Chester C. Travelstead papers, 1953-1983.

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Chester C. Travelstead papers, 1953-1983.

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Chiefly items relating to Travelstead's dismissal as Dean of the School of Education of the University of South Carolina following public remarks in which he called for an end to public school segregation. Certificates and other statements of commendation, 1956-1960, including those issued to Travelstead by the American Association for the United Nations, Southern Regional Council, Inc., and members of the faculty of the School of Education of the University of South Carolina; volume, Apr. 1983, 'I Was There' : A Series of Autobiographical Vignettes, by Chester C. Travelstead, vol. XI, The South Carolina Story; and scrapbook of newsclippings, 1953-1960.

1 scrapbook (unbound in oversize flat file)

University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries

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Travelstead, Chester C.

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Chester Coleman Travelstead was a teacher and an education professor; served as Dean of School of Education, 1953-1956, at University of South Carolina; served at University of New Mexico, 1956-1977, as Dean of the College of Education, Academic Vice President and Provost of the University; native of Bowling Green, Kentucky; born 1911. From the description of Chester C. Travelstead papers, 1953-1983. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 71325698 ...

American Association for the United Nations

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Formerly the League of Nations Association, in 1945 the name was changed to the American Association for the United Nations. In 1964, the AAUN merged with the Peoples Section for the United Nations and the United States Committee for the United Nations to form the United Nations Association of the United States of America. From the description of Collection, 1945-1964. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 26885535 ...

University of South Carolina. School of Education

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Southern Regional Council

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The Help Our Public Education (HOPE) project was established in 1958 by a group of community leaders and concerned citizens to disseminate information regarding school integration in Georgia. After the Supreme Court's school desegregation decision of 1954, HOPE anticipated that many of Georgia's public schools would close, because the state would refuse to comply. HOPE believed an informed public would take the necessary action through elected representatives to keep Georgia's public schools ope...