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Collection Title:
Creator:
Cady, John Hutchins.
Inclusive Dates:
1908-1961
Abstract:
Papers of the American architect (1881-1967). Contains architectural records of original and restoration projects, mostly in Providence, R.I., and committee records of the Providence City Planning Commission. Also includes some books and manuscripts by Cady on architecture in Providence, and maps created in 1936 indicating the growth of Providence from 1650 through 1900.
Type of Material:
Architectural drawings (visual works)
Maps (documents)
Reports.
Subject:
Providence (R.I.) -- City planning.
Providence (R.I.) -- Maps.
Architects.
Architects
Architects -- United States.
Architectural design.
Architectural drawing -- United States -- 20th century.
Architecture -- Designs and plans.
Architecture -- Rhode Island -- Providence.
Architecture -- United States.
Architecture, American.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture -- United States -- 20th century.
Historic buildings -- Conservation and preservation.

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.

3.

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:
Coalition of Adult Education Organizations
Inclusive Dates:
1964-1985
Abstract:
Records include Board of Directors’ minutes, agendas, memoranda, and reports; by-laws and articles of incorporation; committee files; conference programs; correspondence; drafts; newsletters, brochures and directories; and resolutions. Included are records from the Galaxy Conference (1969) and Wingspread Conference (1976); records of the Adult Education Action Council; and materials from UNESCO and the International Council for Adult Education, of which the Coalition is a founding member. Organizations represented include the Adult Education Association, Adult Student Personnel Association, American Association of Community and Junior Colleges, American Society for Training and Development, Association of University Evening Colleges, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, National Association of Public Continuing and Adult Education, National University Extension Association, and United States Association of Evening Students. Correspondents include Leonard P. Aries, Ray J. Ast, Alexander N. Charters, James R. Dorland, Norman D. Kurland, Charles J. Longacre, Constance J. McQueen, David Puddington, Yvonne K. Rappaport, Fran M. Spinelli, Hamilton Stillwell, Clarence H. Thompson, Willard L. Thompson, and Sandra Timmerman.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Brochures.
Correspondence.
Directories.
Drafts (documents)
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Newsletters.
Notes (documents)
Pamphlets.
Programs (documents)
Reports.
Resolutions.
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- Research.

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:
Commission on Adult Basic Education (U.S.)
Inclusive Dates:
1955-2004
Abstract:
Records and papers of the adult education and literacy organization. Collection includes conference planning and programs, minutes, published material, newsletters, membership directories, policies and procedures, bylaws, treasurer's reports, strategic planning files, historian reports, more.
Type of Material:
Agendas (administrative records)
Annual reports.
Articles.
Budgets.
Constitutions.
Correspondence.
Directories.
Manuals (instructional materials)
Memorandums.
Minutes (administrative records)
Reports.
Speeches (documents)
Subject:
Educators.
Adult education
Adult education -- United States.
Educators -- United States.
Elementary education of adults.

7.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Corning, Erastus, 1909-1983.
Inclusive Dates:
1843-1968
Abstract:
Papers of the American politician from New York. Collection relates primarily to the 1967 New York State Constitutional Convention.
Type of Material:
Correspondence.
Reports.
Remarks.
Subject:
New York (State) -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Politics, government and public administration
New York State
Constitutional conventions -- New York (State)

Creator:
Council of Europe.
Inclusive Dates:
1966-1974
Abstract:
Reports from various Council of Europe committees relating to adult and continuing education
Type of Material:
Reports.
Subject:
Adult educators.
Research.
Adult education
Adult education -- Audio-visual aids.
Adult education -- Research.
Adult education -- Study and teaching.
Degrees, Academic -- Research.
Occupational training -- Europe.
Television in education.
Vocational training -- Europe.

9.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Courtney L. Tucker
Inclusive Dates:
1988-2003
Abstract:
The Courtney L. Tucker Aviation Security Papers contain government documents relating to aviation and airline security. Many of these initiatives grew out of the aftermath of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988.
Type of Material:
Articles.
Reports.
Subject:
Lockerbie (Scotland)
Pan Am Flight 103/Lockerbie Air Disaster Archives
Aviation Security.
Pan Am Flight 103 Bombing Incident, 1988.
Terrorism -- History -- 20th Century.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- Case Studies.
Terrorism -- Government Policy -- United States -- History.

10.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Creative Film Foundation.
Inclusive Dates:
1945-1961
Abstract:
Administrative materials, correspondence, event records, financial materials, and grant management materials of the experimental film organization.
Type of Material:
Minutes (administrative records)
Reports.
Memorandums.
Correspondence.
Financial records.
Programs (documents)
Subject:
Motion picture producers and directors -- United States.
Radicalism
Radio, television, film
Experimental films -- United States.
Experimental films -- Production and direction.
Experimental films -- Exhibitions.
Independent filmmakers -- United States.

11.

Collection Title:
Creator:
Crusade for Opportunity (Syracuse, N.Y.)
Inclusive Dates:
1953-1969
Abstract:
Anti-poverty community action program in Syracuse, New York. Collection includes press releases, reports, correspondence, financial materials, newsletters, corporate office files, more.
Type of Material:
Sound recordings.
Clippings (information artifacts)
Corporation records.
Correspondence.
Essays.
Financial records.
Galley proofs.
Instructional materials.
Interviews.
Invoices.
Legal documents.
Maps (documents)
Memorandums.
Microfilms.
Newsletters.
Payrolls.
Personnel records.
Photographs.
Questionnaires.
Reports.
Subject:
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century.
Syracuse (N.Y.) -- Race relations -- 20th century.
Activism and social reform
Adult education
New York State
African Americans -- Civil rights -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Education.
African Americans -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Children -- Education.
Children -- Education (Preschool)
Civil rights movements -- New York (State) -- Syracuse.
Community centers.
Continuing education.
Economic assistance, Domestic -- United States.
Education -- Integration.
Education -- Segregation.
Employment, Summer.
Equality -- United States.
Juvenile delinquency -- Prevention.
Poor -- United States.
Poverty -- New York (State)
Public welfare -- United States.
Youth -- employment.