Records, [ca. 1953-1975].

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Records, [ca. 1953-1975].

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Records document projects undertaken by the International Studies Office largely while under the direction of Freeman Butts. Included are reports, correspondence, publications, and miscellaneous documents. These relate to Butts' tenure as Chief of the Teachers College Educational Mission to India, 1959; the Teachers College/U.S. Agency for International Development contract project for education in India, 1958-1967; Butts' survey of higher education in five Latin American countries, 1963, for the Council on Higher Education in American Republics (CHEAR); Basic Educational Development in Peru, early 1960s, a project conducted by Teachers College under a contract with the U.S. Agency for International Development; an Education and World Affairs (an organization located in New York City) project to assist Nigeria in education and human resource development, 1963-1967; and 23 teacher training and other education projects conducted with the Peace Corps, 1961-1969, in Africa (Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Guinea, Kenya, Uganda, Somalia, Ghana, Ethiopia, Lesotho, Tunisia, West Cameroon), Peru, and Chile. Miscellaneous international education projects are also documented.

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Peace Corps (U.S.)

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The Peace Corps was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961, announced by televised broadcast March 2, 1961, and authorized by Congress on September 22, 1961, with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Public Law 87-293). Since 1961, over 200,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and have served in 139 countries. From the guide to the Brown University Peace Corps files, 1965-1967, (John Hay Library Special Collections) The Pea...

Butts, R. Freeman (Robert Freeman), 1910-

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American educator; associate dean for international studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1965-1975. From the description of R. Freeman Butts papers, 1923-2004. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122354517 ...

Columbia University. Teachers College. Basic Educational Development in Peru.

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Education and World Affairs.

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Educational Mission to India.

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United States. Agency for International Development

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On September 4, 1961 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 vas signed into law. On November 4, 1961 the Agency for International Development was set up in the Department of State to succeed the International Cooperation Administration. The main objective of AID was to combine the various foreign assistance programs into one program which would assist the underdeveloped countries in maintaining their independence by making them self-supporting nations. The Development Loan Fund, created in 1957 was ...

Council on Higher Education in American Republics.

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Columbia University. Teachers College. Associate Dean of International Studies.

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Freeman Butts was Director of International Studies, 1961-1967, and became Associate Dean of International Studies in 1968. From the description of Records, [ca. 1953-1975]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 252029347 ...