Inventory of the Fakhreddin Moussavi papers
Processed by Samira Bozorgi.
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Inventory of the Fakhreddin Moussavi papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Samira Bozorgi
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Microsoft Word and MARC record by Samira Bozorgi.
© 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Fakhreddin Moussavi papers
Dates: 1974-1981
Collection Number: 81086
Creator: Moussavi, Fakhreddin, 1940-
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The papers include the creator's dissertation, along with newspapers, clippings, serial publications, booklets, and other
writings relating to education in Iran, the Iranian revolution of 1979, and political, social, and economic conditions in
Iran.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Persian
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Fakhreddin Moussavi papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1981.
Accruals
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.
Biographical/Historical Note
Fakhreddin Moussavi was born in Iran in 1940. In the years following, the country experienced a flood of political events
including the British embargo on Iranian oil exports and the Shah's 1963 "White Revolution." During the 1979 Iranian Revolution,
and the subsequent formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Fakhreddin Moussavi attended Stanford University, where he earned
his PhD. His dissertation, published in 1980, focused on elementary-level social studies education in Iran. In this same year,
Abolhasan Banisadr was elected the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iran-Iraq war had commenced (BBC
News, 2009).
Arrangement
The collection is organized in 2 series based on the creator's original order and physical format of material.
Scope and Content of Collection
The content of this collection was gathered by Fakhreddin Moussavi as he attended graduate school in the United States. The
newspaper clippings cover events and figures of the Iranian revolution, including the revision of the Iranian Constitution
and the election of Abolhasan Banisadr, the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Relations between Iran and Iraq,
literary events featuring various authors and professors, as well as clippings on social and economic conditions in Iran are
represented in the Newspapers and Clippings series.
The Research Materials series includes three occasional publications from the International Council for Educational Development.
These booklets, along with other reports, focus on the state of higher education in the United States and Iran. Some of these
materials convey a broad survey of the system while others provide detailed insight into the changes in the education system
from the final years of the Shah's reign to immediately after the Ayatollah Khomeini's religious referendum. Moussavi's dissertation,
written at Stanford University, on elementary-level social studies programs in Iran is included in the collection, alongside
other college-level papers.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Education--Iran.
Iran--History--1979-
Box: 1-2
Newspaper Clippings and Newspapers,
1975-1981
Scope and Content Note
Clippings discuss social, economic, and political conditions in Iran. Iranian newspapers, printed in the United States, cover
current events and political news in Iran between 1979 and 1981. Clippings are arranged in alphabetical order by subject matter,
as defined by the creator of the collection. Newspapers are arranged by title and year.
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Archaeology and Historical Monuments,
1976-1977
Box/Folder: 1 : 2
Books, Reading, and Libraries,
1976-1978
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Countries and Cities of the World,
1978
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
Culture and Civilization,
1977-1978
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Economics: Iran and the World,
1975-1980
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
Iranian Cities,
1976-1978
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Literature and Literary Figures,
1976-1978
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
People of the World,
1975
Box/Folder: 1 : 11
Politics: Iran and the World,
1976-1981
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
Population: Iran and the World,
1976-1977
Box/Folder: 1 : 19
Women and Education,
1977-1980
Box/Folder: 1 : 20
Iran Times (English),
2 February-18 December, 1979
Box/Folder: 1 : 21
Iran Times (English),
4 January-4 July, 1980
Box/Folder: 1 : 22
Iran Tribune,
12 July-27 September, 1980
Box/Folder: 1 : 23
Iran Tribune,
4 October-22 November, 1980
Box/Folder: 2 : 1
Etlyah'at, serial publication,
1980
Box: 2-3
Research Materials and Writings
1974-1981
Scope and Content Note
Fakhreddin Moussavi's graduate dissertation at Stanford, titled Social Studies Programs in Iranian Elementary and Secondary
Schools, begins the Education subseries, followed by other articles, writings, and reports on the state of education in Iran
and the world. Other sociopolitical writings on human rights in Iran and elementary-level workbooks are included in the Culture
and Society subseries. Arranged into two subseries, Education and Culture and Society.
Box/Folder: 2 : 2-3
Social Studies Programs in Iranian Elementary and Secondary Schools (Dissertation),
1980
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Education Outside Iran, booklets, surveys, and reports,
1974-1976
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Education Questionnaires,
1979-1980
Box/Folder: 3 : 1-3
Higher Education, reports,
June, 1975-January, 1978
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Elementary Level, workbooks,
1975-1976
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
College Coursework,
1976-1978
Box/Folder: 3
Culture and Society,
1975-1981
Box/Folder: 3 : 6
Human Rights in Iran,
1981
Box/Folder: 3 : 7
Sociology in Iran, article,
1975
Box/Folder: 3 : 8
Profile of Iran, serial publications,
1977
