Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	American Foundation for Continuing Education
Title:	American Foundation for Continuing Education (AFCE) Records
Inclusive Dates:	1947-1965
Quantity:	19 linear ft
Abstract:	Administrative files, general correspondence, financial documents, programs and projects (conferences, workshops, seminars), and publications. Individual correspondents include William W. Cowan, Stanley A. Gill, Charles A. Nelson, George W. Overton, William J. Trainor, Harold S. Williams, and Jerome M. Ziegler as well as officials from the Fund for Adult Education (FAE).
Language:	English
Repository:	Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries 222 Waverly Avenue Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Beginning in 1947 as the American Foundation for Political Education, this organization developed liberal education materials for study-discussion programs focused on politics, law, and international affairs; helped organizations, agencies, and institutions through consultation, program development, and leadership training; and prepared special materials on liberal arts and politics for business and industry. In the late 1950’s the Foundation’s subject interests, publications, and clientele grew and encompassed the fields of economics, science, the arts, and the humanities, thus prompting the Foundation to change its name to the American Foundation for Continuing Education. The Foundation garnered financial support largely by grants from the Fund for Adult Education, as well as participants’s fees and service charges. The Foundation ended most of its activities other than publications and revisions in 1965.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

Administrative files contain annual reports, board of directors minutes, meeting reports and agendas, funding information, staff meetings, and miscellany. Correspondence has four divisions: general correspondence (1953-1970); individuals and organizations; outgoing (1962-1969); subject. Key Foundation names appear as correspondents; William W. Cowan, Stanley A. Gill, Charles A. Nelson, George W. Overton, William J. Trainor, Harold S. Williams, and Jerome M. Ziegler; as well as officials from the Fund for Adult Education. Financial documents include account books, auditor and bank statements, income tax and related papers, payroll records, and other common financial data. Programs and projects include conferences, workshops, and seminars sponsored by the Foundation or in which the Foundation played a role. Of note, Arms and Foreign Policy Program (1962), Avenue to the Arts (1959-1963), Explorations of the Universe (1961-1963), Peace Corps Project (1960’s), and Science Program (1959-1964). Publications include discussion manuals and papers. Subject files have material of organizations with which the Foundation had contact. Miscellaneous papers consist of newsletters and an assortment of printed material.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

The library holds a considerable number of collections related to adult and continuing education. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

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Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

American Foundation for Continuing Education (AFCE) Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: EL
Date: Oct 1976
Revision history: 11 Apr 2006 - converted to EAD (MRR); 21 Jun 2011 - brochure, Box 31; formatting (MRC)

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Inventory

	Administrative files
Box 1		"AFCE - Origin and Philosophical Basis" undated
Box 1		Administrative manual 1955
		Advisors
Box 1			Advisors to AFCE 1961-1965
Box 1			Foundation advisors 1960
Box 1			New 1967-1968
Box 1			Renewed 1967
Box 1		Annual reports 1952, 1968
		Board of Directors minutes
Box 1			1947 Apr 17 - 1952 Jun 30
Box 2			1952 Aug 6 - 1953 Apr 1
Box 2			1953 May 9 - 1954 Apr 1
Box 3			1954 May - 1955 May
Box 3			1955 Jun - 1956 Jun
Box 3			1956 Jul - 1957 Jun
Box 4			1957 Jul 1 - 1958 Jun 30
Box 4			1958 Jul 1 - 1959 Jun 30
Box 4			1959 Jul 1 - 1960 Jun 30
Box 5			1960 Jul 1 - 1961 Jun 30
Box 5			1961 Jul - 1961 Dec
		Board of directors minutes, meeting reports and agendas
Box 5			1962 Jun 2
Box 5			1962 Nov 3
Box 5			1963 Jun 8
Box 5			1963 Dec 7
Box 6			1964 May 15
Box 6			1964 May 23
Box 6			1964 Nov 14
Box 6			1967 Feb 2
Box 6		By-laws 1953
Box 6		Corporate minutes and by-laws, draft forms 1959
		Funding
Box 6			Foundation proposals, grants 1963
Box 6			Fund for Adult Education, grants 1960-1967
Box 6			Johnson Foundation, grants 1961
Box 6			Stern Family Fund 1966
Box 6		Inter-office memoranda 1959, 1960-1962
Box 6		Memoranda, various 1955-1962
		Personnel
Box 6			File 1960-1962
Box 6			Resumes, various dates
Box 6			Science administration and programs 1960-1963
		Staff meetings
Box 7			1955-1957, notes
Box 7			1961 Nov
Box 7			1962 Jan
Box 7			1962 May
Box 7			1962 Jul
Box 7		Staff memoranda 1962-1963
Box 7		Statistical information (AFPE) 1955
			See also Subject files: American Foundation for Political Education
Box 14		Termination of AFCE 1965
		Miscellaneous
Box 7			AFCE transfer to Aspen, CO 1965
Box 7			Future of AFCE (Trainor memorandum) 1963
Box 7			New York Office, transfer of 1963
Box 7			New York State registration papers 1953

