International Institute of Rural Reconstruction records, 1914-2018

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Series XXIII Blueprints, Maps, Art, Scrapbooks, and Memorabilia


Architectural Renderings and Maps



Box Tube Box 15 Three large landscape paintings.



Box Flatbox 284 Plans/Photos of Proposed IIRR Buildings


Box Flatbox 284 Blueprints-Proposed Development Plans of IIRR Approved and signed by Dr. Y.C. James Yen, Architect Otilio A. Arellano and Structural Engineer, May 1965 8 sheets, May 1965


Box Flatbox 284 Blueprints-Proposed Buildings for IIRR June 1965 49 sheets, June 1965


Box Flatbox 284 Blueprints-Proposed/Revised Development Plans for Additional Staff Cottages, August 1978 (4 sheets), August 1978


Box Flatbox 284 Blueprints of Proposed PRRM (Philippine Rural Reconstruction Movement) Center in San Leonardo 1960 2 sheets, 1960


Box Flatbox 284 Maps of the Philippines and Nueva Ecija



Box 14-M-6 Maps of Ding Xian


Cavite Province, Philippines, n.d., 1 item

1 map



Add Box 107 Folder 2622 Cavite Province, Philippines, n.d., 4 items

1 photostat

Two maps have been colored


Add Box 107 Folder 2623 hand drawn maps, Colombia, n.d., 2 items

2 maps



Flatbox 686 hand drawn maps, Thailand, n.d., 2 items

2 maps



Flatbox 685 Map of Area Covered by Mapong Valley Social Laboratory, Ghana, n.d., 1 item

1 map



Add Box 107 Folder 2624 map of Uthai Dhani Province, Ghana, n.d., 1 item

3 maps

original map was hand drawn; two are colored


Add Box 107 Folder 2625 map of Guatemala, n.d., 1 item

1 map

Map is colored in and has notes in red pen



Flatbox 686 Map of the Present Indigenous Languages of Guatemala, 1946, 1 item

1 printed map



Flatbox 685 aerial rendering of the IIRR Campus, [1960's], 1 item

1 architectural rendering

Shows proposed buildings and landscape



Add Box 107 Folder 2626 aerial views of the IIRR Campus, August 1971, 3 items

3 architectural renderings



Flatbox 686 blueprint of a building complex in Thailand, n.d., 1 item

1 blueprint


Flatbox 686 blueprint of a building in Thailand, n.d., 1 item

1 blueprint



Add Box 107 Folder 2627 IIRR Campus, unidentified building, [1960's], 1 item

1 architectural rendering


Add Box 107 Folder 2628 IIRR Campus and buildings, [1960's], 6 items

6 architectural renderings


Add Box 107 Folder 2629 IIRR Campus and buildings, [1960's], 11 items

10 photostats



Flatbox 685 hand drawn rendering of an unidentified building, 8 May 1988, 2 items

2 architectural renderings

Descriptive information is in Chinese



Flatbox 725 Architectural rendering: campus buildings, 2 folders


Works of Art


Chinese Calligraphy



Add Box 107 Folder 2630 3 sheets of handwritten Chinese letter, Yao Shi'an/姚石菴 to Shuying/淑英, circa 1938, 3 pages



Tube Box Tube Box 16 1 large sheet of Chinese calligraphy, 1992

壬申猴年/初三囗邀/代表囗囗同/各界社囗囗/源新嵗祝囗/囗獻囗囗市囗/丁勋時先生夫人/謝賞/馬囗囗



Flatbox 686 IIRR Motto Written by Y.C. James Yen, 1987, 1 item

1 sheet of Chinese calligraphy


Flatbox 686 Chinese calligraphy written by Y.C. James Yen to IIRR: 平, 天下一家 (All are of one family), 民為邦本 (People is the foundation of the nation), 1989 April, 7 items

7 sheets of Chinese calligraphy


Drawings



Add Box 107 Folder 2631 Bio- Intensive Garden in Jalapa, n.d., 2 items

1 pencil sketch

drawn by Aracelly Alzamora


Add Box 107 Folder 2632 IIRR Logo, n.d., 2 items

2 photocopies


Add Box 107 Folder 2633 Pencil sketches by Cuban artist, 1944, 11 items

5 pencil sketches

one drawing is of Dr. Y.C. James Yen, the others are unidentified


Add Box 107 Folder 2634 Reader's Digest image of Dr. Y.C. James Yen, n.d.

