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Margaret A. Charters Papers

A description of her papers at the Syracuse University Archives


Finding aid created by: Nicole Wright
Date: August 2020



Biography

Margaret A. Charters (1925-2019) was a professor of consumer studies at Syracuse University. She earned a B.S. at the University of Saskatchewan and her M.A. at the University of Chicago. After completing her Ph.D. at Syracuse University in 1973, she became a professor in the University's School of Education, where she taught until her retirement in 1995. At the age of 82, she also earned an M.S. from Syracuse University.

Charters served on the Board of Visitors for the School of Education and as Marshall at Syracuse University commencements. She was the recipient of numerous awards, including Syracuse University's Martin Luther King, Jr. Unsung Hero Award for Community Service and the City of Syracuse Parents for Public Schools Award of Excellence for the reading program she created at the Martin Luther King Elementary School. The Margaret A. Charters Education Abroad Scholarship is named for her.


Scope and Content Note

The Margaret A. Charters Papers span from 1944 to 2016 and includes materials related to consumer interests, course materials, her doctoral work, correspondence, research files, and biographical materials.


Restrictions

Access Restrictions:

The collection is currently unprocessed and not available for research. Please contact University Archives for more information.

Use Restrictions:

Written permission must be obtained from the Syracuse University Archives and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.


Related Material

The University Archives holds a clipping file and a portrait file on Margaret Charters. Writings by Margaret Charters are included in the ERIC Clearinghouse on Adult Education (ERIC/AE) Records and the Syracuse University Publications in Continuing Education (SUPCE) Records, both in Special Collections. Additionally, the Alexander N. Charters Papers, also in Special Collections, contains correspondence with his wife, Margaret Charters.


Selected Search Terms

Names

Charters, Margaret A., 1925-2019.
Syracuse University -- History.
Syracuse University.

Subjects

Consumer education.
College teachers.
Higher education.

Types of Material

Audiotapes.
Instructional materials.
Photographs.
Sound recordings.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Videotapes.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Margaret A. Charters Papers,
University Archives,
Special Collections Research Center
Syracuse University Libraries

Acquisition Information

Gift of Margaret Charters and the Charters Family to the University Archives between 1993 and 2019.

Processing Information

The collection is unprocessed.


Arrangement

Materials are in their original order.


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Inventory

An inventory has not yet been created for this collection. Please contact the Repository listed above for more information.