Flynt, Ralph C. M. Papers

Dates: 1933-1969

Assistant Director of the Division of Central Services, U.S. Office of Education, 1945-1948; Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of Education, 1948-1950; Director of the Division of Special Education Services, 1950; Director of General and Liberal Education, 1952-1953.

The papers of Ralph C.M. Flynt consist of correspondence, dockets, handwritten notes, meeting minutes and agendas, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Ralph Flynt’s work in the Office of Education and his association with various organizations.

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ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Size: 13 linear feet, 2 linear inches (approximately 24,000 pages).
Access: Open.
Copyright: The donor gave to the U.S. Government all of its copyright interest in these materials and in any other materials received by the U.S. Government and maintained in a depository administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. Documents created by employees of the U.S. Government in the course of their official duties are in the public domain. Copyright interest in other documents in the collection presumably belongs to the creators of those documents, or their heirs.
Processed by: Dennis E. Bilger (1973); David Clark (2025).


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BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Ralph Comer Michael Flynt was born in Washington, Georgia on September 6, 1904. Flynt held the following positions in the U.S. Office of Education: Assistant Director of the Division of Central Services from 1945 to 1948; Executive Assistant to the Commissioner of Education from 1948 to 1950; Director of the Division of Special Education Services in 1950; and Director of General and Liberal Education from 1952 to 1953; Director of the Higher Education Program Branch from 1954 to 1958; Assistant Commissioner of Education from 1958 to 1959; Assistant Commissioner for Legislation and Program Development from 1959to 1962; Assistant Commissioner for Research and Development from 1962 to 1965; and Associate Commissioner for International Education from 1965 to 1968. He died on November 17, 1993.

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COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The papers of Ralph C.M. Flynt consist of correspondence, dockets, handwritten notes, meeting minutes and agendas, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Ralph Flynt’s work in the Office of Education and his association with various organizations. The collection is arranged in one series, an Alphabetical File.

The Alphabetical File consists of correspondence, legislative bills, meeting minutes and agendas, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports related to Ralph Flynt’s work in the Office of Education. The materials primarily relate to the American Council on NATO, appropriations, the Atlantic Council of the United States, Atlantic Studies, the Atlantic Treaty Association, financial aid, the history of the Office of Education, Hungarian Refugee Relief, international education, legislation, the North American Treaty Organization, personal engagements, speeches, and vocational rehabilitation.

Related collections at the Truman Library include John the A. Jessup Papers, Earl J. McGrath Papers, and John D. Russell Papers.

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SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

Container Nos.

  

Series

1-30

   ALPHABETICAL FILE, 1933-1969
Correspondence, dockets, handwritten notes, meeting minutes and agendas, memorandums, newspaper clippings, printed materials, and reports. Arranged alphabetically.

 

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FOLDER TITLE LIST

ALPHABETICAL FILE, 1933-1969

Box 1

  • A Bill to Establish a Program of Financial Aid to Students in Higher Education, July 25, 1951
  • "A Federal Education Agency for the Future," April 1961
  • Accreditation Review and Institutional Eligibility Under the Office of Education Programs, 1963-1967
  • Ad Hoc Inter-Constituent Committee on Financial Support of Teaching and Training
  • American Council on NATO, 1952-1953 [1 of 2]
  • American Council on NATO, 1952-1953 [2 of 2]
  • American Council on NATO, 1954
  • American Council on NATO, 1955 [1 of 2]

Box 2

  • American Council on NATO, 1955 [2 of 2]
  • American Council on NATO, 1956
  • American Council on NATO, 1957
  • American Council on NATO, 1958
  • American Council on NATO, 1959
  • American Council on NATO, 1960
  • American Council on NATO, 1961
  • American European Foundation, 1956-1958
  • American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1965
  • Article, "New Vistas and Opportunities in Education Research," P.22, JOPHER: Journal of Health, Physical Education and Recreation, April 1956
  • Atlantic Citizens Congress, 1952-1953

