Institute of Current World Affairs

Headquarters in Hanover, New Hampshire.

From the description of Records of the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1947-1982 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702151974

Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson, a University of Texas alumnus (B.A. 1921), worked in Mexico 1927-1928 as a field representative for the Institute of Current World Affairs. The mission of ICWA, which was founded in 1926, is the observation and study of foreign areas of contemporary significance. In the late 1920's, Dr. Simpson was expected to acquire an understanding of the social, religious, racial, political, economic and other forces operating in Mexico, to make a series of orientation studies covering those forces, and to cultivate relationships with people who commanded influence in and knowledge of Mexico.

From the description of Letters from Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson to Walter S. Rogers for the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1927-1928. (University of Texas Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32870424

Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson, a University of Texas alumnus (B.A. 1921), worked in Mexico 1927-1928 as a field representative for the Institute of Current World Affairs. The mission of ICWA, which was founded in 1926, is the observation and study of foreign areas of contemporary significance. In the late 1920s, Dr. Simpson was expected to acquire an understanding of the social, religious, racial, political, economic and other forces operating in Mexico; to make, as rapidly as possible, a series of orientation studies covering those forces; and to cultivate relationships with people who commanded influence in and knowledge of Mexico.

From the guide to the Letters from Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson to Walter S. Rogers for the Institute of Current World Affairs 32870424., 1927-1928, (Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin)