]> council_nat_org Council of National Organizations Records An inventory of its records at Syracuse University -- The adult education holdings are collectively known as the . &su_name; &su_address; circa 1970 [Derived from Summit] 12 Mar 2007 English 10 Sep 2008 - converted to EAD (MRC) Overview of the Collection &su_name; &su_address; Council of National Organizations (U.S.) Council of National Organizations Records 1951-1966 14.0 linear ft. The Council of National Organizations gathers information on educational agencies for public use. Collection includes general files containing correspondence and printed material on member groups. 148908 English Biographical History

The Council of National Organizations for Adult Education (CNO) was founded in 1952 as a subsidiary organization of the American Education Association of the USA, or AEA-USA (now the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education or AAACE). "to establish closer communication and exchange of experience between organizations and individuals working in different fields." Its primary function was to gather information on educational agencies for public use.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Council of National Organizations Records contains a single series, General files. Most of the material ison specific councils, organizations, associations, U.S. government departments, etc., and the folders contain either correspondence or printed information.

Arrangement of the Collection

The files remain in the order they were received, and are in neither alphabetical nor chronological order.

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Subject and Genre Headings Adult education Council of National Organizations (U.S.) -- Archives. Council of National Organizations (U.S.) -- Records and correspondence. Adult education -- United States. Adult education -- Information services. Adult education -- Societies, etc. Education -- United States. Education -- Information services. Education -- Societies, etc. Correspondence. Minutes (administrative records) Newsletters. Adult education. Access Restrictions

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Inventory General files Clearing House Committee 1952 1 Education for Democracy, Committee on 1952 1 Nominating Committee 1953-1955 3 folders 1 Participants, Committee on 1953 1 Participating Organizations, Committee on 1952 1 Nominating Committee 1952 2 Local-National Communication on Adult Education 2 Executive Committee 1953-1955 3 folders 2 Planning Committee - General 1952 2 Financial Statements 1954 2 Budget 1953 2 Finance - Waldie, Aieleen 2 Fund for Adult Education 1952, 1953 2 Materials Evaluation 2 Television 1955 2 Television Committee June 1953 and 1954 2 Educational TV Work Session Jan., 1953 2 TV Conference Sept. 7, 1954 2 Educational TV Minutes and Reports 1952, 1953 2 TV Meeting - Chicago, Washington, New York 2 Hancock Foundation, Allan 2 Educational TV - Administration 1953 2 Educational TV - Promotion 2 National Information Bureau 2 National Association of Public School Educators (NAPSAE) 2 National Social Welfare Assembly 2 Students and Studies and Jobs to 1955 2 Test Cities 2 Newsletter Committee 1952 2 Materials Packets - Evaluations and Comments Program Guide 1954 2 Program Guide 1955-1956 2 Sales TV - A New Community Resource 2 Invitations 1954 2 Invitations to Participate 1953 2 Council Meeting 1957 2 Committees, discontinued 2 Finance Committee 1955, 1959 3 Finance Committee 3 Finance Interpretation Meetings invitations, responses 3 Financial Statements 1955-1957 2 folders 3 Proposed New Letterhead Feb., 1962 3 Fund For Adult Education 1953-1957 3 Fund for Adult Education proposals 3 Annual Meeting 3 Council Meeting Arrangements 1956 3 Council Meeting - Master File 1955 3 Annual Meeting - Work Groups 1955 3 Work Groups 1954 3 1954 Meeting - Master File Material 3 1954 Council Meeting Committee Planning 3 1953 Conference - Master File of Material 3 Conference Work Groups 1953 3 Conference - Master File of Material 1952 3 Conference - Work Groups 1952 3 Dr. Lindeman's Speech, Council Meeting 1952 3 National Council for Community Improvement 3 NAM Educational Advisory Council 3 National Project in Agricultural Communications 3 Organizations, Council of National Organizations of Adult Education Association of the U.S. 3 New York University Cooperation 3 Nominating 1961 3 Nominating, Robert Allen 1961 3 Nominating Committee 1960 3 Annual Meeting 1964 4 Adult Education Association 4 Correspondence "A" 4 Correspondence "B" 4 Budgets 1964-1965 4 Untitled Folder 4 Correspondence "C" 4 Correspondence "D" 4 Correspondence "E" 4 Executive Committee Meetings 4 Correspondence "F" 5 Correspondence "G" 5 Correspondence "H" 5 Correspondence "I" and "J" 5 Correspondence "K" and "L" 5 Correspondence "M" and "N" 5 Member Organizations 1964-1965 5 Miscellaneous Conferences 1964-1965 5 Correspondence "O", "P", and "Q" 5 Publications 1964-1965 5 Correspondence "R" 5 Correspondence "S" 5 Correspondence "T" 5 Correspondence "U", "V", and "W" 5 Correspondence "X", "Y", and "Z" 5 Probing Volunteer-Staff Relations 5 Voluntary Giving for Community Health and Welfare Services 5 Miscellaneous papers 5 Leaflets Eternal light Council of National Organizations for Adult Education 5 Office of Community Advisory Services 5 Council of National Organizations for Adult Education 5 Citizens Committees...for Better Schools 5 Services for Families Living in Public Housing Advertisement 5 Council Meeting - Special June 22, 1959 6 Council Meeting, Arrangements 1959 6 Council Meeting Planning Committee 1960 6 Council Meeting 1958 6 Delegate Assembly Slate 1961 6 Delegate Assembly, DALarge 1960 6 Delegate Assembly Slate 1959 6 Delegates-at-Large, D.A. 1959 6 Development Plan, Questionnaire Re: 6 Development Plan 6 Education - Ad Hoc 6 Education - Community Relations Institute 1955 6 First National City Bank through 1957 6 Inter Association 1958-1959 6 Inter Association Conference 1956-1957 6 Inter Association, Chicago 6 Inter Association, Atlantic City 1955 6 International Project Committee 6 International Project 1957-1960 6 Israel Adult Education Seminar 6 Kaplan, Abbott 6 Leadership Development 1959 6 Leadership of National Organizations on the U.S. Scene 1960 6 Liberal Curriculum Project Paid Bills 6 Liberal Curriculum - Publishers 6 Liberal Curriculum to Sept. 1959 6 Leadership Development 1957-1958 6 Leadership Seminar 1958 6 Broadcasting Committee radio, TV project 7 Broadcasting Committee radio to Sept., 1959 7 Broadcasting Committee 1957-1958 7 Budgets 1952-1957 2 folders 7 Business Industry Conference May 25, 1959 7 Business Industry Conference Oct. 6-7, 1958 7 Business Education Conference Dec. 11, 1957 7 Business Education Conference June 1958 7 Chicago - City Meetings 1956-1960 7 New York - City Meetings 1956 7 Washington - City Meetings 1956 7 Meetings - New York City 1954-1955 7 AEA Conference 1961 7 AEA Conference 1960 7 Conference Group of U.S. National Organizations on the United Nations 7 Consultants' Panel 7 Controversial Issues 1955, 1956 7 Controversial Issues Workshop Oct. 1956 7 Controversial Issues 1957, 1958 7 Controversial Subjects, Techniques on Handling 1954 7 Council Meeting, Arrangements 1961 7 Council Meeting, Program 1961 7 Council Meeting Committee 1961 7 Council Meeting, L. Hein's Original Report 1961 7 Council Meeting Program 1960 7 Council Meeting Arrangements 1960 7 Council Meeting 1959 7 Proceedings: Council of National Organizations of the Adult Education Association of the United States 1 volume 7 Council Meeting, Program 1959 7 Council Of Chief State School Officers 8 Evangelical United Brethren Church 8 Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service 8 Federal Union, Inc. 8 Film Council of America 8 Friends Council on Education 8 General Federation of