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Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs records, 1980-1998

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs
Title
Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs records
Dates
1980-1998 (inclusive)
Quantity
8.25 linear feet
Collection Number
RG 33
Summary
This collection includes administrative files, published materials, and audio-visual media produced by the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs. The Center was founded to encourage strong understanding and improved relations between the western United States and the nations of the Pacific Rim.
Repository
University of Montana, Mansfield Library, Archives and Special Collections
Archives and Special Collections
Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library
University of Montana
32 Campus Dr. #9936
59812-9936
Missoula, MT
Telephone: 406-243-2053
library.archives@umontana.edu
Access Restrictions

Researchers must use collection in accordance with the policies of Archives and Special Collections, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, and The University of Montana-Missoula.

Languages
English
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Historical Note

The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs was founded in 1980 to encourage strong understanding and improved relations between the western United States and the nations of the Pacific Rim, in recognition of the outstanding work of Mike Mansfield in international relations in the Pacific. The Center was funded by the Mansfield Foundation and maintained offices at University of Montana's Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, in Washington, DC, and in Tokyo. It planned an administrative and conference facility on Flathead Lake in western Montana, but was unable to construct this facility. It sponsored the Mike Mansfield Fellowship program, publications, and symposia on contemporary issues, and focused programs on public affairs and commerce, the humanities, and the arts.

In 2003 the board of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation voted to change the name of the Mansfield Center for Public Affairs to the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, as the two operated as a single legal entity.

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Content Description

This collection contains correspondence, financial records, and subject files that document the operations of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs from 1980-1996 as well as a few published materials detailing the history of the Center and its activities. In addition to the Center's administrative files, this collection also contains masters and copies of media produced by the Center. The audio-visual media contained in this collection include video and audio masters for a documentary about Asian immigrants in the western United States titled From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese and Japanese Settlers in Montana . The collection also includes audio recordings of oral histories and their corresponding transcripts, edit logs, photographs, and artwork. Copies of the oral history audio cassettes and the transcripts comprise Oral History collection 436.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Researchers are responsible for using in accordance with 17 U.S.C. and any other applicable statutes. Master material from Subgroup Two can only be used with permission from the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs. Photo component use requires permission from the respective institutions.

Preferred Citation

The Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs Records, Archives and Special Collections, Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, The University of Montana-Missoula.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

This collection is divided into two subgroups: Administrative Records and From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese and Japanese Settlers in Montana, production components.

Subgroup I, Administrative Records, consists of four series:

Series I: Correspondence, 1980-1987, 0.9 linear feet

Series II: Financial Records, 1985-1989, four folders

Series III: Subject Files, 1980-1994, 2.1 linear feet

Series IV: Published Materials, 1993-1996, 1 folder

Subgroup II, From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese and Japanese Settlers in Montana, production components consists of four series:

Series I: Video and Audio Masters, undated, 3.5 linear feet

Series II: Oral History Interviews, audio cassettes, 1998 and undated, 0.2 linear feet

Series III: Edit logs and Oral History Transcripts, undated, 0.2 linear feet

Series IV: Production Artwork, Photographs, and Other Images, 1998 and undated, 1.2 linear feet

Custodial History

The collection was in the possession of the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs until donation to the Archives.

Acquisition Information

Most of the administrative records were donated in 1991. The bulk of the production components for From the Far East to the Old West: Chinese and Japanese Settlers in Montana were donated in 2002 but the photos, zip disks and photo logs were donated in 2005.

Processing Note

The actions taken to process this collection were unrecorded. Prior to 2017, copies of the the oral history transcripts and cassette tapes were created and are now part of Oral History Collection 436.

In 2018, a few published materials, subject files, and a financial report were added to this collection.

Related Materials

Archives and Special Collections also holds records for the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation, RG 034.

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Detailed Description of the Collection

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Subject Terms

  • Chinese--Montana--History
  • Japanese Americans--Montana--History
  • Pacific Area cooperation

Corporate Names

  • Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs--Archives
  • Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation
  • Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program

Geographical Names

  • Montana--Emigration and immigration--History
  • Montana--History
  • Pacific Area--Relations--West (U.S.)
  • West (U.S.)--Relations--Pacific Area

Form or Genre Terms

  • Audiovisual materials
  • Interviews
  • Oral histories
  • Photographs

Original author unknown
2002

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