Kandel (Isaac L.) papers, 1915-1966

Collection context

Summary

Title:
Isaac Leon Kandel papers
Dates:
1915-1966
Creators:
Kandel, I. L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965
Abstract:
Contains correspondence, writings and background materials relating to international education and Kandel's career as a leading comparative and international educator
Extent:
9 manuscript boxes (3.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Isaac Leon Kandel papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence, writings and background materials relating to international education and Kandel's career as a leading comparative and international educator.

The Biographical file and Correspondence series document Kandels work as a Professor and the chair of History of Education at the Teachers' College, Columbia University, a researcher for the Carnegie Foundation, an editor of School and Society and Educational Yearbook, as well as a writer, editor andConsultant for the United Nations and UNESCO. The Writings series provides further details of Kandel's contributions to the general field of education and to the specialized field of comparative and international education.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1881
Born, Romania
1905
M.A., University of Manchester, United Kingdom
1907
Travelled to Germany to study with the Herbartian educational theorist Wilhelm Rein at the University of Jena
1908
Moved to the U.S., New York
1909-1913
Assistant editor of <title render="italic">Cyclopedia of Education</title>
Lecturer at the Teachers' College, Columbia University
1910
PhD, Teachers College, Columbia University, dissertation titled: "The Training of Elementary School Teachers in Germany"
1914-1923
Researcher, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1923-1946
Chair, History of Education, Teachers College, Columbia University
1924-1944
Editor of Educational Yearbook
1930
Author, History of Secondary Education
1933
Author, Comparative Education
1935
Author, The Making of Nazis
1937
Awarded a Doctor of Letters degree by University of Melbourne, Australia and the Legion of Honor Chevalier (Knight) by the French government
1937-1946
Member of the United States National Committee on Intellectual Cooperation
1938
Author, Conflicting Theories of Education
1946
Awarded a Doctor of Laws degree by the University of North Carolina
1946-1953
Editor, School and Society
1946-1962
Writer, editor and consultant for the United Nations and UNESCO
1946
Part of the United States educational mission to Japan
1948
Author, Education in an Era of Transition
1948-1950
First professor of American Studies at Manchester University
1951
Author, Raising the School-leaving Age, series of six books issued by UNESCO
1955
Author, The New Era in Education: a Comparative Study
1965
Died in Geneva, Switzerland
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1984 with an additional increment in 1985.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:
International education
Education

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Date Encoded:
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Access and use

Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Isaac Leon Kandel 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