International Research and Exchanges Board records, 1959-1982, bulk 1960-1969
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives
Finding aid prepared by Crystal Matjasic.
Summary Information
Repository
Indiana University Archives
1320 East Tenth Street
Herman B Wells Library E460
Bloomington, IN 47405-7000
Phone: 812-855-1127
Email: archives@indiana.edu
http://www.libraries.iub.edu/archives
Creator
International Research and Exchanges
Board.
TitleInternational Research and Exchanges Board
records, 1959-1982, bulk 1960-1969
Collection No.
C379
Extent
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)
Language
Materials are in English and Russian
Abstract
The Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants
(IUCTG) was established in the 1950s to administer academic exchanges between the US and the
Soviet Union and East Europe. For a period in its early years, the IUCTG was headquartered at
Indiana University and chaired by IU professor Robert Byrnes until 1968, when it was absorbed
by the International Research and Exchanges Board and moved to New York. This collection
consists of correspondence, conference and meeting materials, and reports.
Access Restrictions
Select materials are closed to researchers. These are indicated in the finding aid.
Advance notice required for access.
Administrative History
The Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants (IUCTG) was established in 1958 to facilitate
research exchanges between the United States and the USSR as stipulated in the
Eisenhower-Khrushchev General Exchanges Agreement signed in January 1958. Originally located
at Columbia, the IUCTG headquarters moved to Indiana University in 1960 with Robert Byrnes,
professor of history at IU, serving as chairman from 1960-1968. In 1968, the IUCTG was
absorbed into the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) headquartered in New York.
IREX took over the administration of US and USSR and East European Exchanges and renewed and
negotiated exchange agreements with Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland and Bulgaria. IREX has
continued to expand and currently offers programs in over 100 countries.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into one series, Subject files.
Scope and Content Note
The collection is organized into one series, Subject files, and is arranged alphabetically by
folder title. Records in the collection include correspondence, conference and meeting
materials, reports on the program, and grant requests. Prominent in the collection are student
reports on their exchange experiences. Operating during an era of McCarthyism, notable
materials include the "Espionage accusations" file, which
holds correspondence and reports from program participants being harassed and accused of
espionage.
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Indexing Terms
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The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
IUCAT, the IU Libraries' online catalog.
Materials about related topics, persons or places can be found by searching the catalog using
these terms.
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Separated Material
Upon review, the transfers from Slavic Languages and Literatures held quite a bit more than
just departmental files. Departmental files were processed as Collection C376. Personal papers
of Professor William B. Edgerton were removed and can be found in C375. Teaching manuals
belonging to Anna Borovkoff can be found in C380, and the papers of Samuel Fiszman are located
in C381.
One photograph of students has been transferred to the photograph collection.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession Information: 2001/055
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Preferred Citation
[Item], International Research and Exchanges Board records, Collection C379, Indiana University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from the Dept. of Slavic Languages and Literatures to the University Archives,
July 2001.
Processing Information
Processed by Crystal Matjasic, 2010.
Container List
Series:
Box 1
Subject Files, 1958-1982
Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants (IUCTG),
1959,
undated
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(Applicant evaluations removed - Restricted)
1962-1965
(Applicant sheets removed - Restricted)
Advisory Committee Meeting, October 24-25, 1964
Advisory Committee Meeting Materials, 1963-1964
Announcements, 1961-1966
Annual Report, 1962-1963
Chicago, November 18-19, 1960
Committee Policy Meeting, Chicago, March 12-13,
1965
Conference, Chicago, November 17-18, 1962
Conference on Grad Study in the Soviet Union, July 31- August 2,
1959
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Eastern European Exchanges, 1963-1964
Exchange of Language Teachers and Professors (Section 5, Paragraphs 5
and 6), 1958-1961
Exchanges with
Bulgaria, 1965
Czechoslovakia, 1964-1965
Hungary, 1964-1965
Fund Request to D. of S. and Ford for Summer Teacher Exchange,
1963-1964,
undated
General, 1963-1964
GSE (Graduate Student Exchange),
Fund Request to DS, April 17,
1963
Reports and Information, Exchange of Graduate Students and Young
Faculty with the Soviet Union, 1963-1965
Specific Information- Soviet Exchange Participants in the
GSE
Indiana University, 1959-1965
Meeting, June 1963
Multilateral Exchange of University Faculty Members, Section VI (3) of
Exchange Agreement, 1963-1965
Negotiations, June
1964
Box 2
Negotiations and Correspondence on Academic Exchanges with USSR,
1959-1961
Notre Dame Meeting, March 21-22, 1969
Reports, 1960-1961
Request to Ford for Five Years’ Support, 1964
Request for IUC to Retain Balance from Ford Funds, 1963
SLT Exchange of Language Teachers with U.S. during the Summer, Section
VI (2) of Exchange Agreement, 1963-1965
Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, January 1969
Student Reports on Graduate Study in the Soviet Union, 1959-1960
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Travel Folder: San Francisco IIE (Institute of International Education)
Meeting, 1958-1960
Viederman, Steve, 1960-1965
International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX),
1968-1971
1972
1974-1982
Collaborative Projects Applications, 1971
Symposium on the Editing of National Classics, 1975-1976
Travel Grant to Soviet Union, 1977-1978
US-USSR Commission in the Social Sciences and the Humanities, 1968-1979
(Restricted files)
