Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Osborn, Alex F. (Alex Faickney) and University Archives
- 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.
- Extent:
- 11.0 Linear Feet and 22 boxes
- Language:
- Collection material in English.
- Preferred citation:
[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS016, Alexander F. Osborn Papers, 1948-1966, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
Background
- Scope and Content:
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.
- Biographical / Historical:
Alexander Faickney Osborn, 1888-1966, advertising executive, founder of Batten, Barton, Burstine and Osborn, and the Creative Education Foundation.
- Acquisition information:
- The Alexander F. Osborn Papers was donated to the University Archives by Alexander Osborn and the Creative Education Foundation in January 1967.
- Processing information:
Collection processed by Archives staff.
- 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
- Accruals:
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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Alexander F. Osborn Papers, 1948-1966, are open for research.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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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.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Description and dates], Box/folder number, MS016, Alexander F. Osborn Papers, 1948-1966, University Archives, State University of New York at Buffalo.
See the Special Collections' preferred citations instructions for additional information.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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716-645-2916lib-archives@buffalo.edu