Inventory of the Grayson Neikirk Kefauver papers
August 31, 1900 | Born, Middletown, Maryland |
1921 | BA, University of Arizona |
1925 | MA, Stanford University |
1928 | PhD, University of Minnesota |
1931-1932 | Member of National Survey of Secondary Education, conducted by U.S. Office of Education |
1933-1945 | Dean of School of Education, Stanford University |
1943 | Founder and chair, Liaison Committee on International Education, Washington, D.C. |
September 1943 | Participated in International Education Assembly (IEA), Harpers Ferry, West Virginia |
1944 | American liaison to the Conference of Allied Ministers of Education (CAME), London |
November 1945 | Member of U.S. delegation at the Conference for the Establishment of the United Nations Educational and Cultural Organization, London |
January 4, 1946 | Died, Los Angeles, California |
Scope and Content of Collection
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Summary of conferences, New York 1-9 February 1943
United States. Office of Education 3 January 1943-9 June 1945
Correspondence on international education November 1942-January 1944
Stanford Social Education study Summer 1942
Report on Kefauver's talk in Los Angeles 3 January 1946
Transcripts 1900-1955
Stanford University correspondence March 1943-February 1944
Biographical sketch of Kefauver undated
Kefauver papers and letters 1946
Newspaper clippings May 1942-December 1945
Ginn and Company March 1930-February 1950
Liaison Committee, Executive Committee Meeting 7 September 1944
Liaison Committee, Executive Committee Meeting 6 February 1945
International Education Assembly (IEA) participants 12-16 April 1945
IEA personal data sheets, Hood College 6-9 June 1944
IEA - Executive Committee Meeting 13 February 1945
The School Executive correspondence circa 1944-1946
Background book for the United States Delegation to the First General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Paris November 1946
Educational and cultural reconstruction circa 1945
The Cultural Cooperation Program: 1938-1943 May 1944
Newsletters on international education, Yalta Conference report 19 February 1945
Newsletters on international education May-September 1944
Proposals for an international education foundation 1943-1944
Memorandum on the reconstruction of education in the Axis countries circa 1942-1945
National Vocational Guidance Association 13 December 1944
National Society of College Teachers of Education circa 1943
Secondary Education Board 1943-1945
American Federation of Teachers 1943-1945
American Council on Public Affairs circa 1943
United States Committee for Intellectual Cooperation 1942-1946
American Association of School Administration 1943-1944
National Education Association (NEA) 1942-1944
World Federation of Education Associations 1943-1944
Liaison Committee for International Education, news clippings, correspondence, and proposals 1942-1945
Informal Conference Coordinating Committee on International Education II-III 20 March 1943
Minutes of meeting on reconstruction of education in Germany 22 March 1943
Informal Conference Coordination Committee on International Education II 20 March 1943
Education for War and Peace Summer 1942
Bibliography documents 1945-1948
Liaison Committee for International Education 5 May 1944
American Council of Learned Societies. Joint Meeting of Executive Committee and Advisory Board 30-31 March 1944
American Council of Learned Societies 1943-1945
United States. House of Representatives 1944-1945
National Council for the Social Studies circa 1943-1944
IEA correspondence 1943-1945
American Education Fellowship 1943-1945
Liaison Committee budget 1943-1945
Receipts 1944-1945
Liaison Committee meeting 1945
Liaison Committee mimeographed letters 15 January 1945
IEA Committee on Constitution 1944-1945
IEA, list of participants in meeting at Hood College 6-9 June 1944
IEA, Executive committee meeting 4 November 1944
American Association for Adult Education 1943-1945
National Commission for the Defense of Democracy Through Education of the National Education Association (NEA) 1943-1944
National Association of Secondary School Principals of the NEA 1943-1944
Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Meetings called by commission to study the organization of peace 1944-1945
Foundations, requests for financial aid circa 1944
National Education Association 1944-1945
United States. Senate 1943-1945
Twentieth Century Fund 1943-1944
Revision of statement of suggestions concerning the program of the United Nations Organization for Educational and Cultural Reconstruction, 1944-1947
Conference on international education 14 February 1943
IEA New York meeting, personal data sheets 12-16 April 1945
IEA New York meeting, list of participants 12-16 April 1945
List of names 30 April 1943
Columbia Foundation correspondence with Mrs. Elkus 1944-1945
IEA New York meeting, program 12-16 April 1945
Liaison Committee, members delegates and addresses circa 1944