Women's' Clubs Girls' Clubs of America, Inc. 8 Girls Friendly Society of the U.S.A. Great Books Foundation 8 Household Finance Corporation 8 Industrial Audio Visual Association 8 Industrial Relations Counselors, Inc. 8 Institute of International Education 8 Joint Council on Educational Television 8 W.K. Kellogg Foundation 8 Lions International 8 League of Women Voters 8 National Art Education Association of the NEA 8 National Association and Council of Business Schools 8 National Association of County Agricultural Agents 8 National Association of Educational Broadcasters 8 National Association of Public School Adult Educators (NAPSAE) 8 National Association of Social Workers 8 National Audubon Society 8 National Catholic Rural Life Conference 8 National Civil Service League 8 National CIO Community Services Committee 8 National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers 8 National Congress of Parents and Teachers 8 National Council of Catholic Women 8 National Council of Naturalization and Citizenship 8 National Education Association, Division of Lay Relationships 8 National Farmers Union 8 National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs 8 National Federation of Music Clubs 8 National Federation of Settlements and Neighborhood Centers 8 National Grange, The 8 National Kindergarten Association 8 National League of Nursing Education 8 National Municipal League 8 National Planning Association 8 National Publicity Council for Health and Welfare 8 National Safety Council 8 National School Boards Association 8 National Society for Crippled Children and Adults 8 National Thrift Committee 8 National Urban League 8 National Vocational Agricultural Teachers Association, Inc. 8 National Women's' Forum, Inc. 8 Office of Civil Defense Mobilization 8 Newsweek Club Bureau 8 Presbyterian Board of Christian Education 8 Presbyterian Institute of Industrial Relations 8 Protestant Episcopal Church, Department of Christian Education 8 Public Affairs Committee 8 Public Relations Society of America 8 Race Relations Department, Congregational Christian Churches 8 Religious Education Association 8 Science Service 8 Seventh Day Adventists 8 Special Libraries Association 8 Speech Association of America 8 Tennessee Valley Authority 8 Training Within Industry Foundation 8 Twentieth Century Fund 8 United Automobile Workers, CIO 8 U.S. Civil Service Commission 8 U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics 8 Bureau of Prisons, Dept. of Justice 8 U.S. Dept. of Defense Department of the Air Force 8 Coast Guard 8 U.S. Marine Corps 8 Department of the Navy 8 Office of Armed Forces Information and Education 8 U.S. Office of Education, F.S.A., Home Economics Education Service 8 U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service 8 U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau 8 U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 8 U.S. Department of State 8 Veterans Administration 8 World Goodwill 8 CNO News, Pre-1960 1 envelope 8 AEA Membership Campaign, National Organizations 1958, 1959 8 American Assembly 8 Balance Sheets 1958-1960 8 Broadcasting Committee 1959 8 Broadcasting Committee - Television 8 ABC Radio Sept., 1959 8 Project "Task Force" 9 California Task Force 9 "Project Task Force" 9 FAE News Digest 9 Founding Documents 9 American Academy of Political and Social Science 9 American Alumni Council 9 Hayes Beall 9 World Affairs Survey 9 American Association of Group Workers 9 American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation 9 American Association for the Advancement of Science 9 American Association of Junior Colleges 9 American Association of Land-Grant Colleges and State Universities 9 American Association of Museums 9 American Association of Psychiatric Social Workers, Inc. 9 American Association of School Administrators 9 American Automobile Association 9 American Bar Association 9 American Council for the Community 