#40089 RECORDS OF THE INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES in the University Archives and Records Service University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Wilson Library, CB# 3926 Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-8890 11/84 The Institute of Latin American Studies was established by President Frank Porter Graham in 1940 as the Inter-American Institute. It grew out of the efforts of UNC Professor Sturgis E. Leavitt to expand the University's research materials on Latin America. The Rockefeller Foundation provided funds for the acquisition of these materials and the use of this funding was supervised by the Inter-American Institute with Leavitt as Director. During the early years of the program, the major activity was the winter "summer school" for Latin Americans. From 1941 through 1945 the grant-funded schools brought hundreds of Latin American scholars to the Chapel Hill campus. In 1947, the Carnegie Corporation funded expansion of the program and the name became the Institute of Latin American Studies. With the Carnegie and subsequent foundation support, the Institute broadened its efforts to include curriculum development and coordination, graduate student support, funding of travel by Latin American scholars to the United States and of American scholars to Latin America, support of professional organizations such as the Southern Conference on Latin American Studies and the Latin American Studies Association, and support for publication of research papers and translations. In recent years, the Institute has operated the Mexican Visiting Scholars Program. Under a grant from Pepsi Cola of Mexico, in 1979 twelve scholars were selected for advanced study at UNC-CH. The following year the program was expanded to include six Venezuelans in addition to twelve Mexicans. This program continued through the spring semester of 1983. Currently, the Institute is organized as a program within the College of Arts and Sciences and is supervised by a director and advisory board. The Institute is composed of historians, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, economists, and linguists actively engaged in the study of Latin American life and culture. Through the activities of the Institute, UNC-CH is now recognized as one of the major centers of Latin American studies in the country. Directors of the Institute have been: Sturgis E. Leavitt, 1940 - 1959 Federico G. Gil, 1959 - 1983 Enrique A. Baloyra, 1983 - 1985 Joseph Tulchin (Acting), 1985 - 1986 Lars Schoultz, 1986 - 1994 Evelyne Huber, 1994 - The records of the Institute are arranged as follows: SUBGROUP 1: ADMINISTRATIVE FILES SUBGROUP 2: PROGRAM FILES SERIES 1: Inter-American Institute School for Latin Americans SERIES 2: Mexican Visiting Scholars Program SERIES 3: Argentine Council on International Relations (CARI) conference on "Public Policy Issues in Comparative Perspective" SERIES 4: Conference on "Chile 1970-1973: Lessons from Experience" SERIES 5: Duke-UNC Cooperative Program in International Studies Summer Institute on Latin America SERIES 6: Institute of Cuban Studies Conference "Cuba Between Two Worlds" SERIES 7: Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLASCO)-UNC Program of Scientific Cooperation SERIES 8: Peace Corps Central America Project in University Education SERIES 9: Peace Corps Venezuela Project in University Education SERIES 10: Cuban Student Leader Seminar in General Sociology Inventories of the contents of these subgroups and series are provided on the following pages. SUBGROUP 1: ADMINISTRATIVE FILES Box 1:1 Advisory Board of the Institute, 1974 Development Grants: Carnegie Corporation of New York Grant to Support Cooperation in the Latin American field (1947-1952) (UNC, Tulane, Vanderbilt, and University of Texas): General Correspondence, 1937-1952 Reports, 1947-1952 Rockefeller Foundation Grant for the acquisition of Latin American materials (1940-1946) (UNC, Duke, and Tulane): Reports, 1942-1947 Institute Activities, Announcements of Lectures, Seminars, Visiting Scholars, etc., 1960-1979 Inter-American Forum, Proposal for, 1959-1960 Outside Organizations: Alliance for Progress, Harvard University Meetings on Latin America [1960 and 1962], 1960-1963 Latin American Studies Association: Annual Reports, 1967; 1968 Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs (CLASP), 1968-1982 Constitution and Bylaws, 1970 Executive Council Meetings (Correspondence, Agenda, and Minutes), 1970-1972 Ford Foundation, Proposal for Grant, 1972 "History of the Latin American Studies Association" (1966-1970) by Howard F. Cline Membership Lists, 1966-1973 National Meetings: First, New York City, November 1968 Second, Washington, D.C., April 1970 Third, Austin, Texas, December 1971 Fourth, Madison, Wisconsin, May 1973 Fifth, San Francisco, California, Nov. 1974 Sixth, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1976 Seventh, Houston, Texas, November 1977 Eighth, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 1979 Box 1:1 (cont.) Outside Organizations: (cont.) Latin American Studies Association: (cont.) Special Reports: Ad hoc Committee on Guatemala, 1973 "Language and Area Studies Programs and the Participation of Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Minorities in American Society," Report of Miami Conference, May 1969 United States Department of State, Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, 1970-1981 SUBGROUP 2: PROGRAM FILES Box 2:1 SERIES 1: SCHOOL FOR LATIN AMERICANS (NOTE: These records formerly listed as the INTER-AMERICAN INSTITUTE RECORDS in the University Archives) 8 folders, including photographs