ECA Film Project Records 1951-1953
Archives 140

Summary Information

Repository
Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Title
ECA Film Project Records
ID
Archives 140
Date [inclusive]
1951-1953
Extent
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.

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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.

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Scope and Content

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.

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Arrangement

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.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Washington State University Libraries Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections  © 2012

http://www.libraries.wsu.edu/masc/

Terrell Library

P.O. Box 645610

Pullman, WA, 99164-5610 USA

509-335-6691

mascref@wsu.edu

Restrictions on Access

The Collection is open for research use.

Acquisition Information

The records of the ECA film project were transferred to Washington State University Libraries in July, 1974 and February, 1975 (WSU 192).

Processing Information

were processed in December, 1983 and January, 1984 by Paul Green.

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Names and Subjects

Corporate Name(s)

Creator(s) :
  • Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Archives
  • United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services. Economic Cooperation Administration. W
  • State College of Washington. ECA Film Project.
Subject(s) :
  • Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Records and correspondence

Subject(s)

  • Washington (State)
  • Colleges and Universities
  • Agriculture
  • Performing Arts

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Detailed Description of Collection

I Film Digests  

box folder

Completed Digests 1-1300  n.d.  1301 items

1 1-13

Completed Digests 1301-2600  n.d.  1299 items

2 14-26

Completed Digests 2601-4000  n.d.  1400 items

3 27-40

Completed Digests 4001-5400  n.d.  1400 items

4 41-54

Completed Digests 5401-6200  n.d.  778 items

5 55-62

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II Subject Access  

box folder

Subject Headings and Index  n.d.  2 items

5 63

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III Correspondence  

box folder

Digest Receipts Confirmed  1951  55 items

5 64

Digest Receipts Confirmed  1951  51 items

6 65

Digest Receipts Confirmed (1952)  1951-1952  32 items

6 66

Digest Receipts Going Out  1952  4 items

6 67

Duplicates Showing Destroyed and Retained Digests  n.d.  35 items

6 68

Correspondence With Suppliers (L)  1951-1952  34 items

6 69

Correspondence With Suppliers (M-Mi)  1951-1952  66 items

6 70

Correspondence With Suppliers (Mo-My)  1951-1952  24 items

6 71

Correspondence With Suppliers (N)  1951-1952  86 items

6 72

Overseas Reports  1951-1952  10 items

6 73

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IV Office of Technical Services Film Guides  

box folder

Technical Film Guides  1951  2 items

6 74

Technical Film Guides  1951  6 items

6 75

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V Other Records and Reports  

box folder

Employees  1951-1952  15 items

7 76

Budget Statements  1951-1953  36 items

7 77

Criteria and Film Selection  1951-1952  4 items

7 78

Reports and Correspondence  1951-1952  12 items

7 79

Correspondence: ECA and Department of Commerce  1951  43 items

7 80

Procedures and Contract  1951-1952  10 items

7 81

Progress Reports  1951-1952  21 items

7 82

Quarterly Financial Reports  1951-1952  6 items

7 83

Question File  1951  1 item

7 84

Personnel, Facilities, Procedures  n.d.  8 items

7 85

Film Lists and Correspondence  1953  16 items

7 86

ECA Film Project  1952  2 items

7 87

Articles and Other Publicity  1951-1952  13 items

7 88

Photo File  1952-1966  48 items

7 89

Correspondence  1974  3 items

7 90

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