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Title: Grayson Neikirk Kefauver papers
Dates: 1900-1955
Collection Number: 47003
Creator: Kefauver, Grayson Neikirk, 1900-1946.
Collection Size:
38 manuscript boxes
(15.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speeches and writings, minutes, and printed matter, relating to international educational
reconstruction after World War II, and the organization of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
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[Identification of item], Grayson Neikirk Kefauver papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1947.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
| August 31, 1900 | Born, Middletown, Maryland |
| 1921 | BA, University of Arizona |
| 1925 | MA, Stanford University |
| 1928 | PhD, University of Minnesota |
| 1931-1932 | Member of National Survey of Secondary Education, conducted by U.S. Office of Education |
| 1933-1945 | Dean of School of Education, Stanford University |
| 1943 | Founder and chair, Liaison Committee on International Education, Washington, D.C. |
| September 1943 | Participated in International Education Assembly (IEA), Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
| 1944 | American liaison to the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME), London |
| November 1945 | Member of U.S. delegation at the Conference for the Establishment of the United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization, London |
| January 4, 1946 | Died, Los Angeles, California |
Source: "Grayson Neikirk Kefauver."
Dictionary of American Biography. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1974. Gale Biography In Context. Web. 19 Oct. 2012.
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers relate to international educational reconstruction after World War II, and the organization of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Correspondence. The papers consist of reports, memoranda, speeches and
writings, minutes, and printed matter.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Unesco.
Education.
International education.
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
United Nations Preparatory Educational, Scientific and Cultural Commission.