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Record Unit 558

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars

Pelikan Committee Review of International Programs Records, 1981-1982

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Title:Pelikan Committee Review of International Programs Records
Dates:1981-1982
Quantity:1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Collection:Record Unit 558
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

These records consist of fairly extensive background materials for each of the WWICS programs reviewed by the Pelikan Committee, including lists of fellows and their topics, publications, seminars and dialogues, and evaluations. Also included are notes, apparently of Prosser Gifford. Although there are letters of evaluation from area scholars, there does not appear to be a copy of the final report of the Committee.

Historical Note

In 1981 James H. Billington, Director of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (WWICS), announced the undertaking of a VISITING COMMITTEE review of the international programs of the Wilson Center. The programs evaluated were to include the Latin American Program, the East Asia Program, the International Security Studies Program, and the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies. The review, which took its name from its Chairman, Professor Jaroslav Pelikan, was administered by Deputy Director Prosser Gifford.

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Descriptive Entry

These records consist of fairly extensive background materials for each of the WWICS programs reviewed by the Pelikan Committee, including lists of fellows and their topics, publications, seminars and dialogues, and evaluations. Also included are notes, apparently of Prosser Gifford. Although there are letters of evaluation from area scholars, there does not appear to be a copy of the final report of the Committee.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 558, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Pelikan Committee Review of International Programs Records

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Container List

Box 1

Folder 1 Survey/Evaluation of the Wilson Center International Programs

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Folder 2 Outside Review Panel to the International Programs of the Wilson Center - March 1982 #1

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Folder 3 Outside Review Panel to the International Programs of the Wilson Center - March 1982 #2

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Folder 4 ISSP Review Material

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Folder 5 Request to review the International Programs of the Wilson Center

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Folder 6 Memorandum covering the Evaluation Reports of the 4 International Program Secretaries

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Folder 7 Report - Review of Wilson Center International Programs

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Folder 8 Evaluation Reports by Fellows and Guest Scholars

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Folder 9 Information Folder about Latin American Program - For Evaluation of the Wilson Center

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Folder 10 Request for volunteers to Survey/Evaluate the Wilson Center International Programs

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Folder 11 East Asia Program

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Folder 12 International Security Studies Program

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Folder 13 Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies

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Folder 14 Evaluation Procedures, 1981-1982

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Folder 15 Evaluation Procedures and Reports by Fellows and Guest Scholars (incomplete?)

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Folder 16 Latin American Program Review

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