Updates Calvin Remembers June Hamersma IPA Award Roster of Named Awards -- Like Drew Person Award IPA Talent-Magazine-Fall-1983 IPA Retrospective by Eleanor H Whitehead IPA Speakers --- 1992 to 1994 Index of IPA Archives -- Now held at GW University Library

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About: The International Platform Association (IPA) was founded in 1831 by American diplomat Daniel Webster (1782-1852) and educator Josiah Holbrook. (1788-1854). Holbrook was the principal founder of the Lyceum movement in 19th Century America. The original name for the IPA in 1831 was the American Lyceum Association. The Lyceum movement was a venue for lectures, debates, and musical, religious, entertainment, and educational presentations for adults. After the Civil War, many lyceums which had been devoted to science and manufacturing advances also opened their doors to vaudeville entertainers. In some ways, the Lyceums of the 19th Century were like C-SPAN today.