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{7:86:1008:I:0,0:2544,3300} November 2, 1970 Dr. Eugene DuBois
Department of Administration and Supervision Boston University 765 Commonwealth
Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02215 Dear Gene: I am writing to thank you for
your contributions to the success of the 1970 meeting of the Commission of the
Professors of Adult Education. It has been a pleasure for me to serve on the
Executive Committee with you. The purpose of this letter, however, is not to
look backwards, but forwards. Accordingly, I am writing to invite you to serve
as chairman of a two-member finance committee to look into the financial
situation of the Commission of the Professors of Adult Education. You will
remember that Howard McClusky has agreed to serve on such a committee, and his
role would be to explore the possibility of securing foundation or other
funding to underwrite the costs of Commission activities. A second area
requiring investigation is that of the publications' fund which presumably in
maintained by the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. for the Commission.
At this point I have no facts concerning it, but undoubtedly Malcolm would be
of some assistance to you in checking through this situation. It seems to me
that we need to consider the wisdom of various approaches. First of all, we
should consider that the Adult Education Association of the U.S.A. is probably
prepared to underwrite expenses of our Commission at approximately the $100 per
year level. It may be, therefore, that if we draw upon the Association and ask
for voluntary contributions as the need arises, we can avoid unnecessary
formality and unjustified bookkeeping. There are undoubtedly a number of other
questions which should be raised, and I would be particularly pleased if you
would agree to chair this committee I for 1971. I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of
Adult Education WSG/df
{7:86:1009:I:147,453:2013,1833}November 3, 1970 Dr. John R.
Craddock Department of Secondary, Adult and Higher Education Ball State
University Muncie, Indiana 47306 Dear Jack: It was a pleasure to visit with you
at the Annual meeting of the Commission of the Professors of Adult Education in
Atlanta. I am writing now to ask whether or not you believe that the applied
fields and policy committees which you are heading within the Commission of the
Professors of Adult Education should be continued for our 1971 year. If so, I
hope that you will let me know who the members of the committee and what sort
of plans you have for activity for the coming year. Should you believe that the
committee might better be renamed, redirected, or retired, I will abide by your
decision. I am looking forward to hearing from you regarding these committees.
Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of
Adult Education
{7:86:1010:I:132,492:1935,2136}November 3, 1970 Dr. Robert J.
Dolan Professor of Adult Education Department of Adult Education North Carolina
State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Dear Bob: Thank you for making
the arrangements for the Monday morning session with Jack Mezirow at the Atlanta
meeting of the Commission of the Professors of Adult Education. It seems to me
that everyone who participated in that session thought it was very much
worthwhile. According to my notes, the theory building committee of which you
are chairman now includes the following members: John Peters, Roy Ingham,
Robert Clark, Russell Kleis, Ronald Shearon, John Niemi, Wayne Schroeder, Alton
Hadlock, Harlan Copeland and Virginia Griffin. If you have a different
membership list, I hope you will send it to me. Please feel free to get in
touch with all members of the committee, and I hope that you will continue to
consider me as a member of your committee. It was a pleasure to visit with you
in Atlanta and I look forward to seeing you at the Adult Education Research Conference
in February. Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the
Professors of Adult Education WSG/df
{7:86:1011:I:0,0:2544,3300}November 3, 1970 Dr. Roy J. Ingham
Department of Adult Education Florida State University 920 West College Avenue
Tallahassee Florida 32306 Dear Roy: I was pleased that you brought up the
question of up- dating the kind of data which were presented in the
Johnstone-Rivera landmark study of participation in adult education. I was as
dismayed as you were to see the lack of interest in pursuing the exploration of
possible ways of carrying this out on the part of those who attended our
Atlanta meeting. According to my notes, Roger DeCrow and John Snider of the
University of South Carolina have agreed to serve with you on this committee in
exploring possible ways of gathering the data and ways of having the job
subsidized. I hope that you will write to Roger and to John in the near future
setting forth your plans and hopes for the committee. I would greatly appreciate
your sending me a carbon copy of the correspondence with members of your
committee so that I might know how things are coming along. Before you progress
very far I think you should get in touch with Robert Calvert, Jr., Chief of the
Adult and Vocational Education Surveys Branch of the Office of Education. He is
an old friend of Jules Pagano and is very eager to develop a sound database for
the field of adult education. We are doing a modest study here of all of the
degree-granting programs in adult education in the United States. I look
forward to learning of the progress you are able to make in exploring this
situation. Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the
Professors WSG/df of Adult Education cc: Mr. Roger DeCrow Mr. John Snider
{7:86:1012:I:183,411:2043,2043} November 3, 1970 Dr. Gale E.
