Nell Eurich papers, 1922-2000

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Summary

Creators:
Eurich, Nell
Abstract:
The collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, studies, reports, and printed matter related to international and comparative education, higher education in the United States, adult education and literacy, career and job training, and corporate involvement in education. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Extent:
135 manuscript boxes (54.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nell Eurich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Nell Eurich, also known as Nell Plopper, Nell P. Hutchinson, and Nell E. Lazarus, was an author, professor, dean, and education consultant. The collection includes materials on topics such as adult education, higher education in the United States, education administration, career training, distance education and delivery systems, coeducation, and literacy. For a detailed container list and curriculum vitae provided by Nell Eurich, see the Collection overview and biographical file.

The Professional positions and activities file documents Eurich's career in education, including her role as a professor, education administrator, consultant, and member of various boards. Eurich was the dean of faculty and a professor of English at Vassar College from 1967 to 1970, a time when Vassar was transitioning to the coeducational model. This file includes information on the creation of the Black Studies Program, now known as the Africana Studies Program, and the Vassar-Yale Study. Additionally, the file includes documents related to New College in Sarasota, Florida, where Eurich served as a board member, and the Academy for Educational Development, where Eurich was a consultant.

In 1985, Eurich published Corporate Classrooms, the result of a study funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The book focused on training activities in large corporations, looking at the history, content, methodology, and means of delivery for corporate training. The Corporate Classroomsfile contains drafts, notes, and research for the publication. As a result of that project, Eurich was asked to head the Adult Learning Project, a broader study to research adult education and training in the United States, focusing on economic productivity and the American work force. Funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, the Adult Learners Project was directed by Eurich through the Academy for Educational Development (AED), where Eurich was a senior consultant. The aim of the study was to broaden the concept of adult education and training by looking at non-traditional means of education, such as corporations, proprietary schools, labor unions, trade associations, community colleges, the military, and the federal government. As a result of that study, The Learning Industry was published in 1990. The Learning Industryand Adult Learning Project file contains research, correspondence, and notes related to this project. The heading "missing persons," which became the title of a chapter in The Learning Industry, was used by Eurich to refer to people not employed in the work force or employed in part-time jobs without sufficient opportunities. Materials under the heading "other literature" consist of mainly printed matter, often in the form of flyers, brochures, or catalogs relating to a specific organization or event. Much of the correspondence and memoranda can be found in files with the heading "general."

The Other activities file documents Eurich's community service and other various pursuits. In 1941, Eurich was a participant in the International Student Service Summer Leadership Institute at Campobello Island, a program in which Eleanor Roosevelt opened up her summer home to thirty student leaders for lectures and discussion. Photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt can be found in box 120, folder 5.

The collection contains Eurich's Speeches and writings, including speeches discussing her book Corporate Classrooms and women in higher education. Also included are files on books and articles addressing topics in education.

