Association
of University Evening Colleges (US) [AUEC] Records 1927-1969 (with text)
Includes Some Records That Have Undergone Optical Character
Recognition and Conversion
The Adult
Education History Project
Based on
Information in the Syracuse University Library Archives
Translated
for the WWW by Roger Hiemstra
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Collection
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NXSV346-A.
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Association
of University Evening Colleges (U.S.) [AUEC].
Title-
Records
1927-1969.
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17
linear ft.
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Originally
known as the Association of Deans and Directors of University Evening Colleges,
the organization changed its name in 1939 to Association of University Evening
Colleges [AUEC]. In 1973 it changed its name again to Association of Continuing
Higher Education [ACHE]. Its purpose was to study the problems of the evening
college and to encourage mutual interchange and stimulation of ideas among
members. The Association provided a forum for administrators of university
evening programs and focused the public's attention on the aims of collegiate
education. In its relations with institutions the Association concerned itself
with the evening division's place in the university, improvement of instruction
and course offerings, and faculty/administration standards. While serving
primarily as a clearinghouse of information for administrators, the Association
increasingly continued to lobby for understanding and support of continuing education
by the public. Its membership categories were: institutional, associate and
personal. Its standing committees were: Evening Student Personnel, Legislative,
Local Arrangements, Membership, Membership Promotion, Nominating, Program,
Public Relations, Regions, Relationships with Other Institutions, Research, and
Resolutions. It had such special committees as Finance and Liberal Education. A
list of publications included Newsletter, Proceedings, and "From the
Dean's Desk."
Summry_descrip-
The
papers of the Association of University Evening Colleges [AUEC] consist of
minutes of committees, convention records (1939-1964), including correspondence
and programs; general correspondence (1939-1964); enrollments; history,
including six phono-tapes of oral interviews with staff members; newsletters
(1954-1964), including press releases and copy; personnel records (1954-1964),
including vitae and correspondence; regional meeting reports, and statistical
reports of the AUEC, and material relating to other adult education
organizations. Major correspondents include members of the Executive Committee,
editors of AUEC publications and various education organizations.
Correspondents
whose letters are of significant depth and/or duration include: Gurth I.
Abercrombie (1960-1963), E. Brandenburg (1956-1965), Alexander N. Charters
(1956-1961), Richard T. Deters (1956-1965) Cortrell K. Holsapple (1957-1961),
Ralph C. Kendall (1954-1964), Daniel R. Lang (1955-1967), Alexander A.
Liveright (1957-1966), Robert A. Love (1954-1959), Howell McGee (1958-1968),
Ernest E. McMahon (1964-1969), Richard A. Mather (1959-1962), Richard A. Mumma
(1959-1960), Frank R. Neuffer (1949-1962), George A. Parkinson (1956-1959),
Bernard W. Reed (1954-1962), Kenneth W. Riddle (1956-1961), and Edward H.
Spengler.
Series-
AUEC
Files.
Subject
File on Adult Education Organizations.
Folder_title-
Set_title-
Begin_date-
19270000
Source_B_date-
End_date-
19690000
Source_E_date-
Form/genre-
Correspondence.
Minutes.
Oral
histories.
Education-
Work_history-
Assoc_subjects-
Adult
education -- United States.
Educators
-- United States.
Evening
and continuation schools -- United States.
Assoc_people-
Abercrombie,
Gurth I.
Brandenburg,
E.
Charters,
Alexander N.
Deters,
Richard T.
Holsapple,
Cortrell K.
Kendall,
Ralph C.
Lang,
Daniel R.
Liveright,
Alexander Albert.
Love,
Robert A.
McGee,
Howell.
McMahon,
Ernest Edward.
Matre,
Richard A.
Mumma,
Raichard A.
Neuffer,
Frank R.
Parkinson,
George A.
Reed,
Bernard W. (Bernard Webster) d1916-1962.
Riddle,
Kenneth W.
Spengler,
Edwin Harold.
