Paul Robert Hanna papers, 1920-1997

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Hanna, Paul Robert, 1902-
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and photographs of the American educator and director of the Stanford International Development Education Center from 1963-1968. Materials relate to education in the United States, the Philippines, and developing countries in general.
Extent:
239 manuscript boxes, 4 cubic foot boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize packet, 21 envelopes, 3 oversize folders, 1 motion picture film reel, 1 video cassette (104.4 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Paul Robert Hanna papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and photographs of the American educator and director of the Stanford International Development Education Center from 1963-1968. Materials relate to education in the United States, the Philippines, and developing countries in general.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1902, June 21
Born, Sioux City, Iowa
1924
A.B., Philosophy magna cum laude, Hamline University
1925
A.M., Columbia University
1925-1927
Superintendent of Schools, West Winfield, New York
1928-1935
Research associate, Lincoln School, Columbia University
1929
Ph.D., Columbia University
1930-1935
Assistant Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University
1930-1975
Designer and senior author, Investigating Man's World, a series of social science texbooks, Scott, Foresman and Co.
1930-1944
Founder and Member, editorial board, Building America
1933-1940
Consultant to Tennessee Valley Authority
1935-1937
Associate professor of Education, Stanford University
1936-1939
National Director, U.S. Council for Conservation Education
1936-1966
Member, editorial board, World Book Encyclopedia
1937
Doctor of Pedagogy (honorary), Hamline University
1937-1954
Professor of Education, Stanford University
1939-1942
Consultant to National Resources Planning Board
1940-1942
Consultant to Coordinator of Intern-American Affairs, with assignments to South America and Central America
1941-1945
Member, Curriculum Committee, National Council for Social Studies
1942-1944
Director, Stanford University Services (war contracts for research and training);
Consultant to U.S. Secretary of War on Army Specialized Training Program
1942-1945
Consultant to War Relocation Authority
1944-1958
Staff and Advisory Committee, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
1947
Consultant to U.S. Secretary of War on re-education of Germany
1948-1960
Member, editorial board, Encyclopedia Britannica Films
1949
Member, UNESCO consultative educational mission to the Philippines
1952-1953
Director, Educational Division, U.S. Mutual Security Agency, Philippines
1953-56
Coordinator, University of the Philippines-Stanford University Contract, U.S. Agency for International Development
1954-1967
Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education, Stanford University
1954-1968
Founding Director, Stanford International Development Education Center (SIDEC)
1955-1958
Member, U.S. National Commission for UNESCO Committee on Fundemental Society
1955-1960
Member, Committee on Institutional Projects Abroad, American Council of Education
1956-1960
Coordinator, Philippines Department of Education-Stanford University Contract, U.S. Agency for International Development
1958
Visiting professor, Harvard University
1962-1967
Member, Committee on International Education Policy of the Commission on Education and International Affairs of the American Council on Education
1963
Editor, <title render="italic">Education: An Instrument of National Goals, </title>McGraw-Hill
Acting Dean, School of Education, Stanford University
1963-1969
Consultant, Cooperative Research Branch, U.S. Office of Education
1964-1968
Member, Commission on International Education of the American Council of Education;
Chairman, Committee on International Relations, American Educational Research Association;
Member, Committee on Education and Human Development of Education and World Affairs
1964-1972
Member, Committee on Atlantic Studies of the Atlantic Council and Atlantic Institute
1964-1969
Educational advisor, Elementary School Professional Education Book Series, Houghton Mifflin Co.
1964-1970
Member, Editorial Board, American Educational Press
1965
Senior Fellow, East-West Center, Honolulu
1966
Co-author, Geography in the Teaching of Social Studies - Concepts and Skills, Houghton Mifflin Co.;
Chairman, U.S. Department of State Team to Yugoslavia on Educational and Cultural Exchanges;
Principal researcher, Phoneme -Grapheme Correspondences as Cues to Spelling Improvement, U.S. Government Printing Office
1967
American specialist, U.S. Department of State, assigned to four African national governments on educational reforms
1968
Director, Stanford Asia Foundation Seminar, Role of Higher Education in Asian Nation Building, held in Korea
1968-69
Chairman, National Evaluation Committee for Peace Corps/University Relations
1968-
Emeritus Jacks Professor and Emeritus Director of SIDEC, Stanford University
1969
Co-author, The United States and International Education, The National Society for the Study of Education
1970
Co-author, Spelling: Structure and Strategies, Houghton Mifflin Co.
1970-1975
Member, U.S. National Commission for UNESCO
1973-1976
Member, California Citizens Advisory Committee on State Parks and Recreation
1974-
Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
1975-1977
Member, Aspen Institute's National Commission on Coping with Interdependence
1981
Co-author, Frank Lloyd Wright's Hanna House: The Clients' Report, MIT Press
1981
Appointed to the Presidential Task Force on Arts and Humanities
1988, April
Died, Stanford, California
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 249 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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], Paul Robert Hanna 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