Alexander
Albert Liveright Papers, 1934-1969 (with text)
Includes Some Records That Have Undergone
Optical Character Recognition and Conversion
The Adult Education History Project
Based on Information in the Syracuse
University Library Archives
Translated for the WWW by Roger Hiemstra
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Collection
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Liveright, Alexander Albert, 1907-1969.
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Papers, 1934-1969, 1956-1969 (bulk)
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8.5 linear ft.
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See also the following collection(s) at Syracuse University:
Association of University Evening Colleges [AUEC].
Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults [CSLEA].
Charters, Alexander N.
Commission of Professors of Adult Education [CPAE].
Fund for Adult Education (U.S.) [FAE].
Galaxy Conference.
International Congress of University Adult Education [ICUAE].
National University Extension Association [NUEA].
Sheats, Paul H.
Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education
[SUPCE].
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Educator.
Alexander Liveright received his bachelor's degree from the
University of Wisconsin, and his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. He was executive director of the War
Manpower Commission during World War II, executive director of the American
Council on Race Relations (1945-1947) and director of labor education at the
University of Chicago (1947-1953). He
was active in many worldwide seminars, and in 1966 he participated in a
worldwide study sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation. He was professor at the schools of education
at Boston University [BU] and Syracuse University [SU], and from 1956-1968 was
director of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults [CSLEA].
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The papers (primarily correspondence, minutes and reports)
highlight Liveright's professional interests and affiliations. Included are papers generated while
professor in the schools of education at Boston University [BU] and Syracuse
University [SU], as director of the Center for the Study of Liberal Education
for Adults [CSLEA], and as founding member and Secretary of the International
Congress of University Adult Education [ICUAE]. Sagamore Conference papers and those of the New Institutional
Forms Project, a research project begun by Liveright to study the development
of comprehensive adult education programs, also appear in the collection. International adult education is the focus
of records from trips to Australia, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Philippines,
and Thailand. Miscellaneous material
includes newspaper clippings, War Manpower Commission documents, and material
from the Highlander Folk School..
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Boston University [BU].
Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults [CSLEA].
Commission of Professors of Adult Education [CPAE].
Galaxy Conference on Adult Education.
Miscellaneous.
New Institutional Forms Project.
Syracuse University [SU].
Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education
[SUPCE].
Trips.
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19340000
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19690000
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Correspondence.
Invoices.
Minutes.
Reports.
Speeches.
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Adult education.
Educators -- United States.
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Boston University [BU] -- School of Education.
Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults [CSLEA].
Highlander Folk School (Monteagle, Tenn.)
International Congress of University Adult Education [ICUAE].
Syracuse University [SU] -- School of Education.
United States. -- War Manpower Commission.
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International Conference on University Adult Education (1960:
Sagamore. N.Y.).
New Institutional Forms Project.
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George Arents Research Library for Special Collections at
Syracuse University,
Manuscript Collections,
Bird Library,
Room 600,
Syracuse, N.Y.
13244-2010.
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In addition to following normal manuscript citation conventions,
include these elements when citing records found "electronically"
through The Adult Education History Project: Main entry, Title, Item number,
and, if a specific image is being cited, Component number. Mention, too, that
the record was found in "/history.html,
an Electronic Source for Syracuse University Library's database for archives
and manuscripts".
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{7:38:131:I:339,414:1968,1680} LIVERIGHT, ALEXANDER A.,
1907-1969 PAPERS, 1934-1969 7 boxes (3.5 linear feet) Background Sketch Alexander A. Liveright was director of the
Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults from 1956 until its
dissolution in 1968. The Center was independently located in Chicago from 1951
until 1965, and then was affiliated with Boston University. From 1967 until his
death in 1969, Liveright was Associate Professor of Adult Education at Syracuse
University. As director of CSLEA, and in his own right, he was involved in a wide
range of adult and continuing education programs in the United States, had many
contacts with adult education in other countries, and was a leader in
international activities, such as the International Congress of University
Adult Education. These facts explain the range of the Liveright papers, most of
which are for the period 1956-69 (although Box 3 contains a few clippings for
1934-35, Box 7 contains one War Manpower Commission document for 1943, and
another WMC document dated 1942 makes up Box 8) In the collections, see also Association of University Evening
Colleges (AUEC); Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA);
Charters, Alexander N.; Commission of Professors of Adult Education; Fund for
Adult Education; International Congress of University Adult Education; National
University Extension Association (NUEA); and Sheats, Paul.
