Collection Summary
Arthur S. Adams Papers 1928-1975
1966-1973
1928-1975
1966-1973
MSS10157
Adams, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanton)
11,000 items
56 containers
22.4 linear feet
English
Collection material in English
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Scientist and educator. Correspondence,
speeches, lectures, writings, reports, biographical material, print and near-print
material, and other papers relating to chiefly to Adams's work as a consultant to the
New England Center for Continuing Education.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Adams, Arthur S. (Arthur Stanton), 1896-1980.
Organizations
New England Center for Continuing Education.
Subjects
Universities and colleges--United States--Administration.
Occupations
Educators.
Scientists.
Acquisition Information
The papers of Arthur S. Adams, scientist and educator, were given to the Library of
Congress by Adams in 1976.
Processing History
The Arthur S. Adams Papers were processed in 1976. The finding aid was revised in 2014.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Arthur S. Adams is governed by
the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Arthur S. Adams are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact
the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and
advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information:
Container number, Arthur S. Adams Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1896, July 1
Born, Winchester, Mass.
1919
1920
Naval officer
1948
1951
President, University of New Hampshire
1951
1961
President, American Council on Education
1980, Nov. 18
Died, Durham, N.H.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Arthur Stanton Adams (1896-1980) span the years 1928-1975, with the bulk
of the material concentrated in the period 1966-1973. The collection consists of
correspondence, speeches, lectures, writings, reports, biographical material, print and
near-print material, and other papers relating to chiefly to Adams's work as a
consultant to the New England Center for Continuing Education. The collection is
organized into six series: [Subject File](subfile); [Correspondence File](correfile); [New England
Center for Continuing Education](english); [Speeches, Writings, and
Lectures](speech); [Printed Matter](print); and ["A" Subject Files](asubfile). The latter contains material organized out of sequence from
the alphabetical arrangement of the Subject File series.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged in six series:
-
[Subject File, 1949-1975](subfile)
-
[Correspondence File, 1963-1973](correfile)
-
[New England Center for Continuing Education](english)
-
[Speeches, Writings, and Lectures, 1937-1970](speech)
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[Printed Matter](print)
-
["A" Subject Files, 1928-1975](asubfile)
Container List
Container
Contents
1-13
Subject File, 1949-1975
1949-1975
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, printed matter, and related
material.
Organized by topic, organization, or name of person.
1
"A" files [
See Containers 54-56, "A" Subject Files](asubfile)
"B" miscellaneous,
1970-1972
1970-1972
Beste, Audrey
Board of Visitors, 1969
1969
Brookinot, Senate Committee on Finance,
1969
1969
Bonner Thomas N., address to the media,
1972
1972
Boy Scouts, 1970-1971
1970-1971
Brookings Institution,
1968-1973
1968-1973
2
Brookings Institution,
1968-1973
1968-1973
3
Carnegie Corp.,
1966-1970
1966-1970
Center for Constructive Change,
1972
1972
Challenges of Education for the 70's,
1971
1971
Colorado Commission on Higher Education,
1970-1971
1970-1971
(2 folders)
4
"C" miscellaneous,
1962-1973
1962-1973
Colorado Commission on Higher Education,
1969
1969
(2 folders)
Colorado Dental Association,
1972
1972
Colorado School of Mines,
1967-1969
1967-1969
Commission on Accreditation of Service
Experiences, 1968-1970
1968-1970
5
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory,
1969-1971
1969-1971
