Inventory of the Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers
Finding aid prepared by Tess McCarthy
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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.
Arrangement Statement
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
box 1, folder 1
Course materials: Language Development,
1940-1965
box 1, folder 2
Course materials: Guidance,
1950-1956
box 1, folder 3
Course materials: Case Method
1940-1953
box 1, folder 4
Case study: Selection of administrative candidates, Covina CA 1959,
1958-1959
Scope and Contents note
A case study analysis and review for the Covina School District's Principal Selection Committee. Includes handbook for school
officials, printed matter, and correspondence with the committee and the Educational Testing Service (ETS) of Princeton, New
Jersey.
box 1, folder 5
Course materials: Research Design and Methodology
circa 1958-1964
box 1, folder 6
Course materials: Brain Damage and Neurological Disorders,
1954-1955
box 1, folder 7
California Governor's Conference on Education,
1955
box 2, folder 1-5
Research Project on Post-War Education in Japan, U of Tokyo 1960-1
1945-1961
Scope and Contents note
Includes translation of "Onna Daigaku," notes, letters, final report to Mr. Coladarci on Japan, and materials on the Ikeda-Robertson
issue.
box 3, folder 1
Micellaneous materials to 1929,
1926-1930
Scope and Contents note
Includes papers, graded tests, and illustrations of the human brain.
box 3, folder 2
Ancedotes, writings, thoughts
1933-1976
box 3, folder 3
Biographical materials,
1938-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes:
American Men of Science: The Social and Behavioral Sciences, 10th ed., 1962;
Who's Who in American Education, Vol. 16, 1953-1954; and
Who's Who in the West, 9th ed., 1965-1966.
box 3, folder 4
Original ["Charley Russall's Montana"]
1970-1971
box 3, folder 5
Montana ["Charlie Russell's Montana," typed manuscripts],
circa 1971
box 4, folder 1-2
Oakland (CA) Public Schools 1931-1945
1931-1953
box 4, folder 3-4
Poston (AZ) War Relocation Authority 1942-3
1941-1944
Scope and Contents note
Also includes United States Department of Interior, Office [Bureau] of Indian Affairs files.
box 5, folder 1
Poston (AZ) War Relocation Authority 1942-3
1941-1944
box 5, folder 2
California State Department of Education 1945-6
1944-1946
box 5, folder 3
Dir Res, CI&E, GHQ, SCAP, Tokyo, Japan
1946-1947
Scope and Contents note
Director of Research files, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Civil Information and Education Section.
box 5, folder 4
Harvard University School of Education,
1949-1951
box 5, folder 5
Dir., Public Education Association, New York City 1951-3,
1950-1953
box 5, folder 6
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA
1953-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes materials on California Commission on Public School Administration.
Radio broadcasts
1936-1939
Scope and Contents note
Indices of broadcasts, with date aired, the title of the program, and the age of the case study on topic. Includes transcripts
of radio broadcasts of Hubert R. Stolz, M.D. from 1932 to 1934 and later Hubert Coslet Armstrong from 1934 to 1939 on the
National Broadcasting Company radio network broadcast over stations KGO and KLX. The radio show
Mindways was written and produced by Armstrong, covering human behavior and featuring stories on parenting, education, child growth,
and development issues. Some episodes cover topics such as thumb sucking, fighting, adolescence, left-handed children, and
exceptional children.
box 6, folder 1
1932 October 25-1933 October 30
box 6, folder 2
1933 November 27-1934 June 14
box 6, folder 3
1934 July 28-1934 December 21
box 6, folder 4
1935 January 11-1935 June 21
box 6, folder 5
1935 July 19-1935 December 27
box 6, folder 6
1936 January 10-1936 June 12
box 6, folder 7
1936 July 3-1936 December 18
box 6, folder 8
1937 January 1-1937 June 18
box 6, folder 9
1937 July 2-1939 November 25
box 7, folder 1
[Radio broadcast research materials, correspondence, and transcripts]
1935-1939
box 7, folder 2
[Japanese Ministry of Education and other agency publications],
1949-1959
box 7, folder 3
[Armstrong article printed in Japanese],
1961
box 7
[
Education in the New Japan, Vol. 1, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Civil Information & Education Section, Education
Division]
1948 May
box 7
[
Education in the New Japan, Vol. 2 and appendix, General Headquarters, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Civil Information & Education Section,
Education Division]
1948 May
box 8, folder 1
Miscellaneous writings,
1949-1953
box 8, folder 2
[Article drafts, and New York experiences],
1943-1959
box 8, folder 3
[Article drafts and hospital experiences],
1950-1966
box 8, folder 4
[Articles for publication with correspondence and printed matter],
1955-1971
box 8, folder 5
[Miscellaneous printed matter on Japan],
1942-1959
box 8, folder 6
[Clippings from Hawaii, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and New York publications],
1951-1962
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles by and about Armstrong.
box 8
[Armstrong, Hubert Coslet, "The Relationship of the Auditory and Visual Vocabularies of Children," PhD dissertation, School
of Education, Stanford University],
1953
[Correspondence]
1918-1967
box 9, folder 1
[Armstrong family]
1925-1946
box 9, folder 2-3
[Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Armstrong],
1918-1949
box 9, folder 4
[Mr. Hubert C. Armstrong, Jr.]
1930-1956
box 9, folder 5
[Mrs. Hubert C. (Olive) Armstrong]
1930-1955
box 9, folder 6
[Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Armstrong]
1926-1967
box 9, folder 7
[Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Hetrick]
1923-1949
box 9, folder 8
[Dexter family]
1929-1945
box 10, folder 3
[Miscellaneous notes from others],
circa 1928
box 10, folder 4
[Professional],
1929-1954
box 10, folder 5
[University of Washington and Mills College],
1927-1942
box 10, folder 6
[California Teachers' Association and "Ham and Eggs" pension retirement]
1938-1939
box 10, folder 7
[Ephemera, memorabilia, and pamphlets]
1924-1954
box 10, folder 8
[Clippings and printed matter],
1940-1951