	Correspondence
		General files
Box 7			1953-1960
Box 7			1961 Jan 1 - Aug 31
Box 7			1961 Sep 1 - Oct 31
Box 8			1961 Nov 1 - Dec 31
Box 8			1962 Jan 1 - Mar 31
Box 8			1962 Apr 1 - Jun 30
Box 8			1962 Jul 1 - Dec 31
Box 8			1963
Box 8			1964
Box 9			1965
Box 9			1966 Jan 1 - Jun 30
Box 9			1966 Jul 1 - Dec 31
Box 9			1967-1970
		Individual files
Box 9			Arden House Conference 1959
Box 9			Bell and Howell 1960-1961
Box 9			Boardman, Harry 1959-1964
Box 9			Brooks, Shepherd 1957-1961
Box 9			Chagy, Gideon 1959-1962
Box 10			Crohn, Richard J. 1956-1961
Box 10			Daedalus 1960-1962
Box 10			Development and planning committee 1961
Box 10			Financial committee 1957-1962
Box 10			Geldzahler, Walter S. 1961
Box 10			General Electric Co. 1959-1960
Box 10			General Foods Corp. 1959-1960
Box 10			Harlan, H.C. 1960-1965
Box 10			Johnson, Robert B. 1961-1962
Box 10			Kendall College 1966-1967
Box 10			Moldof, Edwin 1961
Box 10			Nelson, Charles A. 1960-1964
Box 10			Oceana Publications Ltd. 1962-1964
Box 10			Percy, Charles H. 1960
Box 10			Pickus, Robert 1959-1961
Box 10			President's Commission on National Goals 1960
Box 10			Raymond, Bernard 1960-1962
Box 10			Stone, Sumner 1958-1961
Box 10			Trainor, William J. 1952-1962
Box 10			University of Chicago staff 1960-1962
Box 10			Washington office 1961
		Outgoing files
Box 11			1962 Jan-Feb
Box 11			1962 Mar
Box 11			1962 Apr-May
Box 11			1962 Jun-Dec
Box 11			1963 Jan-Apr
Box 11			1963 May-Aug
Box 11			1963 Sep-Dec
Box 11			1964 Jan-Jun
Box 12			1964 Jul-Dec
Box 12			1965 Jan-Jun
Box 12			1967 Mar-Jun
Box 12			1967 Jul-Dec
Box 12			1968 Feb-Dec
Box 12			1969 Jan-Jun

	Financial documents
		Account books
Box 15			1957-1958
Box 15, 16			1958-1959 (6 folders)
Box 16			1960-1962 (5 folders)
Box 17			1962-1963 (2 folders)
Box 17		Auditors' statements 1952-1958 (4 folders)
Box 18		Bank books 1960-1969
Box 18		Bank records 1963-1965
		Bank statements
Box 18			General account 1959-1963
Box 18			Operating fund account 1959-1963
Box 18			Payroll account 1959-1963
Box 18			Miscellaneous 1959-1963, 1965-1969
Box 18		Budget 1954-1955, 1962-1963
Box 19		Check books 1959-1960 (3 folders)
Box 19		Financial statements 1960, 1964-1968 (2 folders)
		Income tax and related papers
Box 19			1948-1956 (2 folders)
Box 20			1957-1962, 1965, 1967-1968 (5 folders)
		Lease papers 1953-1958
		Payroll records
Box 20			1951, 1953-1956, 1958 (6 folders)
Box 21			1959-1960
Box 21		Sales tax exemptions (municipal) 1957
Box 21		Working papers (3 folders)
		Miscellaneous
Box 21			American Foundation for Political Education 1948
Box 21			Salary scales 1954-1956

