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  • Title: Fakhreddin Moussavi papers
    Date (inclusive): 1974-1981
    Collection Number: 81086
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In English and Persian
    Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.2 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: The papers include the creator's dissertation, along with newspapers, clippings, serial publications, booklets, and other writings relating to education in Iran, the Iranian revolution of 1979, and political, social, and economic conditions in Iran.
    Creator: Moussavi, Fakhreddin, 1940-
    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 1981.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Fakhreddin Moussavi papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Fakhreddin Moussavi was born in Iran in 1940. In the years following, the country experienced a flood of political events including the British embargo on Iranian oil exports and the Shah's 1963 "White Revolution." During the 1979 Iranian Revolution, and the subsequent formation of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Fakhreddin Moussavi attended Stanford University, where he earned his PhD. His dissertation, published in 1980, focused on elementary-level social studies education in Iran. In this same year, Abolhasan Banisadr was elected the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Iran-Iraq war had commenced (BBC News, 2009).

    Scope and Content of Collection

    The content of this collection was gathered by Fakhreddin Moussavi as he attended graduate school in the United States. The newspaper clippings cover events and figures of the Iranian revolution, including the revision of the Iranian Constitution and the election of Abolhasan Banisadr, the first president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Relations between Iran and Iraq, literary events featuring various authors and professors, as well as clippings on social and economic conditions in Iran are represented in the Newspapers and Clippings series.
    The Research Materials series includes three occasional publications from the International Council for Educational Development. These booklets, along with other reports, focus on the state of higher education in the United States and Iran. Some of these materials convey a broad survey of the system while others provide detailed insight into the changes in the education system from the final years of the Shah's reign to immediately after the Ayatollah Khomeini's religious referendum. Moussavi's dissertation, written at Stanford University, on elementary-level social studies programs in Iran is included in the collection, alongside other college-level papers.

    Arrangement

    The collection is organized in 2 series based on the creator's original order and physical format of material.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Education -- Iran
    Iran -- History -- 1979-1997