Correspondence,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Newspaper clippings,
1969-1971
1969-1971
Trial report, 1969
1969
Cosmos Club, 1962-1971
1962-1971
"D" miscellaneous,
1969-1971
1969-1971
Durham, N.H., local government,
1971
1971
"E" miscellaneous,
1969-1971
1969-1971
Educational Television,
1971
1971
Extension cooperative,
1971
1971
Esso Education Foundation, 1967,
1970
1967, 1970
6
Executive Leadership Conference on Public
Affairs, 1972
1972
"F" miscellaneous,
1968-1971
1968-1971
Federal City of the District of Columbia,
1968
1968
Federal Regional Council of New England,
1972
1972
Foreign Policy Association, 1968,
1970
1968, 1970
Franklin Book Programs,
1971
1971
Gerontological Educational Resource Directory,
1973
1973
Gerontological
1971-1975
1971-1975
7
1969-1972
1969-1972
"H" miscellaneous,
1968-1972
1968-1972
Hall of Fame Candidates,
1969-1972
1969-1972
Hall of Fame for Great Americans, 1966,
1969-1970
1966, 1969-1970
Howes, Raymond F.,
1969-1970
1969-1970
"I-K" miscellaneous,
1969-1972
1969-1972
Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society,
1971
1971
"L-M" miscellaneous,
1968-1974
1968-1974
8
Meridian House Foundation,
1971-1972
1971-1972
Morris, Robert, 1973
1973
"N" miscellaneous,
1968-1972
1968-1972
National Association of State University and
Land-Grant Colleges, 1969-1972
1969-1972
National Catholic Educational Association,
1969
1969
National Commission on Accreditation/National
Commission on Optometry, 1967-1968, 1973
1967-1968, 1973
National Council on the Aging,
1972
1972
National Educational Television and Radio
Center, 1968
1968
Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.,
1966
1966
Neudra News
, 1974
1974
New Hampshire Network,
1971-1972
1971-1972
New Hampshire Council on Aging,
1971-1972
1971-1972
9
New Hampshire Association of the Elderly,
1973
1973
New Hampshire State Council on Aging Proposal,
1970-1971, 1975
1970-1971, 1975
(3 folders)
New Hampshire Association for the Elderly,
1971-1972
1971-1972
10
New Hampshire State Council on Aging,
1971-1972
1971-1972
(4 folders)
New Hampshire Technical Services,
1965-1969
1965-1969
New Hampshire Technical Institute,
1970
1970
Newspaper clippings,
1962-1965
1962-1965
11
"O" miscellaneous, 1970
1970
OBOR, Indonesian foundation,
1972
1972
Optometric Education,
1971
1971
"P" miscellaneous,
1970-1971
1970-1971
Personnel available,
1970-1972
1970-1972
Phillips, Ellis L.,
1970
1970
President's Council,
1973
1973
Project access, 1972
1972
Projections to 1980 for states and metropolitan
areas, 1969
1969
Ph.D.s, future market for,
1971
1971
"Q-S" miscellaneous,
1969-1972
1969-1972
Salzburg Seminar in America Studies,
1970-1972
1970-1972
Sea Grant Project (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology), 1971
1971
12
Selection process for presidents of
universities, 1963
1963
Shoals Marine Lab Newsletter
, 1972
1972
Speech materials,
1967-1968
1967-1968
Silcott, Major Gary Lee,
1969-1970
1969-1970
State-Wide Governing and Coordinating Agencies
for Higher Education, 1965-1966
1965-1966
"T" miscellaneous,
1969-1974
1969-1974
Teaching Film Custodian, Inc.,
1968
1968
Tri-State Regional Medical Program,
1972
1972
13
"U" miscellaneous
UNH Magazine
, 1971
1971
University of New Hampshire,
1967
1967
U.S. Coast Guard Academy and Training Center,
1967
1967
U.S. Department of Labor,
1971
1971
"V-W" miscellaneous,
1968-1972
1968-1972
Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education, 1973
1973
White House Conference on Aging, N. E. Pre,
1969-1971
1969-1971
White House Conference of Aging,
1971
1971
State of New Hampshire,
1971
1971
"X-Z" miscellaneous,
1971
1971
14-16
Correspondence File, 1963-1973
1963-1973
Letters sent and received.
Organized chronologically.
14
Jan.-Aug., 1966-1967
Jan.-Aug., 1966-1967
15
Mar.-Apr., 1967-1970
Mar.-Apr., 1967-1970
16
July-Aug., 1970-1971
July-Aug., 1970-1971
1973
1973
17-41
New England Center for Continuing
Education
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, agenda, minutes, printed matter, and related
material.
