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Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-1962

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#0645
Bib ID 4079192 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Institute of Pacific Relations
Title Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1927-1962
Physical Description 232 linear feet (476 boxes 59 volumes 2 oversize folders)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-474. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged. The collection is arranged in nine parts, with oversized materials following at the end of the collection. Part I, Cataloged Materials & the Pacific Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations Cataloged correspondence & manuscripts (Boxes A-B); Pacific Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations (Boxes 1-100); Part II, American Institute of Pacific Relations,1926-1959, & misc. committee files (Boxes 101-295); Part III, Files of individuals (Boxes 296-340); Part IV, McCarran Committee files (Boxes 341-381); Part V, Financial records (Boxes 382-439); Part VI, Publications (Boxes 440-446); Part VII, Miscellaneous Files (Boxes 447-456); Part VIII, Conference documents and papers (Boxes 457-472); Part IX, McCarthy Committee files (Boxes 473-474); Oversized materials

Description

Summary

The office files of the American Institute of Pacific Relations and the international Institute of Pacific Relations, containing correspondence and reports concerned with international conferences, research programs, and publications programs of both Institutes, and relating to the political, economic, and social problems in eastern and southern Asia and the South Pacific, as well as with problems of American foreign policy. There are many travel letters and on-the-spot reports relating to conditions in China, Japan, Russia, Australia, the Philippines, India, and Pakistan during the period 1933 to 1954.

1990 Addition: I.P.R. materials found in the Papers of Sen. Joseph McCarthy at Marquette University have been added.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

The following boxes are located off-site: 1-474. You will need to request this material from the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Institute of Pacific Relations records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Material

J.B.(John Bell) Condliffe. Reminiscences of the Institute of Pacific Relations. Vancouver, B.C.: Institute of Asian Research, University of British Columbia, 1981

Edward C. Carter Papers, Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

Edward C. Carter Papers, University of Vermont.

William W. Lockwood Papers, Princeton University. The files of William W. Lockwood concerning the Institute for the years 1946-1962, are in the Archives, Firestone Library, Princeton University. His files for 1935-1940 and 1941-1943 are in the Columbia collection.

Brooks Emeny Papers, Princeton University. Emeny was a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Council, IPR.

Institute of Pacific Relations fonds, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Institute of Pacfic Relations Records, University of Hawaii.

Institute of Pacific Relations. San Francisco Bay Region Division Records, Hoover Institution.

Institute of Pacific Relations records, 1925-1943 at the Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Alternate Form Available

Pearl S. Buck letters are on: microfilm.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the American Institute of Pacific Relations and International Institute of Pacific Relations via William L. Holland & Mary F. Healy, 1961.

Gift of F. Hamburger, Jr. of Johns Hopkins University, Archives, 1981.

Gift of Marquette University, 1990.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--American Institute of Pacific Relations and International Institute of Pacific Relations through William L. Holland and Mary F. Healy. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1961. Accession number--M-61.

Papers from Joseph McCarthy Collection: Source of acquisition--Marquette University. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/09/90. Accession number--M-90-07-09.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 08/--/89.

Papers from Joseph McCarthy Collection Processed HR 06/24/92.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2012-07-09 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
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"ArchivedGRID"
Agendas (administrative records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Annual reports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Applications Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Articles Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Audits Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bibliographies Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Budgets Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bulletins Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bylaws (administrative records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Card files Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Certificates Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Constitutions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Contracts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Dockets Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Essays Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Financial records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Interviews Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Invitations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Ledgers (account books) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lists (document genres) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Maps (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Memorandums Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Notes (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Personnel records Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographic prints Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Photographs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Press releases Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Proceedings (reports) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Questionnaires Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Reports Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Résumés (personnel records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Speeches (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Testimonials Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Transcripts Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
minutes (administrative records) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
American Institute of Pacific Relations Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Area specialists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Australia -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Buck, Pearl S (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Carter, Edward C (Edward Clark), 1878-1954 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
China -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Developing country specialists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
East Asia -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
India -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Institute of Pacific Relations. American Council Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
International relations specialists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Internationalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Japan -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Japanologists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Lattimore, Owen, 1900-1989 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Oceania -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Orientalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pacific Area -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Societies, etc Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pakistan -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Philippines -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Political scientists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Scrapbooks Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Sinologists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Social problems Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
South Asia -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Social conditions Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
United States -- Foreign relations -- Pacific Area -- Societies, etc Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World politics Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

History

The Institute of Pacific Relations (IPR) was an international NGO established in 1925 to provide a forum for discussion of problems and relations between nations of the Pacific Rim. The Institute dissolved in 1960.