Albertson, Maurice L. |

Papers of Maurice L. Albertson

Collection

Identifier: WMLA

Abstract Maurice Albertson (1918-2009) was a hydraulic engineering expert who helped Colorado State University (CSU) gain international recognition in a variety of research fields, including water resources management. Best known for his central role in establishing the Peace Corps, Albertson was a CSU professor and administrator instrumental in expanding the university's water resources research program. The collection includes teaching materials; publications; records of professional and consulting...

Dates: 1891-2009; Majority of material found within 1940-2000

Found in: CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections / Papers of Maurice L. Albertson

Papers of Pauline Birky-Kreutzer

Collection

Identifier: UBIR

Abstract

Pauline Birky-Kreutzer, a research associate with the Colorado State University Research Foundation, was part of the staff that conducted a Congressional feasibility study on a youth corps training program, which became the foundation for the U.S. Peace Corps in 1961. The collection primarily documents the establishment of the Peace Corps and the role played by CSU. Material types include newspaper clipping, reports, and photographs.

Dates: 1959-2004; Majority of material found within 1960-1968

Found in: CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections / Papers of Pauline Birky-Kreutzer

Peace Corps Collection

Collection

Identifier: UPCC

Abstract Colorado State University became involved with the early development of the Peace Corps through the work of Maurice L. Albertson and the successful 1960 proposal on behalf of CSURF (Colorado State University Research Foundation) to the ICA (International Cooperation Agency) to investigate the possibility of establishing a "youth corps" that would become the Peace Corps. Colorado State University soon began training Peace Corps volunteers for work in Pakistan and other parts of the world....

Dates: 1940-2011; Majority of material found within 1960-1986

Found in: CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections / Peace Corps Collection

Records of Asian Institute of Technology

Collection

Identifier: UAIT

Abstract The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), a postgraduate institution in Thailand, was founded in 1959 as the SEATO Graduate School of Engineering at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok. Originally sponsored by the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and funded by a USAID contract administered by Dr. Maurice L. Albertson at Colorado State University, the school moved to its present location and changed its name to the Asian Institute of Technology in 1967. The collection, assmebled by...

Dates: 1959-1975

Found in: CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections / Records of Asian Institute of Technology

Records of the Office of International Programs

Collection

Identifier: UOIP

Abstract

The Records of the Office of International Programs was established to administer and oversee projects of an international nature. The collection consists of correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, conference proceedings, and office records related to meetings, finance, individual profiles, international travel, foreign countries and projects. Material types include manuscripts, articles, reports, brochures, journals, maps, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and photographs.

Dates: 1948-1999; Majority of material found in 1964-1984

Found in: CSU Libraries Archives & Special Collections / Records of the Office of International Programs

Albertson, Maurice L.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Maurice L. Albertson

Papers of Pauline Birky-Kreutzer

Peace Corps Collection

Records of Asian Institute of Technology

Records of the Office of International Programs

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