1 digital print


Add Box 107 Folder 2635 Sketch of Dr. Y.C. James Yen, 1981, 3 items

1 photocopy

caption is in Chinese


Educational Posters


Add Box 107 Folder 2636 Chinese health and safety leaflets, n.d., 3 items

2 silk-screened leaflets

features Chinese writing



Flatbox 686 silk screened multi- color Chinese health and safety posters, n.d., 5 items

5 silk-screened posters

poster features Chinese writing


Flatbox 686 silk screened single color Chinese health and safety posters, n.d., 5 items

5 silk-screened posters

poster features Chinese writing


Flatbox 686 Thai Rural Reconstruction Movement agricultural family planning posters, n.d., 2 items

2 hand painted posters

captions in English and Thai are taped to the back



Box 686 Organizational Chart: Integrated program for rural reconstruction


Painted Scrolls



Tube Box Tube Box 15 Painting on Scroll: Y.C. James Yen on a donkey, by Kang Dong = 卷軸: 到平民中去, 康东(1926), 1990, 1 item

1 hand painted scroll features Chinese calligraphy

到平民中去/一九九零 庚午/[馬手画?]/為全球鄉村改造奮鬥一生/晏陽初在宝縣/康东(1926)画/北京/[康东鈐印]


Tube Box Tube Box 15 Painting on Scroll: Snow Scene = 卷軸: 白果树 赠罗伯特弗澳布赖恩 博士, 1987, 1 item

1 painted scroll features Chinese calligraphy

罗伯特弗.澳布赖恩博士正之/白果樹系古樹 高數文洲誌載仟囗佰鈺余嵗 道光年間已枯無葉傳說先有白果樹後有定州墟矣/丁卯年么纪英寫

定州市人民政府/定州市人民政協 贈


Tube Box Tube Box 15 Painting on Scroll: Mountain Scene = 卷軸: 霜桑紅於二月花, 1987, 1 item

1 painted scroll features Chinese calligraphy

霜桑紅於二月花/丁卯年[寫]唐人/囗囗东旭永囗囗合作

罗伯特弗澳布赖恩 博士 囗念

河北省政府协赠/一九八七年冬


Scrapbooks


[Copernican Award Scrapbook]



Add Box 93 Folder 2513 Contents, 24 May 1943-23 Aug. 1980, 32 items

black- and- white photographs

Later material related to Alice Huie Yen found loose within scrapbook.

Two typed letters removed to Arranged Correspondence Series, Y. C. James Yen subseries.


Add Box 93 Folder 2514 Photocopy, 24 May 1943-23 Aug. 1980, 95 photocopies

photocopies

Specific range is 24 May 1943-1 Oct. 1944, and 30 June 1972-23 Aug. 1980.


Despedida Dinner for Dr. Y. C. James Yen


Add Box 93 Folder 2515 Photocopy, 31 Jan. 1955, 15 photocopies

photocopies


Add Box 93 Folder 2516 Photographs, 31 Jan.-18 Feb. 1955, 12 photographs

black- and- white photographs

Cover of scrapbook reads "Despedida Dinner for Dr. Y.C. James Yen, Given by Dean Conrado Benitez, Chairman, PRRM Board of Trustees, at Mira Nila, Jan. 31, 1955."


Dr. Y. C. James Yen Centennial 1993


Add Box 93 Folder 2517 [Ahamou, Araully?], 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2518 Alejandrino, Pete L., undated, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2519 Badiola, Japhet B., 20 Oct. 1993, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2520 Benitez, Helena Z., 28 Sept. 1993, 2 items

typed letter

Enclosure


Add Box 93 Folder 2521 "Chronology of Major Events in His Life and Works", 1993, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2522 Dayrit, Ricardo El S., 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2523 Diao, Grace Yen, 5 Oct. 1993, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2524 Hing, Robert and Alice, 5 Oct. 1993, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2525 Invitation, [ca. 26 Oct. 1993], 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2526 Johnson, James G., 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2527 Navarro, Conrado S., 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2528 Photocopy, 1993, 25 items

photocopies


Add Box 93 Folder 2529 Program, [26 Oct. 1993], 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2530 Reddy, G. Amaranatha, 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2531 Reddi, G. N., 26 Oct. 1993, 1 item

correspondence


Dr. Y. C. James Yen 90th Birthday Album


Add Box 93 Folder 2532 Amberson, Christiana [Mrs. William B.], 10 Oct. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2533 Bartlett, Robert M., 10 Sept. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2534 Bessie, Simon Michael, 14 Sept. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2535 Brinckerhoff, Charles M., 17 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2536 Brooks, Ernest Jr., 26 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2537 Clausen, A. W., 4 Oct. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2538 Cleveland, Harlan, 22 Sept. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2539 Clipping, undated, 1 clipping

printed material

[New York Times]