and clippings, 1940-1945 The idea for an Inter-American Institute school for South Americans at UNC originated from a similar effort conducted at the University of San Marcos in Lima, Peru, in 1940. The Grace Steamship Line, which had promoted the Lima venture, approached the University of North Carolina with the suggestion that it host a 1941 school. UNC accepted due to its strong romance language and Latin American programs. Professors Sturgis Leavitt and J. C. Lyons were appointed to supervise the effort with an advisory committee including President Frank Graham, Dean of Administration (Chancellor) Robert B. House, and Controller William D. Carmichael. Monetary support was granted by the Grace and Moore-McCormick steamship lines, the Institute of International Education, the American Council of Learned Societies, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the Commonwealth Fund. The school program integrated instruction and recreation, i.e. excursions, dances, etc. Some 108 Latin Americans attended the 1941 school which was held from January 19 to March 2. With some variations of program the schools were held annually from 1942 through 1945. The records are arranged as follows: Folder 1: 1941 school, correspondence, 1940: Aug.-Nov. Folder 2: " 1940: December Folder 3: " 1941: January Folder 4: " 1941: February Folder 5: " 1941: Apr. & undated Folder 6: " 1941: Photographs Folder 7: " 1941: Clippings Folder 8: 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945 Schools, Reports Box 2:2 SERIES 2: MEXICAN VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM 5 Portfolios, 1977-1983 In 1978, Pepsi Cola of Mexico funded a five-year, interdisciplinary program of advanced study and research for Mexican scholars. Twelve scholars were selected by assessment of their research interests and abilities to spend the spring semester on the UNC-CH or North Carolina State University campus. In 1980, a group of six Venezuelans joined the twelve Mexicans in the program. Fields of specialization have ranged from the humanities and social sciences to public health and medicine. The program concluded in 1983, having achieved advances in the knowledge and abilities of native Mexican and Venezuelan scholars. Even more importantly, the program resulted in an increased awareness and understanding of the cultural similarities and differences existing within the hemisphere. The records of the program are arranged as follows: 1979 program, 1977-1979 1980 program, 1979-1980 1981 program, 1980-1981 1982 program, 1981-1982 1983 program, 1982-1983 The files include announcements of the program, applications of interested scholars, notes on the selection process, reports of the scholars' activities while at UNC-CH and NCSU, program publicity, and annual reports of the program coordinator. Box 2:3 SERIES 3: ARGENTINE COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS [CARI]-INSTITUTE OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES CONFERENCE "Public Policy Issues in Comparative Perspective" March 30-April 3, 1981 General Correspondence, 1980-1981 SERIES 4: "CHILE 1970-1973: LESSONS OF AN EXPERIENCE" CONFERENCE, April 28-May 2, 1975 Conference: General Correspondence, 1975-1977 Ford Foundation Grant, Application and Correspondence, 1975-1976 Proceedings: Search for Publisher, 1975 Institute for the Study of Human Issues (ISHI), Correspondence and Agreement to Publish, 1974-1979 Manuscript of Proceedings, 614 page typescript SERIES 5: DUKE-UNC COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL STUDIES "SUMMER INSTITUTE ON LATIN AMERICA," June 17-August 10, 1968 General Correspondence, 1967-1968 SERIES 6: INSTITUTE OF CUBAN STUDIES CONFERENCE "CUBA BETWEEN TWO WORLDS," August 30-September 1, 1980 General Correspondence, 1979-1980 SERIES 7: LATIN AMERICAN FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES [FLACSO] -UNC PROGRAM OF SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION, 1962-1964 General Correspondence, 1959-1964 SERIES 8: PEACE CORPS CENTRAL AMERICA PROJECT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, September 3-December 19, 1964 General Correspondence, 1964 Box 2:3 (cont.) SERIES 9: PEACE CORPS VENEZUELA PROJECT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, September 7-November 16, 1962 Proposal, 1962 Contract, 1962-1964 Correspondence: Project Administrative Memoranda, 1962 Peace Corps: General, 1961-1964 Griscom, Richard A., Deputy Peace Corps Director, Venezuela, 1963 Guzman, Ralph, Associate Peace Corps Director, Venezuela, 1962-1963 Newton, I.G., Division of University Relations, 1962-1963 Simons, John J., Division of University Relations, 1962-1963 Venezuelan Embassy, Washington, D.C., 1962 Letters of Appreciation, 1962 UNC Program: Syllabus, 1962 Training Courses: Health and Medical Languages Physical Education Technical Studies World Affairs Weekly Schedules, September-November, 1962 Peace Corps Volunteers: Categories by Training and Education Directory Photographs Publicity: Newspaper Clippings Photographs Graduation: Exercises Banquet Box 2:3 (cont.) SERIES 9: PEACE CORPS VENEZUELA PROJECT IN UNIVERSITY EDUCATION (cont.) Final Report Inspection Trips to Latin America, January-February 1963; June 1963 SERIES 10: CUBAN STUDENT LEADER SEMINAR IN GENERAL SOCIOLOGY, February 4-March 3, 1960 Correspondence, 1959-1960 Cuban Students, Biographies, Lists, 1960 Grant from U.S. Department of State: Agreement, December 1, 1959 Budgets and Expenses, 1959-1960 UNC Program: Information for Cuban Students on UNC, Chapel Hill, etc.: Schedule of Activities Publicity Clippings and Photographs Travel Schedule for Students Final Report, 1960