Collection inventory

Overview of the Collection
Creator:	International Congress of University Adult Education
Title:	International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records
Inclusive Dates:	1954-1992
Quantity:	3.5 linear ft.
Abstract:	The International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) was formed in 1960 to exchange information and opinions about activities in adult education, and to discuss ways of advancing adult education on a broad front. Records include correspondence, membership records, memoranda, minutes and reports. Organizations represented in the collection include the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults and Unesco. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include Alexander N. Charters, Alexander Albert Liveright, and Paul Henry Sheats.
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

The International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) was formed in 1960, immediately following the Unesco World Conference on Adult Education in Montreal, Canada. Thirty-five adult educators from 14 countries met at the Sagamore Conference Center of Syracuse University to exchange information and opinions about their activities in adult education, and to discuss ways of advancing adult education on a broad front. The Congress acts as an agency of communication and liaison, and a clearinghouse of information and ideas at the international level. The Congress received support in its early years from the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults which provided Alexander Albert Liveright as secretariat. The Congress has sponsored world and regional international meetings of university adult educators, promoted the study of comparative adult education, and published a journal and occasional papers.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records include correspondence, membership records, memoranda, minutes and reports. Organizations represented in the collection include the Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults and Unesco.

Correspondence covers 1959-1968. Correspondents whose letters are of greatest depth and duration include Alexander N. Charters, Alexander Albert Liveright, and Paul Henry Sheats.Membership records includes both individual and institutional memberships from 1963-1967. Reports and memoranda includes ICUAE, UNESCO and miscellaneous reports. General information such as a directory of colleges involved in adult education and ICUAE's constitution, bylaws and editorial policies resides in General files. Committee files includes the Executive Committee, the Program Planning Committee and the Inter-University International Summer School Committee. Meetings comprises minutes from meetings in various locations (most are in Syracuse). Publications contains several issues of ICUAE's quarterly journal, dating from 1964-1974.

Material which could not be usefully placed in other categories is collected at the end in Miscellanea.

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Arrangement of the Collection

The series themselves are not in any particular order. Within each series, most material is arranged chronologically.

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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

Issues of the ICUAE journal have been transferred to general collections for cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search to locate these items.

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.

The following are particularly closely related to the ICUAE Records:

Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA) Records
Alexander N. Charters Papers
Alexander A. Liveright Papers
Paul Sheats Papers

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Subject Headings

Persons

Corporate Bodies

Subjects

Genres and Forms

Occupations

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Majority of collection, transfer from ERIC and/or University Archives, 1968-1970.

ICUAE journal issues, gift of Alexander Charters, 2011.

Finding Aid Information

Created by: EEA
Date: Jun 1976
Revision history: 6 Jun 2006 - finding aid parts 1 and 2 combined, converted to EAD (MRR); 16 Jun 2011 - ICUAE Journal issues added (MRC); 6 Jul 2023 - Publications series updated, some items transferred to cataloging (MRC)

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Inventory

	Correspondence
Box 1		General 1959-1964 (May) (4 folders)
Box 2		General 1964 (Jun)-1968 (3 folders)
Box 2		General undated

	Membership records
Box 2		Individual memberships 1963-1965 (4 folders)
Box 3		Individual memberships 1965-1967 (4 folders)
Box 3		Institutional memberships 1963-1965 (2 folders)
Box 4		Institutional memberships 1965-1967 (2 folders)
Box 4		Membership rosters 1961-1966

	Reports and memoranda
Box 4		International Congress of University Adult Education 1960-1965
Box 4		UNESCO 1954-1962
Box 5		UNESCO 1963-1967 (3 folders)
Box 5		Miscellaneous 1960-1967
			See also Miscellaneous: Discussion group report, "The Concept of Continuing Education"

	General files
Box 7		Directory, "Universities and Colleges Engaged in Adult Education" 1962
Box 7		Incorporation 1962
Box 7		Constitution and by-laws 1963
			See also Miscellanea: Constitution and history.
Box 7		Internal Revenue Service 1965
Box 7		Editorial policy undated

	Committee files
		Executive Committee
Box 7			Jamaica 1961
Box 7			Syracuse [NY] 1961
Box 7			Ghana 1962
Box 7			Stratford, Ontario 1962
Box 7			Syracuse 1963
Box 7			Sydney 1964
Box 7			Syracuse 1964
Box 7			Krogerup, Denmark 1965
Box 7			Boston 1966
Box 7			Syracuse 1966
Box 7			Buffalo 1966
Box 7			New York 1967
Box 7			Leeds, England 1968
Box 7			Montreal 1970
Box 7		Program Planning Committee, Hamilton, Ontario 1964
Box 7		Inter-University International Summer School Committee 1972-1975 (2 folders)

	Meetings
Box 7		Sagamore Conference 1960
Box 7		UNESCO staff meeting 1962
		Meetings of officers
Box 7			Chicago 1962
Box 7			Syracuse 1963
Box 7			New York 1963
Box 7			Boston 1963
Box 7			Syracuse 1964
Box 7			New York 1965
Box 7			Syracuse 1967
Box 7			Toronto 1968
Box 7			Syracuse 1968
Box 7			Syracuse 1969
Box 7		Annual Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) Meeting 1966

	Publications
		ICUAE Journal - quarterly journal of the organization (18 issues)
			Transferred to general collections for cataloging. Please refer to Libraries Search to locate these items.
Box 8		ICUAE Bulletin Spring 1988, Spring 1990, Winter 1992 - twice-yearly newsletter
Box 8		List of institutions and individuals active in university adult education undated

	Miscellaneous
Box 6		Constitution and history 1962
			See also General files: Constitutution and bylaws
Box 6		Discussion group report, "The Concept of Continuing Education" undated
Box 6		First World Conference, position papers 1965
Box 6		Institut de la Promotion Supérieure du Travail, Toulouse, France 1965
Box 6		N.E.A. Convention 1965
		Speeches
Box 6			Labuda, Gerard undated
Box 6			Lengrand, P. 1965
Box 6			Schwartz, B. 1964
Box 6		University College, Dar es Salaam 1966

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