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Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU) Research Materials

 Collection
Identifier: MC 2205

Scope and Content Note

Oversized notecards with research notes and bibliographic information on sources related to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU) and/or the Fulbright Program; related research materials and correspondence.

Dates

  • circa 1970-1979

Language of Materials

Materials are in English.

Access Information

Please call (479) 575-8444 or email specoll@uark.edu at least two weeks in advance of your arrival to ensure availability of the materials.

Use Information

No Use Restrictions Apply.

No Interlibrary Loan.

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).)

Biographical Note

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs began in 1940, when the coordinator of Commercial and Cultural Affairs for the American Republics, Nelson Rockefeller, initiated an exchange of persons program with Latin America. By 1959, this exchange program was assigned to the newly created Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU). In 1961, the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (now recognized as ECA) was established within the United States Department of State. Today, the ECA is involved in creating peaceful relations with other nations by means of educational and cultural exchange.

Extent

0.95 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Arrangement of the Papers

Materials are arranged by topic; original order of the notecards has been retained, although larger documents were housed separately during processing, as noted. Exccept when indicated in brackets, section title information reflects original titles using on section title notecards.

Acquisition Information

Provenance of the collection is uncertain; some or all of the materials may have been compiled by J. Manuel Espinoza, who was a Deputy Director of the Office of Inter-American Programs in the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU), as the collection includes 1974 correspondence likely to Espinoza regarding his research topic, “Expenditures for Cultural Exchange between the U.S. and China, 1945-1948.”

Related Materials

Records related to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU) Research Materials include:

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs Historical Collection (CU) MC 468

Processing Information

Processed by Samuel Ownbey; completed in September 2019

Title
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (CU) Research Materials
Status
Completed
Author
Samuel Ownbey
Date
September 2019
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid is written in English.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Department Repository

Contact:
University of Arkansas Libraries
365 N. McIlroy Avenue
Fayetteville AR 72701 United States
(479) 575-8444