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.

The Arthur Doak Barnett Papers consist of personal and professional documents created and amassed by a leading scholar and government advisor on United States-China policy and relations in the 20th century. Barnett wrote, co-authored, or edited more than 20 books on China and Asia. His papers chronicle his academic, reporting, and government careers, plus his writings and travels throughout Asia and China from the 1940s through the 1990s.

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)

Papers of the Italian-American regionalist architect. Collection includes correspondence, plans, blueprints, sketches, tracings, renderings, elevations, mechanical plans, foundation plans, and other papers relating to principally Pacific Northwest buildings or alterations proposed and/or executed by A.E. Doyle and successor firms, including that of Pietro Belluschi.

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 collection primarily comprises a copy of Fred Bohen's college thesis -- his advisors were McGeorge Bundy and Zbigniew Brzezinski -- and papers from his work with the Ford Foundation including correspondence, memoranda, chronological files, policy planning documents, and public interest advocacy.

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.

Contains subject files, organizational files, program planning and reviews, operations files, and strategy papers and reports.

The Education Program Papers of Frank Bowles were transferred to the Ford Foundation Archives in 1982. The papers consist of correspondence, inter-office memoranda, and reports. They are divided into two series: Conference Files and Correspondence Files. Arrangement within each series maintains the original order established by Bowles' office. The papers included .3 cubic foot of The Fund for the Advancement of Education material. These files, which Bowles generated during his tenure as President of the Fund, have been incorporated with the TFAE record group.

Budget files and program reviews.

Subject files.

Correspondence

Primarily contains correspondence and subject files.

The Office of the President, Office Files of McGeorge Bundy, consist of 32 archives boxes of correspondence, memoranda, drafts of policy statements, meeting dockets, agendas and minutes, rapporteur notes, trip itineraries, briefings and notes, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) filings, press releases, interview transcripts, and photographs.

Stuart Burden served as a Program Associate in both the Population and the Human Rights and Governance programs from 1986 to 1989. During this time he guided the Foundation's activities related to the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. He also handled grant requests concerning reproductive health issues, family planning programs and women's health initiatives. The Office Files of Stuart Burden span from 1986 to 1989 and document the work of Mr. Burden and his colleagues in the Population and the Human Rights and Governance programs. The collection is organized into three series: AIDS Files, General Health Files, and Trustees' Trip Files. The bulk of the collection consists of grant proposals, grant-related correspondence, and reviews of grant-funded projects concerning AIDS awareness and prevention, as well as additional health related issues. The collection also includes materials from conferences, symposia and workshops that Mr. Burden attended as a representative of the Ford Foundation. The minutes and materials document the Foundation's interest and involvement in the field of health sciences. Mr. Burden's files also contain correspondence, surveys, trustees' biographies and press releases about the 1987 trustees' trip to Kentucky and Mississippi to review grant projects and determine their success.

Correspondence

The collection contains program officer notes and other correspondence regarding early thoughts, design, selection, and meetings of the Rural Development and Community Foundations Initiative (RDCFI).

Documentation focuses on Africa Foundations Learning Group (AFLG).

The Office Files of William D. Carmichael document Ford Foundation overseas grants during the period 1968-1989, with an emphasis on the 1980s. The bulk of the records concern Carmichael's work as Vice President, Developing Country Programs, and consist of correspondence, memos and reports pertaining to the administration and grant activities of Ford Foundation field offices around the world. The collection also documents the relationship between overseas offices of the Ford Foundation and the headquarters in New York City. There are substantial records documenting Carmichael's travel and attendance at conferences, his participation in Board of Trustee meetings and his role in coordinating Board meetings convened overseas. Also included are budget planning records, program review documents, and subject files relating to numerous program initiatives and administrative matters of concern to Carmichael. The collection is particularly rich in material concerning the daily operations of field offices around the world, Ford Foundation-funded educational programs in South Africa, and the international component of the Foundation's Women's Program.

Contains reviews of the following programs - Middle East and Africa, International Division, and Developing Country Programs.

The collection includes internal memos and correspondence regarding grants for education and women's equality within the Ford Foundation's Education and Public Policy and Urban Poverty programs.

