. Schwertman, Peter E. Siegle, Marilyn M. Vaughan, and James B. Whipple.
Type of Material:
Announcements.
Agendas (administrative records)
Articles.
Books.
Brochures.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Legal files.
Manuscripts for publication.
Minutes (administrative records)
Pamphlets.
Reports.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Adult education
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Education -- Curricula.
Education -- United States.
Education, Humanistic.
Evening and continuation schools.
Universities and colleges -- United States.

Creator:
University Council on Education for Public Responsibility
Inclusive Dates:
1962-1968
Abstract:
The University Council on Education for Public Responsibility was founded in 1961 by the presidents of eleven institutions to facilitate inter-university cooperation in promoting more responsible citizenship. Records include correspondence (Henry G. Alter, Alexander Charters, Granville Davis, C. Fletcher Scott, A.A. Liveright, and Carl Tjerandsen); organization records including bylaws, financial reports, lists of officers, meeting papers, minutes, and notes; and records of various projects undertaken by the organizationl, including urbanization, automation, and leadership programs at universities.
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Position papers.
Proposals.
Subject:
Metropolis: creator or destroyer? [Motion picture]
Metropolis: values in conflict.
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education.
Community leadership.
Television in adult education -- United States.
Urbanization.
Urban renewal -- Citizen participation.