Organized by type of file and therein by topic, organization, or name of
person.
17
General
Budget pending, 1970
1970
Chronological,
1967-1971
1967-1971
Conference on Professional School and World
Affairs, 1967
1967
Conference on International Agriculture,
1968
1968
(5 folders)
Conference on International Education Act,
1967
1967
Conference, 1967-1971
1967-1971
(2 folders)
Directory of New England Professional
Schools, 1967-1968
1967-1968
18
Directory of Foreign Study Programs,
1970-1971
1970-1971
Education and World Affairs Publication,
1970
1970
Education and Exchange of Teachers,
1970-1971
1970-1971
Governor's Conference on the U.N.,
1967
1967
Institute for International Affairs,
1968
1968
International Education Act,
1966
1966
International Studies Association,
1967
1967
International Studies Council,
1968
1968
International studies
University of Connecticut,
1967
1967
University of Maine,
1967
1967
19
University of New Hampshire,
1968
1968
University of Rhode Island,
1968
1968
International studies Vermont, University of
Vermont, 1968
1968
International studies non-New England,
1967
1967
International Relations School,
1965-1966
1965-1966
Kellogg Center, 1965
1965
National Coordinating Counsel for
International Studies, 1967-1968
1967-1968
Agenda
Correspondence
Meetings
20
Membership
Memoranda
New England Center
Conference schedule
Coordinators for international
studies
Staff reports
New England Inventories of International
Studies, 1970-1971
1970-1971
New England Regional Commission,
1970
1970
Overseas Education Service,
1968
1968
Proposals, 1968-1971
1968-1971
(3 folders)
21
(9 folders)
22
(2 folders)
23
Chronological file,
1965-1971
1965-1971
24
Alphabetical file
"A" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
Additional compensation,
1969
1969
American Assembly,
1961
1961
"B" miscellaneous,
1968-1971
1968-1971
Bonner, Thomas N.,
1971
1971
"C" miscellaneous,
1968-1971
1968-1971
Campus correspondence,
1965-1971
1965-1971
Campus unrest, 1969
1969
Clippings, 1969
1969
Citizens Task Force,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Coastal Zone Management,
1969-1971
1969-1971
25
Conference data,
1972
1972
Conference leadership,
1963
1963
Conference management,
1971
1971
Conference material,
1969
1969
Conferences
Comparative Adult Education,
1966
1966
Continuing Education for Health
Professionals, 1970
1970
Council on Aging,
1970
1970
Deans, 1969
1969
Economic Development,
1969
1969
Environmental Management,
1968
1968
Extension Services,
1966
1966
General, 1969
1969
Housing and Urban Development,
1971
1971
Inaugural Seminar,
1969-1970
1969-1970
International Television Exhibition of
Programs for Young People, 1971
1971
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, 1971
1971
Kellogg Center directors,
1971
1971
26
New England Regional on Environmental
Education in Adult Basic Education, 1971
1971
NEC Statement of Policy,
1969
1969
NEC on the International Education Act,
1967
1967
New Training for International
Agricultural Development, 1968
1968
Northeast Fulbright Conference for Senior
Foreign Scholars, 1968
1968
Opening, 1969
1969
(2 folders)
Professional School and World Affairs,
1967
1967
Public Policy, 1968, 1970
1968, 1970
(2 folders)
Sixth Annual National Community Service
Continuing Education, 1971
1971
The Two Year College-Its Role in
Continuing Education, 1971
1971
Congressional reports,
1971
1971
Conservation of maritime resources,
1969
1969
Continuing Education Report,
1970
1970
Corporation for Public Broadcasting,
1970-1971
1970-1971
"D-E" miscellaneous,
1969-1971
1969-1971
27
Environmental management,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Environmental planning,
1968-1969
1968-1969
Estuarine Marine Station,
1966
1966
"F" miscellaneous,
1970-1971
1970-1971
Faculty, 1969-1971
1969-1971
Fair labor standards,
1966
1966
Fund-raising
"G" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
Gerontology proposal,
1972
1972
Greene, John Gardiner, indenture of
trust
"H" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
Higher education,
1965-1970
1965-1970
College & University Bulletin
, 1970
1970
ECS Bulletin
, 1970
1970
Higher Education Act,
1965
