Inventory of the Asia Foundation records
Finding aid prepared by Asia Foundation and Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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Title: Asia Foundation records
Date (inclusive): 1951-1996
Collection Number: 89005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
20 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 483 cubic foot boxes, 1 oversize folder
(512.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, project reports, conference proceedings, and financial records relating to scholarships, exchange
programs, and projects for social and economic development, and for aid to education, communications, health, and administration
of justice in countries of South, Southeast and East Asia.
Creator:
Asia Foundation
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives between 1989 and 2011.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Asia Foundation records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Custodial History note
Boxes listed in the finding aid but not held at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives: P34, P81, P140, P154, P243, P343,
P481.
Historical Note
Private American philanthropic organization for promotion of political, social, and economic development in countries of Asia
and the Pacific region.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoranda, project reports, conference proceedings, and financial records relating to scholarships, exchange
programs, and projects for social and economic development, and for aid to education, communications, health, and administration
of justice in countries of South, Southeast and East Asia. File lists are searchable via uncorrected OCR.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Technical assistance, American -- Asia
Developing countries
Asia -- Economic conditions -- 1945-
Education -- Asia
Educational assistance, American -- Asia
Economic assistance, American -- Asia
Communication -- Asia
Public health -- Asia
Justice, Administration of -- Asia
Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Asia -- Social conditions
US & International Files
1951-1961
US & International Files
1962
on
Additional material not yet described (162 boxes)
Oversize Materials
Scope and Contents note
Contains blueprints relating to "Education Schools & Universities, Rangoon University Welfare Center, Burma."
os_folder 1
7 blueprints for the Students Welfare Center University College Rangoon
1955-1957
