Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students, 1963-2017, bulk
2000-2016
A Guide to the Records at the Indiana University
Archives
Finding aid prepared by Sara Stefani
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 Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students (IUHPFL)
TitleIndiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students, 1963-2017, bulk
2000-2016
Collection No.
C689
Extent
8.4 cubic feet (15 boxes)
Language
Materials are in
Chinese,
English,
French,
German, and
Spanish
Abstract
The Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students (IUHPFL) began operations in 1962 as an
intensive summer foreign language and study abroad program for Indiana high school students. The program began with three
sites, one each in France, Germany, and Mexico, and by 2018 had expanded to twelve sites in eight countries. The collection
consists of administrative documents, promotional materials, teaching and instructional materials, and scrapbooks, ephemera,
and photographs.
Access Restrictions
Advance notice is required for access.
The booklet "Saint-Brieuc, France, 1998" was pulled from the Student Projects subseries and is closed to researchers due to
the presence of student passport numbers. Please contact the Archives staff for more information.
This collection contains electronic materials that require additional processing before they can be accessed. Please contact
the Archives staff for further information.
Administrative History
The Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students (IUHPFL) is a foreign language study abroad
program for high school students from Indiana. The IUHPFL combines academic study of a foreign language with living abroad
in order to emphasize both language learning and cross-cultural knowledge. Students admitted into the program spend five to
six weeks during the summer living with a host family and engaging with the local culture. As of 2018, the IUHPFL featured
study of five languages: Chinese, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish.
The program began operations in 1962, when David C. Munford, a former official of the Ford Foundation, approached Professor
Merle Simmons of IU's Department of Spanish and Portuguese about establishing a study abroad program for high school students.
Upon its foundation, the IUHPFL featured instruction in French, German, and Spanish, with sites in St. Brieuc, France; Trier,
Germany; and Oaxaca, Mexico. In 2018, the St. Brieuc location was still active, with two more sites in France added in 1994
and 2010 in Brest and Saumur, respectively. The site in Mexico moved first to Monterrey, then to San Luis Potosí, and then
in 2010 to Mérida on the Yucatan Peninsula. The site for the German program moved from Trier to Krefeld, Germany, in 1964,
where it remained until 2014. In 2015, the German program moved to Graz, Austria.
In addition to the site in Mexico, the Spanish program also hosts sites in Spain. The first program site in Spain was established
in the city of Valencia in 1996, with additional sites added in Ciudad Real, León, and Oviedo in 1999, 2005, and 2007, respectively.
The site in Valencia was discontinued in 2013. In 2014, the program established its first site in South America, in the city
of Viña del Mar, Chile. That same year, the IUHPFL also began a program in Chinese, setting up its first site in Asia, in
the city of Hangzhou, China. In 2017, it began instruction in Japanese, with a location in Osaka, Japan. In summer of 2018,
a program in Quebec City, Canada, will become operational, making it the fourth site in the French program. As of 2018, the
IUHPFL operates twelve sites in eight countries.
Arrangement
Collection is organized into five series: Administrative, Promotional materials and publicity, Program instruction, Scrapbooks
and ephemera, and Photographs. The series Program instruction is further divided into two subseries, Teaching materials and
Student projects.
Scope and Content Note
The IUHPFL collection spans the years 1963-2017 and documents the office's work providing foreign language instruction and
study abroad opportunities for high school students from the state of Indiana. Items in the collection document the administrative
activities of the office itself, the teaching and instructional materials utilized in the program, and the personal activities
and experiences of the student participants.
Materials in at least four of the program's languages of instruction are featured, as well as items from at least fourteen
different program sites. Particularly well-represented are the sites in Brest, Saint-Brieuc, and Saumur, France, as well as
those in Ciudad Real, León, and Oviedo, Spain. Types of materials include handbooks, evaluation and site reports, brochures,
promotional posters, clippings from foreign newspapers about the program, group photographs, and scrapbooks. Other noteworthy
items include instruction booklets with lessons in grammar, culture, and phonetics used at the program sites; end-of-session
student projects; and scrapbooks and ephemera related to the Krefeld program.
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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.
Separated Material
152 loose photographs and eight scrapbook albums are housed with the Archives Photograph Collection. Most of the loose photographs
as well as those in the scrapbooks are group photographs of the students at different study sites, but there are some candid
photographs as well. One historic photograph dating from approximately the mid-1920s was also transferred from the Administrative
series to the Photograph Collection.
