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  • Title: American Forum for Global Education records
    Date (inclusive): 1969-1989
    Collection Number: 86036
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 429 manuscript boxes (171.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference papers, financial records, grant proposals, curricular material, and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, international understanding, the promotion of study of foreign languages, analysis of the causes of conflict and war, and prospects for peace. Includes records of the American Forum's predecessor organizations, Global Perspectives in Education, and the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, and of the Center for War/Peace Studies.
    Creator: American Forum for Global Education
    Creator: Center for War/Peace Studies (New York, N.Y.)
    Creator: Global Perspectives in Education, inc
    Creator: National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies (U.S.)
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    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.

    Use

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

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1986.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], American Forum for Global Education records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American nonprofit organization for promotion of internationalism in education.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, minutes, conference papers, financial records, grant proposals, curricular material, and printed matter, relating to education in the United States, international understanding, the promotion of study of foreign languages, analysis of the causes of conflict and war, and prospects for peace. Includes records of the American Forum's predecessor organizations, Global Perspectives in Education, and the National Council on Foreign Language and International Studies, and of the Center for War/Peace Studies.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Peace
    International education
    Education -- United States
    International relations
    War
    Language and languages -- Study and teaching