Jensen Professor of Adult Education The University of Michigan Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48104 Dear Gale: We missed you at the Atlanta meeting of the
Commission of the Professors of Adult Education and we are hoping very much
that it will be possible for you to be with us November 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Los
Angeles when we have our next full membership meeting of the Commission. I have
appointed a new membership committee. The chairman is Dr. Jerold Apps.
Josephine Flaherty is also a member of that committee. I would like very much
to have you serve as the third member of the committee. Will you accept this
responsibility? I hope to hear from you soon. Sincerely yours, William S.
Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult Education WSG/df cc: Dr. Jerold Apps Dr. Josephine Flaherty
{7:86:1013:I:153,456:2064,2373}November 3, 1970 Dr. Huey B. Long
Professor of Adult Education University of Georgia 109 Baldwin Hall Athens,
Georgia 30601 Dear Huey: Thank you for agreeing to serve on the outstanding
theses committee of the Commission of the Professors of Adult Education. Others
members of your committee are: George K. Gordon, Allen Tough, Jim Farmer, John
Niemi, and Roger DeCrow. You will remember that until her move to Oregon State
University in Corvallis, Oregon, Ann Litchfield was the prime mover in this
committee. You might even want to get in touch with her regarding her thinking
about the functioning of this committee. I am sure also that Roger DeCrow in
fairly well informed about the work and plans of the committee and, as I
mentioned earlier, Allen Tough has been giving the matter some thought even
though he seems at this point in time not to be willing to make much of a
contribution to the work of the committee. I hope that you will write to all of
the members of your committee, bringing them up to date on your aspirations and
expectations. It would be appreciated if you would send me a carbon copy of any
of your correspondence with them. Should you wish to add members to your
committee please feel free to do so, but please notify me when such additions
are made. Please let me know if I may be of assistance to you as you move ahead
with this important committee. Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman
Commission of the Professors of Adult Education WSG/df
{7:86:1014:I:141,510:2076,2556}November 3, 1970 Dr. John A.
Niemi Professor of Adult Education University of British Columbia 6401
Northwest Marine Drive Vancouver 8, British Columbia CANADA Dear John: It was a
pleasure to visit with you at the Atlanta meeting of the Commission of the
Professors of Adult Education. I am pleased that you expressed an interest in
planning a special meeting of the Commission with professors who are interested
in the teaching of adult education but who do not presently meet the
qualifications for membership in the Commission. The purpose of this letter is
to request you to begin your planning for the Los Angeles program using the
excellent resources of the following group of volunteers: Alan Knox, Jack
Mezirow, Malcolm Knowles, Russell Kleis and Wayne Schroeder. With you as
chairman, I am certain that this committee will be able to work out a program
which will not only enhance the standing of the Commission, but which will more
importantly provide variable assistance to those professors of adult education
who are not so fortunate as to be members of our group. In terms of timing, I
have talked with the chairman of the 1971 meetings and they have expressed some
concern about our attempting to serve the professors on Saturday, November 5.
The concern they express is based on the fact that this is the first full day
of the conference. They have suggested that perhaps we might like to think in
terms of programming for Sunday morning and afternoon of the Conference. At
this point I don't think it is critically important for us to decide whether we
will have our open sessions on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. Rather it seems to
me that the important thing is to direct our thoughts to the development of
approximately six hours of program. I hope that you will get in touch with the
members of your committee to solicit their suggestions. Before Christmas, I
intend to write to all members of the Commission inviting them to join any
existing committees. Accordingly, it is possible that you will have additional
workers who see the importance of this activity and who may be willing to
contribute their time to the development of the program.