	Programs and projects
		African Leadership Project
			See also Subject Files: African Leadership Project
Box 22			Funding 1961-1963
Box 22			Memoranda and various papers 1961-1963
Box 22			Proposal 1962
Box 22		Area Redevelopment Administration 1962-1963
		Arms and Foreign Policy Program
Box 22			Memoranda 1962
Box 22			Sessions I-II, International Politics 1962
Box 22			Session III 1962
Box 22			Session IV, Force and Foreign Policy 1962
Box 22			Session V, The Cold War 1962
Box 22			Session VI, Thermonuclear War 1962
Box 22			Session VII, Limited War 1962
Box 22			Session VIII, Arms Control 1962
Box 22			Session IX, Disarmamentr 1962
Box 22			Session X, The Prospects Before Us 1962
Box 23		Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies 1965-1967 - annual report drafts and related material
			See also Subject files: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
		"Avenues to the Arts"
			See also Subject files: "Avenues to the Arts"
Box 23			Incomplete set 1959
Box 23			Drafts, compilations (Sessions I-VI)
Box 23			Drafts of outlines, etc
Box 23			Permissions, literature 1959-1962 Jun
Box 23			Permissions, literature 1962 Jul - 1963
Box 23			Permissions, music 1959 Feb - 1959 Apr
Box 24			Permissions, music 1959 May - 1962 Mar
Box 24			Readings (1-2)
Box 24			Readings (3-8)
Box 24			Readings (10-11)
Box 24		Business programs, miscellaneous 1961-1963
Box 24		Capitol Hill Seminar proposal 1961-1963 (2 folders)
			See also Subject files: Capitol Hill Seminar
Box 24		Carnegie Readings Project 1963-1965
Box 25		"The Citizen and the New Age of Science" 1960-1963 - proposal for a program and final report
			See also Publications: Publication brochure and proposal for "The Citizen and the New Age of Science"
Box 25		Conference on Mass Media: Criticism of the Arts 1966-1967
Box 25		Developing Responsible Public Leadership 1961-1963
Box 25		Diplomat's Reading Program 1965-1966
Box 25		Discussion Program on Urbanism 1964 - outline draft
		The Executive Seminar
Box 25			[General] 1959-1961 (2 folders)
Box 25			Permissions 1958-1959
		"Explorations of the Universe"
Box 25			Discussion guide for text edition of draft circa 1962
Box 26			Discussion leader's guide
Box 26			Memphis Adult Education Center 1962
Box 26			NET television series 1961-1962
Box 26			New York reception 1962-1963
Box 26			Outline undated
Box 26			Suggestions for use of study-discussion program 1963
Box 26			Washington reception 1963
Box 26		Japan seminar 1966-1967
Box 26		KZSU Radio, Stanford University 1963-1966
Box 26		Labor education 1960-1962
Box 26		"Man and the Modern Community" undated - proposals
Box 26		Mass Media Program 1958-1961
		"Mystery of Matter"
Box 26			Experimental groups 1963
Box 26			Fort Worth Public Library 1963
Box 26			Proposal outline undated
Box 26			University of Wyoming 1963
Box 26			Western Reserve University 1963
Box 26		Oak Ridge (ORINS) Project 1963-1965 - general correspondence
Box 26		Oak Ridge Summer Institute 1963-1965 - various papers
Box 27		Parent Education Project 1959
		Peace Corps
			See also Subject files: Peace Corps Project
Box 27			General 1960-1962
Box 27			Negotiated contract 1966
		Peace Corps Project
			See also Subject files: Peace Corps Project
Box 27			Asilomar costs 1967
Box 27			Commentaries 1966
Box 27			Conference for Project Directors 1967
Box 27			Confidential assessment reports 1962-1966
Box 27			Contracts and financial papers 1967
Box 27			Correspondence 1967
Box 27			Director's training program 1962
Box 27			Permissions to publish 1966
Box 27			Proposal 1965
Box 27			Returned Volunteers' Conference, evaluations 1-7 1967
Box 28			Returned Volunteers' Meetings 1965-1966
Box 28			Returned Volunteers' Program, final report 1967
Box 28			Various papers 1967
		Peace Corps Seminar
			See also Subject files: Peace Corps Project
Box 28			Discussion leader's guide, Vol. 1 (Vol. 2 missing) 1966
Box 28			Discussion leader's guide, Vols. 3-5 1966
Box 28			Discussion leader's guide, Vols. 6-8 1966
Box 27		"Peace in the Western World" Project 1967
Box 27		"Powerful Newspapers" Conference 1966-1967
		Proposals
Box 29			Drafts undated
Box 29			National Science Foundation [ca. 1960-1961]
Box 29			"Pilot Redevelopment Education Program" undated
Box 29			Proposals by AFCE 1962-1963
Box 29			Various areas 1965-1966
Box 29			"The World of the Atlantic" undated
Box 29		Public Careers for Retired Corporate Executives 1964-1966
Box 29		RPCV meeting 1967 - group distributions materials
Box 29		Science and Religion Project 1964
		Science Program
			See also Subject files: Science Program
Box 29			Clippings and articles 1959-1963
Box 29			Draft of parts 4-9 undated
Box 29			Memoranda and printed material 1957-1960
Box 30			Printed material 1958-1969
Box 30			Promotion undated
Box 30			Various papers 1960-1964
Box 30		"Theological Renewal" 1966
Box 30		Third Southwest Seminar in Public Responsibility 1961-1962
		United Steelworkers of America
Box 30			Proposal for Institute on Men and Labor 1962
Box 30			"Men and American Society" 1961
Box 30			Staff training conference 1960
Box 30		Young Presidents' Organization 1966-1967

