Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Indiana University. President
- Abstract:
- This series of conferences was held annually at Indiana University from 1950 through 1956. They were organized by a committee under the general direction of the university president's office in cooperation with the U.S. Dept. of State and with funding from the Lilly Endowment. Collection consists of correspondence, financial records, working papers, invitations, programs, and publicity materials.
- Extent:
- 1 cubic foot
- Language:
- Materials are in English .
- Preferred citation:
[Item], Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy records, Collection C241, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Background
- Biographical / Historical:
This series of conferences was held annually at IU from 1950 through 1956. It was organized by a committee under the general direction of the office of President Herman B Wells in co-operation with the US Department of State, and with funding from the Lilly Endowment. The primary organizational work was done by Peter Fraenkel of the President's office and Austin V. Clifford of the Law School. Others who were active in organizing the conferences included Edward Buehrig, Department of Government; Frank Lee Benns, Department of History; and John T. Hays, of Hays & Hays Law Firm.
The conferences sought to bring State Department officials together with academic and civic leaders from the Midwest for frank discussions of current foreign policy problems. In this they were successful. However, recognizing that they were not moving beyond discussions of current events to the deeper issues of the nature and purpose of foreign policy per se, the committee determined to end the conference in its current form in the spring of 1957. Planning for a renewed conference continued into 1960, but none was held.
- Scope and Content:
These files were generated by various IU participants, but seem to be primarily those of the President's office. An inventory was made in 1994, and duplicate printed material was discarded, but no attempt was made to reorganize the material within the folders. During processing, working papers were unified, financial records combined, correspondence related to planning and organization was separated from invitations and correspondence with guests, and the records arranged in chronological order. The records are organized into one series, Administrative files. Each conference represents a sub-series. Within each sub-series, folders contain working papers, organizational correspondence, invitations and related correspondence, programs and packets, requisitions and vouchers, and publicity and news clippings, all in chronological order.
- Acquisition information:
- Accession 1059
- Processing information:
Processed by John Cash.
Completed in 2004.
- Arrangement:
Records organized into one series, Administrative files, and then further organized into nine subseries representing each planned conference.
Indexed Terms
- Names:
- Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy (1950-1956) (Indiana University)
Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy (1950-1956) (Indiana University) -- Records and correspondence
Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy (1950-1956) (Indiana University) -- History -- Sources
Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy (1950-1956) (Indiana University) -- Archives - Places:
- United States --Foreign relations --1945-1953 --Congresses.
United States --Foreign relations --1953-1961 --Congresses.
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is open for research.
Advance notice is required.
- TERMS OF ACCESS:
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- PREFERRED CITATION:
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[Item], Conference on Problems of American Foreign Policy records, Collection C241, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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Herman B Wells Library E4601320 East Tenth StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405-7000, United States
- CAMPUS:
- Indiana University Bloomington
- CONTACT:
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812-855-1127archives@indiana.edu