Description
Reports, articles, seminar papers, speeches, memoranda, minutes, statistics, and printed matter, relating to political, economic
and social conditions, education, nationalism, and foreign aid in newly independent African states.
Background
Laing Gray Cowan was an American author and professor. He founded the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
and served as the dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the State University of New York at Albany. In addition,
Cowan worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 1961, he trained the first group of Peace
Corps volunteers assigned to Ghana.
Extent
11 manuscript boxes
(4.6 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.