CALIVER, Ambrose

Title: Papers, 1915-1959 Description: 22 linear ft. Notes: Afro-American educator and administrator at Fisk University, and civil servant at the US Office of Education. Family and personal papers, correspondence, speeches and writings by Caliver and others, teaching materials, background material and notes from surveys on Afro-American education conducted by Caliver at the US Office of Education, radio programs produced by the US Office of Education, materials relating to Caliver\u27s publication The National Educational Outlook Among Negroes, documents concerning organizations with which Caliver was affiliated, and photographs. Includes documents relating to the Adult Education Association, the National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars, the National Conference on Fundamental Problems in the Education of Negroes (directed by Caliver in 1934), and the Tennessee Colored Anti-Tuberculosis Society. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Otto, 1986. Subjects: Adult education -- United States. Adult Education Association. Afro-American college administrators -- Tennessee -- Nashville. lcsh Afro-American college teachers -- Tennessee -- Nashville. lcsh Afro-Americans -- Education. Afro-Americans -- Medical care -- Tennessee. Fisk University. National Association of Collegiate Deans and Registrars in Negro Schools (U.S.) National Conference on Fundamental Problems in the Education of Negroes (1934: Washington, D.C.) Radio scripts. lcsh Tennessee Colored Anti-Tuberculosis Society. United States. Office of Education. Location: Howard University, Moorland-Spingarn Research Center (Washington, DC) NUCMC #: DCLV96-A74