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{7:86:1016:I:123,336:1965,2583} November 3, 1970 Dr. John
Ohliger Professor of Adult Education The Ohio State University 1945 North High
Street Columbus, Ohio 43210 Dear John: We missed you very much at the annual
meeting of the Commission of the Professors of Adult Education and we hope that
when we come together in 1971 in Los Angeles that you will be with us. The
purpose of this letter, however, is not simply to let you know that we missed
you; instead, it is to invite you to serve on the committee which is chaired by
Harlan Copeland for the evaluation, analysis, summarization and dissemination
of the literature of adult education. The other members of Harlan's committee
are: Burton Kreitlow, Leonard Nadler, Donald Blackburn and Alan Knox. The function
of this committee is to keep track of the work which is being done by the
various domain teams and to explore ways of working with the ERIC Clearinghouse
on Adult Education to increase the utilization of the literature of adult
education by those who call themselves professionals in our field. I look
forward to hearing from you soon with a positive response to my invitation.
Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of
Adult Education WSG/df cc: Dr. Harlan Copeland
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{7:86:1018:I:261,195:1932,1398}Mr. Jules Pagano 2. November 4,
1970 agreeable with me for it to be done by the printer who takes care of the
work for AEA in Washington. It was certainly good to see you in Atlanta, and I
think that under the circumstances, with the Governor of South Carolina
wandering around in the fog over Atlanta, that we had a very successful
convention. You will soon be hearing, one way or another, from the President of
the Illinois Adult Education Association who will be extending a formal
invitation to AEA to hold its 1965 convention in Chicago with NAPCAE. I have
advised our president that he should send the original to Walter Gray and a
carbon copy to Ray Ast. I did not bring up the subject in the delegate assembly
meeting because Ray did not feel that it was necessary. Sincerely yours,
William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult Education
WSG/df
{7:86:1019:I:207,477:1995,2271}November 4, 1970 Dr. Wayne L.
Schroeder Professor of Adult Education Department of Adult Education The
Florida State University 920 West College Avenue Tallahassee, Florida 32301
Dear Wayne: Thank you for bringing the Commission up to date on the activities
of the NAPCAE committee on professional development. I am pleased that you and
George and Angelica were able to prepare an informative report for the
Commission. If you believe that there are points which should be included in
the minutes which you feel may not have been picked up by the secretary as you were
making your oral report, I hope that you will send those additional ideas to
Sara Steele at the University of Wisconsin who is now busily engaged in writing
the minutes. Is it likely that there will be a report for the professional
development committee for our meeting in 1971? Or do you believe that this
information should be disseminated to the membership of the Commission in some
other way. I would appreciate your advice on this matter. Sincerely yours,
William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult Education
WSG/df cc: Dr. George F. Aker Angelica W. Cass
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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF EDUCATION 1945 NORTH HIGH STREET COLUMBUS,
OHIO 43210 FACULTY OF SPECIAL SERVICES (614) 293-2720 November 9, 1970
Professor William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult
Education The University of Chicago The Department of Education 5835 Kimbark
Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60637 Dear Bill: In reply to your letter of November
3, I will be glad to serve on the committee for the evaluation, analysis,
summarization and dissemination of the literature of adult education.
Incidentally I am also interested in serving on the "domain teams"
for Social Context, History and Biography, Mass Media, and International and
Comparative Adult Education, as well as any group working on the revision of
the "Professor's Book" edited originally by Jensen, Hallenbeck and
Liveright. I am sorry I was not able to attend the Atlanta meetings but tight
funds and an overfilled schedule prevented it. I am definitely hoping to attend
the meetings next fall in Los Angeles. By the way I hope you will extend an
invitation to a former member of the Commission of Professors to attend that
meeting. He is Professor Watson Dickerman, now retired and living in Northern
California. You can get his address from Paul Sheats or John Niemi. I would
also like to suggest that an invitation be extended to Professor Hilton Power
to join the Commission of Professors. Hilton is now Professor of Adult
Education at the University of Wyoming. His address is: P.O. Box 3545,
University Station, Laramie, Wyoming 82070. In addition, there are three
professors in California who I hope would be invited to join, or, if they do
not qualify, would be invited to attend the Commission meetings in Los Angeles
as observers. All have their doctorates in adult education. They are Professor
Webster Cotton who teaches at California State College at Los Angeles (home
address: 11815 Kiowa Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90049), Professor Ira Winn
who teaches at California State College in the San Fernando Valley (John Niemi
has his address), and Professor Jane Zahn who teaches at California State
College in San Francisco (Jack London has her address). Best regards John Ohliger
Associate Professor of Adult Education JO/kb
{7:86:1021:I:0,0:2544,3300}NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY AT
RALEIGH SCHOOL OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF ADULT AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Box 5504 Zip 27607 10 November 1970 Dr.