Assoc_organiz-
Association
of University Evening Colleges (U.S.) [AUEC] -- Records and correspondence.
Association
of Continuing Higher Education (U.S.) [ACHE] -- Records and correspondence.
Association
for Continuing Higher Education (U.S.) [ACHE] -- Records and
Correspondence.
Association
of Deans and Directors of University Evening Colleges (U.S.) -- Records and
Correspondence.
Assoc_evnt/prj-
Assoc_places-
Publications-
References_to-
Location-
George
Arents Research Library for Special Collections at Syracuse University,
Manuscript
Collections.
Bird
Library,
Room
600,
Syracuse,
N.Y. 13244-2010.
Provenance-
Gift
of Association of University Evening Colleges [AUEC], 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970.
Restrictions-
Pref_citation-
In
addition to following normal manuscript citation conventions, include these
elements when citing records found "electronically" through The Adult
Education History Project: Main entry, Title, Item number, and, if a specific
image is being cited, Component number. Mention, too, that the record was found
in "http://www-distance.syr.edu/history.html,
an Electronic Source for Syracuse University Library's database for archives
and manuscripts".
OCRd_text-
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ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY EVENING COLLEGES, 1939-1973 . PAPERS, 1927-1969 34
boxes (17 linear. feet). Background Sketch
The Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) -- .which changed
its name in 1973 to the Association of Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) --was
founded in 1939 in New York by the directors of twenty-seven evening college
programs who were affiliated with the American Association of Urban
Universities. Originally known as the Association of Deans and Directors of
University Evening Schools, its purpose was "the study of the problems of
the evening college and the mutual interchange and stimulation of ideas on the
part of the members," providing a forum for administrators .of university
evening programs, and focusing public attention on, and encouraging acceptance
and understanding of, the aims of collegiate education of adults. The
objectives expanded through the years and while the AUEC still aimed at
providing a "clearinghouse" of information for administrators, it
recognized the importance of encouraging public understanding and support of
the values of adult continuing education, especially in cooperation with other
organizations. Adult collegiate education is considered a primary
responsibility of institutions of higher learning, and the AUEC was concerned
specifically with the place of the evening division within the
university,
improvement in instruction and course offerings, and standards for faculty and administration.
Its membership categories were institutional, associate, association, and
personal. Its standing committees were: Evening Student Personnel, Legislative,
Local Arrangements, Membership, Membership Promotion, Nominating, Program,
Public Relations, Regions, Relationships With Other Associations, Research, and
Resolutions. It had such special committees as Finance and Liberal Education.
Over the years, its regular publications have been Newsletter (quarterly),
Proceedings (annual), and, "From the Dean's Desk" (occasional). In
the collections, see also Adult Education Association (AEA); Charters,
Alexander N.; Center for the Study of Liberal Education for Adults (CSLEA);
Liveright, Alexander A.; National University Extension Association (NUEA); Parkinson,
George; Reed, Bernard W.; Sheats, Paul; and Thompson, Clarence.
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The relationship with the NUEA has been particularly close, with much
overlapping of memberships and many common concerns, particularly the devising
of comparable statistical reporting.
Description The papers of the
Association of University Evening Colleges consist of correspondence, printed
matter including ditto, mimeograph, and photocopy material, published material,
photographs, phonotapes, and typescript copy for AUEC publications and
addresses. Because the organization does not have a general headquarters, this
collection is drawn from the files of the officers, notably the presidents and
executive secretaries, and from the personal files of Bernard Reed, Newsletter
editor from 1956 to 1962 and AUEC historian, who collected the papers. f the
organization in preparation for a dissertation. The inclusive dates of the
collection are 1927 to 1969, but the material is dated from 1956 to 1967. The
earliest material is a group of enrollment statistics collected later for AUEC
files. The collection has been divided into two sections, files on the AUEC and
material relating to other adult education organizations. Within each section a
subject arrangement is used, with folder titles usually identical to those used
by the AUEC archivist. Arrangement is alphabetical by subject, alphabetical by
folder titles within subheadings, and chronological where bulk makes it
necessary. Within each folder, material is arranged chronologically. Incoming
letters are attached to the front of outgoing ones, even in cases where an
incoming letter is a response. Individual folders usually contain
correspondence for at least three months. Undated material is at the end of a
folder. Where there is more than one folder on a specific subject, the number
of folders is indicated in parentheses in the shelf list. Major correspondents
include members of the Executive Committee, editors of AUEC publications, AUEC
committee chairmen, and staff members of other adult education organizations.
