Caliver, Ambrose, 1894-1962

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Dates:
Birth 1894
Death 1962

Biographical notes:

African American educator and administrator at Fisk University, and civil servant at the U.S. Office of Education.

From the description of Papers, 1915-1959. (Moorland-Spingarn Resource Center). WorldCat record id: 70941368

African American educator and administrator at Fisk University; civil servant at the U.S. Office of Education.

From the description of Ambrose Caliver collection, 1912-1938. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 231347377

1894 February 25 Born in Saltville, Virginia to Ambrose and Cora Saunders Caliver. 1915 Received B.A. from Knoxville College, Knoxville, Tennessee. 1916 Married Rosalie Evelyn Rucker; one daughter, Jewel. 1916 Received diploma in cabinet making from Tuskegee Institute. 1916 Employed as high school principal, Rockwood, Tennessee. 1917 Instructor and assistant principal, Douglass High School, El Paso, Texas. 1917 30 Progressed from teacher to director of summer school to dean, Fisk University. 1919 22 Organizer and director of Tennessee Anti-Tuberculosis Society for Negroes. 1920 Received M.A. from University of Wisconsin. 1930 Received Ph.D. from Columbia University. 1930 46 Senior Specialist in the Education of Negroes, U.S. Office of Education. 1930 40 Initiated and conducted annual radio broadcasts about education of Negroes for the U.S. Office of Education. 1933 34 Directed FERA and WPA emergency education programs for Negroes. 1934 Director, National Conference on Fundamental Problems in the Education of Negroes. 1935 38 Director, National Survey of Vocational Education and Guidance of Negroes. 1937 40 Founded and published the National Educational Outlook Among Negroes. 1938 48 Lecturer in graduate department, Howard University. 1939 42 Associate Director, National Survey of Higher Education of Negroes. 1941 42 Initiated and directed “Freedom's People,” national radio broadcasts. 1946 50 Specialist for Higher Education of Negroes and Adviser on Related Problems, U.S. Office of Education. 1946 50 Director, Literacy Education Project, U.S. Office of Education. 1950 Promoted to Assistant to Commissioner, U.S. Office of Education. 1955 Promoted to Chief, Adult Education Section, U.S. Office of Education. 1955 62 Founded and directed the National Commission for Adult Literacy of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. 1961 62 Elected to the presidency of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. 1962 January 29 Died in Washington, D.C. Buried in Lincoln Memorial Cemetery, Suitland, MD.

From the guide to the Ambrose Caliver Papers, 1915-1959, (Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University)

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Subjects:

  • Adult education
  • African American college students
  • African Americans
  • African Americans
  • Depressions
  • Harlem Renaissance
  • High school
  • Minority deans (Education)
  • New Deal, 1933-1939
  • Student activities
  • World War, 1914-1918

Occupations:

  • African American college administrators
  • African American college adminstrators
  • African American college teachers

Places:

  • Tennessee--Nashville (as recorded)
  • Tennessee (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)
  • Tennessee--Nashville (as recorded)

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