	Publications
Box 30		Advanced Management Training Program 1960 - evaluation report on
Box 30		Carson, Pirie, Scott, Publishers 1961
Box 30		Case histories 1962
Box 30		Complimentary and review copies, lists of 1962-1963
Box 30		Copyrights 1961
Box 30		Critical Issues and Decisions: A Program for Federal Executives 1962-1963 - reprint permissions
Box 30		Discussion Leaders' Manual, revised edition 1962
Box 31		Discussion Manual, draft undated
Box 31		"Education and Democracy" undated
Box 31		"Freedom of the Press," chapter VII undated
Box 31		"Man in the Political Community" 1965-1967
Box 31		"Manual for Leaders of Adult Discussion Groups on World Politics" (AFPE) 1951-1954
Box 31		McGraw-Hill Publishers 1962
Box 31		Miscellaneous forms and agreements 1965-1966
		Permissions
Box 31			General 1963-1965
Box 31			"Law and the Lawless" 1968
				See also Subject files: "Law and the Lawless"
Box 31			McGraw-Hill 1962-1965
Box 31		"Population in Perspective" (Louise Young, editor) 1967-1968 - outline
Box 31		Production schedules 1962
Box 31		Proofs and original copy for outstanding manuscripts undated
Box 31		"Programs and Publicatons" brochure undated
Box 31		Publication brochure and proposal for "The Citizen and the New Age of Science" 1963
			See also Programs and projects: "The Citizen and the New Age of Science"
Box 31		Publications in continuing education 1967-1968
Box 31		Publications list for former CSLEA 1952-1963
Box 32		Publications pamphlet, photo-ready copy various dates
Box 32		Publishers, various papers 1961-1962
Box 32		Radio scripts, Harold Williams 1966
Box 32		Transfer papers for copyrights 1962
Box 32		Westinghouse permissions 1963
Box 32		"What is the Nature of Science?" undated (3 folders)