Add Box 93 Folder 2540 [Codmallader?], Dorothy Kay, 9 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2541 Cooke, Dorothy H. [Mrs. Carleton S.], 12 Oct. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2542 [Curran?], Catherine Gamble, 28 Oct. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2543 De Vries, Diane and Daisy, 16 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2544 Dreesmann, Bernd V., 29 Sept.-4 Nov. 1983, 2 items

handwritten letter; typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2545 Gamble, David L., 10 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2546 Gamble, Elizabeth [Mrs. Sidney], undated, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2547 Gardner, James E., 19 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2548 Granger, William, 19 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2549 Grant, Lt. Gen. Harold W., 3 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2550 [Grumman?], Lillian B., 12 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2551 Head, Ivan L., 23 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2552 Herrera, Gustavo, 4 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2553 IIRR 60th Anniversary brochure, 1983, 1 item

printed material


Add Box 93 Folder 2554 Iwamura, Noboru, 17 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2555 Jenkins, The Rev. Frederick F., 7 Nov. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2556 Johnson, Florence [G.?] [Mrs. A. Pemberton], 25 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2557 Lamb, Edward, 14 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2558 Linowitz, Sol M., 26 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2559 [Lippincott, Howard and Rebecca], 21 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2560 Lovett, Robert A., 12 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter

One letter of Robert A. Lovett removed to Cataloged Correspondence.


Add Box 93 Folder 2561 McConnell Clark Foundation, The Edna, 27 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2562 McPherson, M. Peter, 17 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2563 Mellor, John W., 19 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2564 Miller, Marian Hayes, 10 Oct. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2565 Morse, Bradford, 7 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2566 Mortensen, Ralph, 13 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2567 Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 22 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter

One letter of Daniel Patrick Moynihan removed to Cataloged Correspondence.


Add Box 93 Folder 2568 Narayanan, K. R., 19 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2569 Neff, Charles D., 15 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2570 O'Neill, Abby (Mrs. George D.), 1 Nov. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2571 Otoo, Eric K., 19 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2572 Ottinger, Richard L., 19 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2573 Oxnam, Robert B., 13 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2574 PACT [Private Agencies Collaborating Together], 10 Nov. 1983, 1 item

typed letter


Add Box 93 Folder 2575 Photocopy, 26 Oct. 1983, 60 items

photocopies



Add Box 94 Folder 2576 Price, Harry B., 12 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2577 Reagan, Ronald, 26 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter

One letter of Ronald Reagan removed to Cataloged Correspondence.


Add Box 94 Folder 2578 Rentschler, Mary C. (Mrs. Gordon S.), 16 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2579 Rockefeller, David, 26 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter

One letter of David Rockefeller removed to Cataloged Correspondence.


Add Box 94 Folder 2580 Rossing, Ute M., 11 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2581 Royal, Amelia R., 20 Sept. 1983, 1 item

handwritten letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2582 Rudin, Harry S., 26 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2583 Smiley, A. Keith, 13 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2584 Steen, M. C., 14 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2585 Taft, Seth, 26 Sept. 1983-3 Nov. 1983, 2 items

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2586 Taylor, Carl E., 4 Oct. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2587 Van de Workeen, M. C., 22 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


Add Box 94 Folder 2588 Wallace, Lila Acheson, 29 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter

One letter of Lila Acheson Wallace removed to Cataloged Correspondence.


Add Box 94 Folder 2589 Wolfowitz, Paul, 21 Sept. 1983, 1 item

Typed letter


[IIRR]



Flatbox 688 Scrapbook, [15 Dec. 1964-9 May 1965], 1 item

Scrapbook

Contains news clippings.


Flatbox 688 Scrapbook, [13 May 1965-16 Sept. 1968, 1 item

Scrapbook

Contains news clippings.


IIRR, Silang, Cavite, Republic of the Philippines


Flatbox 688 Scrapbook, 2 May 1967, 1 item

Scrapbook

Contains news clippings.


[The International Mass Education Movement and Philippine RRM]



Add Box 94 Folder 2590 Contents, [ca. 1955-1964], 30 photographs

black- and- white photographs


Add Box 94 Folder 2591 Contents, [ca. 1955-1964], 27 items

black- and- white photographs

Sizes vary.


Add Box 94 Folder 2592 Photocopy, [ca. 1955-1964], 30 photocopies

photocopies


The International Mass Education Movement 1958


Add Box 94 Folder 2593 Contents, 1958, 54 photographs

black- and- white photographs

John Leslie's labels and business card enclosed. Photo sizes vary.


Add Box 94 Folder 2594 Contents, 1958, 22 photographs

black- and- white photographs

Sizes vary.


Add Box 94 Folder 2595 Photocopy, 1958, 28 photocopies

photocopies

Original folio exterior labeled "John Leslie Prospectus/Photos, IMEM/PRRM-1958" and "Joel Nystrom, Skillman Rd, Skillman, NJ, 08558, Harry Brunger."