{7:38:132:I:360,300:1968,2646} Shelf List Box l BOSTON UNIVERSITY Problems in Adult Education, 1965-1968
Problems in Adult Education, course outlines and student papers, 1965-1968 (4
folders) Seminar in Comparative and
International Adult Education, 1968
Seminar on Comparative Adult Education, 1967-1968 Student Papers, 1967-1968 CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LIBERAL EDUCATION
FOR ADULTS Academy Study, draft of chapters 3,4 and 5, n.d. Board Meetings,
minutes 1956-1957 Box 2 1957 Board Minutes, 1956 Core Programs,
1960-1961 Correspondence Australia, 1966 Hawaii, 1966-1967 India, 1967
Israel, 1965 Malaysia and Singapore, 1967 Nepal, 1966-1967 New Zealand, 1966-1967 Philippines, 1967
Thailand, 1967 Grants and Submissions, 1963 Impact Study and Supplement,
1958-1959 Program Goals Study,
1964-1965, NEW INSTITUTIONAL FORMS PROJECT
Consultant Panel, 1969 Project #1
Box 3 Project #2 Contract and
Proposal, 1968 Correspondence, Ivan
Lappin, 1968-1969 Draft Proposals Comments, 1968 Correspondence Re, 1966-1968
(Folder 1) Correspondence Re, 1966-1968 (Folder 2) National Focus Activity,
1969 National Forms, 1969 Box 4 Panel
Meetings, 1968-1969 Program Budget,
1968 Proposal and Background Material, 1966-1969
{7:38:133:I:336,363:1959,2532} Box 4 (continued) NEW INSTITUTIONAL FORMS PROJECT
(continued) Report, Inquiries Re,
1969 Reports to Committee of Adult
Education Organizations (CAEO), 1968-1969
Staff Appointments, correspondence, 1969 Survey Form, City of Syracuse,
1969 SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Adult
Education Course outline and student
papers, 1968 Programs, 1967-1969 Related Programs, 1968 Appointment to Staff, correspondence,
1968-69 Continuing Education, publications list, 1969 Continuing Education Publications, correspondence, 1968 Faculty Interviews, drafts, ca.1968 Highlander Research and Education Center,
1969 International Seminar on Adult Education, 1969 TRIPS Australia, Canberra,
1967 Australia, Melbourne, 1967 Australia, New South Wales, 1966-1967
Australia, Perth, 1967 Australia, University of Sydney, 1967 Australia,
Tasmania, 1967 Hong Kong, India (general), 1967 India, University of Rajasthan, 1967 Box 6 New Zealand, 1967
Philippines, 1967 Thailand, 1966-1967
MISCELLANEOUS Dissertation Proposals, 1966-1967 General Correspondence, 1963-1967 National Adult Education Resources
Institute, confidential memoranda, 1967
Newspaper Clippings, 1934-1935 War Manpower Commission, 1942 Box 7 Notes on Various Topics, 1966-1968
Office of Emergency, Management, War Manpower Commission, 1943
{7:38:134:I:345,363:1980,717}
Box 7 (continued) MISCELLANEOUS
(continued) Photograph of Alexander A. Liveright, n.d. Printed Papers and Newspaper Clippings, 1968-1969
South-East Asian Institute of Adult Education, 1966-1968 U.S.A. Before War Manpower Commission,
1943 War Manpower Commission,
confidential study for, 1942 10/76
LIVERIGHT, ALEXANDER A., 1907-1969: Part Two
PAPERS, 1956-1969
5 boxes (5 linear feet)
Background Sketch
Part Two of the
Alexander A. Liveright Papers contains
additional papers from the last decade of Liveright's
career, including the Center for the Study of Liberal
Education for Adults (CSLEA), the International Congress of
University Adult Education (ICUAE), and the ERIC
Clearinghouse on Adult Education. Notable in this portion
of the collection are papers from the Sagamore Conference
(September, 1960) marking the inception of the ICUAE. The
CSLEA (with Liveright as its Director) was one of six adult
education organizations sponsoring the Conference; Liveright
became Secretary of the ICUAE.
