International Research and Exchanges Board creator mixed material monographic eng rus 331,000 331 397.2 Correspondence, case files, subject files, reports, financial records, printed matter, and other records of the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) and it's predecessor, the Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants (IUCTG), pertaining to the organizations' cultural exchange programs with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe during the Cold War era. Provides insight into the history of American cultural diplomacy and the intellectual history of American academic research on Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. Includes participants' personal experiences and research projects as well as information about the administrative operations, selection process, and collaborative projects of the organization. Documents the work of the organization in conjunction with the American Council of Learned Societies, U.S. Dept. of State, American embassy in Moscow and consulate in Leningrad, U.S. International Communication Agency, the Soviet Union Ministry of Higher Education (Ministerstvo vysshego obrazovanii͡a), and the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (Akademii͡a nauk SSSR). Also includes material pertaining to partnerships between Columbia University and Moscow State University (Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova), Harvard University and Leningrad State University (Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet), Indiana University and Tashkent University (V.I. Lenin nomidagi Toshkent davlat universiteti), and Yale University and Kiev University (Kyïvsʹkyĭ derz͡havnyĭ universytet im. T.H. Shevchenka). Open to research. Some maps transferred to Library of Congress Geography and Map Division. American service organization sponsoring scholarly international exchange programs. Collection material in English and Russian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room. Soviet Union. Ministerstvo vysshego obrazovanii͡a. United States. Consulate (Leningrad, Soviet Union) United States. Department of State. United States. Embassy (Soviet Union) United States. International Communication Agency. Akademii͡a nauk SSSR. American Council of Learned Societies. Columbia University. Harvard University. Indiana University. Kyïvsʹkyĭ derz͡havnyĭ universytet im. T.H. Shevchenka. Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet. Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova. V.I. Lenin nomidagi Toshkent davlat universiteti. Yale University. Cold War Influence Cultural relations Diplomacy Intellectual cooperation Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern Relations United States Soviet Union Soviet Union Relations United States United States Relations Europe, Eastern United States Relations Soviet Union Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants. mm 89054285 Open to research. DLC 890717 20260227111723.0 mm 89054285