	Subject files
Box 33		Adult Education Association (AEA) 1959-1964
Box 12		African Leadership Project 1962
			See also Programs and projects: African Leadership Project
Box 33		American Assembly 1961-1963
Box 33		American Association for the Advancement of Science 1961-1963
Box 33		American Association of University Women 1951-1967 - study guides and various papers
		American Foundation for Political Education (AFPE)
			See also Administrative files: Statistical information (AFPE)
Box 33			"A Statement Concerning [its] Character, Activities, Purposes, Future Plans and Financial Condition" 1948
Box 33			Evaluation report (J.E. Ivey) and related papers 1952-1953
Box 33			Study of American Foundation for Political Education 1954
Box 33		American Management Association 1959-1961
Box 12		Annual reports, State of Illinois 1953-1958
		Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
			See also Programs and projects: Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
Box 34			Communications Conference 1965-1966
Box 34			Selections from the 1963 lecture series 1963
Box 34			Selections from the 1965 Lecture Series 1965
Box 34		Aspen Society of Fellows 1964-1966
Box 34		Atlantic Council of the U.S. 1963-1964
Box 13		"Avenues to the Arts" 1957-1963 (2 folders)
			See also Programs and projects: "Avenue to the Arts"
Box 13		Capitol Hill seminar 1962-1963
			See also Programs and projects: Capitol Hill Seminar proposal
Box 34		Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions 1962-1963
Box 34		Chicago Council on Foreign Relations 1960-1962 - seminar and various papers
Box 34		Chicago World Politics Program 1956-1962
Box 34		Committee for the Study of Mankind 1958-1961
Box 34		Committee of Correspondence 1960-1962
Box 35		Congressional investigations 1952-1953
Box 35		Council of National Organizations 1960-1961, 1962
Box 13		"Discovering Modern Poetry" 1960-1961
Box 13		"Education for Public Responsibility" 1961
Box 35		Educational television, printed material 1960
Box 35		Encampment for Citizenship 1960
Box 35		Film conference with UCLA 1965-1966
Box 35		Foreign Policy Association, Committee on Community Development 1960-1964
Box 35		Fund Raising Institute 1966
Box 13		Grants from foundations 1961-1965
Box 35		Great Books Foundation 1960-1962
Box 35		Harvard Business School Association 1960
Box 35		Illinois Statewide Conference on Adult Education 1962
Box 36		Institute for International Order 1960-1961
Box 36		Kawin, Ethel 1962
Box 13		"Law and the Lawless" 1967-1969
			See also Publications: Permissions: "Law and the Lawless"
Box 36		Law-Science Academy of America 1966-1967
Box 36		Legislation undated
Box 36		Living Library 1962-1963
Box 36		National Center of Communication Arts and Sciences 1966
Box 36		National Council of the Churches of Christ 1963-1964
Box 36		National Educational Television 1959-1963
Box 36		National Science Foundation 1953-1969
		National University Extension Association
Box 36			General material 1961
Box 36			Progress report of the Community Development Division 1961-1962
Box 36			NUEA Conference 1962
Box 36		Pasadena (area) Liberal Arts Center 1961-1962
Box 13		Peace Corps. project 1966
			See also Projects and Programs: Peace Corps; Projects and Programs: Peace Corps Project; Projects and Programs: Peace Corps Seminar
Box 36		Press analyses, magazine articles 1948-1959
Box 36		Promotion letters 1962-1963
Box 14		Publishers (science publications) 1961-1962
Box 14		Science program 1957-1969 (3 folders)
			See also Projects and Programs: Science Program
Box 36		Scientists' Committee for Radiation Information 1963
Box 36		Society for International Development 1962-1963
Box 37		Strategy for Peace Conference 1962-1963
Box 37		Thomas More Institute 1961-1962
Box 37		University of British Columbia 1961-1962
Box 37		University of Illinois, World Affairs Programs 1965
Box 37		University of Miami, Faculty Training Institute 1961-1964
Box 37		University of Wisconsin, Alumni Seminar 1962
Box 37		Urban renewal 1965-1967 - clippings
Box 14		Urban renewal 1963 - miscellaneous
Box 37		Westinghouse Electric Corp. Seminars 1961-1963
Box 37		Wingspread Assembly on National Goals 1959-1961

	Miscellaneous
Box 37		Newsletters 1954-1961
Box 37		Printed material 1954-1961
Box 38		Printed material 1962-1966
Box 38		Publications (non-AFCE) 1959-1965
Box 38		Science newsletter layouts undated
Box 38		"Visiting Scholars in the United States" 1966-1967
Box 38		"Worldwide Register of Adult Education 1965
Box 38		Unidentified and fragments various dates

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