International Research and Exchanges Board records, 1947-1991 (bulk 1956-1983).

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International Research and Exchanges Board records, 1947-1991 (bulk 1956-1983).

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Correspondence, case files, subject files, reports, financial records, printed matter, and other records of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and it's predecessor, the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants (IUCTG), pertaining to the organizations' cultural exchange programs with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the Cold War era. Provides insight into the history of American cultural diplomacy and the intellectual history of American academic research on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Includes participants' personal experiences and research projects as well as information about the administrative operations, selection process, and collaborative projects of the organization. Documents the work of the organization in conjunction with the American Council of Learned Societies, U.S. Dept. of State, American embassy in Moscow and consulate in Leningrad, U.S. International Communication Agency, the Soviet Union Ministry of Higher Education (Ministerstvo vysshego obrazovanii︠a︡), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Akademii︠a︡ nauk SSSR). Also includes material pertaining to partnerships between Columbia University and Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Harvard University and Leningrad State University (Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet), Indiana University and Tashkent University (V.I. Lenin nomidagi Toshkent davlat universiteti), and Yale University and Kiev University (Kyïvsʹkyĭ derz︠h︡avnyĭ universytet im. T.H. Shevchenka).

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