General subject files, which include topics such as innovative education, coeducation, business, and higher education, can be found in the Education, training, and technology file.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1919 July 28
Born, Norwood, Ohio
1939
A.A., Stephens College
1941
B.A., Stanford University
1941
Attended Campobello Summer Student Leadership Institute held at the summer house of Eleanor Roosevelt
1942-1943
Director of the student union, University of Texas
1943
M.A., Stanford University
1944-1946
Resident counselor, Barnard College
1947-1949
Assistant to president, Women's Foundation
1949-1951
Assistant public relations officer, State University of New York
1951-1952
Assistant for organizing the overseas division, Ford Foundation
1952
Acting president, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri
1953
Married Alvin C. Eurich
1953-1954
Director of development, Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri
1959
Ph.D., Columbia University
1959-1964
Assistant professor of English, New York University
1962
Member of an advisory committee to design curriculum for New College, Sarasota, Florida
1965
Academic dean and acting president, New College, Sarasota, Florida
1965-1975
Trustee, New College, Sarasota, Florida
1966
Director, Project to Reorganize Curriculum, Aspen Public High School, Colorado
1966-1967
Member, National Selection Committee on Fellowships and Chairman, Rocky Mountain Committee, National Endowment for the Humanities
1966-1970
Member, Special Committee on Liberal Studies, American Association of Colleges
1967
Author, Science in Utopia
1967
Author, "Learning in America," published in From Parnassus: A Volume of Essays for Jacques Barzun
1967-1970
Dean of faculty, professor of English, academic director of the Vassar-Yale study and chairman of the Comprehensive Planning Committee, Vassar College, New York
1967-1971
Member, Middle States Committee, Marshall Scholarships
1968-1969
Member, U.S. Commission on Instructional Technology, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
1969
Member, Panel of Judges, Federal Woman's Award
1969
Honorary member, National Council of Women
1969-1975
Member, Overseers Visiting Committee on Summer School and University Extension, Harvard University
1970-1971
Consultant for Manhattanville grant application, National Endowment for the Humanities
1971
Author, Great Britain's Open University: First Chance, Second Chance, or Last Chance? (co-authored with B. Schwenkmeyer)
1971-1975
Provost and dean of faculty, professor of English, and vice president for academy affairs, Manhattanville College, New York
1972
Member, Career Minister Review Board, U.S. Department of State
1974
Contributing author, Learning for Tomorrow
1975
Received honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Manhattanville College, New York
1975-1993
Senior consultant, board member and executive committee member, and director of the Comparative Study of Higher Education Systems in Twelve Countries, International Council for Educational Development
1975-circa 2001
Trustee, New College Foundation
1976
Member, Middle Atlantic Committee, Rhodes Scholarship Selection Committee
1977, 1979-1980
Moderator, Corporate Executive Seminar, Aspen Institute for Humanistic Studies
1977-1980
Member, Carnegie Council on Policy Studies in Higher Education
1977-1990
Trustee, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1978
Editor, Systems of Higher Education, International Council for Educational Development
1979-1983
Trustee and chairman of admissions committee, Bennington College, Vermont
1980-1988
Senior consultant, Academy for Educational Development
1981
Author, Higher Education in Twelve Countries: A Comparative View
1982-1985
Research grantee, Corporate Classrooms, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
1985
Author, Corporate Classrooms
1985-1986
Director, Consultant Team, Academy of Computer Science and Engineering, AT&T Bell Laboratories
1986-1990
Research grantee, The Learning Industry (director of the Adult Learning Project), Carnegie Foundation for Advancement of Teaching
1986-1990
Member of editorial board, Industry and Higher Education, published by Butterworth & Co. Publishers
1987-1988
Advisor, Committee on Career-Long Education for Engineers (CLEFE), National Academy of Engineering
1987-1990
Member, Advisory Board, Alliance for Learning
1988
Married Maurice Lazarus
1988-1990
Member, Board of Directors, International Council for Educational Development
1990
Author, The Learning Industry: Education for Adult Workers
1991-
Academic Advisory Board, Cambridge College
2008
Died
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000.
Arrangement:

Description is based on a detailed container list provided by Nell Eurich and found in box 111, folder 4. Since the collection has not been physically arranged, the order of materials differs from Eurich's container list. The index of major groups can serve as a guide to the collection. Most folder headings are original.

Index of Major Groups

Box Nos. Groups
111 Collection overview and biographical file, undated. Includes detailed container list of the Nell Eurich papers and curriculum vitae of Eurich. Includes one floppy disk.
87-89, 111-114, 124-127 Speeches and writings, 1937-1995. Includes monographs, typescripts, and printed matter related to education. See International Council for Educational Development for files on Systems of Higher Education in 12 Countries.
17-20, 84-87, 89-95, 115-119, 121-125 Professional positions and activities file, 1966-2000. Includes correspondence, meeting minutes, printed matter, research material, course materials, and awards related to Eurich's various professional positions, including materials for New College, Vassar College, and the International Council for Educational Development.
120-121 Other activities file, 1941-1992. Includes correspondence, clippings, and photographs related to community service and the Campobello Summer Student Leadership Institute. Includes photographs of Eleanor Roosevelt.
108-110 Correspondence, 1964-1997. Consists of two subseries: noteworthy correspondents and general.
85-98, 105-108, 110-111, 127-130 Corporate Classrooms file, 1928-1999. Includes research material, drafts, correspondence, and printed matter for the Corporate Classrooms study funded by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
4-17, 20-32, 36-55, 59-64, 66-68, 71-74, 77-84, 98-105 The Learning Industry and Adult Learning Project file, 1922-1999. Includes correspondence, memoranda, research material, drafts, notes, printed matter, brochures, and clippings related to the project and publication.
1-3, 33-36, 56-58, 65, 68-71, 74-77 Education, training, and technology file, 1963-1996. Includes correspondence, memoranda, clippings, and printed matter related to various topics in education, including innovative education.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Nell Eurich papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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