Cowan (Laing Gray) papers, 1948-1971

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Summary

Title:
Laing Gray Cowan papers
Dates:
1948-1971
Creators:
Cowan, L. Gray (Laing Gray)
Abstract:
Reports, articles, seminar papers, speeches, memoranda, minutes, statistics, and printed matter, relating to political, economic and social conditions, education, nationalism, and foreign aid in newly independent African states.
Extent:
11 manuscript boxes (4.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laing Gray Cowan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The Laing Gray Cowan papers include reports, articles, seminar papers, speeches, memoranda, minutes, statistics, and printed matter related to political, economic and social conditions; education; nationalism; and foreign aid in newly independent African states.

The 1980 Incremental Materials include memoranda, reports, and statistics related to education, local government, and rural development in Kenya, as well as circulars issued by the Kenya Ministry of Local Government.

Biographical / historical:

Laing Gray Cowan was an American author and professor. He founded the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University and served as the dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the State University of New York at Albany. In addition, Cowan worked for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In 1961, he trained the first group of Peace Corps volunteers assigned to Ghana.

Cowan wrote several books about Africa, including The Economic Development of Morocco (1958), Local Government in West Africa (1958), The Dilemmas of African Independence (1964), Education and Nation-Building in Africa (1965), The Cost of Learning: The Politics of Primary Education in Kenya (1970), and Black Africa: The Growing Pains of Independence (1972). He also authored France and the Saar, 1680-1948 (1950) and Privatization in the Developing World (1990).

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1974, with increments in 1980.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Beth Goder
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-02-02 12:36:09.672784

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Laing Gray Cowan papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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