International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records, 1954-1992

Summary

Creator:
International Congress of University Adult Education
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.
Extent:
3.5 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records,

Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

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

ICUAE journal issues, gift of Alexander Charters , 2011.

Arrangement:

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

Access and use

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Preferred citation:

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

International Congress of University Adult Education (ICUAE) Records,

Location of this collection:
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries
Bird Library, Room 600
Syracuse, NY 13244, United States
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