Significant correspondents, selected because of the amount of their
correspondence and the importance of their position in AUEC or other groups
working in the continuing education field, and the
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dates of their correspondence are: Abercrombie, Gurth I., 1960-1963
Brandenburg, E., 1956-1965 Charters, Alexander, 1956-1961 Deters, Richard T.,
S.J., 1956-1964 Holsapple, Cortell K., 1957-1961 Kendall, Ralph C., 1954-1964
Lang, Daniel R., 1955-1967 Liveright, Alexander A., 1957-1966 Love, Robert A.,
1954-1959 McGee, Howell, 1958-1968 McMahon, Ernest E., 1964-1969 Matre, Richard
A., 1959-1962 Mumma, Richard A., 1959-1960 Neuffer, Frank R., 1949-1960
Parkinson, George A., 1956-1959 Reed, Bernard W., 1954-1962 Riddle, Kenneth W.,
1956-1961 Spengler, Edwin H., 1952-1965
Association of University Evening Colleges Files AUEC material is
arranged by subjects, including the following major subheadings: Committees,
Conventions, Correspondence, Enrollment, History, Membership, Newsletter,
Personnel, regions, Studies, and "Who's Who in the AUEC." Committee
material is arranged alphabetically by committee title. Within each folder
material is arranged chronologically. These papers consist primarily of
correspondence, stated purposes, minutes, and findings of committees. The
papers of joint committees of AUEC and other organizations are arranged within
the files of the other organizations. Executive Committee material is listed
separately under "Correspondence." Convention material includes
correspondence relating to the annual conventions, the published proceedings of
the conventions, newspaper clippings, photographs, programs, and agendas, all
chronologically arranged. Since the annual convention of the AUEC was the only
meeting of the entire membership, all business and activities throughout the
year were reported, and new plans were made. Taken together, therefore, the
proceedings represent an outline history of the AUEC. Each includes the final
program of the convention, an attendance roster, the budget, lists of officers
and committees, minutes of
{7:52:356:I:0,0:2544,3300}Executive
Committee meetings and business sessions, formal addresses, reports of
workshops and problem clinics, and various appendices. Most of the
correspondence is routine correspondence among AUEC officers that deals with
AUEC policies, projects, conferences, plans, and membership. In addition to
incoming and outgoing mail from 1939 to 1969, there are dittoed memoranda, some
statistical reports, book reviews, mimeographed reports of committee meetings,
subscriptions to AUEC publications, and a notebook of comments on "Who's
Who in the AUEC". Folders of correspondence relating to specific subjects
or with particular correspondents also are located in this subsection.
Additional correspondence is located elsewhere in the collection, as indicated
in the shelf list. Enrollment statistics are mimeographed reports on enrollment
and administration in evening divisions from 1927 to 1962. Although small, this
section could be valuable when used with the more extensive AUEC-NUEA
statistical reports in Boxes 27-34. The six phonotapes found in. the history
subsection are oral interviews of AUEC staff members concerning AUEC history.
They contain detailed accounts of the formation of AUEC, opinions about the
AUEC and adult education groups in general, and reminiscences of AUEC
personnel. Membership files are arranged by institutional and personal names.
More than half of the files contain only a few routine letters from the AUEC.
