George A. Parkinson Papers, 1937-1963 (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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33

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Collection

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NXSV917-A.

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Parkinson, George A.

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Papers, 1937-1963.

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0.3 linear ft.

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See also the following collection(s) at Syracuse University:

Association of University Evening Colleges [AUEC].

National University Extension Association [NUEA].

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Educator.

George A. Parkinson was a member of the Milwaukee University of Wisconsin Extension (1937-1956) and Director of the Milwaukee Teachers College (1958-1968) He served as a board member and officer of the Association of University Evening Colleges [AUEC] and was active in bringing educational television to Milwaukee. He was Vice President of the Midwest ETV Association and a board member of the Instructional Television Library Project.

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The collection consists of speeches that deal with adult education topics.

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Speeches.

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19370000

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19630000

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Speeches.

-Education-

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Adult education -- United States.

Adult education -- Wisconsin.

Educators -- United States.

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George Arents Research Library for Special Collections at Syracuse University,

Manuscript Collections,

Bird Library,

Room 600,

Syracuse, N.Y. 13244-2010.

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{7:33:110:I:375,453:1803,1536}PARKINSON, GEORGE A. PAPERS, 1937-1963 l box (.25 linear ft.) Background Sketch George A. Parkinson was a member of the Milwaukee University of Wisconsin Extension (1937-1956) and director of the Milwaukee Teachers College (1958-1968). He served many posts as board member and officer of the Association of University Evening Colleges. He was active in bringing educational television to Milwaukee. He also served ETV both regionally and nationally as. Vice President of the Midwest ETV Association (1962- ) and as a board member of the National Instructional. Television Library (1962- ). His box of papers consists of his speeches extending from 1937 to 1963, and ranging in subject matter from "The Role of the Evening College in Community Education" to "A Pattern of Higher Education for the State of Wisconsin" to "Education Beyond the High School and Where Vocation and Adult Education Fit Into the Picture". In the collections, see also Association of University Evening Colleges (AUEC) and National University Association (NUEA).

{7:33:111:I:0,0:2544,3300} Shelf List. Box l SPEECH LIST - SPEECHES "Some Aspects of Adult Education," 2 February 1937, ts, 7 pp. "Report on the Investigation of Evening School Students at the Milwaukee Center in the Spring of 1937," [1937], ts, 8 pp. "Adult Education for Adults," 9 February 1938, ts, 15 pp. "Modern Aspects of Adult Education," [ca.1938], ts, 13 pp. . "What Does the Veteran of Foreign Wars Expect of the Public Schools?" 26 March 1946, ts, 4 pp. "Should an Additional Year Be Added to the Present Four-Year High School Curriculum?" 8 April 1946, ts, 3 pp.. "What Is the Meaning of Education?" 10 December 1946, ts, 3 pp. "The Philosophy of an Educator," 19 December 1946, ts, 10 pp. "Who Should Go to College," 31 July 1947, ts,. 7 pp. "The Role of the Evening College in Community Education," 11 November 1947, ts, 3 pp. "A Pattern of Higher Education-for the State of Wisconsin," 17 November 1947, ts, 16 pp. "A Mathematician Looks at Education," 16 January 1949, ts, 8 pp.. "Patterns for the Future," 1956, ts, 10 pp "Education versus Social and Industrial Change," 18 February 1958, ts, 5 pp. "Education and Survival in an Atomic Age," 15 September 1958, ts, 9 pp. Commencement Address at Milwaukee Boy's Technical. High School, 26 January 1959, ts, 9 pp. "Education versus Social and Industrial Change," 18 March 1959, ts, 5 pp. (2 copies). "Education Beyond High School and Where the Vocational and Adult Schools Fit into the Picture," 8 September 1959, ts, 8 pp. "Adult Education and Automation," 27 April 1961, ts, 4 pp. "Education and Social and Industrial Change," 6 June 1961, ts, 9 pp. "Some Reflections on Basic Trends Affecting Our Educational Patterns," 10 .April 1962, ts, 9 pp.

{7:33:112:I:204,330:1920,645}Box 1 (continued) SPEECHES (continued) "Some Aspects of Vocational and Technical Education," 9 October 1962, ts, 8 pp. "The Philosophy and Operation of the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools," [Spring 1963], ts, 7 pp. 10/76

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