Creator:
Cassara, Beverly Benner.
Inclusive Dates:
1943- 1999
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, research material, personal papers,
audiovisual material, printed material of the American adult educator. Includes extensive information on
participatory research, volksschule (folk schools), and international and multicultural education. Organizations
and institutions with a significant presence in the collection include the American Association for Adult and
Continuing Education (AAACE), Association for Women in Development (AWID), the International Council for Adult
Education (ICAE), Colby College, Highlander Research and Education Center, the University of Southern Maine,
and the University of the District of Columbia. Notable individuals with a significant presence in the collection
include Thelma Barer-Stein, Julius Seelye Bixler, Marcie Boucouvalas, Willard Callender, Paolo Freire, Martha
Friedenthal-Haase, Peter Jarvis, Faustine Jones-Wilson, Malcolm Knowles, Volker Lühr, Helge Pross, and Matthias Wesseler.
Type of Material:
Audiotapes.
Book reviews.
Books.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drafts (documents)
Manuscripts for publication.
Meeting notes.
Newsletters.
Newspapers.
Papers (document genres)
Photographs.
Research notes.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Adult education in a multicultural society.
Adult education through world collaboration.
American women: the changing image.
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Africa.
Adult education -- Germany.
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education -- United States.
Alternative education.
Educators -- United States.
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
International studies in education.
Multicultural education.
Participant observation.
Women -- Education.
Creator:
Cobb family.
Inclusive Dates:
1825- 1972
Abstract:
Several generations of an important New England family. Clippings, correspondence, subject file, manuscripts, printed material, journals, photos, scrapbooks, books, artifacts, sermons, articles, correspondence, diaries, calendars, notebooks, more.
Type of Material:
Account books.
Autobiographies (literary works)
Correspondence.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Diaries.
Drawings (visual works)
Essays.
Genealogies (histories)
Manuscripts for publication.
Obituaries.
Photographs.
Poems.
Postcards.
Sermons.
Sketchbooks.
Speeches (documents)
Lectures.
Subject:
Boston (Mass.) -- History.
Turkey -- Description and travel.
Christian freeman and family visiter.
Artists.
Authors.
Clergymen.
Teachers.
Religion and philosophy
Antislavery movements -- United States.
Artists -- United States -- 19th century.
Bahai Faith -- History -- 19th century.
Capital punishment -- United States.
Clergy as authors.
Faith.
Painting, American -- 19th century.
Progressive education.
Spirituality.
Temperance -- Addresses, essays, lectures.
Creator:
Colony, Horatio, 1900-1977
Inclusive Dates:
1917- 1976
Abstract:
Correspondence, memorabilia, and writings of the American poet and novelist
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Diaries.
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Manuscripts for publication.
Phonograph records.
Poems.
Postcards.
Subject:
Novelists.
Poets.
Literature -- American Fiction
Literature -- American Poetry
American literature -- 20th century.
American poetry -- 20th century.
Novelists, American.
Poets, American.