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Title: Merrill F. Hartshorn papers
Date (inclusive): 1945-1985
Collection Number: 86018
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
14 manuscript boxes
(5.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to promotion
of social studies in the United States, international educational exchanges, educational policy in Allied-occupied Germany
after World War II, and activities of the American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation in promoting freedom of the
press in the United States.
Creator:
Hartshorn, Merrill F. (Merrill Francis), 1909-1985
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 1986.
[Identification of item], Merrill F. Hartshorn papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
American educator; executive secretary, National Council for the Social Studies, 1943-1974; consultant, High Commissioner
for Germany, United States Zone, 1950.
Scope and Content of Collection
Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, newsletters, and printed matter, relating to promotion
of social studies in the United States, international educational exchanges, educational policy in Allied-occupied Germany
after World War II, and activities of the American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation in promoting freedom of the
press in the United States.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International education
Education -- United States
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955
Military government
Education -- Germany (West)
Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- United States
Freedom of the press -- United States
National Council for the Social Studies
American Newspaper Publishers Association Foundation