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Boxes 225-240

Correspondence, memoranda, policy papers, legislation, minutes, reports, background and position papers, notes on meetings, lists, statistics, agreements, briefing papers, clippings, articles, and other materials primarily concerning the early history and expansion of exchange programs of the Division of Cultural Relations in Latin America, Eastern Europe, Soviet Union, and Germany.  Other files pertain to programs in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Middle East, South Asia, and Western Europe.  See also Group XVII, Series 3-5 for additional information in geographic area and congressional reports.  Arranged in seven series.
 

Series 1. General Files. Boxes 225-226.

Series 2. Africa. Box 226.

Series 3. East Asia and the Pacific. Box 226.

Series 4. Eastern Europe. Boxes 226-233.

  Subseries 1. Regional Files.
  Subseries 2. Individual Countries.

Series 5. Latin America and the Caribbean. Boxes 233-237.

  Subseries 1. Regional Files.
  Subseries 2. Individual Countries.
  Subseries 3. U.S. and Latin American Grantees.

Series 6. Middle East-South Asia. Boxes 237-238.

Series 7. Western Europe. Boxes 238-240.
  Subseries 1. Regional Files.
  Subseries 2. Individual countries.

Series 1.  Boxes 225-226  (General Files)
 

General correspondence, memoranda, policy papers, bibliographies, legislation, minutes, reports, and other materials regarding the early history and expansion of exchange programs of the Division of Cultural Relations, the predecessor of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  Some materials concern early CU officials, including Ben M. Cherrington, Lawrence Duggan, Stephen Duggan, and Edward G. Trueblood.  Other files pertain to General Advisory Committee meetings for the years 1940-1943.  Operating from 1938 to 1946, the committee included the president of the Institute of International Education, presidents of national research councils, senior officers of major private educational agencies, and the commissioner of the U.S. Office of Education.

Box 225

 1. Division of Cultural Relations, 1938-1939.
 2. Summary of CU Activities, 1938.
 3. CU Involvement in International Cultural Organization Activity, 1938.
 4. RC Program-Activities and Reports, 1938-1942.
 5. Landmarks in the History of the Cultural Relations Program . . . 1938-1976 by J. Manuel Espinosa.
 6. Outline of Tentative Program for the Division of Cultural Relations, 1939.
 7. Comments from Other Agencies on the Outline of Tentative Program for the Division of Cultural Relations, 1939.
 8. RC Program Plans, 1939.
 9. General Cultural Relations Outlook Prior to 1939.
 10. CU Accomplishments in Calendar Year 1941.
 11. Development of Basic Program Policy, 1941-1948.
 12. Summary of Program During 1940.
 13. Division of Cultural Relations-General, 1940-1945.
 14. CU Program Description.
 15. Cultural Relations and Activities in Wartime, 1941.
 16. Policy in Extending Program Worldwide, 1942-1943.
 17. CU Policy Papers, 1975-1976.
 18. A Basic Bibliography by J. Manuel Espinosa.
 19. A Selected Bibliography . . . by J. Manuel Espinosa, 1975.
 20. Legislation Pending Before Congress to Authorize Establishment of Division of Cultural Relations, 1938.
 21. H.J. Res. 680, 1938.
 22. Appropriations.  House Hearings for FY 1939.
 23. Second Deficiency Appropriation Bill for FY 1941.
 24. Public Law 355, 1939.
 25. House Hearings, 1940.
 26. House Hearings on CU Program, 1941.
 27. Appropriations, 1942-1948 (1 of 2).
 28. Appropriations, 1942-1948 (2 of 2).
 29. The Program for the Department of State in Cultural Relations. House Hearings for FY 1943.
 30. P.L. 63 and P.L. 355 Amendments, 1944.
 31. Budget, 1938-1942.
 32. Budget for ARA, FY 1948.
 33. Personnel Supplied by CIAA to Division of Cultural Relations, 1940-1942.
 34. CAOs-General.
 35. Appointment of CAOs, 1939-1941.
 36. Appraisal of CAO Performance, 1942.
 37. Duties of CAOs, 1942.
 38. CAOs, 1941-1948.
 39. Duggan, Lawrence, 1938-1940.
 40. Participation of and Role of Stephen Duggan-IIE, 1938.
 41. "A Summary of the Program . . . ," Feb 1945.
 42. Cherrington, Dr. Ben M., 1938-1940.
 43. Cherrington, Dr. Ben M., 1938, 1967.
 44. Contents of Files of Ben M. Cherrington (University of Denver).
 45. Ben Cherrington: Draft Memoirs, Manuscript, 1938-1940 (written ca. 1968).
 46. Cherrington, Ben M., "Ten Years After," 1948.
 47. Staff Travel, 1940.
 48. Advisory Committees, 1940-1943.
 49. General Advisory Committee Minutes, Feb 24, 1943.  (See also Group I, Series 1, Box 2.)
 50. Advisory Committee Meeting, 1943.
 51. General Advisory Committee Meetings and Minutes, 1940-1943.
 52. Advisory Committee Meeting on Postwar Reconstruction, 1943.
 53. Liaison with Other Agencies, 1938-1946.
 54. State Department Memos, 1937.

Box 226

 1. Private Inquiries.  Proposals Seeking Department of State Endorsement, 1938.
 2. Private Exchange Activities in Decades Preceding World War I.
 3. Cooperation with Private Agencies, 1941, 1945.
 4. U.S. Office of Education-Liaison, General, 1938.
 5. Office of Education-General, 1943-1944.
 6. Division of Responsibilities: CU and Office of Education, 1945.
 7. IIE Historical Files Consulted, 1929-.
 8. IIE Pioneer Program Activities Prior to 1936.
 9. SCC Meeting re Interagency Proposals, 1938.
 10. SCC, 1943-1946.
 11. [Programs of Other Governments-General.]
 12. Film, Radio, and  Information: Report of Division of Cultural Relations, 1941-1943.
 13. Film, Radio, and  Information: Radio Broadcasting, 1930-1943.
 14. Film, Radio, and  Information: Cultural Objects, 1941-1943.
 15. Film, Radio, and  Information: Films, 1939-1941.
 16. Film, Radio, and  Information: Radio, 1941.
 17. Art and Music: Cultural Relations Division, 1941-1943.
 18. Cultural Instructions on Exchange of Persons, 1940-1947.
 19. Effectiveness Reports.
 20. RECS-10 Research Study, "U.S. Government-Sponsored . . . Exchange . . . Inventory" (Dec 17, 1970).
 21. Cultural and Information Activities of Selected Non-Communist Countries by Geographic Area.
 22. Trueblood, Edward G.  Memoirs of Experiences in Cultural Relations Programs . . . 1938-1943.
 23. Trueblood, Edward G.  "Memoir Recollections of the CU in Washington, 1940-1941."
 24. "Cultural Cooperation Program of the Department of State" by Howland Shaw, 1944.