Records of the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies Office of the Director 1928-1977

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Records of the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies Office of the Director 1928-1977

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Records related to the creation and development of the University of Florida Center for Latin American Studies and its predecessors, the Institute of Inter-American Affairs and the School of Inter-American Studies.

22.9 Linear feet; 56 boxes

eng,

Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida

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University of Florida. Center for Latin American Studies. Office of the Director.

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The Institute of Inter-American Affairs, forerunner to the University of Florida's Center for Latin American Studies, was established in 1930. The first director of the Institute was Rollin Salisbury Atwood. The Institute's purpose was "to foster better cultural and economic relations between the United States and Latin America." The Institute's primary function was the organization of Latin American conferences and the exchange of scholars and students. In 1950, the Institute was dissolved and ...