Papers reflecting
Liveright's activity in both the
CSLEA and ICUAE, as well as his wide-ranging national and
international involvement in adult education, form the bulk
of the collection.
Subjects covered include travels
associated with the First World Conference and European
Study Tour, adult education in Africa, Latin America, and
Australia, as well as UNESCO meetings and conferences. The
folders pertaining to the CSLEA International Comparative
Education Conference at Exeter, New Hampshire are of note,
since they form the basis of The Exeter Papers, published by
Liveright (1966).
The bulk of the
remainder of the collection is from the
years 1968-1969, incorporating the phase-out of the CSLEA,
Liveright's move to Syracuse University, and Liveright's
ensuing illness. At
Syracuse University, Liveright became
associated with the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education,
plus numerous research and publication projects -- Liveright
had hoped to complete a book on leaders in adult education
before he died. During
his illness and at the time of his
death, some of Liveright's administrative duties were shared
by James Whipple and Robert Blakely; in addition, there were
John Ohliger, Robert Theobald and David Mosconi, who
completed publication projects in progress.
Overall, the major
divisions in this part of the
Liveright collection are: CSLEA (1956-1968), ICUAE (1960-
1969), Syracuse University (1968-1969), and Other Activities
(which includes Liveright's long-term involvement with the
Highlander Folk School).
For related material
in the Arents Library adult
education collections, see also Center for the Study of
Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA); Commission of
Professors of Adult Education; Galaxy Conference;
International Congress of University Adult Education
(ICUAE); Liveright, Alexander A.; Syracuse University
Publications in Continuing Education.
Description
The files are
arranged under four large subject headings:
CSLEA
ICUAE
Syracuse University
Other Activities
Within the major headings, the files are arranged
alphabetically.
Correspondence
dominates this collection. Documents in
the collection encompass those associated with the
incorporation of the ICUAE, in addition to other material
such as minutes, agendas, and the many monographs and
reports interspersed in the collection. Three photographs
of Liveright are included.
Two audio tapes by
Dr. Manet Fowler are included with
the collection. The
tapes record her interview with C. B.
Ratchford, and refer to Liveright in two brief interchanges
on Tape 1: on Side A of (after about 5 mm of tape), and on
Side B (after about 10 mm of tape).
