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Title: Isaac Leon Kandel papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1966
Collection Number: 84032
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes
(3.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Contains correspondence, writings and background materials relating to international education and Kandel's career as a leading
comparative and international educator
Creator:
Kandel, I. L. (Isaac Leon), 1881-1965
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1984 with an additional increment in 1985.
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[Identification of item], Isaac Leon Kandel papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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> |
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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 |
Scope and Content of Collection
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.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
International education
Education