Primarily contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, and press logs.

The Asset Building and Community Development Program was established in October 1996 as part of a Foundation-wide program reorganization. The new program supported the work of a range of groups and individuals seeking to build the assets and capacities of poor communities through community-based activities, research, policy analysis, and advocacy. The Assets Program had three program units: Economic Development; Community and Resource Development (CRD); and Human Development and Reproductive Health. Carl Anthony joined the Ford Foundation as a Program Officer within the Assets Program's CRD Unit in 2001. In 2003, he became Deputy Director of Community and Resource Development and in 2004, Acting Director. As Program Officer, Anthony directed the Sustainable Metropolitan Communities Initiative (SMCI), the Foundation's grantmaking portfolio in equitable and sustainable community development. He also participated in making substantial cross-portfolio investments in Regional Equity Demonstrations (REDs, singular RED). The Office Files of Carl Anthony span in date from 1999 to 2006 and primarily document his work as Program Officer. The bulk of the collection consists of grantee files, primarily of SMCI and RED grant recipients. These files contain correspondence, project updates, conference materials, products of Ford-funded research, and background information about grantees and projects. The collection also contains files on trips, conferences and meetings Anthony attended in his capacity as Program Officer and Acting Director.

Primarily contains subject files, with a small selection of Speeches and trip records.

Contains correspondence and subject files.

The collection consists of the Executive Officer Subject Files of Verne S. Atwater, including correspondence, reports, financial statements, and meeting minutes related to the Ford Foundation's administrative activities, organizational structure, and new building project. The collection also houses reports and correspondence concerning the Satellite Project, a Ford Foundation initiative to build a satellite to broadcast educational television programs.

Collection contains the office files Orlando Bagwell created when he worked as a Program Officer in the Media, Arts, and Culture Unit (MAC) of the Ford Foundation's Knowledge, Creativity, and Freedom Program (KCF). It consists of one series of subject files. These files document the activities Bagwell performed when carrying out his responsibilities for managing a grant portfolio focused on public media and media rights and access and for leading the Foundation's five-year Global Perspectives in a Digital Age: Transforming Public Service Media initiative. Some of the files in the series were inherited from Bagwell's MAC predecessors.

Primarily contains correspondence and subject files.

The papers of Elinor Barber, Program Officer of the Office of the Vice President, International Division (OVP/ID) from 1967 to 1981, document her activities and those of the International Division, particularly those related to Foundation programs on the rights and status of women, affirmative action, and education, during this period. They were sent to the Foundation's Archives in January 1982. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, memoranda, and Barber's rough notes summarizing meetings and conferences she attended. They are divided into two series. Arrangement of the series and of files within the series is based as closely as possible on the original order in which the papers were maintained.

Documents the Campus Diversity Initiative.

The papers of David Bell, Vice President of the Ford Foundation's International Division from 1966 to 1981, document his activities at the Ford Foundation and those of the International Division during this period. They were sent to the Foundation's Archives in July 1981 by Alice Maloney, who served as Secretary and Executive Assistant to Mr. Bell for the duration of his tenure. The papers consist primarily of correspondence, memoranda, and Bell's rough notes summarizing meetings and conferences attended. They are divided into six series. The series' order is based on substance and size. Arrangement of files within a series corresponds closely to the original order established by Ms. Maloney. The papers are particularly rich in the following areas: - the activities of the International Division: the Office of the Vice President and the overseas field offices (Series I) - the annual meetings of the Board of Trustees and its subcommittees (Series II) - the activities of the international agricultural center system, including the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (Series IV) - the Foundation's Population Program (Series V)

The collection contains the office files of Bernard Berelson who served as Director of the Behavioral Sciences Division at the Ford Foundation from 1951-1957 as well as materials related to programs that extended beyond Berelson's time at the Foundation. Materials within the collection include correspondence, reports, notes, and data tables that analyze the behavioral sciences as an academic discipline. There are also grant proposals, fellowship information, and notes and correspondence regarding the university presses program, a program that allocated $1,725,000 to 30 university presses over a period of five years to increase book publication in the humanities and social sciences.