Related Material
Additional records such as newsletters, annual reports, bulletins, and publications may be accessed in
the Archives of Institutional Memory.
Archived web sites for this organization may be included in
Archive-It.
Related photographs may be available in
the University Archives Photographs Database.
Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
Accession: 2017/138
Usage RestrictionsCopyrights for records originating with Indiana University administrative units, departments, and other offices are held by
the Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
The Indiana University Archives respects the intellectual property rights of others and does not claim any copyrights for
non-university records, materials in the public domain, or materials for which we do not hold a Deed of Gift. Responsibility
for the determination of the copyright status of these materials rests with those persons wishing to reuse the materials.
Researchers are responsible for securing permission from copyright owners and any other rights holders for any reuse of these
materials that extends beyond fair use or other statutory limitations.
Digital reproductions of archival materials from the Indiana University Archives are made available for noncommercial educational
and research purposes only. If you are the copyright holder for any of the digitized materials and have questions about its
inclusion on our site, please contact the Indiana University Archives staff.
Preferred Citation
[Item], Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students records, Collection C689, Indiana
University Archives, Bloomington.
Provenance
Transferred from the IUHPFL to the University Archives, November 2017.
Appraisal
Duplicate copies of materials were returned to the IUHPFL, specifically duplicate placement tests, newspaper clippings and
articles, and copies of the video cassette "Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students,
Promotional Video." Additionally, foreign language materials that did not pertain to IUHPFL were returned, such as advertising
brochures for foreign cities and tourist activities.
Processing InformationProcessed by Sara Stefani.
Completed in May 2018
Container List
Series:
Administrative, 1963-2017
Scope and Content Note
The Administrative series contains materials related to the general functioning of the IUHPFL office and the running of the
program. Information about the selection process and placement testing is included, as well as handbooks distributed to the
instructors, staff, and students. There are also documents related to student evaluations of the program, site evaluations,
and the history of the program in Saint-Brieuc, France.
Arrangement
Items are arranged roughly according to the broad structure of the program, beginning with the selection process and proceeding
through placement testing, pre-departure information, and post-return and general information. Within the group of handbooks,
the general handbooks appear first and are in chronological order; they are followed by handbooks related to specific sites,
which are arranged alphabetically according to language program, country of site, and then city.
Box 1
Selection Process Summaries – General Statistics,
1979-2000
Placement Testing Materials,
1990-1996
Handbooks
Staff Guidelines and Instructor Handbooks,
2009-2012
Staff Guidelines and Instructor Handbooks,
2014-2016
Pre-Departure,
2010-2014
Chinese: Hangzhou, China,
2015-2017
French: Brest, France,
2016-2017
French: Saint-Brieuc, France,
2016-2017
French: Saumur, France,
2016-2017
German: Graz, Austria,
2015-2017
Japanese: Osaka, Japan,
2017
Spanish: Viña del Mar, Chile,
2015-2017
Spanish: Mérida, Mexico,
2016-2017
Spanish: Ciudad Real, Spain,
2016-2017
Spanish: León, Spain,
2016-2017
Spanish: Oviedo, Spain,
2015-2017
Excerpts from Student Reports,
2002-2003
Evaluation Report and Site Report,
2006-2008
History of the St. Brieuc Program,
1963, 2001, 2008, undated
One historic photograph of a group at a wedding that dates from approximately the mid-1920s was removed from the folder "History
of the St. Brieuc Program." The original was transferred to the Archives Photograph Collection, and a photocopy was put in
its original location.
Correspondence,
2007?
Contact Information,
1999
Series:
Promotional Materials and Publicity, 1997-2015
Language
Materials are in
English,
French,
German, and
Spanish
Scope and Content Note
The series Promotional materials and publicity contains items created to advertise the program to students and their families.
In addition, it contains items that publicize the program, such as articles from domestic and foreign newspapers and event
pamphlets.
Arrangement
Articles and clippings, as well as event pamphlets, are organized alphabetically by language, country, and then city.
Box 14
"Indiana University Honors Program in Foreign Languages for High School Students, Promotional Video,"
August 1997
(2 videocassettes)
Box 1
Brochures,
2009, undated
Posters
"Live Your Language Next Summer,"
1994?