KW / June 1991
Shelf List
Box 8 CSLEA
4th Leadership
Conference for University Adult
Education - 1956
Anglo-American
Conference, 1963-1965
Conference on
Comparative Adult Education/Exeter,
New
Hampshire:
Correspondence, 1966
Reports
& info., 1966
Roster,
1966
Discussion
papers, 1966
Working
papers, 1966
Canada
(English)
Canada
(French)
Denmark
France
Hong
Kong
India
Puerto
Rico
Sudan
USA
Yugoslavia
CSLEA
Phase-out:
James
Whipple, 1968-1969
Correspondence, 1968
Syracuse University, 1968
Foundations:
Carnegie
Corp., 1964-1969
Ford
Foundation 1959-1968
Standard
Oil of New Jersey, 1966-1967
United
States Steel, 1964-1967
Western
Electric, 1965-1969
Miscellaneous, 1964-1965
Proposals:
Audience
Education proposal, [nd]
Correspondence Ed. Research Proj., 1964-1965
Directory
for Independent Study, 1964-1968
Research & Development Center, 1966
State
University of New York (SUNY)/Albany,
1964-1968
University
Council on Education for Public
Responsibility, 1967-1968
U.S. Dept. of
Health, Ed., Welfare (DHEW)
/Office
of Education(USOE)
Bureau of
Research, 1965-1966
Correspondence, 1965-1968
Follow-up,
1966-1968
Research
& Development Center, 1966-1967
Visitors:
Vernon
Drew, 1964-1968
Tom Kelly,
1967-1968
Borivoj
Samolovcev, 1964-1969
Amrik
Singh, 1967-1968
Dulcie
Stretton, 1967-1968
Miscellaneous, 1962-1968
ICUAE
BUSINESS:
Correspondence:
Desmond
Crowley, 1965-1969
James
Dakin, 1965-1969
John
Friesen, 1965-1969
Campbell
Howard, 1966-1969
Ieuan Hughes, 1967-1968
Frank
Jessup, 1966-1969
James Roby
Kidd, 1964-1969
Convergence, 1968-1969
John
Melling, 1965-1967
Seiichi
Okamura, 1965-1968
Canadian
Assoc. Adult Ed. (CAE), 1966-1967
Canadian
Assoc. Depts. of Ext. & Summer
Schools, CADESS, 1966-1967
India-Rajasthan, 1965-199
Uganda-Makerere Univ. College, 1965-1966
Box 9 Executive Committee,
Members (alphabetical):
Fritz
Borinski, correspondence, 1965-1969
E.K.
Townsend Coles, correspondence, 1963-1969
Amad Abd
al-Halim, 1966-1967
T.C. Lai,
1964-1969
W.J.
McCallion (chair), 1963-1968
Sidney
Raybould, 1965-1969
Bertrand
Schwartz, 1966-1968
Dusan
Savicevic, 1966-1969
Executive
Committee, Minutes:
Minutes, 1960-1963
Minutes,
Correspondence, July-Nov., 1965
Minutes,
Agenda, Corres., Boston-Buffalo, 1966
Minutes,
Correspondence, Syracuse-NYC, 1967
Education Permanente Seminar, Speeches,
1967
Education Permanente Seminar, Corres. &
Speeches, 1967
Minutes,
Correspondence, Leeds-Syracuse, 1968
Legal Affairs;
Geo. Overton 1962-1967
Legal/Financial Affairs, 1964-1968
UNESCO
Affiliation, 1962-1963
Membership
Affairs:
Ballots,
institutional & individual, [nd]
Correspondence & misc., 1963-1966
Dues,
1963-1968
Dues,
1967-1968
Information, 1965-1968
Invoices, individual
memberships, 1967-1970
Invoices,
institutional memberships, 1967-1969
Lifetime
membership, Seiichi Okamura, 1966
List-Individuals, 1966
List-Institutional, 1966
Prospective members, 1966-1967
Publications:
Newsletter:
First
issue, 1961
Mailing
list, 1965
Subscriptions, 1965-1967
Correspondence, 1967-1968
Diana Ironside, Newsletter &
personal
correspondence, 1965-1969
Adult Ed
publications, 1966-1968
ICUAE Adult
Ed. Directory [1966?]
