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Title: United States National Student Association International Commission records
Date (inclusive): 1946-1968
Collection Number: 68011
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
330 manuscript boxes, 7 envelopes
(137.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, bulletins, circulars, questionnaires, notes, lists, financial records,
printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the international activities of the association, including delegation
and scholarship exchanges with other nations, American representation at annual International Student Conferences, relations
with analogous student organizations abroad, and the effects of world politics on education.
Creator:
United States National Student Association. International Commission
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1968.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], United States National Student Association International Commission records, [Box no., Folder no.
or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
Founded in 1947 in Madison, Wisconsin, the United States National Student Association is a confederation of student bodies
at American colleges and universities represented through their democratically-elected student government. The Association
gives expression to student opinion, seeks to increase students' responsibility and contribution to the college community,
and works to strengthen relations between American students and those in other countries. Specific activities include operating
a national clearing house for information on student activities, cooperating with major educational and civil rights organizations,
sponsoring national student literary magazine contests and student government achievement awards, conducting regional and
national conferences, and making studies of various student-related problems.
The International Commission is a division of the U.S. National Student Association and administers the international activities
of the Association. It conducts delegation and scholarship exchanges with other nations, sends an American representative
to the International Student Conference, and maintains relations with analogous student organizations in other countries,
called national unions of students. The U.S. National Student Association meets annually at various places with the other
national unions at an International Student Conference. A permanent, non-policy making body, called the Coordinating Secretariat,
administers the programs decided upon at the international conference. Another organization, with which the International
Commission interacts but of which it is not a member, is the International Union of Students, a tightly structured network
of student groups in communist-controlled countries.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, minutes of meetings, bulletins, circulars, questionnaires, notes, lists, financial records,
printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the international activities of the association, including delegation
and scholarship exchanges with other nations, American representation at annual International Student Conferences, relations
with analogous student organizations abroad, and the effects of world politics on education.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
International education
Education -- United States
United States -- Relations
Universities and colleges -- United States
Student movements -- United States
Student movements