Box OS2
"Live Your Language!,"
undated
Program Sites,
undated
Box 1
Office signs,
undated
Articles and Clippings
General,
2001, 2011-2012
French Programs,
2001-2015, undated
German Program,
2008-2011, undated
Spanish Programs,
2004-2014, undated
Event Pamphlets
French Programs,
2009-2014
Spanish Programs,
2009-2014, undated
Ask Staff
"Oviedo 2009, Radio Recording of Interview to Students,"
2009
(1 CD)
Series:
Program Instruction,
2009-2016
Language
Materials are in
Chinese,
English,
French,
German, and
Spanish
Scope and Content Note
The Program instruction series contains items connected to the teaching and learning activities at different program sites.
The series is divided into two subseries, Teaching materials and Student projects. The Teaching materials subseries includes
booklets used by instructors for language instruction and covers areas such as grammar, phonetics, literature, and culture.
The Student projects subseries features final projects compiled by students at the end of the program, with essays about their
host city and letters of gratitude to their host family.
Arrangement
Items in both subseries are arranged alphabetically by language of instruction, country, and then city. Within each city,
materials are arranged chronologically.
Access Restrictions
In the Student projects subseries, the booklet "Saint-Brieuc, France, 1998" has been pulled due to the presence of student
passport numbers. It is closed to researchers.
Subseries:
Teaching Materials,
2011-2016
Box 2
Chinese,
2011
(3 folders)
Chinese,
undated
Chinese: Hangzhou, China,
Box 3
2016
Box 4
French: Saint-Brieuc, France,
German: Krefeld, Germany,
Ask Staff
"Krefeld 2009, Deutsche Musik,"
2009
(1 CD)
Box 7
2013
Spanish: Viña del Mar, Chile,
Spanish: Mérida, Mexico,
2013
Spanish: Ciudad Real, Spain,
Subseries:
Student Projects,
1987-2016
Box 12
Chinese: Hangzhou, China,
2015
French: Brest, France,
1994-1995
1998-1999
2000-2002
2003
2004-2005
Box 13
2007-2008
2010-2011
2012-2014
2015
French: Saint-Brieuc, France,
1987-1988
1990-1991
1992-1994
1995-1996
1997
Box 13
1999-2001
2002-2003
2004-2006
2007-2008
2009
2010-2011
2012-2013
2014
2015
French: Saumur, France,
2010-2012
2013-2014
2015
German: Graz, Austria,
2015
German: Krefeld, Germany,
1999
2005
2012-2013
Spanish: Mérida, Mexico,
2011-2013
2015
Spanish: San Luis Potosí, Mexico,
2010
Spanish: Ciudad Real, Spain,
2002-2004
2005-2006
2007-2008
2009
2010
Box 14
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
undated
Spanish: León, Spain,
2006
2009-2010
2011-2012
2013
2014-2015
2016
Spanish: Oviedo, Spain,
2007, 2009
2010
2011-2012
2014
2015
Spanish: Valencia, Spain,
2006-2013
Series:
Scrapbooks and Ephemera,
1963-2007, undated
Scope and Content Note
The series Scrapbooks and ephemera contains materials related to the German program in Krefeld, Germany, as well as scrapbook
albums from various program sites. Items documenting the Krefeld program include handmade scrapbooks with photographs and
ephemera such as tickets, maps, and clippings. There are also booklets, programs, correspondence, and other documents. The
scrapbook albums contain mostly group and candid photographs, but also clippings and other ephemera.
Arrangement
Materials connected to the program in Krefeld were titled "Mementos—Krefeld" by the IUHPFL office, and that title has been
retained. The folders in this group have been kept in the original order as received from the IUHPFL office. The scrapbook
albums are listed alphabetically first by country, then when necessary by city within a country.
Access Restrictions
All scrapbook albums are housed with the Archives Photograph Collection. Contact Archives staff for more information.
Box 14
"Mementos—Krefeld,"
1963
1965
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1992
2006
Miscellaneous,
1963, 1973, 1988, 1992, undated
Ask Staff
Scrapbook Albums
Brest, France,
1994-2007, undated loose photos
Saint-Brieuc, France,
1963-2005
Krefeld, Germany,
1966-1998
Krefeld, Germany,
2000-2006, undated
San Luis Potosí, Mexico,
1970-2007
San Luis Potosí, Mexico,
undated
Ciudad Real, Spain,
1999-2007
Valencia, Spain,
2000-2002
Series:
Photographs,
1993-2014
Scope and Content Note
The Photographs series contains 151 loose photographs, most of which are group photographs of the student participants in
the program. Other photographs include candid shots; street scenes; landscapes; photographs of a bullfight and other events;
and a group photograph of students with the municipal president of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. All of the photographs are housed
with the Archives Photograph collection. Contact Archives staff for more information.