9 American Council on Education 9 American Craftsmen's Education Council 9 American Dental Association 9 American Diabetes Association, Inc. 9 American Dietetic Association 9 American Education Fellowship 9 American Farm Bureau Federation 9 American Federation of the Arts 9 American Federation of Labor / Congress of Industrial Organizations 9 American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees 9 American Federation of Teachers 9 American Jewish Congress 9 American Labor Education Service 9 American Medical Association 9 American Planning and Civic Association 9 American Physical Therapy Association 9 American Political Science Association 9 American Psychiatric Association 9 American Psychological Association 9 American Public Health Association, Inc. 9 American Savings and Loan Institute 9 American Society of Training Directors 9 American Veterans Committee 9 American Vocational Association, Inc. 9 Association for Study of Community Organization 9 Association for Education by Radio, Television 9 Association of American Colleges 9 Association of American Evening Colleges 9 Big Brothers of America 9 Boy Scouts of America 9 Carnegie Corporation of 4eW York 9 Catholic Association for International Peace 9 Child Study Association of America 9 Church of the Brethren, Christian Education Commission, General Brotherhood Board 9 Committee for Economic Development 9 Confraternity of Christian Doctrine 9 Congregational Christian Churches, Division of Christian Education 9 Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art 9 Correctional Education Association 9 1954 Conference Minutes 10 Lists 10 Memos 10 Committees 10 Program Guide 10 Projected Plans 1954-1956 10 Correspondence 1953-1954 10 Budget Summary Feb. 1, 1953 to Dec. 31, 1954 10 Undated Materials 10 Finance Committee 1960 10 Television Committee 1952-1954 10 Conference Dec. 5-6, 1952 10 Organizations Interested in CNO 10 Some CNO Minutes 1951-1954 10 CNO Correspondence 1951-1952 10 AEA Core Organizational Services April 1954 10 C - General 1951-1954 10 B - General 1951-1954 10 American Library Association 1951-1954 10 CNO Conference 1953 10 Miscellaneous Material 10 Council of National Organizations for Adult Education 2 volumes 10 Executive Committee Meeting Monday, Oct. 5, 1964 10 Membership (correspondence) 1964 10 Merrifield Book 10 Official Organizations Representatives to CNO 10 Volunteer Staff Relations Kit 10 Council of National Organizations for Adult Education (one volume) 10 Annual Meeting of the CNO 1963 10 CNO Annual Conference Oct. 13-14, 1962 10 CNO 1964 10 AEA 10 John Herring (CNO) 10 Treasurer (Keller) Correspondence 10 Annual Meeting Dec. 7-9, 1964 10 Annual Meeting, Reports and Minutes 1964 10 Annual Business Meeting Dec. 8, 1964 10 Annual Meeting Invitation Replies 1964 10 General Outline for Annual Meeting Dec. 7-8, 1964 10 Annual Conference Planning Committee 1964 10 Executive Committee Correspondence 10 Executive Committee March 9, 1964 10 Executive Committee May 11, 1964 10 Executive Committee Meeting Sept. 14, 1964 10 Workshop on Programmed Instruction April 30, 1963 11 Financial Statement and Dues Paid by Members 1963 11 "An Organization Self-Inventory" by Dorothy Parr 11 Pre-Publication Offer 11 Annual Meeting Announcement 1963 11 Nominating Committee Report and Elections 1963 11 Annual Meeting Program Dec. 12-13, 1963 11 Executive Meeting, Washington, D.C. 1963 11 A Tool for Probing Volunteer-Staff Relations: An Organization Self-Inventory 1963 11 Change of Address Forms 1963 11 Leaflets 11 List of Members 1963 11 Preliminary Workshop Announcement, CNO Workshop April, 30, 1963 11 Copy from Committee Chairman for October CNO Newsletter 1963 11 CNO Membership Committee 1962-1963 11 CNO News 1963 11 Nominating Committee 1963 11 Project Committee 1963 11 Booklet Requests 1963 11 Mailing Lists 1963 11 Requests 1962-1963 11 Stationery 1963 11 Proposals Relating t o purposes and