Adult Education Association (AEA-USA)/American Association forAdult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Records 1924-1994

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Adult Education Association (AEA-USA)/American Association forAdult and Continuing Education (AAACE) Records 1924-1994

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The Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. (AEA-USA) wasformed in 1951 by the merger of the American Association for Adult Education (supported by the Carnegie Foundation)and the Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association. In 1982, the AEA-USA combined with theNational Association of Public School Adult Educators (NAPSAE) to become the American Association for Adult andContinuing Education (AAACE). The collection contains material from both organizations. Correspondents significant for their importance within theAEA-USA, the volume of the material in the collection, or presence of their papers among the manuscript holdings atSyracuse University include: Andrew Hendrickson, Glenn S. Jensen, Eugene I. Johnson, Malcolm S. Knowles, Robert A.Luke, Lois McCarthy, Nicholas P. Mitchell, Hugh G. Pyle, and Paul H. Sheats. Other prominent individuals in thefield of adult education whose correspondence is in the collection are: L.H. Adolphson, Leland P. Bradford, Paul H.Durrie, Paul L. Essert, Cyril O. Houle, Herbert C. Hunsaker, Homer H. Kempfer, A.A. Liveright, Fern Long, Howard Y.McClusky, Robert E. Sharer, Robertson Sillars, Grace Stevenson, and Thurman White.

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Hendrickson, Andrew, 1899-

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Born November 17, 1899, in Pedrickstown, New Jersey, Andrew Hendrickson earned an A.B. in English from Bucknell University in 1925, an M.A. in English from Columbia University in 1935, and the Ph.D. in adult education from Columbia in 1943. He served as head of the English Department in the Cliffside Park, New Jersey, High School and taught social studies in the Westfield, New Jersey, High School and the New York City Regents Evening High School. Hendrickson served as As...

Hunsaker, Herbert Cason, 1898-

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Herbert Cason Hunsaker's involvement with adult education spanned over sixty years. His work led him to the Middle East and to China, as well as most of the United States. Hunsaker was active in many professional organizations and civic groups. In 1967, he was President of the Adult Education Association (AEA). He was also instrumental in the establishment of the China Tour Committee of the AEA, along with the International Associates. He made a great many speeches to a variety of a...

Adult Education Association, Archives.

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Kempfer, Homer H.

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Essert, Paul L

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Smith, Wendell L.

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National education association of the United States. Department of adult education

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Adult Education Association of the United States (AEA-USA) The AEA-USA was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1951 as the result of the joint efforts of the American Association for Adult Education (supported by the Carnegie Foundation) and the Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association. These two organizations dissolved in 1951 and their memberships joined to form the membership of the new organization with offices in Chicago, Illinois. The purpo...

National Association for Public and Continuing Adult Education.

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Durrie, Paul H.

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Jensen, Glenn S.

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Liveright, A.A. (Alexander Albert), 1907-

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Alexander A. Liveright was born in Philadelphia, PA, in 1907. He received his bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin (1929), an M.A. in Guidance and Counseling from Teachers College, Columbia University (1930), and a Ph.D. in Adult Education from the University of Chicago (1956). Over his thirty-year career he was a professor, consultant, researcher and director for various institutions and universities specializing in adult and continuing education. Liverigh...

McCarthy, Lois.

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Mitchell, Nicholas Pendleton, 1911-

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Bradford, Leland Powers, 1905-

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Knowles, Malcolm S. (Malcolm Shepherd), 1913-1997

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Malcolm S. Knowles was born August 24, 1913 in Livingston, Montana. Following his graduation from Palm Beach, Florida High School in 1930, he enrolled in Harvard College where he obtained his A.B. in 1934. He completed his academic studies at the University of Chicago by earning an M.A. in 1949 and a Ph.D. in 1960. He married Hulda Fornell in 1935 by whom he had two children; Eric (1941) and Barbara E. Hartl (1946). During his early career years, Malcolm S. Knowles held ...

Pyle, Hugh G.

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White, Thurman J.

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Adolphson, L. H.

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National Association for Public School Adult Education

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The National Association for Public School Adult Education (NAPSAE) was founded in 1952 to provide leadership for the development of adult education in the public schools. Specifically, the organization assisted local adult education di-rectors in developing and improving their programs, and encouraged interest in liberal adult education of superintendents, school boards, and the public. Its work was handled by the State Projects Committee, headed by an Executive Secretary. ...

Luke, Robert A.

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Robert Luke was an American educator specializing in adult education. He served as Chair of the Community Organization Committee of the American Association for Adult Education (AAAE) from 1947 to 1948 and as Associate Executive Secretary of the Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association (NEA) from 1949 to 1951. In 1950, he was a member of the joint committee that laid out the structure for what would become the Adult Education Association of the United Stat...

Sharer, Robert E.

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Robert E. Sharer was chief of a division of the Michigan Department of Experimental Adult Education in the 1940's. Later he was Director, Office of Adult Education Programs in Continuing Educaticn (1958-63) and Director, Evening College (1963-68) at Michigan State University. He was Executive Director of the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A., 1968-70. Among his earlier posts, he was Vice-President, Adult Education, of the National Education Association. From the ...

American Association for Adult and Continuing Education, Archives.

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Johnson, Eugene I.

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McClusky, Howard Y.

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Long, Fern, 1905-

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Deputy Director of the Cleveland Public Library who was active in organizations for women and the elderly. Of Czech descent, Long retained a strong interest in the Cleveland Czech-American community. From the description of Papers, 1937-1976. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 17645046 ...

Stevenson, Grace Thomas, 1900-

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National education association of the United States. Department of adult education

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Adult Education Association of the United States (AEA-USA) The AEA-USA was founded in Columbus, Ohio, in May 1951 as the result of the joint efforts of the American Association for Adult Education (supported by the Carnegie Foundation) and the Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association. These two organizations dissolved in 1951 and their memberships joined to form the membership of the new organization with offices in Chicago, Illinois. The purpo...

Houle, Cyril Orvin, 1913-....

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During the Second World War several programs of instruction were instituted at the University of Chicago. The major war activity of the University, in addition to research, was the Army Specialized Training Program (ASTP) inaugurated in the spring of 1943. The students in this program were enlisted and drafted soldiers who had demonstrated on intelligence and aptitude tests that they possessed outstanding qualifications for further training. The University provided instruction in ba...

Sheats, Paul H., 1907-

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Born on December 5, 1907 in Tiffin, Ohio, Paul Sheats (1907-1984) attended Heidelberg College in his hometown where he earned his A.B. in 1929. He went on to earn an M.A. from Columbia University in 1930, and a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1936. He was an instructor in government at New York State College for Teachers in Albany, an instructor in education at Yale, and an assistant professor of education at the University of Wisconsin. During World War II he served for a time as hea...

Sillars, Robertson.

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