TY - GEN ED - International Research and Exchanges Board. ED - Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants. TI - International Research and Exchanges Board records, KW - Soviet Union KW - Ministerstvo vysshego obrazovanii͡a KW - United States KW - Consulate (Leningrad, Soviet Union) KW - Department of State KW - Embassy (Soviet Union) KW - International Communication Agency KW - Akademii͡a nauk SSSR KW - American Council of Learned Societies KW - Columbia University KW - Harvard University KW - Indiana University KW - Kyïvsʹkyĭ derz͡havnyĭ universytet im. T.H. Shevchenka KW - Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet KW - Moskovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. M.V. Lomonosova KW - V.I. Lenin nomidagi Toshkent davlat universiteti KW - Yale University KW - Cold War KW - Influence KW - Cultural relations KW - Diplomacy KW - Intellectual cooperation KW - Europe, Eastern KW - Relations N1 - Open to research N2 - 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) ER -