Box 3

  • Atlantic Colleges, July 1956
  • Atlantic Colleges, Washington Committee for, January 18, 1968
  • Atlantic Committees (American, British, French, German)
  • Atlantic Community News, October 1962-December 1965
  • Atlantic Community News, January 1966-August 1969
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1961-1962 [1 of 2]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1961-1962 [2 of 2]

Box 4

  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1963 [1 of 3]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1963 [2 of 3]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1963 [3 of 3]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1963 (Roper Report)
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1964 [1 of 5]

Box 5

  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1964 [2 of 5]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1964 [3 of 5]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1964 [4 of 5]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1964 [5 of 5]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1965 [1 of 4]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1965 [2 of 4]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1965 [3 of 4]

Box 6

  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1965 [4 of 4]
  • Atlantic Council of the United States, 1966-1967
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Publications
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, October 19, 1965
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, January 11, 1966
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, April 5, 1966

Box 7

  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, June 29, 1966
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, September 19-24, 1966
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, November 18-20, 1966
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, January 17, 1967
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, April 4, 1967
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, June 20, 1967
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, October 3, 1967
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, January 16, 1968

Box 8

  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, April 16, 1968
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, January 22, 1969
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, April 9-June 1969
  • Atlantic Council of the United States – Board of Directors – Meeting, September 23, 1969
  • Atlantic Institute, July 1965
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, October 3, 1964 [1 of 2]
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, October 3, 1964 [2 of 2]

Box 9

  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, July 1965
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, April 8, 1967
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, October 28, 1967
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, April 20, 1968
  • Atlantic Studies, Committee on, February 15, 1969
  • Atlantic Studies – Ford Foundation, May 24-25, 1966
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Constitution – London and the Hague, 1954 [1 of 2]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Constitution – London and the Hague, 1954 [2 of 2]

Box 10

  • Atlantic Treaty Association – First Assembly, Paris, June 22-25, 1955
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Meetings, 1953-1960 [1 of 3]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Meetings, 1953-1960 [2 of 3]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Meetings, 1953-1960 [3 of 3]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Council Meeting - Germany, April 6-19, 1957
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Council Meeting – Copenhagen, Denmark, September 23-29, 1962
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Conference on Education, September 1-5, 1958
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Conference on Young Political Leaders

Box 11

  • Atlantic Treaty Association – I – "Role of the School in the Atlantic Community," Paris, September 3-7, 1956
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – II – Second Annual Assembly, Paris, September 11-15, 1956
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Third Biennial Study Conference on Education, Luxembourg, July 3-7, 1960
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – International Summer School for Teachers, New College, Oxford, August 5-15, 1959
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Third Annual Assembly, Rome, June 24-28, 1959
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Fourth Annual Assembly, Boston, September 21-28, 1958

Box 12

  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Ottawa, Canada, January 29-30, 1958
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Sixth Annual Assembly, Oslo, June 27-July 1, 1958
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – Education Committee – Paris, September 24-26, 1957, Council Meeting, Paris, September 27-28, 1957; Denmark, October 1-2, 1957
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – November 1952-January 1963 [1 of 4]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – November 1952-January 1963 [2 of 4]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – November 1952-January 1963 [3 of 4]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – November 1952-January 1963 [4 of 4]
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – July 1965
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – 11th General Assembly, Rome, September 1965
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – 6th Biennial Conference on Education, Lisbon, Portugal, July 25-30, 1966

Box 13

  • Atlantic Treaty Association – General Assembly, October 18-24, 1969
  • Atlantic Treaty Association – 13th General Assembly, September 10-15, 1967
  • Atlantic Union Committees [1 of 6]
  • Atlantic Union Committees [2 of 6]
  • Atlantic Union Committees [3 of 6]
  • Atlantic Union Committees [4 of 6]
  • Atlantic Union Committees [5 of 6]
  • Atlantic Union Committees [6 of 6]
  • Charts, 1948
  • Charts, 1955
  • Civilian Conservation Corps – Printed Materials, 1935-1939