Larger files usually contain press releases for the Newsletter; descriptions of
evening college programs or new courses, changes in staff or administration,
especially conferences, studies, and newspaper clippings; writings by evening
college directors; or correspondence about AUEC programs and philosophy. These
provide information on specific evening programs and the relationships of
member institutions to the AUEC. The following files contain other than routine
material. Those marked with an asterisk are the largest and contain the most
significant material. *Brooklyn College *CSLEA City College of New York College
of William and Mary Drake University
*Drexel Institute of Technology Hofstra College Hunter College Indiana University John
Carroll University
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Hopkins University Louisiana State University Loyola University (Chicago)
*Marquette University Michigan State University Newark College of Engineering
New York University Northeastern
University *Northwestern University Oregon State System of Higher Education
Pace College Pennsylvania State University Pratt Institute Rochester Institute
of Technology *Rutgers, the State University Sir George. Williams College
Southern Methodist University Spring Hill College *Syracuse University Texas
Christian University Thomas More Institute for Adult Education Tulane
University University of Akron University of Bridgeport University of British
Columbia University of Buffalo *University of California University of
Chattanooga *University of Chicago *University of Cincinnati University of
Hartford University of Kansas City University of Louisville University of
Maryland University of Minnesota University of Nebraska University of Oklahoma
University of Omaha University of Pittsburgh University of San Francisco
University of Southern California *University of Toledo University of
Washington University of Wichita University of Wisconsin Villanova University
*Washington University Western Reserve University Xavier University
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The Newsletter, issued eight times a year, summarized new courses and programs
in continuing education, noted convention plans, new administrators and
policies, published contributions of AUEC members and officers, and served as a
month-to-month study of AUEC activities. There are copies of the Newsletter
from 1940 to 1967 and folders of correspondence concerning the Newsletter,
costs of its publication, and other data. The personnel subsection contains
vitae of various individuals and correspondence on employment. The AUEC,
through the Newsletter and by word of mouth, provided an executive placement
service for adult educators. In the regions subsection are the reports of
several regional meetings and a statement of the purpose of the regional
organizational arrangement. Most of the studies are mimeographed questionnaires
that provide information on specific programs of member institutions. These
studies can have value either in compiling information about member
institutions as a whole, or in comparing their programs. The studies fulfill
one of the AUEC's basic purposes, to serve as a clearinghouse of information.
Subject File on Other Adult Education Organizations The Center for the Study of
Liberal Education for Adults folders contain notebooks and reports of the
annual. Chicago Leadership Conference, as well as programs, addresses, workshop
ideas, and correspondence. Much of the joint work of the AUEC and CSLEA was
begun or discussed at these conferences. The folders on evening colleges
contain miscellaneous material on joint problems, functions of deans, terms and
phrases used., and influences on, adult education. There is correspondence, as
well as mimeographed and dittoed materials and some hand-written notes. A
number of ideas and philosophies of adult collegiate education are reflected in
these folders, valuable in any overall study of continuing education. A sizable
part of the collection is found in the NUEA subsection (boxes 27-34). These AUEC-NUEA
statistical reports were designed to provide quantitative information about the
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class offerings, conferences, institutes, workshops, correspondence courses,
academic programs, and registration in evening colleges of universities
throughout the country. Gifts of the Association of University Evening
Colleges, 1966, 19,67, 1969, and 1970
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Shelf List Box l AUEC FILES Activities and Services, n.d. Addresses,
1950-1967.Archives, 1963-1964 Budget, 1956-1964 Committees Aims and Objectives
Committee, 1958-1960 Finance Committee, 1960 Legislation Committee 1962 Liberal
Education Committee 1957-1958 1959-1961 (minutes and correspondence) Membership
Committee, 1953-1961 Research Committee. 1953-1956 Box 2 1957-1960
1960-1962 Special Committee, 1966-196.