Structure to AEA - USA 1963 11 AEA Membership and Subscript ion Forms 11 Leadership in Voluntary Enterprise 11 Volunteer - Staff Relations Committee 1963 11 Correspondence 1963 11 Memo to : Executive Committee Members 11 Executive Committee 1963 11 Kit 11 Materials Exchange Service Correspondence 11 Materials Exchange Service 1963 11 Annual Meeting - Convention Bids 11 Annual Meeting 1964 11 Annual Meeting 1963 11 Agenda for CNO Executive Committee Meeting 1963 11 Membership 1963 11 BEC President 1962-1963 11 Petty Cash Statements 1962-1963 11 Re-organization 11 Planning Committee 11 Council of National Organizations - Conference in Washington, D.C. Nov., 1961 11 Correspondence with CNO membership 1966 11 Council of National Organizations 11 Correspondence, Member Participation 1958-1962 11 Miscellaneous Material 11 Miscellaneous Material 12 An Alphabetical Listing, A-Z 12 Participation Committee through 1958 12 Participation Rejected 1954-1959 12 Participation - Business Affiliates - Miscellaneous 12 Miscellaneous Material 13 Non-current CNO Committees, A-H 13 CNO Notebook 13 Executive Committee, Notebook Dec. 1954-1959 13 Non-Current CNO Committees, P-Z Notebook 13 Executive Committee, Meetings Material, Notebook 1957-1959 13 CNO Executive Committee, Notebook 1951-1954 13 Progress Reports, Annual Meeting Reports, Notebook 13 Non-Current CNO Committees, I-0 Notebook 13 OP Process Budgets, Partial Lists, Notebooks 13 Council of National Organizations 1955 13 Directory 13 Exchange Packet 1955 13 Executive Committee Minutes 1955 13 CNO News 1955 13 CNO Work Plan, June through December 1955 13 Other Reports 1955 13 Participant s 13 Proposal of Need 13 Television 1955 13 News 1956-1958 13 Council Broadcasting Committee 13 Directory 13 Conference 1956 13 Exchange Packet 1956 13 Council of National Organizations 1956 13 Miscellaneous 13 Executive Committee Minutes 1956 13 Inter-Association Conference 13 Participants 13 1955-1956 Program Guide 13 Seminar 13 Projected Plans 1954-1956 13 Correspondence - General, Delegates-at-Large, E.S. 14 Correspondence to Executive Committees, to Membership 14 One unlabeled folder 14 Correspondence 14 News Correspondence re: E.S. 14 To Answer, E.S. 14 Correspondence - Treasurer (Keller), Expense Accounts, E.S. 14 One Unlabeled folder 14 Executive Committee and Special Meetings 14 Packet Survey 1962 14 Lists: Executive Committee, Participant Members, Correspondence re: Memberships 14 Minutes - Board of Trustee's Meeting Nov. 1961, Jan. 1962 14 Constitution, By-Laws Jan. 1962, Revision Oct. 1962 14 Ed Keller - Treasurer 14 Materials Exchange 14 three unlabeled folders 14 Experiment in Liberal Curriculum Development for National Organization Leadership 14 Creative leadership in Voluntary Enterprise 14 Leadership Development through Community Education 14 Leading Group Discussion 2 volumes 14 CNO 14 One unlabeled folder 14 CNO 14 Minutes - Executive Committee Meetings 14 Unlabeled folder 14 News 14 Constitution and By-Laws 15 President's Letter 15 Service Fees 1962 15 Fund for Adult Education 1958 15 Unfiled Miscellaneous Data, Correspondence 1964-1965 15 Treasurer's... 15 Leadership in Voluntary Enterprise - Promotion 15 Liberal Curriculum Steering Committee 15 Liberal Curriculum August, 1960 15 Leadership in Voluntary Enterprise Nov. 1960 15 Leadership in Voluntary Enterprise, Oceana Publications 15 Miscellaneous Material 15 Council of National Organizations for Adult Education 15 Friends of CNO 15 Jensen, Glenn 1959 15 Special Gifts Campaign, Participating Organizations 1962 15 Delegate-at-Large Slate 1962 15 AEA-CNO Liaison Committee 15 Liberal Curriculum - Steering Committee 15 Biographies - Representatives, Alternatives 1961 15 Trustees 15 Legal Documents 15 Israel Sweet 15 Newsletter 15 Newsletter 15 Liberal Curriculum - Columbia University 15 Executive Committee 1962 15 Incorporation 15 AEA Membership Campaign 1962 15 Personnel Manual 15