Collection contains the staff subject files of Ruth D. Carter, an Assistant Administrative Officer in the Ford Foundation's European and International Affairs Program (EIA). The EIA was situated within the Foundation's International Division. During the time that Carter worked there, it was headed by Craufurd Goodwin and then, starting in 1977, by Francis Sutton. Carter's records are comprised of chronological files that chiefly originate from between 1968 and 1980.

Files span Cary's career at Ford and the variety of roles and activities.

Collection contains the staff subject files of Richard Catalano who held a number of different positions at the Ford Foundation. Between 1963 and 1969, Catalano served as an Assistant to the Secretary, a Program Officer in International Affairs, and a Program Officer in the Office of Public Broadcasting. All of the material in the collection pertains to Catalano's time as Program Officer in the Office of Public Broadcasting. These records comprise one series that documents the Foundation's support for educational television (ETV) in the 1960s and its submission to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1966 that proposed the creation of a satellite system to serve both noncommercial television (informational, cultural, and instructional) and commercial television.

Primarily documents Chamberlain's work with the Coordinating Committee on Women's Programs and Task Force on Equal Opportunity and Treatment for Women.

This collection of records document the institutional history of the Center for US-China Arts Exchange, established in 1978. Under the directorship of professor and renowned composer Chou Wen-chung, the Center is a not-for-profit organization that connected arts professionals from the US and China through a spectrum of curated programs, conferences, and research trips. Bulk dated between 1977 and 2003, materials in this collection consist of correspondence, reports, photographs, printed materials, as well as audiovisual items. The collection serves as important material evidence that help to tell the recent history of cultural communications among individuals and organizations across the Pacific.

Contains subject files and correspondence.

This collection consists of the records the Urban Center at Columbia University. The records include annual reports, publications and the Ford Foundation grant materials. The collection also contains both the transcripts and recordings of a number of conferences and events sponsored by the Urban Center.

Primarily documents fellowships.

Includes but not limited to: Project and program files, budget and fiscal reports, correspondence, and program reviews.

This collection contains grant files, chronological correspondence files, reports, meeting notes, and conference materials of E. Walter Coward, Jr.

The Education and Research Papers of Fred E. Crossland were transferred to the Ford Foundation Archives in 1982. These papers consist primarily of correspondence, inter-office memoranda, Venture Fund Program materials, and American Undergraduate Education files. They are divided into two series: Education Files and Correspondence Files. Arrangement within each series corresponds as closely as possible to the original order established by Crossland's office.

The Office Files of Merrimon Cuninggim were transferred to the Ford Foundation Archives in 1975. At that time some reports were removed and cross-reference sheets inserted to mark the original location of the removed reports. A list of these reports is appended to the register (Appendix A). Because these files document the evaluation process, the decision was made to keep material that would usually be transferred to another record group or discarded. Most of this material has been annotated by Mr. Cuninggim or Ms. Bruckner: staff and consultant reports, speeches, foundation publications, and drafts of their reports. The extensive notes which cross-reference among the files have also been retained. No attempt was made to recognize the files; the original order of this material has been maintained.

The Office Files of Robert Curvin document planning, implementation and management of grants by the Ford Foundation's Urban Poverty Program during the period 1981-1996. There are substantial files relating to Foundation support for community development corporations, response to the Los Angeles riots of 1991 and the work of other foundations on such urban issues as housing, education, substance abuse and employment. The files contain correspondence, memoranda, reports, grant proposals and meeting materials. They are arranged in a single alphabetical series. The collection measures 5 linear feet and is contained in 5 record cartons.

Primarily contains program reviews and program history materials.

Contains correspondence.

Documentation includes public broadcasting grant and appropriations records.

Contains: Television Grant Files and Subject Files.

Contains correspondence and memoranda.

