Norman Wilson articles
Scope and Contents
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the articles of Norman H. Wilson, typed and xeroxed, many of which focus on education in the United States and abroad. Also includes brochures for the First and Second Annual Normal Wilson Memorial Conferences. The collection also includes an itemized index of each article.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1974
Creator
- Wilson, Norman (Person)
Use Restrictions
Restricted. Not for publication without permission of the American Friends Service Committee.
Biographical Note
Norman Wilson (1926-1973) was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1926. He graduated from Antioch College, the school at which he became a Quaker, in 1951. He then received a master's from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in education from Columbia University. Wilson taught in New York before moving to Tokyo to serve as the director of the Asian Center for the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). He then became the peace education secretary for the ASFC's New York office. He also served as the director of the Antioch-Putney Graduate School of Education. He died of cancer in Vermont in 1973, at age 47.
Biographical information from the New York Times.
Extent
.01 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Language
English
Overview
This collection is comprised of a single folder of the articles of Norman H. Wilson, typed and xeroxed, many of which focus on education in the United States and abroad. Also includes brochures for the First and Second Annual Normal Wilson Memorial Conferences. The collection also includes an itemized index of each article.
Acquisition
The Norman Wilson articles were donated to Special Collections, Haverford College in 1976 by Adrian and Christine Wilson.
Processing Information
Processed by Kara Flynn; completed March, 2016.
- Title
- Norman Wilson articles, 1956-1974
- Author
- Kara Flynn
- Date
- March, 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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