Institute of International Education 1919-1944
American Education Research Association 1943-1944
IEA New York Meeting, Foreign Delegates, invitations and replies 12-16 April 1945
American Council of Education, Institute of Pacific Relations, Inc. 1943-1944
American Association of Teachers and Colleges 1943-1944
Liaison Committee
Mimeographed letter to members of the Liaison Committee 29 January 1946
Letter to Senators 6 February 1946
Letter to Representatives on Unesco 6 February 1946
Mimeographed letter to members of the liaison committee 7 December 1945
Liaison Committee for International Education 5 May 1944
American Library Association 1943-1945
Liaison Committee meeting 3 August 1945
Education for International Security letters and replies from embassies 1943-1945
Education for International Security replies from government officials circa 1943
Workers Education Bureau 1944-1945
Committee on International Relations of the National Education Association 1943-1944
Liaison Committee, "Report of Chairman G. N. Kefauver," 31 January-1 February 1944
Liaison Committee, letter to Secretary of State Stettinius 28 February 1945
Liaison Committee, miscellaneous memoranda 1943-1944
Liaison Committee membership, invitations issued and applications received 1944-1945
Liaison Committee, annual report 1 March 1944-28 February 1945
Liaison Committee meeting, San Francisco 28 April 1945
San Francisco conference April-May 1945
Educational Policies Commission 1943-1945
American Red Cross circa 1945
Association of American Colleges 1943-1944
Association of American Universities 1943-1944
Assocation of Colleges and Secondary Schools for Negroes 1943-1944
Application for Childhood Education 1944-1945
Board of Tellers 27 January 1945
Commission to Study the Organizations of Peace 1943-1944
U.S. Chamber of Commerce 1944
Commission on Post-War Planning of the American Federation of Teachers 1943-1944
Commision on Trends in Eduction of the Modern Language Association 1943-1944
Committee on International Education and Cultural Relations of the American Council on Education May 1944
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, correspondence with Malcom Davis February 1943-March 1945
Office of the Coordinator of Inter-Amercan Affairs 1943-1945
Philadelphia Conference on Providing Educational Opportunites for Students from War-Torn Countries 1 March 1944
Department of Adult Education of the National Education Association 1943-1945
United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction 1943-1944
Congressional Action of an International Office of Education Resolution, H215 and S122 May 1945
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America 18 March 1944
Dumbarton Oaks Conference 1944-1945
Educational Press Association of America August-October 1944
Mailing lists of Harpers Ferry conference report 1943-1944
IEA correspondence 1944
IEA correspondence with Dr. Edgar J. Fisher 1944-1945
Hood College memoranda 16 June 1944
IEA, original materials for "Education in the United Nations," 24 July 1944
Edward Hazen Foundation, Inc. 1943-1944
IEA preliminary drafts of "Education for a Free Society," circa 1944
IEA meeting, New York City, correspondence 12-16 April 1945
Institute for the Advancement of Visual Education and Vocational Training 1943-1944
International Auxiliary Language Association 1945
International Council of Religious Education 1943-1945
Waldo Leland, Organization of International Educational Relations, Conference on Inernational Education 21 March 1943
Modern Language Association 1943-1945
The Nation Associates correspondence with Freda Kirchwey circa 1944
Department of Supervision and Curriculum Development of the National Education Association 1943-1944
Department of Elementary School Principles of the National Education Association April 1943-1944
Commission on Resources and Education of the National Education Association and the Progressive Education Association 1943-1944
United Nations Information Office 1943-1944
Washington Letter on the United Nations: Livingston Hartley circa 1945
World Education Service Council 1944-1945
Office of War Information (OWI) 1943-1945
Unesco, general clippings undated
Mexico City, Second general conference 1947
San Francisco Pacific Region Conference clippings 1948
Kefauver papers and letters circa 1947
Paris First General Conference 1946
Denver Conference press clippings 15-17 May 1947
Institute of International Education 1944-1946
American Council on Education circa 1945
Edgar J. Fisher correspondence regarding Liaison Committee and International Education Assembly 1943-1944
Unesco broadcasts 1946
Fannie Fern Andrews undated
"The Nation: Unesco Gets to Work" by A. G. Mezerik 30 November 1946
Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America 1945-1946
United States Committee on Educational Reconstruction 1940-1941
Articles on Unesco by Howard E. Wilson 1946-1947
World Peace Foundation 1946-1947
Church Peace Union 1947
