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Title: Grayson Neikirk Kefauver papers
Date (bulk): 1941-1948
Collection Number: 47003
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
38 manuscript boxes
(15.2 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator:
Kefauver, Grayson N. (Grayson Neikirk), 1900-1946
Creator:
United Nations Preparatory Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Commission
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 1947.
[Identification of item], Grayson Neikirk Kefauver papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International education
Education
Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Unesco