Box 14

  • Civilian Conservation Corps – Reports, 1935-1939
  • Committee on Appropriations – Justification of Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1966 [1 of 5]
  • Committee on Appropriations – Justification of Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1966 [2 of 5]
  • Committee on Appropriations – Justification of Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1966 [3 of 5]
  • Committee on Appropriations – Justification of Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1966 [4 of 5]
  • Committee on Appropriations – Justification of Appropriations for the Fiscal Year 1966 [5 of 5]
  • Council for Financial Aid to Education

Box 15

  • Department of State – Agency for International Development – Telephone Directory, February 1968
  • Education and World Affairs – Report on International Education
  • European Refugee Publications [1 of 2]
  • European Refugee Publications [2 of 2]
  • Exceptional Children and Youth
  • Executive Assignment System, July 1967
  • Financial Aid to College and University Students – May 31, 1957 Statement
  • Foreign Language Reports, 1958 [1 of 2]

Box 16

  • Foreign Language Reports, 1958 [2 of 2]
  • Foreign Language Reports, 1958 - Publications
  • Higher Education – List of Doctoral Dissertations and Reports
  • Historical Organization – General [1 of 3]
  • Historical Organization – General [2 of 3]
  • Historical Organization – General [3 of 3]
  • Historical Organization – Board of Civil Service Examiners

Box 17

  • Historical Organization – CENTO--SEATO, 1959-1960
  • Historical Organization – Coordination and Research Activities, 1963
  • Historical Organization – The Development of the U.S. Office of Education, 1867-1960
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Department Coordinator [1 of 2]
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Department Coordinator [2 of 2]
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – President’s Committee for
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Scholarship Program [1 of 2]
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Scholarship Program [2 of 2]
  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Task Force [1 of 2]

Box 18

  • Hungarian Refugee Relief – Task Force [2 of 2]
  • Institute for American Universities
  • Internal Committee on Research Coordination, 1965
  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [1 of 6]
  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [2 of 6]
  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [3 of 6]
  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [4 of 6]

Box 19

  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [5 of 6]
  • International – Correspondence/Reports, 1964-1965 [6 of 6]
  • International Education Act of 1966 [1 of 2]
  • International Education Act of 1966 [2 of 2]
  • International Movement for Atlantic Union, Inc.
  • International Public Education Conference, July 1959
  • Legislation re. Education [1 of 2]
  • Legislation re. Education [2 of 2]

Box 20

  • Legislative Grants to Higher Education – Financial Aid to College and University Students [1 of 2]
  • Legislative Grants to Higher Education – Financial Aid to College and University Students [2 of 2]
  • Library Science Study (McDonough)
  • Management Survey of Educational Statistics Branch
  • Manpower
  • Memoranda – 1950-1962
  • National Youth Administration Publications, 1944-1948

Box 21

  • North Atlantic Community – Brussels, September 8-October 22, 1957
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Boston Regional Conference on NATO Affairs
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Cultural Relations Programs
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Essay Competition
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – First International Study Conference, Oxford, England, 1952
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Information Program (State Department), June 28-July 2, 1954
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Interim Committee, 1952
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Letters [1 of 3]
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Letters [2 of 3]

Box 22

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Letters [3 of 3]
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – National Conference
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Parliamentarian's Conference
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Press Releases
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Publications [1 of 3]
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Publications [2 of 3]
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Publications [3 of 3]

Box 23

  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Second International Study Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1953
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Seminars, William and Mary College, Norfolk, Virginia, 1955-1956
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Tenth Anniversary
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization – Veteran Proposal (Nicholas de Rochefort)
  • Notes of Michael Young – Education in the United States and Russia, 1965
  • Personal Correspondence, 1949-1960 [1 of 2]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1949-1960 [2 of 2]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1961 [1 of 2]

