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Finding Aids to Records of Professional Societies in the Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession 91-147

Council of American Overseas Research Centers

Records, circa 1978-1990

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:Council of American Overseas Research Centers
Title:Records
Dates:circa 1978-1990
Quantity:8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Collection:Accession 91-147
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of International Center records which document programs of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAROC). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, executive committee and annual board minutes, payroll earning lists, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, membership information, curricula vitae, security precaution recommendations, articles, audited reports, blueprints, program materials, fellowship applications, publication files, historical research files, award listings, chronological files, proposals, conference and exhibit documents, foundation reports, announcements, participants lists, invitations, and accounting/fiscal information.

Descriptive Entry

This accession includes International Center records which document programs of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC). Materials include correspondence, memoranda, executive committee and annual board minutes, payroll earning lists, newspaper clippings, questionnaires, membership information, curriculum vitae, security precaution recommendations, articles, audited reports, blueprints, program materials, fellowship applications, publication files, historical research files, award listings, chronological files, proposals, conference and exhibit documents, foundation reports, announcements, participants lists, invitations, and accounting/fiscal information.

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Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 91-147, Council of American Overseas Research Centers, Records

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Container List

Box 1

Correspondence

Carl Schieren

Box 1 of 8

Charles Butterworth

Box 1 of 8

Henry Millon

Box 1 of 8

Cecil Striker

Box 1 of 8

Gretchen Ellsworth

Box 1 of 8

Alice Illchman, author, Final Report; The Smithsonian and the American Overseas Advanced Research Centers, Parts 1,2,3 and letters, (submitted to S. Dillon Ripley)

Box 1 of 8

Executive Committee Minutes

December 3, 1984

Box 1 of 8

May 3, 1985

Box 1 of 8

March 18, 1986

Box 1 of 8

December 10, 1986

Box 1 of 8

February 27, 1987

Box 1 of 8

September 11, 1987

Box 1 of 8

February 27, 1988

Box 1 of 8

September 24, 1988

Box 1 of 8

January 23, 1989

Box 1 of 8

Annual Board Meeting Minutes

October 22, 1984

Box 1 of 8

September 9, 1985

Box 1 of 8

September 12, 1986

Box 1 of 8

October 9, 1987

Box 1 of 8

1988 Board Member Roster

Box 1 of 8

Office: Pre-1986

Box 1 of 8

Board Member/Center Director Curriculum Vitae

Box 1 of 8

Smithsonian Memberships

Box 1 of 8

CAORC Communications: 10/17/1985; 11/21/1985; 01/13/1986

Box 1 of 8

Mailing Lists for CAORC Brochure

Box 1 of 8

Security Precaution Recommendations for Overseas Centers, 10/28/1987

Box 1 of 8

Article submitted to Humanities, May, 1988

Box 1 of 8

Article & Notes printed in North/South Scholarly Exchanges... (USIA - United States Information Agency)

Box 1 of 8

Smithsonian Quadrangle Blueprints for CAORC

Box 1 of 8

Audited Reports 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

Box 1 of 8

Printed Materials

Box 1 of 8

The Political Advisor Argentina, 1989

Box 1 of 8

Mexico Policy News. #2 1987

Box 1 of 8

David y Goliath: 20th Aniversario de Clasco...

Box 1 of 8

Pamphlets

Box 1 of 8

Enlace, February-December 1987

Box 1 of 8

Enlace, February 1988

Box 1 of 8

Promex

Box 1 of 8

Museum of Contemporary Hispanic Art

Box 1 of 8

Amundsen Institute of U.S. - Mexico Studies

Box 1 of 8

Box 2

Laspau Annual Report. 1985-1987

Box 2 of 8

Asterisco Cultural, #1 Verano 1989

Box 2 of 8

The United States and Mexico; Face to Face with New Technology, Cathryn Thorup and contributors

Box 2 of 8

The Challenge of Interdependence; Mexico and the United States (Report of the Bilateral Commission on the Future of United State-Mexican Relations

Box 2 of 8

International Guide to Research on Mexico. Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC-San Diego

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Journal, August 14, 1989

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Journal, August 29, 1989

Box 2 of 8

CAORC Programs

MEXICO

Box 2 of 8

Cook project, all materials

Box 2 of 8

Funding Sources for Mexican Research

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Feasibility Study Report, Draft (July 29, 1987)

Box 2 of 8

Correspondence: CAORC-Mexico

Box 2 of 8

Questionnaire: Mexico Study Mailing Lists

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Research Center Survey and Varia

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest I

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest II

Box 2 of 8

Abraham Lincoln, Benito Juarez Scholarship, CASA, Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Announcements

Box 2 of 8

Mex Questionnaire Polling

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Anthropology)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Art History)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Economics)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Education)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Geography and History)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Library Science, Literature, Music)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Political Science)

