Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
ECA Film Project Records
1951-1953
Archives 140
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
- Title
- ECA Film Project Records
- ID
- Archives 140
- Date [inclusive]
- 1951-1953
- General Physical Description note
- approximate 6795 items 3.5 linear feet 7 containers
- Abstract
- The records are composed of film digests with evaluations, correspondence, reports, subject headings and index, financial statements, publicity material, and other papers. There are lacunae in this collection. Additional material of a later date, photographs, articles, a history of the project, and publicity material have been placed at the end of the records.
Organizational History:
In February, 1951 the Economic Cooperation Administration, the unit of the federal government designed to administer the Marshall Plan, designated the Office of Technical Services of the U.S. Department of Commerce to select appropriate industrial and agricultural films for use overseas. A State College of Washington official heard of the project and the College submitted the low bid. The project ran from May 24, 1951 to June 15, 1952. By the latter date, over six thousand films had been screened and evaluated. The State College of Washington, a land-grant school featuring agriculture and engineering, as well as a stong audio-visual program, proved to be the perfect location for the project.
Scope and Contents note
The ECA film project at Washington State University took place in 1951 and 1952, and those are the bulk dates of the records; there are a few items from 1953. The records are composed of film digests with evaluations, correspondence, reports, subject headings and index, financial statements, publicity material, and other papers. There are lacunae in this collection. All but a very few of the digest- evaluations are present, but only a small portion of the correspondence with film suppliers is included.
Arrangement note
The material is arranged as it was received in 1974 with only negligible changes. There are five series: Film Digests, Subject Access, Correspondence, Office of Technical Services Film Guides, and Other Records and Reports. Additional material of a later date, photographs, articles, a history of the project, and publicity material have been placed at the end of the records.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/mascTerrell Library
P.O. Box 645610
Pullman, WA, 99164-5610
509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu
Conditions Governing Access note
The Collection is open for research use.
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
The records of the ECA film project were transferred to Washington State University Libraries in July, 1974 and February, 1975 (WSU 192).
Processing Information note
were processed in December, 1983 and January, 1984 by Paul Green.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- State College of Washington. ECA Film Project.
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services. Economic Cooperation Administration. W
- Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Archives
- Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Records and correspondence
Subject(s)
- Agriculture
- Colleges and Universities
- Performing Arts
- Washington (State)
Collection Inventory
I Film Digests |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Completed Digests 1-1300 n.d. 1301.0 items |
1 | 1-13 | ||
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Completed Digests 1301-2600 n.d. 1299.0 items |
2 | 14-26 | ||
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Completed Digests 2601-4000 n.d. 1400.0 items |
3 | 27-40 | ||
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Completed Digests 4001-5400 n.d. 1400.0 items |
4 | 41-54 | ||
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Completed Digests 5401-6200 n.d. 778.0 items |
5 | 55-62 | ||
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II Subject Access |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Subject Headings and Index n.d. 2.0 items |
5 | 63 | ||
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III Correspondence |
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| Box | Folder | |||
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Digest Receipts Confirmed 1951 55.0 items |
5 | 64 | ||
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Digest Receipts Confirmed 1951 51.0 items |
6 | 65 | ||
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Digest Receipts Confirmed (1952) 1951-1952 32.0 items |
6 | 66 | ||
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Digest Receipts Going Out 1952 4.0 items |
6 | 67 | ||
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Duplicates Showing Destroyed and Retained Digests n.d. 35.0 items |
6 | 68 | ||
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Correspondence With Suppliers (L) 1951-1952 34.0 items |
6 | 69 | ||
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Correspondence With Suppliers (M-Mi) 1951-1952 66.0 items |
6 | 70 | ||
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Correspondence With Suppliers (Mo-My) 1951-1952 24.0 items |
6 | 71 | ||
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Correspondence With Suppliers (N) 1951-1952 86.0 items |
6 | 72 | ||
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Overseas Reports 1951-1952 10.0 items |
6 | 73 | ||
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IV Office of Technical Services Film Guides |
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Technical Film Guides 1951 2.0 items |
6 | 74 | ||
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Technical Film Guides 1951 6.0 items |
6 | 75 | ||
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V Other Records and Reports |
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Employees 1951-1952 15.0 items |
7 | 76 | ||
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Budget Statements 1951-1953 36.0 items |
7 | 77 | ||
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Criteria and Film Selection 1951-1952 4.0 items |
7 | 78 | ||
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Reports and Correspondence 1951-1952 12.0 items |
7 | 79 | ||
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Correspondence: ECA and Department of Commerce 1951 43.0 items |
7 | 80 | ||
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Procedures and Contract 1951-1952 10.0 items |
7 | 81 | ||
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Progress Reports 1951-1952 21.0 items |
7 | 82 | ||
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Quarterly Financial Reports 1951-1952 6.0 items |
7 | 83 | ||
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Question File 1951 1.0 item |
7 | 84 | ||
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Personnel, Facilities, Procedures n.d. 8.0 items |
7 | 85 | ||
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Film Lists and Correspondence 1953 16.0 items |
7 | 86 | ||
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ECA Film Project 1952 2.0 items |
7 | 87 | ||
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Articles and Other Publicity 1951-1952 13.0 items |
7 | 88 | ||
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Photo File 1952-1966 48.0 items |
7 | 89 | ||
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Correspondence 1974 3.0 items |
7 | 90 | ||
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