1965
Higher education in North Carolina,
1969-1971
1969-1971
House Regulation Act 14643,
1966
1966
28
"I" miscellaneous,
1971
1971
Indirect rate, 1969
1969
Indonesia (Sea-Mes),
1968
1968
"J-K" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
Kellogg, W. K., Foundation,
1966-1971
1966-1971
(3 folders)
Keene State College,
1970
1970
Kresge Foundation,
1967-1968
1967-1968
"L" miscellaneous,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Luikart, Foryce W.,
1970
1970
"M" miscellaneous,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Media services,
1970-1972
1970-1972
"N" miscellaneous,
1969-1971
1969-1971
New England Assembly on State Legislatures,
1969
1969
29
New England Board of Higher Education,
1970
1970
New England Center Newsletters &
Bulletins, 1969-1970
1969-1970
New England Hospital Assembly,
1970
1970
New England Center, proposed programs,
1969-1971
1969-1971
(2 folders)
New England Council,
1962
1962
New England Regional Commission,
1969-1970
1969-1970
New England Technical Services,
1969
1969
New England universities
Chronological file
1968
1968
30
1968-1971
1968-1971
Correspondence,
1971
1971
Minutes, 1968-1971
1968-1971
(7 folders)
"O" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
OBOR, Indonesian foundation,
1971
1971
"P" miscellaneous,
1969-1972
1969-1972
Phillipps, Ellis L.,
1963-1965
1963-1965
31
Policies-People-Programs,
1970
1970
Program Planning, Facilities, and Services,
1972
1972
Publications and Special Projects,
1971
1971
Publicity, 1970
1970
Plymouth State College,
1967
1967
Poverty programs,
1970
1970
Pine, Gerald, 1971
1971
32
Philips Foundation,
1965-1966
1965-1966
Professional Group on Nuclear Science,
1969
1969
"R" miscellaneous,
1971
1971
Rhode Island, University of,
1970-1972
1970-1972
(4 folders)
33
Rapid Copy Center,
1971
1971
Research and educational activities,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Resource Development Consulting Service,
1968-1971
1968-1971
"S" miscellaneous,
1970-1971
1970-1971
Staff reports, 1970
1970
Statues, 1963, 1965
1963, 1965
Student affairs,
1970
1970
Systems analysis,
1969
1969
"T" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
T.V. Film Festival,
1972
1972
"U" miscellaneous,
1971
1971
University of Notre Dame,
1970
1970
University reports,
1972
1972
34
University Senate,
1969-1970
1969-1970
University Development Committee,
1970
1970
"V" miscellaneous,
1968
1968
Visual and performing arts,
1968-1971
1968-1971
Vitae curriculum,
1969
1969
"W" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
Whittemore School,
1969
1969
"XYZ" miscellaneous,
1970
1970
35
Miscellaneous
Personnel, 1963-1969
1963-1969
Faculty and center staff involvement,
1969
1969
University of Connecticut,
1971
1971
University of Maine,
1967-1971
1967-1971
University of New Hampshire,
1949-1972
1949-1972
University of Rhode Island,
1968-1969
1968-1969
University of Vermont,
1969-1970
1969-1970
University coordinators and program
directors, 1969-1971
1969-1971
Office of Academic Vice President,
1969
1969
"Dear Boss," 1968
1968
Principles of organization,
1969
1969
Grading, 1969
1969
Qualification forms,
1969
1969
Slow Me Down, Lord,
1968
1968
Ideas I Want To Keep In Mind,
1967
1967
Adams expense account,
1966-1968
1966-1968
36
Consortium of Washington, D.C., area
universities, 1962-1970
1962-1970
37
International Studies Program
Conference Development
Administration
Participants,
1970
1970
Mailing list,
1969-1970
1969-1970
Resource material,
1970
1970
Correspondence,
1970
1970
Accounts, 1970
1970
Foreign scholars,
1971
1971
Conference
Resource material
38
International Programs for the New England
Region, 1968-1969
1968-1969
"My Questionable Copy of the "Agriculture"
Mailing"
Response (in directory),
1971
1971
39
Rothwell, Kenneth J., printed matter,
1966-1968
1966-1968
40
Survey of International Studies at the
University of New Hampshire and the New England State Universities,
1967
1967
New England Coordinating Council for
International Studies, 1967
1967
(2 folders)
Regional inventories,
1967
1967
41
Printed matter, 1971
1971
42-51
Speeches, Writings, and Lectures, 1937-1970
1937-1970
Speeches, writings, lectures, and reports.
