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A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University Archives

Finding aid prepared by Alison Reynolds

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
Indiana University. Office of the Vice-President and Treasurer.

Title
Indiana Univeristy Peru Project records,1941-1972, bulk 1964-1969

Collection No.
C425

Extent
2 cubic feet (2 boxes)

Language
Materials are in English

Abstract
The Peru Project was sponsored by the Indiana University Office of the Vice-President and Treasurer through a grant from the Ford Foundation. It focused on the modernization of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru and emphasized the restructuring of its business and operating procedures. The contract began in 1964 and was suspended around 1966. Collection includes reports and observations gathered from administrators’ trips to Peru and South America, plans for improvements to the University of San Marcos, budget information, and correspondence between project participants at both universities.

Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Advance notice required.

Administrative History

The Peru Project was sponsored by the Indiana University Office of the Vice-President and Treasurer through a grant from the Ford Foundation. It focused on the modernization of the National University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru and emphasized the restructuring of its business and operating procedures. The contract began in 1964 and was scheduled to run until 1967, however, correspondence reveals it was suspended before this date. A letter dated July 23, 1968 in response to an inquiry from the Education and World Affairs organization states, "Pending stabilization of the administrative officers, the project has been suspended and its future is in doubt." A letter dated January 9, 1969 from the professional accounting firm contracted with the University of San Marcos states that all work was suspended in 1966 and that no further consulting assistance had been performed since then. It hints that the rector at the University of San Marcos lost interest and stopped supporting the project, so it was suspended, perhaps before its intended completion date.

The goal of this program was to improve the administrative and operating procedures of the University of San Marcos. According to reports, the university suffered because its staff, faculty, facilities, and services were only able to support a student population of 1,000 to 2,000, not the 13,000 to 14,000 students attending the university at that time. Plans were made to modernize office procedures and increase efficiency and office productivity by improving systems of records management across the campus, improving and reorganizing budget control and payroll procedures, and establishing a purchasing office and central storeroom. The project also included plans to centralize physical plant maintenance, repairs, and construction and create uniformity in the interview process, employment procedures, and job classifications throughout the university. These plans for improvements to the University of San Marcos were made by Indiana University faculty and administrators who traveled to Peru and worked as consultants alongside University of San Marcos staff. Additional assistance came from the accounting firm Dan Robinson Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, & Co., who were hired as outside consultants.

Arrangement

Collection is organized into two series: Administrative files and Correspondence.

Scope and Content Note

The Peru Project records collection is organized into two series: Administrative files (1941-1972) and Correspondence (1964-1969).

The Administrative files series contains information about Indiana University's involvement with the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru. Files contain budget information, faculty directories, improvement plans for the University of San Marcos, and reports and observations from administrators’ trips to Peru and South America.

The Correspondence series contains correspondence among administrators, faculty, and staff at the universities in Lima and Bloomington. Correspondence between Indiana University directors and representatives from the Ford Foundation is also included. It is largely professional in nature.

• Indexing Terms

• 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.

• • Names
  • Indiana University. Office of the Vice-President and Treasurer --Records and correspondence.
  • Indiana University. Office of the Vice-President and Treasurer --History --20th century --Sources.
  • Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos --Records and correspondence.
  • Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos --History --20th century --Sources.
• • Topics
  • Universities and colleges --Peru --Lima --Administration --History --20th century --Sources.

Separated Material

A copy of the article "Investigations at Kenchreai, 1963" by Edwin S. Ramage from the journal Hesperia V. 33 No. 2, 1964 was removed and placed in Ramage's reference file in the University Archives.

Two photographs were removed from this collection and transferred to the University Archives Photograph Collection. Both photographs are dated January 21, 1964. They were taken at a dinner party and include faculty and administrators from the Catholic University of Peru, as well as Peter Fraenkel, a representative from the Ford Foundation.

Related Material

Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications may be accessed in the Archives of Institutional Memory: http://institutionalmemory.iu.edu/aim/

Related photographs may be available in the University Archives Photographs Database: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/archivesphotos/

Collection C488, the University of Islamabad Project records, contains a Reference series of reports, contracts, and books about international programs sponsored by other American universities that were used as reference materials for the international programs administered by Indiana University. Some of these files may have been used as reference materials for this program.

Administrative Information

Folder List

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