Box 24

  • Personal Correspondence, 1961 [2 of 2]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1962-1963 [1 of 3]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1962-1963 [2 of 3]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1962-1963 [3 of 3]
  • Personal Correspondence, 1965-1966
  • Personal Correspondence, Foreign, 1949-1962
  • Personal – Engagements Cancelled, 1967
  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1961-1965 [1 of 4]

Box 25

  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1961-1965 [2 of 4]
  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1961-1965 [3 of 4]
  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1961-1965 [4 of 4]
  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1966-1969 [1 of 2]
  • Personal – Engagements Completed, 1966-1969 [2 of 2]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [1 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [2 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [3 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [4 of 10]

Box 26

  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [5 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [6 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [7 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [8 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [9 of 10]
  • Personal – Engagements Decline, 1964-1969 [10 of 10]
  • Personal – Pay and Related Data
  • Personal – Planned Leave and Travel
  • Photographs

Box 27

  • President's Task Force on International Education - Work Book No. 1
  • Publications (Articles by Ralph C. M. Flynt), 1949-1966 [1 of 3]
  • Publications (Articles by Ralph C. M. Flynt), 1949-1966 [2 of 3]
  • Publications (Articles by Ralph C. M. Flynt), 1949-1966 [3 of 3]
  • Reading File, March 1968-October 1969 [1 of 3]
  • Reading File, March 1968-October 1969 [2 of 3]
  • Reading File, March 1968-October 1969 [3 of 3]
  • Report by Charles Frankel, "The Neglected Aspect of Foreign Affairs; American Educational and Cultural Policy Abroad," 1965 [1 of 3]

Box 28

  • Report by Charles Frankel, "The Neglected Aspect of Foreign Affairs; American Educational and Cultural Policy Abroad," 1965 [2 of 3]
  • Report by Charles Frankel, "The Neglected Aspect of Foreign Affairs; American Educational and Cultural Policy Abroad," 1965 [3 of 3]
  • Report by Dr. William John Cooper, U.S. Commissioner of Education, (reprint from Scientific Monthly, February 1933)
  • Report, "Full Strength for the Long Pull," December 1, 1950
  • Report of the President's Task Force on International Education, November 1965
  • Report on Administrative Survey, October 1950
  • Report on the Community College, June 30, 1950
  • Report to the President and the Congress by the Commissioner of Education, "Equality of Educational Opportunity," 1966
  • Research and Development – Correspondence, 1963-1965 [1 of 2]

Box 29

  • Research and Development – Correspondence, 1963-1965 [2 of 2]
  • Research, Bureau of – "The Retention of Able Students;" Report of Committee Headed by R.C.M. Flynt, 1955
  • Research – Cooperative Research Program – Department of H.E.W.
  • Speeches, 1953-1966 [1 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1953-1966 [2 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1953-1966 [3 of 4]
  • Speeches, 1953-1966 [4 of 4]
  • Speeches – Correspondence re, 1956-1969 [1 of 3]

Box 30

  • Speeches – Correspondence re, 1956-1969 [2 of 3]
  • Speeches – Correspondence re, 1956-1969 [3 of 3]
  • Staffing Patterns – Fiscal Year 1965
  • The Social Studies Program – Spring Report, 1965
  • Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Advisory Committee, Administrator's (Veterans Administration); Minutes of Meetings, March 4-5, 1957
  • Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Advisory Committee, Administrator's (Veterans Administration); Minutes of Meetings, July 8, 1957
  • Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Advisory Committee, Administrator's (Veterans Administration); Minutes of Meetings, October 9, 1957
  • Vocational Rehabilitation and Education Advisory Committee, Administrator's (Veterans Administration); Minutes of Meetings, February 10, 1958
  • White House Conference on Education, Washington, D.C. July 20-21, 1965 [1 of 2]
  • White House Conference on Education, Washington, D.C. July 20-21, 1965 [2 of 2]
  • White Paper re National Policy on Education and the Mobilization Emergency, October 4, 1950
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