William S. Griffith Chairman Commission of Professors of Adult Education The
Department of Education The University of Chicago 5635 Kimbark Avenue Chicago,
Illinois 60637 Dear Bill: Thanks for your letter and kind words of 30 October
1970. Actually, I think my absence from the recent Commission meeting could be
likened to the void that is left in that proverbial bucket of water when one's
hand is in it and then you take it out. I am sorry I was unable--or perhaps
unwilling" is the better choice of words-- to be there because of my
broken leg, etc. You are correct in assuming that the 1969-70 Membership
Committee is willing to complete the processing of all pending applications
that I have as of this date. Any new inquiries that I that I receive will be
directed to Jerry Apps. I will soon send Jerry a copy of all the form 1etters,
etc. that I have used to carry on the work of the committee. Since some of the
letters etc. have our university letterhead on them, the leftover copies I have
will be of no use to the new committee. Coincidentally, it happens that my
supply of application forms is now down to exactly one--in fact, I made Xerox
copies for the last applicant. Incidentally, although I was able to carry on
the work of the committee with what I believe required a minimum of paper work
for the other committee members, I would still recommend that the procedures
should be changed somewhat. Since the criteria for membership are quite clear
and applicants must indicate on the application form whether or not they meet
such criteria, it seems
{7:86:1022:I:0,0:2544,3300}Dr. William S. Griffith 10 November
1970 #2 to me rather unnecessary to have to circulate the applications and
receive the recommendations of all the committee members on all applications.
On at 1east 95 percent of the applications it is readily clear as to whether
the applicant does or does not meet the membership qualifications. Thus, to
send such applications to all committee members is to in to engage in a bit of
"committee overkill." Nevertheless, there are several useful
functions which can be performed by the full committee. First, on those
applications where there is any doubt about the qualifications of the applicant
it may be desirable to poll the full committee regarding the final action to be
taken (sometimes one of the committee members will have personal knowledge of
the applicant's situation, etc.). Secondly, the full committee should
periodically review the membership policies and procedures and make
recommendations to the executive committee and the Commission membership.
Actually, when Burt Kreitlow assumed the chairmanship, he suggested a
Membership Committee of five people. I arbitrarily and unilaterally reduced the
number to three to diminish the "overkill." I think a committee of
three is still quite adequate but its procedures can probably be simplified. As
far as the membership files are concerned I am wondering whether the completed
files should follow the Chairman of the Membership Committee or the Chairman of
the Commission. I am inclined to think that once an application is complete and
a case is closed, the materials might be of more use to the Chairman of the
Commission. What is your pleasure on this? There may be a slight delay in
getting the sample materials and some of the surplus materials to Jerry because
the Department just completed a move to a new building and I have not yet
unpacked a lot of my stuff. Incidentally, I assume you have passed on .to the
new committee the request that the full membership of the Commission be queried
to identify those people who no longer meet the membership qualifications. I
did want to get that task done during my tenure but as I indicated in our
telephone conversation of some weeks ago I did not--and I do not--believe that
matter to be very crucial to the life and achievements of the Commission.
{7:86:1023:I:96,180:2106,1518}Dr. William S. Griffith 10
November 1970 #3 I hope you had a good meeting in Atlanta.. Sincerely, George D.