50 pieces of Correspondence removed to General Correspondence Series, IIRR Subseries, John Leslie. One map removed to Oversize Series.


[Philippines RRM 1953]


Add Box 94 Folder 2596 Contents, 5 March-18 May 1953, 36 photographs

black- and- white photographs


Add Box 94 Folder 2597 Photocopy, 5 March-18 May 1953, 40 photocopies

photocopies


PRRM- From May 20, 1953


Add Box 94 Folder 2598 Photocopy, 20 May 1953, 58 photocopies

photocopies


Add Box 94 Folder 2599 Photographs, 8 June-15 Sept. 1953, 10 photographs

black- and- white photographs


[Proposed plans for IIRR campus, Philippines]


Add Box 94 Folder 2600 Contents, undated, 5 architectural renderings

architectural renderings


Add Box 94 Folder 2601 Photocopy, undated, 6 photocopies

photocopies


Ramon Magsaysay Awards 1960


Add Box 94 Folder 2602 Arrival of Dr. and Mrs. Yen, [ca. Aug. 1960], 4 scrapbook pages

10 black- and- white photographs

11 items of correspondence removed to Correspondence: Yen, Y. C. James: Magsaysay Award.


Add Box 94 Folder 2603 Formal Buffet Supper; Informal Group Discussion, 31 Aug.-2 Sept. 1960, 6 scrapbook pages

9 black- and- white photographs

3 of the photos are loose


Add Box 94 Folder 2604 Invitation and Program, 31 Aug. 1960, 5 items

3 invitations


Add Box 94 Folder 2605 Luncheon, 30 Aug. 1960, 5 scrapbook pages

11 black- and- white photographs



Add Box 95 Folder 2606 Photocopy, 31 Aug. 1960, 150 photocopies

photocopies

12 items of Correspondence removed to Correspondence series, Y. C. James Yen subseries.


Add Box 95 Folder 2607 Presentation ceremony, 31 Aug. 1960, 5 scrapbook pages

13 black- and- white photographs


Add Box 95 Folder 2608 Press release, citation, and response, 9-31 Aug. 1960, 3 items

printed material


Add Box 95 Folder 2609 Wreath Laying at the Rizal Monument, 31 Aug. 1960, 5 scrapbook pages

10 black- and- white photographs


Add Box 95 Folder 2610 Wreath Laying at tomb of Magsaysay, 31 Aug. 1960, 3 scrapbook pages

7 black- and- white photographs


Santa Monica: The Story of a Philippine Barrio


Add Box 95 Folder 2611 Contents, 9 Jan. 1953-23 Dec. 1954, 76 photographs

black- and- white photographs

Two items of correspondence removed to Arranged Correspondence series, Y. C. James Yen subseries.


Add Box 95 Folder 2612 Photocopy, 9 Jan. 1953-23 Dec. 1954, 60 photocopies

photocopies


Sketches of Buildings of the IIRR


Add Box 95 Folder 2613 Contents, undated, 11 architectural renderings

architectural renderings


Add Box 95 Folder 2614 Photocopy, undated, 12 photocopies

photocopies


[Trips to the Philippines]


Add Box 95 Folder 2615 Contents, 11 Feb. 1952-13 June 1955, 27 photographs

black- and- white photographs


Add Box 95 Folder 2616 Photocopy, 11 Feb. 1952-13 June 1955, 85 photocopies

photocopies


[Y. C. James Yen Scrapbook]


Add Box 95 Folder 2617 Photocopy, 12 Jan. 1930-18 Feb. 1946, 50 photocopies

photocopies


Add Box 95 Folder 2618 Photos and Contents, 1943-1 Dec. 1945, 7 photographs

black- and- white photographs

5 typed letters removed to Correspondence Series, Y. C. James Yen subseries.


Memorabilia


Medals



Flatbox 687 Orden del Quetzal, 9 August 1976, 1 item

1 medal

Conferred on Y.C.James Yen by the President of Guatemala


Flatbox 687 Order of the Golden Heart, 2 May 1967, 2 items

1 medal

Conferred on Dr. Y.C.James Yen by the President of the Philippines


Flatbox 687 unidentified medal with Chinese engravings, 1893- 1981, 1 item

1 medal


Centennial Celebration


Flatbox 687 commemorative stickers, 1993, 2 items

2 stickers


Flatbox 687 commemorative t shirt, 1993, 1 item

1 t shirt


Miscellaneous



Add Box 107 Folder 2637 Souvenir cards for IMEM staff, n.d., 2 items

2 cards

given by Pan Am Airlines