Box 2 of 8

Mex Quest Respondents (Psych, Sociology)

Box 2 of 8

Measuring Mexican Studies in the United States: Funding, Research, Teaching and Study by Robert H. Holden, April, 1987

Box 2 of 8

Letters and Information sent to CNSLT Anita Cook

Box 2 of 8

Tinker Foundation

Box 2 of 8

NEH Summer Grantees, 1986-1988

Box 2 of 8

MEL Working Group on US Mexico Exchange, CASVA, 11/23/1988

Box 2 of 8

MEX Study CASVA

Box 2 of 8

National Geographic Research Vol. II, 1986, Offprint

Box 2 of 8

National Geographic Research Vol. II, 1987, Offprint

Box 2 of 8

"Student, Academic and Cultural Exchanges Between Mexico and the United States: A Report with Recommendations" by John H. Coatsworth, University of Chicago

Box 2 of 8

Mex: Varia, Frances Chassen-Lopez

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Accounting Report and Invoice

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Initiative II

Box 2 of 8

January 15, 1987 Meeting with Secretary Adams, Henry Millon, Mary Ellen Lane, M. Carerra, Gretchen Ellworth

Box 2 of 8

Luncheon December 12, 1986 (Mexico Initiative Luncheon Questionnaire and Guest List)

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Feasibility Study, Questionnaire and Respondents' forms

Box 2 of 8

Mexico Initiative Correspondence Folder (Adams, Lane, Carerra, Millon, Minichiello, Chassen-Lopez) clippings, press releases

Box 2 of 8

Mex Americas Society Conference, May 27, 1987 attended by Mary Ellen Lane

Box 2 of 8

Anita Cook

Box 2 of 8

Box 3

Contract for Independent Consultant

Box 3 of 8

Francie Chassen-Lopez

Box 3 of 8

Scholar/Organization Contact Lists

Box 3 of 8

Mexico Mailing Lists

Box 3 of 8

Mex Initiative Correspondence (Millon, Lane, Carerra, Adams, Rockefeller Foundation, Prewitt, Arthurs, Coatsworth, Gibson, Coudon, Pyle, Sims)

Box 3 of 8

Mexico Travel: Adams, Millon, Carerra and correspondence

Box 3 of 8

Mexico Questionnaire Spanish Version

Box 3 of 8

Current topics/Background

Box 3 of 8

C:MEX Documents for November 23, 1988

Box 3 of 8

Mexico Feasibility Study

Box 3 of 8

East-West Conference (all documents)

East-West Working Group Planning Meeting 03/02/1987

Box 3 of 8

East-West Working Group

Box 3 of 8

East-West Program Committee Meeting 12/01-02

Box 3 of 8

East-West Conference Proposal

Box 3 of 8

East-West Proposal Draft and Notes

Box 3 of 8

Duke University Visit, December 1986

Box 3 of 8

East-West Conference Budget

Box 3 of 8

East-West Participants List

Box 3 of 8

East-West Funding

Box 3 of 8

Curriculum Vitae: EAST-WEST

Box 3 of 8

East-West Conference Mailing List

Box 3 of 8

East-West Conference Logistics

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Exhibition (all documents)

Yemen Exhibit

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Photo Exhibit TEXT

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Show

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Photo Exhibit ACCOUNTS

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Photo Exhibition Publicity, Flyers etc.

Box 3 of 8

Yemen Photo Exhibition Lecture and Reception

Box 3 of 8

CAORC Programs

WARA fellowship program 1990-1991 (applications, proposals, summary material, responses)

Box 3 of 8

Box 4

WARA fellowship program 1990-1991 (applications, proposals, summary material, responses)

Box 4 of 8

WARA Historical

Box 4 of 8

Senegal Notes

Senegal Now (Containing preliminary notes on WARA initiative)

Box 4 of 8

Senegal (Containing notes on scholars with research interest in West Africa)

Box 4 of 8

WARA Bylaws

Box 4 of 8

WARA Historical (Containing proposals, lists of participants, Correspondence)

Box 4 of 8

Letters of Invitation to May 12, 1989 meeting

Box 4 of 8

Thank you letters to May 12, 1989 meeting

Box 4 of 8

WARA Fellowship Materials

1990 WARA Data Charts

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Jeanne Maddox Toungara #39

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Lansina Kaba #33

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Richard Lobban #34

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Lisa Marie Aubrey #26

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Faheem Ashanti #25

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from R. James Bingen

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Victoria Rovine

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Monica Blackmun Visona

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Doreatha M'Balia

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Nancy C. Toothman

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Ruth Rhone

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Steven Gale

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Bonnie J. Barthold

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Jesse Ribot

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Lisa Smith

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Thomas Treiman

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Diane White Oyler

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Pamela Pozarny

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Ahmed M'Balia

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from John Heilbrunn

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Jeffrey A. Cochrane.