The Urban Poverty (UP) Program was established as a subdivision of the United States and International Affairs Program (USIAP) in October 1981, taking over programs formerly administered by the divisions of National Affairs and Education and Public Policy. It administered programs benefiting the poor and inner-city residents in areas that included community development, employment and training, welfare, teen pregnancy, poverty, crime, and precollege education. In 1988, UP became a separate division, and in 1996, was merged into the Asset Building and Community Development Program (ASSETS). Gordon L. Berlin served as a Program Officer in the Urban Poverty Program from 1982 to 1987 and as its Deputy Director from 1987 until he left the Foundation in June 1988. He oversaw programs in employment, training, labor supply, welfare, and related educational issues. He also served on task forces, such as the Foundation's Task Force on Growth, Development and Employment (1984-1987) and the National Service Task Force (1984-1986). The Office Files of Gordon L. Berlin primarily consists of Program Files containing reports, data, research, notes, memoranda, and correspondence relating to such issues as national service, summer youth employment, workfare/welfare reform, remedial education and workplace literacy, preschool education and daycare, and school drop-out rates of at-risk youth. There are also some conference materials, subject and correspondence files, and a few speeches and writings relating to these and similar issues.

Contains subject files.

The collection contains Alison Bernstein's correspondence with grantees and colleagues at the Ford Foundation during her time as a program officer and director in the Foundation's Education and Culture program area. The collection also houses reports, correspondence, and office files relating to programs for women, education in Africa, and Ford Foundation Education and Culture programs abroad.

Primarily documents meetings, events, and initiatives as well as providing subject files, working files and publications.

The collection consists of the Executive Officer Subject Files of Susan Berresford, including correspondence, project proposals, newsletters, press materials, and other documents from projects and programs overseen by Susan Berresford, many related to Woman's Programs. The majority of materials were created in the late 1970s to early 1980s. During this period, Berresford held many roles at the Foundation, including program assistant and program officer in the Division of National Affairs, officer in charge of Women's Programs, and Vice President for US and International Affairs Programs.

Collection contains the office files of Ford Foundation Program Officer Jacqueline Berrien. Working in the Governance and Civil Society (GCS) unit of the Peace and Social Justice Program (PSJ), Berrien managed a grant portfolio for projects concerning Participation and Representation in American Politics. The grants encompassed within this portfolio fell under two initiatives: 1) Democracy and Diversity; and 2) Reclaiming Politics for the Public. Projects related to the Democracy and Diversity initiative focused on ensuring the right to vote to more of the American public and increasing diverse participation and representation in politics. Projects related to the Reclaiming Politics for the Public initiative focused on empowering the voting public and encouraging its interest in politics.

Correspondence

Collection contains the staff subject files of Nancy Boggs who worked as an Administrative Officer and Graphics Manager in the Ford Foundation's Office of Reports. Files contain correspondence, memos, drafts, scripts, notes, invoices, expense reports, inventories, contracts and agreements, schedules, newspaper clippings, and photographs that document Boggs work on the Foundation's sponsored films and other media projects. The records regard the promotion and distribution of the films as well as the production and planning of those movies. The films that the documents regard concerned subjects like primary healthcare, education, and jobs.

The Office Files of David Bonbright, Assistant Program Officer (1983-1986) and Program Officer (1986-1987) of the Ford Foundation's Developing Country Programs (DCP), document his oversight of grantmaking and administration of field offices throughout Africa, with an emphasis on his work in developing a Foundation portfolio in South Africa. The collection spans 1979-1987 and consists of correspondence and subject files. The records were transferred to the Ford Foundation Archives in 1991, and were fully processed in 2006. The arrangement of the collection follows the original order established by David Bonbright.