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Title: James Alfred Perkins papers
Dates: 1955-1998.
Collection Number: 94049
Creator: Perkins, James Alfred, 1911-
Collection Size:
70 manuscript boxes
(28 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, minutes, reports, and printed matter, relating to education in the United
States and other countries, especially developing countries, education in internationalism, and foreign language studies in
the United States.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], James Alfred Perkins papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1994.
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.
American educator; chairman, International Council for Educational Development, 1970-1990; chairman, President's Commission
on Foreign Language and International Studies, 1978-1979.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, minutes, reports, and printed matter, relating to education in the United
States and other countries, especially developing countries, education in internationalism, and foreign language studies in
the United States.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies.
International Council for Educational Development.
International education.
Education--Developing countries.
Education--United States.
Language and languages--Study and teaching.