The Peace and Social Justice Program was established in 1996 to help improve government performance and accountability, foster a thriving independent civil society, and promote human rights. It had two global units: Governance and Civil Society (GCS), and Human Rights. Michael Edwards, a leading expert on civil society, philanthropy and social change with more than two decades of experience working in international relief and development NGOs, served as Director of Governance and Civil Society from 1999 to 2008. The Office Files of Michael Edwards span from 1999 to 2003 and consist of email, memoranda, proposals, meeting agenda books, discussion papers, and reports. The records have been arranged into two series: program management files and meeting files. The program management files contain information about the work of GCS Deputy Director Marcia Smith and Program Officers Julius Ihonvbere and Srilatha Batliwala. These files include email and attachments of papers, proposals and other documents on such topics as GCS initiatives, constitutionalism in Eastern and Central Africa, and transnational civil society. The meeting files hold materials documenting Ford Foundation Officers Meetings and the 2003 GCS Global Meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Robert H. (Hazard) Edwards joined the Ford Foundation as a program officer for the International Division in 1965. In 1968, Mr. Edwards served as the Foundation's Representative in Pakistan. He later transferred to the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Program in the early 1970s where he would serve as Deputy Head under William Fredericks. In 1973, he succeeded Fredericks as MEA Head. Mr. Edwards left the Foundation in 1977 to accept an appointment as President of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. The Office Files of Robert H. Edwards span from 1968 to 1977 and comprise the files that Mr. Edwards kept as Head of the International Division's MEA Program. The collection is organized into three series: program management files, subject files, and chronological files. The program management files primarily consist of memoranda but also correspondence, notes, reports, and papers relating to the work of Mr. Edwards's program officer Lowell S. Hardin. Mr. Edwards's subject files contain memoranda, correspondence, papers, speeches, reports, meeting materials, and background primarily pertaining to the Foundation's programs in the Middle East and Africa. His chronological files of correspondence and memoranda from the year 1968 and the years between 1972 and 1977 are also available.

Contains subject files.

Contains correspondence, program and project files, Cuba files, grant files, consultant files and subject files.

Collection contains the office files of Mark Elliott who worked as a Program Officer in the Ford Foundation's Urban Poverty Program during the early to mid-1990s. The collection is comprised of one series of subject files. Elliott's subject files document his activities for managing grants to housing and economic development programs, research studies, and projects as well as his participation in the Urban Poverty Program's planning and strategizing efforts. Materials within the collection extend back from before Elliott's tenure at the Foundation up until the point where the Urban Poverty Program was set to transition to become part of the new Asset Building and Community Development Program (ASSETS) in 1996.

Oral history.

Collection contains the office files of Ford Foundation Program Advisor George Esser. Esser served as Program Advisor for the South in the Foundation's National Affairs Division between the late 1960s and early 1970s. The collection is comprised of two types of records housed within two separate series. The first series contains Esser's subject files, while the second contains his correspondence files.

Contains correspondence, subject files and grant files.

This collection contains Videos 1-9 of the Different and the Same series on VHS partially funded by the Ford Foundation. The series was designed to help teachers and students in grades 1-3 talk about, understand, and prevent prejudice utilizing puppets designed by Susan Linn and diverse role models.

Collections holds the subject files of Ford Foundation staff member Linda Fingerson. The records were created during Fingerson's time as an Administrative Assistant in the Program Division.

HDRH files of Virginia Davis Floyd.

The collection consists of grant files, the correspondence and reports of program and executive officers from the Ford Foundation, catalogued reports, administrative records, films, photographs, building records, and other materials that document the philanthropic work of the Ford Foundation.

Documents fellowships, awards, grant programs, special projects and program staff files.

The collection contains oversize proofs and mock-ups of Ford Foundation publications, internal memos referencing edits to publications, photographs and negatives from various publications, and books from the Ford Foundation's library.

Contains subject files.

Contains correspondence, and files from the following staff - Fred Friendly, David M. Davis, Kristin Anderson and Stuart Sucherman.

Consists primarily of program files, office files, and correspodence.

Contains: Organizational records, Administrative Files, Community Files, Grant Files and documentation of the Scholarship Program.

Contains subject files

Primarily contains administrative and program records.

Primarily consists of office files and photographs.

Consists primarily of program files, field office files, and administrative records.

Consultants and program files.

Collection consists of photographs and associated materials that document the art collection the Ford Foundation acquired between 1966 and 1967 through the Art Purchase Program. The collection is comprised of one series of artwork photograph files. These files generally contain photographs, photograph negatives, and invoices that regard a piece of art (or a set of art) that the Foundation purchased for the New York City headquarters building it opened in 1967. The files provide photographic evidence of the artwork, information about the artist who created it, information about the material details and dimensions of the artwork, and information about the purchase of the item. They are organized by the name of the artist.

