Interim Reports to Program of African Studies Advisory Committee

File — Box: 1, Folder: 14

Identifier: Folder 14

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

Collection contains administrative files, correspondence papers, syllabus materials, working papers, and bibliographies used to develop the African Curriculum Project. Also included is correspondence (1966-1967) around the newly formed Committee on Undergraduate and High School Education in African Studies (CUHSEA) of the African Studies Association (ASA), which Edward Soja was a member of. Soja also corresponded with Ward Morehouse, Director of the Center for International Programs and Services of the New York State Education Department, Foreign Area Materials Center, who was overseeing a similar U.S. Office of Education sponsored project, Strengthening Bibliographical Resources for Undergraduate Libraries on “Neglected” Foreign Areas : a three-year cooperative project involving college librarians and scholars in foreign area studies. The collection also includes issues of and manuscripts for African Urban Notes, which Soja was an editor for in 1967.

Dates

1965-1969

Creator

From the Collection: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Program of African Studies. African Curriculum Project (Organization)
From the Collection: Paden, John N. (Person)
From the Collection: Soja, Edward W. (Person)
From the Collection: Carter, Gwendolen Margaret, 1906-1991 (Person)
From the Collection: United States. Office of Education (Organization)
From the Collection: Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.). Program of African Studies (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

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