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Title: Kenneth Holland papers
Date (inclusive): 1919-1996
Collection Number: 2000C93
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
62 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(25.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The papers contain materials that largely relate to the subject of international education, with a special emphasis on the
role played in this field by American institutions in the period after World War II. As the long-time head of the Institute
of International Education (IIE), a private non-profit organization based in New York City, Holland was involved in the administration
of student exchange programs on behalf of the United States government, including the important Fulbright Program. He also
supervised a large number of research projects that evaluated education systems in different countries. His papers consist
of his numerous speeches and articles on educational topics, as well as a great deal of correspondence, reports, and printed
matter, much of it pertaining to his work at the IIE.
Creator:
Holland, Kenneth
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.
[Identification of item], Kenneth Holland papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1907 | Born, Los Angeles |
| 1929 | Bachelor of Arts, Occidental College |
| 1930 | Master of Arts, Princeton University |
| 1977 | Died |
| 1933-1935 | Education director, Civilian Conservation Corps |
| 1935-1941 | Associate director, American Youth Commission, American Council on Education |
| 1942-1945 | Director, Education Division, Office of Inter-American Affairs |
| 1946-1948 | Assistant director, Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs, U.S. Department of State |
| 1948-1950 | U.S. representative, UNESCO |
| 1950-1973 | President, Institute of International Education |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers contain materials that largely relate to the subject of international education, with a special emphasis on the
role played in this field by American institutions in the period after World War II. As the longtime head of the Institute
of International Education (IIE), a private non-profit organization based in New York City, Holland was involved in the administration
of student exchange programs on behalf of the United States government, including the important Fulbright Program. He also
supervised a large number of research projects that evaluated education systems in different countries. His papers consist
of his numerous speeches and articles on educational topics, as well as a great deal of correspondence, reports, and printed
matter, much of it pertaining to his work at the IIE.
Holland traveled extensively in his capacity as head of the IIE and as an acknowledged expert on educational matters. He was
part of the official delegation that accompanied President Eisenhower on his tour of Latin America in 1960, and he again visited
the region as a member of the Rockefeller Mission to Latin America in 1969. He traveled several times to the Soviet Union,
and made working trips to Africa, Asia, and Europe. The papers include country briefings and numerous reports produced for
the Rockefeller Mission, as well as extensive documentation of his other foreign travels. Holland also attended numerous conferences
devoted to international education, and the collection includes many of the speeches and papers that he delivered at such
gatherings.
The IIE materials in the papers include routine correspondence, minutes of trustees meetings, as well as many reports published
by the organization. In addition, there are drafts of a history of the IIE written by Holland. The collection also contains
materials on conferences held under the auspices of the IIE, including those organized by a subsidiary of the IIE, the Council
on Higher Education in the Americas. Some IIE materials were added to the collection after Holland's death.
Early in his career, Holland worked for the American Council on Education, where he contributed to a history of the Civilian
Conservation Corps in the United States. He also authored an international study of youth labor camps established by various
governments during the Depression. The papers contain his writings and research materials on these subjects. During 1948-1950,
Holland served as the United States representative to UNESCO, and there are some materials relating to this experience in
the papers. There are also drafts of chapters of Holland's autobiography in the collection.
Content from this collection has been digitized and is available via the
Hoover Institution Library & Archives Digital Collections portal .
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International education
United States -- Relations
Latin America -- Relations -- United States
United States -- Relations -- Latin America
Education
Student exchange programs
Work camps
Unesco
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.)
United States. Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
United States. Department of State. Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs
Institute of International Education (New York, N.Y.)