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Nicolas Van de Walle

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Bernadette N'Dongo

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Gnamba-Yao ake Jean Baptiste

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Hugo de Groote

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Eric F. Lambin

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Sylvie Belanger

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Marcus E. Jones

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from James A. Jones

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Herbert Plummer Jones

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from J. Lin Compton, et. al.

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Andrew Hubbell

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Kathryn Firmin

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Jo Ellen Fair

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Frederic Charles Schaffer

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Benjamin Scares

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Tracy D. Snipe

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Leigh Swigart

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from Leonardo Villalon

Box 4 of 8

1990 WARA Fellowship Application from James L.A. Webb

Box 4 of 8

WARA Fellowship Grading Sheets - 1990 Applications

Box 4 of 8

CAORC Foundations

Back issues of annual reports

Box 4 of 8

Dakhleh Oasis Project: Temple of Amun-Nakht in Ein-Birbiveh, Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt; Excavation and Conservation (6 copies)

Box 4 of 8

Box 5

1984 Report on US. Government International Exchange and Training Programs

Box 5 of 8

Smithsonian Institution; Five Year Prospectus FY 1985-FY 1989, January 23, 1984

Box 5 of 8

Smithsonian Year, 1986

Box 5 of 8

Directory of Metropolitan Washington, D.C., Higher and International Education Organizations

Box 5 of 8

NAFSA: 42nd Annual Conference May 15-18, 1990

Box 5 of 8

The Tinker Foundation Incorporated, 1983, 1984, 1985

Box 5 of 8

The Report of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, 1981, 1985, 1986

Box 5 of 8

The American Council on Education: 1982 Members Guide

Box 5 of 8

Manpower Needs and Career Opportunities in the Field of Vector Biology; Report of a Workshop. Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

Priorities in Biotechnology Research for International Development; Proceedings of a Workshop, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

The Winged Bean; A High Protein Crop for the Tropics: Report of a Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

Calliandra: A Versatile Small Tree for the Humid Tropics Report of a Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

Agroforestry in the West African Sahel: Report of a Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

Environmental Change in the West African Sahel: Report of a Ad Hoc Panel of the Advisory Committee on Technology Innovation, Board on Science and Technology for International Development, Office of International Affairs, National Research Council

Box 5 of 8

Overviev of Endowment Programs, NEH, 1986

Box 5 of 8

Overview of Endowment Programs, NEH, 1988

Box 5 of 8

Summer Stipends, NEH, 1986

Box 5 of 8

Summer Stipends, NEH, 1988

Box 5 of 8

Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations, NEH, February, 1984

Box 5 of 8

Challenge Grants Programs, NEH 1985 (2 Copies)

Box 5 of 8

Regrants Conferences, NEH

Box 5 of 8

List of Awards, FY 1985, 1986

Box 5 of 8

Division of Education Programs, NEH July, 1987

Box 5 of 8

NEH Fellowships; University Teachers and Independent Scholars, NEH, 1987 (2 Copies)

Box 5 of 8

National Science Foundation: Budget Summary FY 1987, 1988

Box 5 of 8

National Science Foundation: Guide to Programs FY 1985

Box 5 of 8

Grants for Scientific and Engineering Research, National Science Foundation

Box 5 of 8

American Scholarly Research Abroad, Council of American Overseas Research Centers (5 Copies)

Box 5 of 8

International Institute for Development, USDA Graduate School

Box 5 of 8

Center 7: Research Reports and Record of Activities, National Gallery of Art

Box 5 of 8

CIES: Papers

Box 5 of 8

Fulbright Scholar Program, 1985, 1987

Box 5 of 8

Directory of American Fulbright Scholars, 1985-1986

Box 5 of 8

Report on U.S. Government International Exchange Programs; 1986, 1987

Box 5 of 8

Fulbright-Laspau Directory, 1987

Box 5 of 8

Fulbright Scholar Program; Faculty Grants 1987-1988

Box 5 of 8

1985-1986: Visiting Fulbright Scholars and Occasional Lecturers

Box 5 of 8

Minds Without Borders: Educational and Cultural Exchange in the Twenty-First Century (The Fulbright Fortieth Anniversary Washington Conference Proceedings, November 16-19, 1986)

Box 5 of 8

AED; Academy for Educational Development

Box 5 of 8

Firewood Crops; Shrub and Tree Species for Energy Production, National Academy of Sciences

Box 5 of 8

SAIS: School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.

