Joseph Elliott Slater papers, 1929-1996, bulk 1940-1996

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Series VI: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

2 linear feet

Series VI: "Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs" contains material from Slater's time as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs under President Kennedy from 1961-1962. He remained a consultant for the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs from 1961-1968. These files include the Report of Working Group on Education in Medicine and Related Fields in Latin America, Africa, and Asia, Slater's agenda from the time, and correspondence related to the bureau. This series also contains other material related to John F. Kennedy's presidency, including files on the space program and the Development Loan Fund. Personal material here includes invitations from the White House.



Box 13 Folder 1-2 Development loan fund, 1961


Box 13 Folder 3-5 International Educational and Cultural Activities for the 1960s, 1961


Box 13 Folder 6 Report of Working Group on Education in Medicine and Related Fields in Latin America, Africa, and Asia (1961), 1961


Box 13 Folder 7-8 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1961-1962


Box 13 Folder 9 Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, general, 1957-1966


Box 13 Folder 10 Committee on Educational Interchange Policy, 1961


Box 13 Folder 11 The Economist Diary, 1962


Box 13 Folder 12 The European-American Assembly on Outer Space, 1962


Box 13 Folder 13 Miscellaneous correspondence, 1961-1964


Box 13 Folder 14 European-Latin American Conference in Como, 1964


Box 13 Folder 15 China the United Nations and United States Policy, 1967


Box 13 Folder 16 The Bennington Review/Winter, 1968



Box 14 Resource materials, International Educational and Cultural Activities for the 1960s I (2 copies), 1961


Box 14 Resource materials, International Educational and Cultural Activities for the 1960s II (2 copies), 1961


Box 14 Resource materials, International Educational and Cultural Activities for the 1960s IIA, 1961


Box 14 Resource materials, International Educational and Cultural Activities for the 1960s III, IV, V, 1961