Letters from Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson to Walter S. Rogers for the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1927-1928.

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Letters from Dr. Eyler Newton Simpson to Walter S. Rogers for the Institute of Current World Affairs, 1927-1928.

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Typescript copies of letters, written from July 10, 1927, to December 22, 1928, by Eyler Newton Simpson, field representative in Mexico for the Institute of Current World Affairs, to Walter S. Rogers, director of the Institute. The letters detail the progress of Simpson's studies of Mexico, his efforts to make contacts and obtain information, and his attempts to suit his activities and reports to the requirements of the newly-formed Institute. Miss Keith Coppage, Simpson's colleague, is mentioned often. Simpson's letters portray the life of a U.S. citizen residing in Mexico in 1927-1928 and shed light on the social conditions, customs, political situation and current events in Mexico in the late 1920s; the 1927 campaign for the presidency of Mexico is described in some detail, while relations between Mexico and the U.S. are mentioned often. The bulk of the information provided by Simpson concerns his study of the development of education in Mexico. Early letters contain descriptions of trips to rural schools and include information about his journeys, the physical details and history of places visited, and the physical appearance, facilities, curricula, students and faculty of the schools, as well as the theories behind the development of several types of rural schools in Mexico. Frequent references appear to Dr. J.M. Puig Casauranc, Secretary of Education, and his Subsecretary, Moises Sáenz. Later letters were devoted primarily to the forwarding of completed articles, to setting out plans and requesting their approval, and to clarifying questions of procedure concerning ICWA business. Simpson's other studies included agrarian affairs, the cattle industry, and the Yucatecan sisal industry, but letters written in the course of those studies lack the topical detail of those written during his study of education.

1 v. (223 leaves)

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