Organized into a chronological file of speeches, a topical file of speeches,
writings, and reports, and a lecture file.
42
Chronological file of speeches
Index
1937-1970
1937-1970
43
1942-1949
1942-1949
44
1950-1952
1950-1952
45
1953-1956
1953-1956
46
1957-1960
1957-1960
47
1961-1965
1961-1965
48
1966-1970
1966-1970
49
Miscellaneous speech material
50
Articles, speeches, and reports
American Higher Education,
1961
1961
Connections of Mutual Supports,
1962
1962
Dedication of the Babcock House,
1968
1968
Education for Dynamic Living in Later
Maturity, 1967
1967
Education for What,
1962
1962
Founders Day Convocation,
1962
1962
Hope, 1966
1966
How Shall One Find His Way?
How Will You Decide,
1965
1965
In The Fell Clutch of Circumstances,
1961
1961
Items of Consider,
1967
1967
New Dimensions of Performance,
1962
1962
Occasional Paper,
1968
1968
Private Junior Colleges, Whither,
1963
1963
Role of Colleges and Universities in
Directing Efforts Towards Goals Common to Higher Education,
1963
1963
Role of The Dean of Women on the College
Campus, 1962
1962
Role of the Private Secondary School in
America, 1963
1963
Science, The Arts, and Society in New
England, 1965
1965
Testimony, 1968
1968
The Challenge of LaterMaturity to Education,
1967
1967
The Critical Sense,
1967
1967
The Funding of Higher Education,
1967
1967
The Goals of Higher Education and The Regents
Responsibility to Them, 1961
1961
The Need to Care,
1964
1964
The Search for Identity,
1968
1968
The University, Society and the Forces of
Change, 1968
1968
Those Who Count,
1963
1963
To Keep on Keeping On,
1964
1964
Tribute to Ernest W. Christensen,
1967
1967
Your New Job, 1965
1965
The Dreams of Changing Times,
1963
1963
The Corporation and the Campus,
1967
1967
The Responsibility of Trustees in Higher
Education, 1967
1967
The New Dimensions of Our Responsibilities,
1962
1962
The Pace of Change,
1960
1960
51
Lectures, 1959
1959
52-53
Printed Matter
Miscellaneous reports, brochures, and other publications.
No arrangement.
52-53
Miscellaneous
54-56
"A" Subject Files, 1928-1975
1928-1975
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, biographical data, and other
subject material beginning with the letter "A" that was organized out of sequence
from the Subject File series at the beginning of the collection.
Arranged by topic or type of material.
54
Adams, Arthur S., biographical material,
1928-1972
1928-1972
(5 folders)
55
Administration on Aging
Africa
American Association of Retired
Persons
American Council on Aging
American Society for Metals
American Society of Electrical
Engineering
Army ROTC
Association for Higher Education
Association of American Colleges
Association of Governing Boards of Universities
and Colleges
(2 folders)
56
(3 folders)