Study and Research Committee, 1953-1958 Ways and Means Committee, 1959-1960
Constitutions, 1940-1958 Conventions New York, 1939, notes 0maha, 1940, notes
Cleveland, 1941, notes Buffalo, 1942, proceedings Chicago, 1943, minutes
Pittsburgh, 1944, minutes Philadelphia, 1945, minutes Box 3 New York, 1946,
proceedings Minneapolis, 1947, proceedings New Orleans, 1948, proceedings
Cincinnati, 1949, proceedings Denver, 1950 Correspondence Proceedings Box 4 Detroit,
1951, proceedings Atlanta, 1952 Correspondence Proceedings St. Louis, 1953
Correspondence Folder 1 Folder 2 Proceedings
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5 AUEC FILES (continued) Conventions (continued) Milwaukee, 1954 Correspondence
Proceedings New Orleans, 1955 Correspondence Proceedings New York, 1956
Correspondence. Jan - Sep 1956. Oct - Dec 1956 Proceedings Box 6 Montreal, 1957
Correspondence Proceedings Louisville, 1958 Correspondence Proceedings
Pittsburgh, 1959 Correspondence Proceedings Box 7 San Francisco, 1960
Correspondence Proceedings Cleveland, 1961 Correspondence Proceedings Miami
Beach, 1962 Correspondence Proceedings Box 8 Boston, 1963, proceedings Dallas,
1964, proceedings Invitations and meeting sites, 1945-1961 Correspondence Book
publishers Charters, Alexander 1957 1958
Committee reports and correspondence, 1957-1958 Executive Committee 1954
1957-1959 1960-1961 1962 General 1939-1941
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9 AUEC FILES (continued) Correspondence (continued) General (continued)
1942-1943 1944-1946 1947 1948 1949-1951 1952-1953 1954-1955 1956 Jan-Sep 1956
Oct-Dec 1957 Jan-May Box 10 1957 Jun-Dec 1958 Jan-Jul 1958 Aug-Dec 1959 Jan-Mar
1959 Apr-Sep 1959 Oct-Dec 1960 Jan-May 1960 Jun-Dec Box 11 1961 Jan-Jul 1961
Aug-Dec 1962 Jan-Jun 1962 Jul-Dec 1963 Jan-Sep 1963 Oct-Dec 1964 Jan-Mar Box 12
1964 Apr-Aug 1964 Sep-Dec 1965-1969 "Ivory Towers in the
Marketplace," 1956 Membership, 1957-1958 Mumma, Richard A., 1959
Parkinson, George A., 1957-1958 Proceedings, 1952-1963 Box 13 Publicity,
1954-1963 Subscriptions, 1960-1962 "Who's Who," 1954-1963 Enrollment
Statistics 1927-1945 1946-1949 1950-1952 1953-1962
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Box 14 AUEC FILES (continued) History: Oral Interview on Phonotape Holsapple,
Cortell K., and Leslie P. Hardy, 1959 Love, Robert A., 1959.Mills, Henry C.,
and Brenton W. Stevenson, 1960 O'Neil, Leo D., 1960 Parkinson, George A., 1959
Waters, John A., 1960 Box 15 Membership Certificates, 1960 Classification by
degree offered, 1950-1960 Contributions Blake, John M., 1962 Hilliker, Darrell
D., 1962 Rasmussen, Neal A., 1962-1964 Institutions Adelphi College, 1956-1962
Richard F. Clemo, Dean American International College, 1957-1962 Richard S.
Ullery, Dean American University, 1956-1958 Richard Bray, Dean Assumption
University, 1961-1962 Rev. Edward C. Pappert Aurora College, 1956-1962 James E.
Crimi, Dean. Baldwin-Wallace College, 1957-1961 Cecil L. Dobbins, Asst. to the
Dean Baylor University, 1956-1962 N. Lee Dunham, Director A.W. Hunt, Director
Bellarmine College, 1957-i959 Rev. R.L. Friedrich, Director Beloit College,
1956-1959 Robert C. Judd, Director Bluefield State College, 1962 L.B. Allen,
President Boston University, 1956-1961 John Waters, Director James F. Baker,
Director Bradley University, 1956-1962 Kermit K. Johnson, Dean Harold P. Rodes,
President Brooklyn College, 1956-1962 Edwin H. Spengler, Director Canisius
College, 1959-1960 Rev. Edward Maloney, S.J., Director
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