National Defense Education Act, Counseling and Guidance Institutes, Records, 1965-1968
Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- National Defense Education Act, Counseling and Guidance Institutes, records
- Dates:
- 1965-1968
- Creators:
- National Defense Education Act. Counseling and Guidance Institutes.
- Abstract:
- Records include correspondence, applications, memoranda, papers presented, reports and general material relating to the institutes held in the summers of 1965 and 1966 and one workshop held in October 1967.
- Extent:
- 3 Linear Feet
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] National Defense Education Act, Counseling and Guidance Institutes, Records (SC0155). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Records include correspondence, applications, memoranda, papers presented, reports and general material relating to the institutes held in the summers of 1965 and 1966 and one workshop held in October 1967.
- Biographical / historical:
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The National Defense Education Act (Public Law 85-864) of 1958, amended in November 1964, provided for guidance and counseling institutes to be held at various institutions across the country, with the purpose of training counselors at all academic levels to work more effectively with disadvantaged and minority students who are facing vocational decisions. Stanford was chosen as a host institution. Dr. John D. Black, Director of the Stanford University Counseling and Testing Center, directed the two institutes and one workshop held on the Stanford campus in 1965, 1966, and October 1967.
- Acquisition information:
- Administrative transfer, 1977.
- Physical location:
- Special Collections and University Archives materials are stored offsite and must be paged 48 hours in advance. For more information on paging collections, see the department's website: https://library.stanford.edu/libraries/special-collections.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-03-12 10:11:15 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is restricted until 2050.
- Terms of access:
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While University Archives is the owner of the physical and/or digital items, permission to examine collection materials is not an authorization to publish. These materials are made available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any transmission or reproduction beyond that allowed by fair use requires permission from the owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns.
- Preferred citation:
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[identification of item] National Defense Education Act, Counseling and Guidance Institutes, Records (SC0155). Department of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.
- Location of this collection:
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Stanford University Archives, Green Library557 Escondido MallStanford, CA 94305-6064, US
- Contact:
- (650) 725-1022