The collection contains Ford Foundation Program Action Index Cards/Microfilm Tracking Cards created and maintained by Ford Foundation's records management program. The cards tracked the microfilming process of the Ford Foundation's New York Office and Field Offices' grant materials. The cards served as a checklist for records management tasks and they include some/all of the following information: Program Area Number, Microfilm Reel Number, Date Transferred to Archives, Main File/Attachments Located, Grant Closing Date, Grant Processed, Grants Accounting File Processed, Microfilm Box Number, Date Box Sent, Date Film Returned, Program Area Acronym, Film inspection Date, and Grant Destruction Authorized.

The collection contains prints, negatives, transparencies, slides, and contact sheets that document Ford Foundation projects around the world as well as headshots of staff, executive officers, and trustees for the Ford Foundation's Office of Communications. Many photographs appear in annual reports and other Ford Foundation publications and promotional materials.

Contains correspondence, reports, papers, consultants files and program records.

Action Control Slips were used by the Ford Foundation to route incoming correspondence and project proposals. The Action Control Slips can be used in conjunction with the Ford Foundation's Central Index cards (FA736) to identify where correspondence was filed within the Ford Foundation's central records (Grant files, Project files, Log files, and General Correspondence files).

Program staff files including those of Elisa Scatena and Chika Iritani.

Most of the remaining Project files document project proposals rejected by the Ford Foundation from 1950-1964. Project files for accepted proposals were re-numbered as Grant files, with a Program Action (PA) number. The new Grant file number (PA number) is noted on the Ford Foundation's 'Central Index (FA736), Master Cards - Projects' cards, under the old Project number.

Consists primarily of office files, subject files and program files.

Office files of the Africa and Middle East Program in South Africa.

The Ford Foundation's Catalogued Reports collection includes policy and programming documents, program evaluations, and periodic program status reports produced by Foundation officers and staff, as well as consultants and grantees. Some published material produced by Ford Foundation grants is also included in the collection. The collection also includes some of the Ford Foundation's own publications, such as the Annual Reports and newsletters.

Consists primarily of program files, office files, and administrative records.

The collection is comprised of information files culled from the Ford Foundation's Office of Reports. These information files consist of correspondence, reports, and program assessment materials that were originally housed in the Director's Office within the Office of Reports.

The collection consists of correspondence, reports, and grant documents from the Ford Foundation's work in India between 1952 and 1971. The files relate to the Ford Foundation's travel logistics in India (primarily connected with the Ford Foundation's private aircraft), Ford Foundation films "The Stranger" and "Gaon Sathis," agriculture programs, education programs, social science research, and community development programs.

In July 1975, Marion Bieber, an assistant administrative officer in the Foundation's Paris field office, shipped 15 boxes of Paris field office administrative files to Eldon Jones, Foundation Archivist in New York. In September 1980, Ms. Bieber shipped 21 more boxes of administrative files to Mr. Jones. Of the first group, 7 boxes contained non-Foundation personal records which were sent to the appropriate persons. The remaining 8 boxes were assigned box numbers and stored in the Record Storage Center. Four were given box numbers: 13215, 13218, 13231, 13232. Four were stored and kept with the box numbers assigned to them by the Paris office: 2, 3, 7, 9. The second group were assigned box numbers 11100-11122. 11100 to 11106 - Subject files 11107, 11108 - Administrative and General Correspondence files 11109 to 11111(beg) - General Correspondence files 11111(end), 11112 - Miscellaneous Subject files 11113-11122 - Financial files with retention schedules, several loose nonfinancial files and the Paris chrons. The Paris Files contain program-related material and administrative material related to the daily operation of the Field Office.

Professional papers of Ford Foundation presidents.

General adminstrative files.

Consists primarily of program files, office files, and administrative records.

Staff meeting notes, agendas and associated background materials.

The Ford Foundation records, Media Policy Collection consists of reports, correspondence, and court briefs from 1968-1992. The materials originate from the Ford Foundation Grant #06800203 awarded to the United Church of Christ to combat racial discrimination in broadcasting and broadcast employment.

Consists primarily of office files, program files and administrative records.

Collection contains different types of press materials from 1951 to 2002 that document the Ford Foundation's efforts to both publicize itself in the news and acquire documentation of media commentary on its ventures. Within the collection, press releases appear as the most used publicity tool for promoting the Foundation, while press clippings appear as the primary means for collecting media commentary on the Foundation's activities. Most of the press clippings found within the collection were submitted to the Foundation's Office of Communications by press clipping service providers Burrelle's Information Services and Luce Press Clippings in the 1990s and early 2000s.