Title: Verna Carley Papers
Inclusive Dates: 1930s-1970s

Creator:

• Carley, Verna A. (Verna Adeline), 1900-1979

Call Number: M2011-034

Quantity: 1.1 cubic feet (2 archives boxes, 1 half-archives box and 1 oversize folder) and 0.4 cubic feet of photographs (1 archives box)

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Papers of educator Dr. Verna Carley, including personal and official correspondence, various reports, and numerous photographs from her work around the world. Papers include documentation of her time as WAVE training commander in Pensacola, Florida during World War II and her subsequent work as a Teacher Education Adviser and director of the Institute for Educational Leadership as part of the U.S. occupation of Japan. Other materials record her work as an educator for the U.S. State Department, such as her 1955-1958 stay in Taiwan as Community School Adviser and in the following years as a Teacher Education Specialist aiding developing nations in establishing effective educational systems in various parts of Southeast Asia and Africa until 1964. Also included is a biographical folder with timelines of Dr. Carley's work and photographs documenting her work and travels.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-m2011034

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Acquisition Information

Presented by Mary Ellen Hutterli, Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M2011-034

M2011-034 Box   1 Folder   1	Early Years-1942
Box   1 Folder   2	Japan, 1937
Box   1 Folder   3	WAVES, 1940s
Box   1 Folder   4-5	Japan, 1946-1952
Box   1 Folder   6	Japan, Personal Correspondence, 1946-1952
Box   1 Folder   7	Fordham, 1952-1955
Box   1 Folder   8	Philippines, 1956
Box   1 Folder   9	Bangkok Community Development Conference, 1956
Box   1 Folder   10	Taiwan, 1955-1958
Box   2 Folder   1	Taiwan, 1955-1958 (continued)
Box   2 Folder   2	Japan and Korea Visit, 1957
Box   2 Folder   3	Comments on First Report, 1959
Box   2 Folder   4	AID (Agency for International Development)/OED, 1958-1964
Box   2 Folder   5	African Women Educators Visit USA, 1961
Box   2 Folder   6	Africa, 1950s-1960s
Box   2 Folder   7	1960s Note: Unrelated to Africa.
Box   2 Folder   8	Taiwan and Japan Visits, 1967
Box   3 Folder   1	Education in Africa Project, 1962-1963
Box   3 Folder   2	Try-Out Schools
Box   3 Folder   3	1970s
Box   3 Folder   4	Biographical
Box   3 Folder   5	Miscellaneous
Box   3 Folder   6	Carley-Canoyer-Cutler Graduate Fellowship
	Photographs
Box   4 Folder   1	Early Portraits
Box   4 Folder   3	Early Photographs, Columbia University
Box   4 Folder   4	Miscellaneous Travels, Europe and Asia, mainly 1937
Box   4 Folder   5-10	WAVES, 1942-1946
Box   4 Folder   11	Japan, 1946-1952, 1957
Box   4 Folder   12	Travels-Egypt, France, Mexico, et cetera, 1957
Box   4 Folder   13	Taiwan, 1955-1958
Box   4 Folder   14	Miscellaneous SE Asia, circa 1950s
Box   4 Folder   15-16	Family and Friends, USA, 1960s
Box   4 Folder   17	SE Asia, 1960s
Box   4 Folder   18	Taiwan and Japan, circa 1967
Box   4 Folder   19	African Women Educators Visit USA, 1961
Box   4 Folder   20	Dr. Carley with Congressman Melvin R. Laird, California, 1968
Box   4 Folder   21	Oversize (miscellaneous)
Box   4 Folder   22	Later Portraits
Oversize Folder	Ephemera