Donald N. Bigelow (AC 1939) Papers 1860-2009 1935-2004

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Donald N. Bigelow (AC 1939) Papers 1860-2009 1935-2004

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Correspondence, speeches, reports, articles, photographs, printed matter and audio-visual media documenting the personal life and professional career of Donald N. Bigelow (AC 1939), a top administrator in the U.S. Education Department of Education, as well as a writer, teacher and consultant on education policy, chiefly from 1961 to 1984. Professional papers include records of many Federal programs he oversaw as part of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA, 1958), Higher Education Act (1965), and Education Professions Development Act (EPDA, 1967). Correspondents include Benjamin DeMott and Allan Nevins.

47 records storage boxes, 5 archives boxes, 2 oversize archives boxes, 1 half archives box, 1 flat file; (50.85 linear ft.)

Amherst College Archives and Special Collections

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United States. Office of Education. Division of Educational Personnel Training.

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United States. Department of Education

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Bigelow, Donald N. (Donald Nevius)

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Donald Nevius Bigelow was a key administrator in dozens of significant programs within the U.S. Department of Education in a government career of more than forty years. Bigelow was born in Danbury, Conn., on August 19, 1918. He was educated at Danbury High School, Amherst College (B.A., 1939; M.A., history, 1945), and Columbia University (Ph.D., history, 1950). As an education administrator beginning in 1961, Bigelow's work focused on campaigns to improve the quality of ...

DeMott, Benjamin, 1924-2005

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Bigelow family.

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Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971

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Historian, journalist and educator. He attended the University of Illinois where he earned a B. A. 1912 and an M. A. in English, 1913. Nevins moved to New York to work and eventually was made a Professor of History at Columbia University. Wrote numerous biographies and articles on history. President of the American History Association in 1959. Helped found the Society of American Historians. From the description of Commencement address, June 1953. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Librar...