Russell Assistant Professor GDR/mgc CC: Dr. Jerold W. Apps Dr. Josephine
Flaherty Dr. Gale E. Jensen Dr. Paul Moore Dr. Wayne Schroeder
{7:86:1024:I:108,609:2178,2292}November 13, 1970 Dr. William
Griffith Assistant Prof. of Education University of Chicago 5835 Kimbark Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60637 Dear Bill: It is my personal pleasure, and privilege,
to inform you that your nomination as Chairman of the Commission on Research
(AEA-USA) has been confirmed by action of the Executive Committee at its October
30, 1970 meeting. According to constitutional provisions (AEA-USA) Executive
Committee Representative Dr. Emily Quinn has been named as the Executive
Committee "liaison" representative to your committee. It is my hope
that before December 4 you will identify to me (name, title, address) your
selection of members on your committee. Please contact each one identified to
assure his willingness to serve. I will then send a letter to each, officially
informing him of his appointment to the committee, as well as expressing
appreciation for his willingness to help AEA-USA. Enclosed is a selected
listing of members, recommended by Section, Commission, Council and Committee
Chairmen as well as affiliate organization leaders, for "possible
committee and other leadership roles in AEA-USA." On behalf of the
membership of AEA-USA I extend to you the fullest expression of our
appreciation for your willingness to serve AEA-USA during the coming year.
Sincerely, Ray J. Ast President AEA-USA mk cc: J. Pagano, Executive Director A.
Storey, President-elect E. Quinn, Executive Committee Liaison
{7:86:1025:I:225,444:2070,2619} November 17, 1970 Dr. George D.
Russell Assistant Professor Department of Adult and Community College Education
Box 5504 North Carolina State University Raleigh, North Carolina 27607 Dear
George: Thank you for your letter of November 10. I agree wholeheartedly with
your comment regarding "committee overkill". Accordingly, I am
sending a copy of this letter to Jerry Apps with the authorization to proceed
as he sees fit in passing on the individual applications for membership. If he
feels that there is no question about the applicant's eligibility for
membership I feel that he should feel free to certify that without circulating
the application and supporting documents to the other two committee members. If
there in a question in his mind about an application, then I assume he would
submit the materials to the other two committee members before giving me his
recommendation. I see no reason to file papers just for the sake of filing
them. Accordingly, I suggest that we do not keep the applications after a
person has been accepted into membership. We may assume, I think, that he has
answered yes to all of the questions or we would not have admitted him to membership.
At this point I cannot see what use a chairman of the committee or of the
Commission would make of the applications. Yes, indeed, I have urged that Jerry
survey the membership as soon as he can to make certain that we have a list
that is useful. It does not seem to me that having a long membership list which
includes persons who do not do any work for the Commission, do not attend our
meetings, and do not qualify for membership is a good idea. If the Commission
is to play a leadership role, then membership must be taken seriously. It is
difficult for me to understand why anyone would want to join a group that
ignored its own membership criteria. Of course, you are certainly entitled to
your opinion. It is clear, however, that we disagree on this point.
{7:86:1026:I:225,225:1929,1431}Dr. George D. Russell 2. November
17, 1970 The meeting in Atlanta was not one of the better ones for the
Commission. The year 1970 was one in which many committees did not function and
so had little or nothing to report. I am, however, very optimistic about what
we will accomplish in 1971. When the Commission meets in Los Angeles on
November 3, 1971, I hope you will be there to participate in what promises to
be the best annual meeting the Commission has ever had. The enthusiasm of the
committee chairmen and the members and the clarity of their goals leads me to
be extremely optimistic. I look forward to your completing the processing of
all old applications. Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission
of the Professors of Adult Education WSG:dw cc: Jerold W. Apps
{7:86:1027:I:00,0:2544,3300} November 18, 1970 Dr. John Ohliger
Associate Professor of Adult Education The Ohio State University 1945 North
High Street Columbus, Ohio 43210 Dear John: Thank you for your letter of
November 9 in which you accepted my invitation to serve on Harlan Copeland's
committee on the evaluation, analysis, summarization and dissemination of the
literature of adult education. Please tell Harlan of your interest in serving
on several of the domain teams and he will alert the chairman of the team to
your interest if domain teams exist in the areas. John, we have a membership
committee and its chairman is Jerry Apps of the University of Wisconsin. The
other members are Josephine Flaherty and Gale Jensen. You might want to urge
them to follow up on prospective members. We will have 130 members if all of
those who have already applied meet the qualifications for membership. At this
point I am not certain that the chairman of the Commission should be soliciting
members even though I hope that our Commission will include in its membership
all those who can meet the criteria. Glenn Jensen ought to be looking after
Hilton Power. I wonder why he hasn't said anything about Hilton. Further, I
wonder why Paul Sheats hasn't said something about Webster Cotton; John Niemi
has not mentioned Ira Winn, and Jack London has said nothing about Jane Zahn.
