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:
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:
Cressey, George Babcock,
1896-1963.
Inclusive Dates:
1915- 1967
Abstract:
Research, writings, correspondence, and
visual materials documenting Cressey's professional career at Syracuse
University
Type of Material:
Clippings (information artifacts)
Drafts (documents)
Galley proofs.
Lantern slides.
Manuscripts for publication.
Maps (documents)
Negatives (photographs)
Newsletters.
Notebooks.
Photographic prints.
Slides (photographs)
Subject:
Asia -- Geography.
China -- Geography.
College teachers.
Higher education.
University Archives
Aerial photography in land use.
Geography -- Education.
Soviet Union -- geography.
Syracuse University -- Faculty and Staff
Syracuse University -- History
Syracuse University -- Academic Units