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Title: Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers
Date (inclusive): 1918-1976
Collection Number: 92027
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
10 manuscript boxes
(4.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, curricular materials, and printed matter relating to various aspects of education
in the United States, educational programs in Japanese American internment camps during World War II, and postwar education
in Japan.
Creator:
Armstrong, Hubert Coslet, 1900-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.
[Identification of item], Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1900 June 22 | Born, Lincoln, Nebraska |
| 1921-1926 | Member of United States National Guard |
| 1926 | Married first wife, Olive Dexter |
| 1926-1929 | Teacher, Pribiloff Islands, Alaska |
| 1929-1931 | Psychology teaching fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
| 1930-1931 | BS and MS, University of Washington |
| 1931-1934 | Administrator and counselor, Oakland Public Schools, Oakland, California |
| 1933 | Summer lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, California |
| 1933-1938 | Researcher, Institute of Child Welfare, University of California, Berkeley |
| 1935-1939 | Broadcaster for the program Mindways, National Broadcasting Company, San Francisco, California |
| 1941-1942 | Teacher and specialist, Indian Service School, United States Office of Indian Services, Stewart, Nevada |
| 1947-1948 | Director of Research, Civil Information and Education Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan |
| 1944-1945 | Research consultant, California State Reconstruction and Redevelopment Commission |
| 1942 | Specialist, Japanese War Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona |
| 1948 | Advisor to the Minister of Education of the government in Korea, United States Department of the Army |
| 1949 | Research consultant, California State Assembly Commission on Public Education, California State Legislature |
| 1949 | Married second wife, Masago Shibuya |
| 1949-1951 | Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| 1951-1953 | Director, Public Education Association, New York, New York |
| 1953 | PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, California |
| 1956-1957 | Consultant, Department of Rehabilitation, Stanford University, Hawaii |
| 1960-1961 | Consultant and research fellow, University of Tokyo, Japan |
| 1966-1971 | Wrote "Charley Russel's Montana" (unpublished) |
| 1978 | Died, Los Angeles County, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, curricular materials, and printed matter relating to various aspects of education
in the United States, educational programs and correspondence at the War Relocation Center at Poston, Arizona during World
War II, articles about Japanese and Japanese-Americans at internment camps, and research on post-war education in Japan, as
well as Armstrong's doctoral dissertation.
Armstrong's original order and folder titles (where available) have been maintained. Where there was no prior arrangement,
materials were alphabetized and arranged chronologically. Folder titles created by archivist are in brackets.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Education -- United States
Japanese Americans -- Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Military government
Education -- Japan
Japan -- History -- Allied occupation, 1945-1952
World War, 1939-1945 -- Education and the war
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. Civil Information and Education Section