Perhaps I should remind all members of the Commission to be on the look-out for
potential working members. I am certain that we will have a special one-day
program in Los Angeles for professors of adult education who do not qualify for
membership in the Commission. You will be hearing more about this from John
Niemi's committee which was created especially to serve that need. Sincerely
yours, William S. Griffith, Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult
Education WSG:dw cc: Dr. Harlan G. Copeland
{7:86:1028:I:132,408:2181,2433}November 23, 1970 Dr. Gale E.
Jensen Professor of Adult Education The University of Michigan Ann Arbor,
Michigan Dear Gale: I am writing to ask you to reconsider your reaction to my
invitation to serve on the membership committee of the Commission of the
Professors of Adult Education. I still want you to serve on this committee. You
have no doubt noted that I am not attempting to burden you with the duties of
the chairman. The reasons I need your help on this committee are as follows: 1.
You have served as chairman of the Commission and therefore have a special
perspective to bring to the committee. (All other past chairmen are already
serving on committees). 2. The chairman and the other committee members are
relatively new to the Commission. They are quite capable of determining which
applications for membership satisfy the stated prerequisites. You will not need
to examine applications routinely. 3. The Commission has expanded to the point
that we now have 130 individual members, many of whom have no sense of identity
with the Commission. Even the committee chairmen in a number of cases have no
historical perspective on the Commission. Accordingly I am hoping that all
former chairmen of the Commission will be engaged in the work of at least one
committee to help in developing a sense of group identity and continuity. 4.
The membership committee this year must decide what to do about bringing the
membership roster up to date. What rule should we have for dropping members?
Should members be required to attend some proportion of the annual meetings?
These and related questions have been brought up and must be considered by the
membership committee this year. Your sage counsel is needed.
{7:86:1029:I:165,219:1992,1188}Dr. Gale E. Jensen 2. November
23, 1970 Gale, I hope that this letter will convince you that it is an
extremely difficult, if not impossible, task to find another member of the
Commission who possesses your qualifications and who is not already up to his
neck in commission work. Accordingly I am once again asking you if you are
willing to help the Commission. We are not asking for a major commitment of
time; rather, I am asking you to bring your judgment to bear on a few questions
of major importance to the continued existence and vitality of our
organization. May I count on your support? Sincerely yours, William S. Griffith,
Chairman Commission of the Professors of Adult Education
{7:86:1030:I:171,279:2097,2760}252 November 23, 1971 (Dictated
Nov. 20/71) Mrs. Betty Jane Vaughn, Librarian Library of Continuing Education
Syracuse University 107 Roney Lane Syracuse, New York 13210 U.S.A. Dear Betty
Jane: Thanks very much for your letter of October 6th. The detail which you
included in it was just what we wanted. The enclosed Report is one which I
presented at the Los Angeles meeting of the Commission of Professors of Adult
Education. I have not included in your copy of this Report Appendix A which was
merely a letter which I sent out to various members of the Commission asking
them to help in locating archive material of the Commission. You will note that
in the Report the Archives Committee made a number of recommendations all of
which were approved by the Commission. Arising out of recommendation number
one, it is my understanding that you will receive a formal letter from the
Commission asking the Library of Syracuse to become the repository for the
archives of the Commission of Professors of Adult Education. You will also note
from the recommendations that the Commission wishes to help the Syracuse
Library in any way it can. I hope you will not hesitate to make other suggestions
of ways in which the Archives Committee can be of assistance to you. The
Chairman for the Archives Committee is now Dr. Robert Carlson whose full
address I have given below. Malcolm Knowles and I will continue on the
Committee as well as other members of the Commission. I expect that shortly you
will be hearing from Bob Carlson as well as from the new Chairman of the
Commission, who is Mr. Jerold Apps at the University of Wisconsin. On behalf of
the Commission I do want to thank you for the interest and offer of assistance
that you have given to us on this matter. Yours sincerely, James A. Draper
Assistant Professor JAD/jb Department of Adult Education Encl.
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