Asia Society records, 1956-1999, bulk 1966-1987
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Asia Society
- Extent:
- 404.12 Cubic Feet 404.12 cubic feet and 24 bound volumes.
- Language:
- English .
Background
- Scope and content:
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All records in the collection have been received from the Asia Society New York office, and document the activities of the Society through the New York office from inception in 1956 though the 1990s. Records documenting the activities of regional offices including those in Houston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. are minimal.
Records include: Correspondence, reports, administrative records, meetings, studies and seminar files, officer's files, department and program records, development and fundraising files.
The early activities of the Society are particularly well documented including the Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group (SEADAG) and Country Council records including but not limited to those of the China Council and and the India Council.
- Biographical / historical:
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The Asia Society was founded in 1956 by John D. Rockefeller 3rd to promote greater knowledge and understanding of Asia in the United States, and to strengthen the relationship between Americans and Asians through international cultural exchange. The Asia Society has grown to become a global institution with an educational mandate and cross-disciplinary programming.
The Asia Society headquarters are located in New York, and the Society maintains additional U.S. offices in California (Los Angeles and San Francisco), Texas (Houston) and Washington, D.C. and global centers in Australia (Melbourne), China (Shanghai), Hong Kong, India (Mumbai), South Korea (Seoul), and the Philippines (Manila).
- Acquisition information:
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Collection was deposited at RAC by Asia Society, December 1977 and officially donated to RAC in 2016.
Records received by RAC in multiple accessions from 1977-2000, including, but not necessarily limited to, Accessions 1977:021, 1979:039, 1979:041, 1980:022, 1981:022, 1981:022, 1981:031, 1982:097, 1987:051, 1987:159, 1988:014, 1988:039, 1988:043, 1989:039, 1989:080, 1989:118, 1990:021, 1990:022, 1990:023, 1990:108, 1993:021, 1994:016, 1996:033, 1996:085 and 2000:022.
- Arrangement:
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Series 1: Public Affairs, Southeast Asia Development Advisory Group (SEADAG)
Subseries 1: Seminar Files
Subseries 2: Authors Files
Subseries 3: SEADAG Grant Files
Subseries 4: SEADAG Grant Reports
Subseries 5: Executive Committee Files
Subseries 6: SEADAG Country Reports
Subseries 7: SEADAG Financial Files (Non-Grant) – RESTRICTED from access.
Subseries 8: SEADAG Financial Files (Seminars) – RESTRICTED from access.
Subseries 9: SEADAG Financial Files (Grants) – RESTRICTED from access.
Subseries 10: SEADAG Financial Files (Personnel) – RESTRICTED from access.
Subseries 11: SEADAG Audio Tapes
Series 2: Country Councils
Subseries 1: Country Councils – General
Subseries 2: China Council Files
Subseries 3: India Council Files
Subseries 4: Mary Ann Siegfried (MAS) Files
Series 3: Exhibitions and Events
Subseries 1: Gallery Files
Subseries 2: Art Photos
Subseries 3: Exhibition, Publicity and Events Miscellaneous
Subseries 4: Cultural Programs
Series 4: Contemporary Affairs
Subseries 1: Forestry, Small Scale Enterprise and Publishing
Subseries 2: ECA Division
Subseries 3: Contemporary Affairs Day Files
Subseries 4: Discover Asia Files
Subseries 5: China Briefing
Subseries 6: India Briefing
Subseries 7: Philippines Files
Subseries 8: John Bresnan Chronological File
Subseries 9: Asia Society Fletcher School (Tufts University) Files
Subseries 10: Philippine President Corazon Aquino Visit
Subseries 11: Media Files
Subseries 12: Vietnam Conference
Subseries 13: Islam Files
Subseries 14: Conference Tapes and Special Formats
Series 5: Education Department, Director, Betty M. Bullard Files
Subseries 1: President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies Files
Subseries 2: CEMREL
Subseries 3: General Files
Subseries 4: United States-Japan Conference for Cultural and Educational Interchange (CULCON)
Subseries 5: Education Department – Textbook Evaluation Project
Subseries 6: Education Department – Videos
Series 6: Performing Arts Department, Director, Beate Gordon Files
Subseries 1: Artists and Events Files
Subseries 2: Mailing Lists
Subseries 3: Background, Publicity and Local Programs
Subseries 4: General Correspondence
Subseries 5: General Files
Subseries 6: Performing Arts Program Financial Ledgers – RESTRICTED from access.
Series 7: Asia Society President, Robert B. Oxnam Files
Subseries 1: Departmental Files
Subseries 2: Chronological File
Series 8: Public Affairs
Subseries 1: Asian Development Seminar Program (ADSP) – General Files
Subseries 2: Director of Public Affairs, Marshall M. Bouton (MMB) Files
Subseries 3: Public Affairs Day File
Subseries 4: ADSP – Authors, Institutions and Audio Tapes.
Subseries 5: ADSP – Seminar Reports and Background papers
Subseries 6: ADSP – Ethical Dilemmas of Development in Asia
Subseries 7: Inaugural papers
Subseries 8: Worker Migration Studies
Series 9: Publications
Subseries 1: General Files
Subseries 2: Special Formats
Subseries 3: Press Clippings
Subseries 4: Publications
Subseries 5: Publications - Asia Magazine Correspondence
Series 10: Director of Education and Communications, Timothy Plummer Files
Series 11: Administration
Subseries 1: General
Subseries 2: Corporate Programs
Subseries 3: Executive Department Files
Subseries 4: Director of Public Affairs, Marshall M. Bouton (MMB) Files
Subseries 5: Asia Society Executive Vice President, Lionel Landry Files
Subseries 6: Asia Society President, Phillips Talbot papers
Subseries 7: Director, Meetings and Studies Program, Herbert D. Spivack Files
Subseries 8: Asia Society Board of Trustees
Series 12: Programs and Programs in Association
Subseries 1: General Files
Subseries 2: Williamsburg Conferences
Subseries 3: India Council
Subseries 4: Asian Literature Program Files
Subseries 5: Tour Program Files
Subseries 6: American Committee for Borobudur, Inc. Files
Series 13: Development
Subseries 1: Special Events
Subseries 2: General Files
Subseries 3: Capital Campaign
Subseries 4: Asian Era Campaign
Subseries 5: Foundations
Series 14: Security – RESTRICTED from access.
Series 15: Special Formats – General
Subseries 1: Audio (Currently closed for digitization.)
Subseries 2: Oversized
Subseries 3: Moving Images (Some portions currently closed for digitization.) Series 16: Asia Society Annual Reports, 1966-1994.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Open for research with select materials restricted as noted. Brittle or damaged items are available at the discretion of RAC.
- Terms of access:
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The Rockefeller Archive Center has title, copyright, and literary rights in the collection, in so far as it holds them, and has authority to grant permission to cite and publish archival material from the collection.
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