CONFERENCES:
AFRICA:
Cables, 1961
Correspondence, 1961-1962
Box 10 Visa
information, 1961
African
Adult Education Institute,
1961-1964
Ghana
Correspondence, 1961
Memoranda & miscellaneous,
1961-1962
Reports , 1961-1962
Basutoland, 1962
African
Trip, follow-up, 1962-1963
Africa,
correspondence, 1962-1966
AUSTRALIA, Conference,
1961-1964
Miscellaneous, 1963
EUROPE:
Study
tour, 1963-1965
Study
tour, memos, 1964-1965
Study
tour, questionnaires, 1964
Study
tour, participants, 1964-1965
Study
tour, cancellations, 1964-1965
Study
tour, arrangements, 1965
Study
tour-Oxford, 1965
Britain, correspondence, 1965-1968
Study
tour-UNESCO, 1965
World
Conference, Krogerup Denmark,
correspondence, 1963-1964
World
Conference, 1963-1965
World
Conference, business, 1963-1965
World
Conference, Ford Grant, 1964-1965
World
Conference, correspondence, 1964-1965
World
Conference, correspondence/papers,
1964-1965
World
Conference, ICCE/correspondence,
1964-1965
World
Conference, Secretary's report, 1965
World
Conference, executive minutes, 1965
World
Conference, resolution
World
Conference, memoranda, 1965
World
Conference, participants, 1965
World Conference, newsletter, 1965
World
Conference, newsletter
/correspondence, 1965-1966
LATIN
AMERICA:
Correspondence, 1961-1963
Memoranda, 1961-1963
Correspondence & lists, 1962
Latin
America/S. American Conference, 1962
Latin
America, Correspondence, 1963
Inter-American Conference, 1964
Inter-American Conference, Correspondence,
1964-1968
Box 11 UNITED
STATES:
Sagamore
Conference:
Agenda,
minutes, participants, 1960-1961
Correspondence, 1960
Speeches, September 1960
Other Conference
Notifications, 1964-1968
Other
Conferences, information/reports,
1964-1968
UNESCO, Research
& Training Grant, 1967-1968
UNESCO
Conferences, 1968-1969
2nd World
Conference, 1968-1969
SYRACUSE
UNIVERSITY
Academy for
Education Development, 1967-1969
Academy for
Education Development, report
Academy for
Education Development-Dave Mosconi,
1968-1969
International Seminar/Galaxy
Conference,
1968-1969
Kellogg
Foundation Proposal, 1968-1969
National
Institute for Independent Study,
1968-1969
New
Institutional Forms, 1969
Paul A. Miller, 1968-1969
Publication
Activity:
Adult
Education Information, 1968-1969
Continuing
Education for Adults, 1968-1969
ERIC,
Advisory Committee, 1968
ERIC,
Correspondence, 1968-1969
Sudarshan
Kapoor, correspondence, 1966-1969
Publications-Alexander Liveright, 1969
Publications/John Ohliger, 1969
UNESCO, Ruth
Lazarus, 1968-1969
Box 12 OTHER ACTIVITIES
American
Association of Jr. Colleges, 1964-1969
American
Council on Education, 1968-1969
AEA:
Professional Standards Committee, 1967-1968
Continuing
Education, 1967-1968
Commission
of Professors of Adult Education,
1967-1969
Reports,
1967-1969
Correspondence, 1966-1969
Cleveland
State University, 1966-1969
College
Entrance Examination Board (CEEB):
General, 1966-1969
Correspondence, 1966-1969
Directory,
1966-1969
Delbert Clark
Award, 1968-1969
General
Electric Seminar, 1968
Harvard
College, Board of Overseers, 1965-1968
Correspondence, 1965-1969
Reginald
Phelps, 1968-1969
Highlander
Folk School, 1957-1962
Highlander
Folk School, 1968-1969
Leaders in
Adult Education, [1968]-1969
National
Educational TV, 1964-1968
Ontario
Institute for Studies in Education, 1968
Syracuse
University:
Archives,
1968-1969
Planning
Schedule, 1968
School of
Ed/Ph.D. Orals, 1968
Recruitment, etc., 1968-1969
Alex
Charters, memos
Robert
Theobald, 1966-1969
Book
contract & correspondence, 1966-1969
US Office of
Education (USOE)/Region 2, 1968-1969
University of
Pittsburgh, Board of Visitor,
1968-1969
WCOTP, mailing
list [nd]
Miscellaneous
Correspondence:
Robert
Blakely, 1965-1969
George
Daigneualt, 1968
Cyril
Houle, 1968-1969
Other Correspondence,
1962-1969
Illness,
1969
Miscellaneous
Photos, 1951-[nd]
Miscellaneous
Collected Papers, 1966-1968
Audio tapes:
Interview
of C.B. Ratchford by Dr. Manet
Fowler,
[n.d.]
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