ECA Film Project Records, 1951-1953
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- ECA Film Project Records
- Dates
- 1951-1953 (inclusive)19511953
- Quantity
- approximate 6795 items, ( 3.5 linear feet), ( 7 containers)
- Collection Number
- Archives 140
- Summary
- 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.
- Repository
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Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Terrell Library Suite 12
Pullman, WA
99164-5610
Telephone: 509-335-6691
mascref@wsu.edu - Access Restrictions
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The Collection is open for research use.
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical Note
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.
Content Description
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.
Administrative Information
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.
Detailed Description of the Collection
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I: Film Digests
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Description: Completed Digests 1-13001301 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 1, Folder 1-13
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Description: Completed Digests 1301-26001299 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 2, Folder 14-26
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Description: Completed Digests 2601-40001400 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 3, Folder 27-40
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Description: Completed Digests 4001-54001400 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 4, Folder 41-54
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Description: Completed Digests 5401-6200778 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 5, Folder 55-62
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II: Subject Access
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Description: Subject Headings and Index2 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 5, Folder 63
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III: Correspondence
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Description: Digest Receipts Confirmed55 itemsDates: 1951Container: Box 5, Folder 64
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Description: Digest Receipts Confirmed51 itemsDates: 1951Container: Box 6, Folder 65
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Description: Digest Receipts Confirmed (1952)32 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 66
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Description: Digest Receipts Going Out4 itemsDates: 1952Container: Box 6, Folder 67
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Description: Duplicates Showing Destroyed and Retained Digests35 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 6, Folder 68
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Description: Correspondence With Suppliers (L)34 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 69
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Description: Correspondence With Suppliers (M-Mi)66 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 70
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Description: Correspondence With Suppliers (Mo-My)24 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 71
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Description: Correspondence With Suppliers (N)86 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 72
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Description: Overseas Reports10 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 6, Folder 73
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IV: Office of Technical Services Film Guides
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Description: Technical Film Guides2 itemsDates: 1951Container: Box 6, Folder 74
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Description: Technical Film Guides6 itemsDates: 1951Container: Box 6, Folder 75
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V: Other Records and Reports
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Description: Employees15 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 76
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Description: Budget Statements36 itemsDates: 1951-1953Container: Box 7, Folder 77
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Description: Criteria and Film Selection4 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 78
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Description: Reports and Correspondence12 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 79
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Description: Correspondence: ECA and Department of Commerce43 itemsDates: 1951Container: Box 7, Folder 80
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Description: Procedures and Contract10 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 81
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Description: Progress Reports21 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 82
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Description: Quarterly Financial Reports6 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 83
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Description: Question File1 itemDates: 1951Container: Box 7, Folder 84
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Description: Personnel, Facilities, Procedures8 itemsDates: n.d.Container: Box 7, Folder 85
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Description: Film Lists and Correspondence16 itemsDates: 1953Container: Box 7, Folder 86
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Description: ECA Film Project2 itemsDates: 1952Container: Box 7, Folder 87
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Description: Articles and Other Publicity13 itemsDates: 1951-1952Container: Box 7, Folder 88
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Description: Photo File48 itemsDates: 1952-1966Container: Box 7, Folder 89
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Description: Correspondence3 itemsDates: 1974Container: Box 7, Folder 90
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Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Corporate Names
- Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Archives (creator)
- Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Records and correspondence
Other Creators
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Corporate Names
- State College of Washington. ECA Film Project. (creator)
- United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services. Economic Cooperation Administration. W (creator)
