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James W. Armsey Papers

ARM James W. Armsey Papers 1946-[ongoing]
Origination : Armsey, James W., 1917-
Extent : 64 linear feet.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

Prior written permission required from James W. Armsey.

Preferred Citation

James W Armsey Papers (ARM), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Ford Foundation Executive Committee and Board of Trustee dockets 1958-1977, budget papers 1969-1977, information and discussion papers 1960-1977, professional staff biographies, directory of personnel, and personnel reports 1958-1977, program reviews and reports 1965-1977; office files of the Special Program in Education (SPE) 1958-1970, including correspondence, college and university profiles, visitation memoranda, dockets and review papers; office files of the Educational Television Project (ETV) 1952-1973, including memoranda, reports of meetings, and papers by outside consultants, with some discussion of communication satellites; papers related to the Journalism Project 1961-1970, the Minority Higher Education Project 1951-1976, and Requests for Grant Action (RGA's) 1957-1976 documenting the Foundation's support of humanities and the arts, minority higher education, education and research, and national affairs, and the activities of the Foundation's International Division; with accounts of the history of the Foundation 1911-1956, Annual Reports 1956-1977, and Financial Statements 1949-1975; also papers documenting the career of Henry T. Heald, president of Illinois Institute of Technology 1940-1952, chancellor of New York University 1952-1956, and president/trustee of the Ford Foundation 1956-1965, for whom Armsey worked at each of these institutions; consisting of speeches written by Armsey and delivered by Heald, reports, proposals, and memoranda, 1946-1958.

Background

Ford Foundation executive.

Index :

 Heald, Henry T., 1904- 
 Ford Foundation -- History. 
 Illinois Institute of Technology. 
 New York University. 
 Armsey, James W., 1917-