Papers, 1938-1968.

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Papers, 1938-1968.

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This collection contains material related to Phillips Talbot's work with the Institute of Current World Affairs as well as information on the American Universities Field Staff. The collection also contains news clippings, including biographical information about Talbot, and photographs from from Talbot's time in India (1940). Materials related to the ICWA include copies and extracts from letters written by Talbot to ICWA Director Walter S. Rogers about his studies and travels in India, as well as in London and Afghanistan. Also included are letters written to Robers by ICWA fellows Tom S. Blakemore and Richard Morse from England, Greece, India, and Japan. The collection also includes correspondence from Talbot to his cousin, Iowa State College (Universiy) Professor Herbert J. Gilkey, as well as correspondence between Gilkey and Walter S. Rogers concerning Gilkey's request to receive copies of Talbot's letters to Rogers. Information related to the American Universities Field Staff includes printed pamphlets and reports, including Talbot's annual reports as executive diretor and a 1961 report written by Talbot about India.

0.63 linear ft. (1 document box and 1 half-document box)

Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Iowa State University, Parks Library

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Talbot, Phillips.

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Associate, Institute of Current World Affairs, 1938-1941 and 1946-1951. From the description of Phillips Talbot letters, 1939-1950, to Walter S. Rogers. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867874 Phillips Talbot was born to Kenneth Hammet and Gertrude (Phillips) Talbot in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on 7 June 1915. He received a B.S. (1936) in journalism from the University of Illinois and a Ph.D. (1954) from University of Chicago. He also has received honorary doct...

American Universities Field Staff

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Institute of Current World Affairs

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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...