U.S. Committee on Edcuational Reconstruction from R. Schairer 1941-1943
NEA Committee on International Relations 1944
Waldo G. Leland 1940-1946
"Charts: The United Nations, State Presentations," undated
"The School Executive Understanding Through Education," October 1946
H.R. 4368 and H.R. 4982. Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Affairs House of Representatives 1945-1946
H.R. 3342. The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1947 1947
H.R. 215. International Office of Education 1945
H.R. Res. 305. "Membership and Participation by the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization," 1946
Congressional Records of 79th and 80th Congresses undated
International educational reconstruction 1946-1948
John W. Studebaker Inter-American Education undated
S. 1440 and S. 1636 March 1946
H.R. 2083 (Copyrights) 21 April 1943
American Association of University Women (McHale) Summer 1945
Interdepartmental Committee on Cultural and Scientific Cooperation 1942-1946
San Francisco Conference 1945
Dumbarton Oaks Conference October 1944
Liaison Committee for International Education 1944-1947
Unesco miscellany 1946
Carr
Letters from London circa 1945
Letters from San Francisco circa 1945
Letters from Paris circa 1946
Department of State bulletins circa 1946
Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs 9 February 1947
London Conference 1946
Reports of consultants 1946
Carr speeches undated
"Increasing Amount of Data on Foreign Affairs Issued by State Department," by John S. Dickey 7 September 1944
"U.S. Department of State. Office of Public Affairs and Unesco: A Provisional Program," October 1946
U.S. Department of State. Unesco relations staff circa 1947
Unesco reports circa 1947
Department of State publications circa 1946
Preparatory Commission circa 1946
Regional Conference on the Humanities, Estes Park, Colorado June 1946
American Federation of Labor 1946
First General Conference, Paris 1946
Unesco Paris conference November 1946
"Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion," circa 1944
Take to Washington circa 1943
Education in Germany 1943-1955
"Basic Differences in American and National Socialist Education," undated
Memorandum on the reconstruction of education in the Axis countries December 1942
International Education Organization circa 1943
Bertrand Russell: Proposals for an International University July 1942
Kefauver World Federation circa 1942
Education in the Soviet Union undated
Danish education 2 May 1939
"Education: An Important Factor in Achieving an Enduring Peace," circa 1943
Newspaper clippings circa 1943
Proposal for the establisment of an International Commission on Education circa 1942
Miscellaneous manuscripts circa 1943
Atomic control circa 1945
Education and the war circa 1942
Liaison Committee conferences circa 1945
National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) 1942-1944
Kefauver: General agreement on international action in education July 1943
Kefauver: speeches circa 1942
First Session of the General Conference of Unesco, Paris 19 November-10 December 1946
"Post-War Education, Peace Aims, Misc.," 1942-1943
Miscellaneous articles filed by author 1942-1943
Kefauver: Peace Aims Call for International Action in Education undated
Educational Reconstruction for the Four Central and Eastern European Nations March 1943
Progressive Education Association (PEA) and Post-War materials circa 1941
Foundations circa 1943
Section meetings 25 March 1947
General sessions March 1947
Representatives of organizations attending the Philadelphia conference March 1947
Transcripts and interviews 1940-1943
Philadelphia conference summary program 24-26 March 1947
President Truman's message to first national conference and message from Julian Huxley 24-26 March 1947
Press releases 24-26 March 1947
Progress report on Unesco and its relation to the national commission 24-26 March 1947
"Selected Documents of U.S. National Commissions, First Meeting," September 1946
Mountain Plains Regular Conference, Denver, Colorado
"Guide: National Conference on Unesco, Philadelphia," 24-26 March 1947
Section meetings: summary reports 24-26 March 1947
"Invitation, Pre Registration, Registration, etc.," 15-17 May 1947
Subject forums 15-17 May 1947
Mass media 15-17 May 1947
Conference reports from organizational sections 15-17 May 1947
Organizational section meetings 15-17 May 1947
Educational reconstruction 15-17 May 1947
Plenary speeches 15-17 May 1947
Handbook of the United States National Commission for the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 15-17 May 1947
Press releases 15-17 May 1947
Guide and program 15-17 May 1947
Directory 15-17 May 1947
Working papers 15-17 May 1947
Report on Mountain Plains Regional Conference 15-17 May 1947
Unesco Regional Conference, San Francisco, California 13-15 May 1948
Central Planning Committee
"Unesco and Community Action" by Louis Wasserman
Press releases
Roster of delegates
Group meetings
Cultural interchange
Human and social relations
Plenary speeches
"Unesco and You," U.S. Department of State, Publication 2904, IOC Series IV
Progress reports (1-9), conference planning documents
Unesco Pacific Regional Conference Guides
Tentative programs
Tentative pattern, section meetings
Wallace Stegner report
Section meeting reports
Luncheon meetings
Registration and reservations
Suggestions for group leaders
Group meetings
Education
Communication
Natural Sciences
General information
Order of the day
Index and order list of materials relating to Unesco
Background materials for Pacific Regional Conference
IEA New York meeting, general correspondence 12-16 April 1945
Liaison Committee
Minutes of Hood College meeting 5-9 June 1944
Meeting 20-22 May 1943
Harpers Ferry revisions of "Education for International Security," 13-18 September 1943
Meeting agenda, participants, and memorandum 14 February 1943
Meeting minutes January-February 1944
Meeting, statement of position January-February 1944
Meeting agenda, participants, and memorandum January-February 1944
Statement to educational press 26 February 1944
Minutes of Executive Committee meeting, NEA 23 March 1944
IEA, New York meeting, expense accounts for delegates 12-16 April 1945
IEA, New York meeting, Liaison Committee, invitations and replies 12-16 April 1945
IEA, New York meeting, invitations and replies 12-16 April 1945
Liaison Committee
Hood College meeting 6-9 June 1944
Meeting agenda, participants, plan of organization, resolutions adopted 20-21 March 1943
Meeting 2 July 1945
IEA, New York meeting, correspondence with Dr. Edgar J. Fisher and Mrs. McCunn 12-16 April 1945
National Council of Teachers of English 1943-1945
IEA meeting 22 November 1944
National Catholic Educational Association 1943-1945
Liaison Committee meeting 20-21 November 1944
"Education in the United and Associated Nations," IEA manuscript June 1944
Annual report 1 March 1944-28 February 1945
Informal conference, Coordinating Committee on International Education 21 March 1943
Liaison Committee for International Education 1944-1945
IEA 1944-1945
Conference on International Education, Mayflower Hotel, Washington D.C. 14 February 1943
Minutes of Meeting on Reconstruction of Education in Germany 22 March 1943
Conference of the Liaison Committee for International Education Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. 20-22 May 1943
Liaison Committee for International Education 5 May 1944
Formation of the Liaison Committee 1943
National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc. 1943-1944
Educational and Cultural Organization (ECO), London conference November 1945
Notes pertaining to the ECO Conference, London November 1945
General Advisory Committee Division of Cultural Relations minutes 17-18 September 1941; 23-24 February 1943; 9-10 June 1943; 18-19 February 1944
General Advisory Committee documents 17-18 September 1941; 23-24 February 1943; 9-10 June 1943; 18-19 February 1944
U.S. Department of State 1943-1945
Unesco file
U.S. Department of State press release 1947
U.S. Department of State press release 1943-1946
Prepatory Commission supplementary report on museums 1946
Preparatory Commission Fine Arts Committee, Notice of Meeting, and other materials 1946
Preparatory Commission June 1946
Executive Council circa 1947
General Session, Prepatory Commission circa 1946
Revised Progress Report on the Program of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 16 August 1946
Social Science Committee 17 July 1946
Prepatory Commission, Provisional Record 5 July 1946
Prepatory Commission circa 1947
Prepatory Commission, Technical Sub-Committee 1945-1946
Prepatory Commission, Documents circa 1946
The School Executive 1943-1944
Unesco: Report on Pacific Regional Conference, San Francisco, CA 13-15 May 1948
War and Peace Aims: Extracts from Statements of United Nations Leaders 30 January 1943
"Conference on International Education Held at the Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C.," 14 February 1943
Miscellaneous publications circa 1946
Miscellaneous publications 1944-1946
School Life, Official Journal of the U.S. Office of Education December 1946
Miscellaneous correspondence and reports circa 1945
Unesco file
Final Act of Unesco November 1945
Miscellaneous publications 1944-1947
Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization 16 November 1945
Department of State Appropriation Bill for 1946 1946
Commission to Study the Organizations of Peace 1947
H.R. 2603 13 March 1945
London Charter
College Presidents and Statements
Labor Material
Liaison Committee
American Council for Education
circa 1944-1945
American Association for IOE correspondence 1945
Extra copies of previous documents circa 1944
Department of State material; National Convention correspondence and endorsements to Unesco constitution pamphlets, articles, and statements circa 1949
Revision and statement of suggestions concerning Unesco; U.S. Convention on Educational Reconstruction circa 1943