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Inter-University Labor Education Committee Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5234

Scope and Contents

This accession consists generally of correspondence between the executive secretaries of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) and the staff of the participating universities, the Fund for Adult Education, and various labor unions; and reports and documents generated by the university projects and the administration of IULEC.

Dates

  • 1951-1975

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Biographical / Historical

The Inter-University Labor Education Committee (1951-1957) was created to promote cooperative educational programs between labor unions and the eight participating universities.

The Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) was organized in 1951 for the purpose of administering a grant from the Fund for Adult Education for experimental projects in workers' education. Eight universities participated in the grant, namely, the University of California at Los Angeles, Roosevelt University, Cornell University, the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, the University of Wisconsin, Rutgers University and Pennsylvania State University.

The major purpose of the grant was to promote cooperative educational programs between labor unions and the eight participating universities in order to widen the extent and scope of labor activities to include foreign affairs, economics and community participation; to develop new techniques and tools to make education in these areas more effective and lasting; and to assist labor leaders in establishing and conducting educational programs within their organizations. The files reflect the role of the IULEC as a coordinating agency between the participating universities and labor and non-labor agencies; the activities of the participating universities; and projects in workers' education which were conducted by universities, government agencies and labor organizations in various states and foreign countries.

Extent

12 cubic feet

Abstract

This accession consists generally of correspondence between the executive secretaries of the Inter-University Labor Education Committee (IULEC) and the staff of the participating universities, the Fund for Adult Education, and various labor unions; and reports and documents generated by the university projects and the administration of IULEC.

Quantity:

12 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Manuscripts (documents).

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, November 07, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, February 22, 2017
Title
Inter-University Labor Education Committee Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
February 22, 2017
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853