Regarding a lecture series at The New School. Original folder was titled, "Lectures by Visiting Members of the Moscow Art Theatre Feb-March 1965."

Documenting the administrative arrangements to organize and program this series, the file largely includes correspondence between Daniel S. Anthony, who proposed and organized the series, with Dean Birenbaum, regarding speaker invitations, including letters regarding the controversy surrounding Malcolm X and his disinvitation from the lecture series at the insistence of New School trustee, Dorothy Hirshon, and president emeritus, Alvin Johnson. Also includes reading list and outline for the course held in conjunction with the lecture series. A small number of these records were digitized, including letters to Malcolm X, as well as the series poster.

Folder was originally titled, "Mankind, study of, series."

The file includes material, including a statement by William R. Crawford, documenting the activities of the National Committee to Honor the Fourteenth Century of Islam, including descriptions of planned programming and a letter from the Adult Division dean (1979-1980), James Kraft, pertaining to a curriculum in Islamic Studies at The New School. The program appears under the heading Islam Centennial Fourteen in The New School's Fall 1980 course catalog, describing a series of special lectures, courses and films to be held in the fall 1980 and spring 1981 semesters.

Planning and budgeting documentation and correspondence between Dean Birenbaum and speakers/organizers for a lecture series, including a flier for the series.