Box 5 of 8

The Hopkins-Nanjing Center for Chinese and American Studies in the People's Republic of China

Box 5 of 8

CAORC Center Publications Files Thru 1989

Biblical Archaeologist, American Schools of Oriental Research 1984, 1985, 1987

Box 5 of 8

Bibliography of Appointees, ASOR 1980-88 (3)

Box 5 of 8

Assorted ASOR reports

Box 5 of 8

Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Volume 39/1, 1987

Box 5 of 8

ASOR Newsletter, 1983-1987

Box 5 of 8

Bulletin of ASOR, February, 1987

Box 5 of 8

Bulletin of ASOR, February, 1885

Box 5 of 8

Economic Development & Archaeology in the Middle East (2)

Box 5 of 8

Box 6

Tel Miqne-Ekron: A joint excavation project of the W.F. Albright Institute and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Box 6 of 8

Near Eastern Center Newsletter AIMS, 1989

Box 6 of 8

American Institute of Pakistan Studies; Miscellaneous Materials, December, 1988

Box 6 of 8

American Institute of Pakistan Studies; Directory of Publications & Institute Fellows, December 1987

Box 6 of 8

American Institute of Pakistan Studies: Report of Activities, 1973-1987

Box 6 of 8

American Institute of Yemeni Studies Newsletter (April 1983; July 1985; October 1987)

Box 6 of 8

AIYS Yemen Guide Series

Box 6 of 8

American Institute of Indian Studies

Box 6 of 8

American Research Center in Egypt - ARCE (40th Anniversary Publication)

Box 6 of 8

ARCE 1978-1979, 1981

Box 6 of 8

ARCE Handouts

Box 6 of 8

ARCE Newsletter, Supplement and Spring 1985

Box 6 of 8

ARCE Newsletter. Winter/Spring 1987

Box 6 of 8

Journal; ARCE. Volume XXI, 1984

Box 6 of 8

Journal: ARCE. Volume XXIII, 1986

Box 6 of 8

American Research Institute in Turkey Brochure

Box 6 of 8

ARIT Newsletter, 1987-1989

Box 6 of 8

The Contribution of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens Cultural Capitol of Europe, 1985

Box 6 of 8

ASCSA Newsletter, 1982, 1984

Box 6 of 8

American Pakistan Research Organization. Winter 1989 #1

Box 6 of 8

China Exchange News 1981, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990

Box 6 of 8

CAORC HISTORICAL

Founding

Box 6 of 8

Mason Hammond archives leading to "Corners of a Foreign Field"; 1979-1980

Box 6 of 8

Executive director search-all documents, including resumes; 5-year plan and early boiler plate; first ORB; 1988 reception invitations

Box 6 of 8

Box 7

Progress report 1981

Box 7 of 8

Ilchman report, interim

Box 7 of 8

September 11, 1980 meeting

Box 7 of 8

September 22, 1981 meeting

Box 7 of 8

May 3, 1985 meeting

Box 7 of 8

Questionnaire originals

Box 7 of 8

Congressional activity 1984-1986

Box 7 of 8

Correspondence

Box 7 of 8

Chronological Files 1986-1990 (July)

July-August 1986

Box 7 of 8

September-October 1986

Box 7 of 8

November-December 1986

Box 7 of 8

January-February 1987

Box 7 of 8

March 1987

Box 7 of 8

April-June 1987

Box 7 of 8

July-August 1987

Box 7 of 8

September-October 1987 Part I

Box 7 of 8

September-October 1987 Part II

Box 7 of 8

June 1988

Box 7 of 8

July-August 1988

Box 7 of 8

October-December 1988

Box 7 of 8

January-February 1989

Box 7 of 8

March 1989

Box 7 of 8

April-May 1989

Box 7 of 8

June 1989

Box 7 of 8

August 1989

Box 7 of 8

September 1989

Box 7 of 8

October-November 1989

Box 7 of 8

November 1989 Part I

Box 7 of 8

November 1989 Part II

Box 7 of 8

December 1989 Part I

Box 7 of 8

December 1989 Part II

Box 7 of 8

January 1990

Box 7 of 8

February 1990 Part I

Box 7 of 8

February 1990 Part II

Box 7 of 8

March 1990 Part I

Box 7 of 8

March 1990 Part II

Box 7 of 8

March 1990 Part III

Box 7 of 8

April 1990

Box 7 of 8

May 1990

Box 7 of 8

June 1990

Box 7 of 8

July 1990

Box 7 of 8

Box 8

CAORC HISTORICAL

Jim Robertson files (2)

Box 8 of 8

Appointment notes to 1991 and retired CAORC files

American scholarly research abroad

Box 8 of 8

Financial statement

Box 8 of 8

Executive committee meetings

Box 8 of 8

Contacts

Box 8 of 8

Foreign commercial insurance coverage

Box 8 of 8

Board of directors meetings

Box 8 of 8

Plans for 1988

Box 8 of 8

Publicity brochures

Box 8 of 8

By-laws

Box 8 of 8

APRO

Box 8 of 8

Bellagio conference

Box 8 of 8

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