Overview of the American Forum for Global Education records
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Title: American Forum for Global Education records
Date (inclusive): 1969-1989
Collection Number: 86036
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
429 manuscript boxes
(171.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference papers, financial records, grant proposals, curricular material,
and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, international understanding, the promotion of study of foreign
languages, analysis of the causes of conflict and war, and prospects for peace. Includes records of the American Forum's predecessor
organizations, Global Perspectives in Education, and the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, and
of the Center for War/Peace Studies.
Creator:
American Forum for Global Education
Creator:
Center for War/Peace Studies (New York, N.Y.)
Creator:
Global Perspectives in Education, inc
Creator:
National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies (U.S.)
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.
[Identification of item], American Forum for Global Education records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
American nonprofit organization for promotion of internationalism in education.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference papers, financial records, grant proposals, curricular material,
and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, international understanding, the promotion of study of foreign
languages, analysis of the causes of conflict and war, and prospects for peace. Includes records of the American Forum's predecessor
organizations, Global Perspectives in Education, and the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, and
of the Center for War/Peace Studies.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Peace
International education
Education -- United States
International relations
War
Language and languages -- Study and teaching