Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers, 1918-1976

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Armstrong, Hubert Coslet, 1900-
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, curricular materials, and printed matter relating to various aspects of education in the United States, educational programs in Japanese American internment camps during World War II, and postwar education in Japan.
Extent:
10 manuscript boxes (4.2 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Hubert Coslet Armstrong papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, curricular materials, and printed matter relating to various aspects of education in the United States, educational programs and correspondence at the War Relocation Center at Poston, Arizona during World War II, articles about Japanese and Japanese-Americans at internment camps, and research on post-war education in Japan, as well as Armstrong's doctoral dissertation.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1900 June 22
Born, Lincoln, Nebraska
1921-1926
Member of United States National Guard
1926
Married first wife, Olive Dexter
1926-1929
Teacher, Pribiloff Islands, Alaska
1929-1931
Psychology teaching fellow, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1930-1931
BS and MS, University of Washington
1931-1934
Administrator and counselor, Oakland Public Schools, Oakland, California
1933
Summer lecturer, Mills College, Oakland, California
1933-1938
Researcher, Institute of Child Welfare, University of California, Berkeley
1935-1939
Broadcaster for the program Mindways, National Broadcasting Company, San Francisco, California
1941-1942
Teacher and specialist, Indian Service School, United States Office of Indian Services, Stewart, Nevada
1947-1948
Director of Research, Civil Information and Education Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Japan
1944-1945
Research consultant, California State Reconstruction and Redevelopment Commission
1942
Specialist, Japanese War Relocation Center, Poston, Arizona
1948
Advisor to the Minister of Education of the government in Korea, United States Department of the Army
1949
Research consultant, California State Assembly Commission on Public Education, California State Legislature
1949
Married second wife, Masago Shibuya
1949-1951
Professor, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1951-1953
Director, Public Education Association, New York, New York
1953
PhD, Stanford University, Stanford, California
1956-1957
Consultant, Department of Rehabilitation, Stanford University, Hawaii
1960-1961
Consultant and research fellow, University of Tokyo, Japan
1966-1971
Wrote "Charley Russel's Montana" (unpublished)
1978
Died, Los Angeles County, California
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1992.
Arrangement:

Armstrong's original order and folder titles (where available) have been maintained. Where there was no prior arrangement, materials were alphabetized and arranged chronologically. Folder titles created by archivist are in brackets.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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], Hubert Coslet Armstrong 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