Alexander F. Osborn papers

Collection — Box: 1-22

Identifier: MS-0016

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Original manuscripts and work files, circa 1948-1963, of Osborn's books, "Your Creative Power" (1948), "Wake up Your Mind" (1952), "Applied Imagination" (1953, revised 1957 and 1963); files on the Creative Education Foundation, including annual reports, 1954-1962, publications, including guides, directives, reprinted articles and speeches, circa 1958-1963. Teaching Tools of the Creative Education Foundation include instructor's manuals and student workbooks, 1959-1963. Creative Education Foundation include instructor's manuals and student workbooks, 1963-1964, consists primarily of requests for literature and information.

Dates

1948-1966

Creator

Osborn, Alex F. (Alex Faickney) (Person)

Language of Materials

Collection material in English.

Terms of Access

Alexander F. Osborn Papers, 1948-1966, are open for research.

Copyright

Researchers must obtain the written permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise specified.

Biographical Note

Alexander Faickney Osborn, 1888-1966, advertising executive, founder of Batten, Barton, Burstine and Osborn, and the Creative Education Foundation.

Extent

11.0 Linear Feet (22 boxes)

Additional Description

Abstract

The papers of Alexander F. Osborn, founder of Batten, Barton, Burstine and Osborn, and the Creative Education Foundation consist primarily of his professional activities.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged into six series: I. Your Creative Power, II. Wake Up Your Mind, III. Applied Imagination, IV. Creative Education Foundation, V. Creative Education Foundation Correspondence, VI. Books by Alexander Osborn