NTDMG361.xml Guide to the Idaho Partners of The Americas Records 1964-1993 Idaho Partners of The Americas Records Finding aid prepared by Judith Nielsen Funding for encoding this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities. University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives ©1993 Encoded by ArchProteus2003 Finding aid is in English Overview of the Collection University of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives MG361 Idaho Partners of The Americas Idaho Partners of The Americas Records 1964-1993 6 cubic feet Articles of incorporation, by-laws, and related records, correspondence, financial and membership records, newsletters and other materials relating to a cultural exchange program between Idaho and Ecuador. English

Partners of the Americas (originally called Partners of the Alliance) was established in 1964 as an offshoot of the Alliance for Progress and came under the jurisdiction of the Agency for International Development. In 1967 it became an independent organization renamed the National Association of the Partners of the Alliance, Inc., later called the Partners of the Americas. A private, voluntary technical assistance organization, it originally involved three states of the United States linked in partnership with three nations of Latin America. By 1980 there were fifty partnerships between 44 U.S. states and 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries. Partnership committees are community based and composed entirely of volunteers who work with their counterparts -- North or South -- to assess resources and needs, and to jointly plan and carry out projects based on the principles of self-help and mutual benefit to both sides of the partnership. Partner program areas are agriculture and rural development, health education, rehabilitation and special education, the arts, journalism, and sports. Some partnerships also work in energy, business and trade, student exchange, disaster relief, and emergency preparedness.

In 1964 support for the Partners program came from only one major source, the U.S. Agency for International Development. During 1979, the Partners organization received grants from five government agencies, eight foundations and 26 corporations located in five countries throughout the Americas.

The Idaho Partners was incorporated September 26, 1964 by Gayle B. Allen, John S. Chapman, George Wilhelm, and Byron Johnson, all from Boise, and Boyd Martin from Moscow. The Idaho Partners failed to file the annual report with the secretary of State due in 1970, and their charter was forfeit on 1 December 1969. The charter was reinstated on 4 April 1979.

Idaho, one of the first three states to be involved, plus Kentucky and Washington, were all assigned to Ecuador. Washington later dropped its partnership with Ecuador, but Idaho and Kentucky continued to share it although a sense of unity was felt lacking. In 1983 it was deemed necessary to delineate the specific areas in Ecuador with which each state would work. This change in the organization's by-laws was formalized at a workshop in Ecuador on July 27, when Idaho was assigned the mountain region which included the cities of Guayaquil and Cuenca while Kentucky's assignment was Quito and Umbato. This new plan eliminated the necessity of Idaho's having to go through the organization in Quito for any Partners work. The partnership consists of a national committee of citizens in Ecuador and a nonprofit incorporated citizens group in Idaho. No government agencies are involved. Emphasis is placed upon creating a closer friendship and understanding between the people of Idaho and the people of Ecuador through projects designed to help the Ecuadorians develop themselves in economic, social and cultural areas. Through these programs, the Idaho Partners hope to aid in enabling the Ecuadorians to maintain a way of life which will provide for the full development of each individual.

The projects sponsored by the Idaho-Ecuador Partners are as diverse as the needs of the people. Projects have included the vaccination of all the children of Ecuador, the furnishing of supplies and equipment for hospitals, school buildings, trade schools, and water systems, high school student exchange programs, the exchange of basketball and track coaches, and with the assistance of Ballet Folk, the exchange of dance instructors. In addition, for many years, the Idaho Partners Association has annually brought Ecuadorian college students to Idaho for advanced training in the professions, especially in engineering, agriculture, and public and business administration, with the understanding that the students are to return to Ecuador to help the development of their own country.

The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas span the years 1964 to 1993, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1964-1985.

The records include articles of incorporation, by-laws, and related records for both the national organization and the Idaho chapter, correspondence, financial and membership records, and a variety of published material including newsletters and travel brochures.

Records relating to the University of Idaho's earlier (1954-1958) academic exchange with the University of Guayaquil may be found in the Records of the College of Agriculture, UG 30.

The material in this Manuscript Group was in no discernible order when received, therefore a series order was imposed during processing. Some material was in labeled folders, and these folder headings were retained during processing.

The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas were divided into four series. The first series, Corporate Records, 1965-1991, is subdivided into two sections. The first contains articles of incorporation, by-laws corporate annual reports, records of meetings of the board of directors, executive committee, and annual meetings of the Idaho Partners. The second sub-series contains similar records for the National Association of Partners of the Americas (NAPA). Material concerning the Annual Meetings during the 1970s includes handwritten annotations by Glen Lockery who attended those meetings as Idaho's representative.

The correspondence was originally filed in three different locations: in 4 loose leaf notebooks (1982-1986), a chronological file (1964-1992), and a subject file. These arrangements were retained during processing, with the contents of the notebooks being placed in folders and the various subject files being placed in alphabetical order. No attempt was made to remove duplicate material from these three sources. The subject files may include non-correspondence material relating to the subject, such as travel arrangements for visiting artists, newspaper clippings, small brochures, etc. Among the topics covered are the Artist in Residence Program, the visit of Ecuadorian weavers, a journalist exchange program, projects, seminars and workshops sponsored by NAPA, material relating to the Vandaleers tour of Ecuador in 1975, and correspondence and other material concerning the Ecuadorian exchange students at the University of Idaho.

The third series contains financial and membership records. Included are bank statements and paid checks, bookstore and university invoices for Partner sponsored exchange students, and a few financial statements. There are also membership and mailing lists, membership applications, and some financial and membership correspondence.

The final series contains a variety of publications. Among the most important are the national newsletter Partners, and the Idaho Partners Newsletter, unfortunately neither is complete. There are newsletters from other partners groups, travel and informational brochures about Ecuador and other Latin American countries, newspaper clippings and copies of 2 books by Jose Ullo Vernimmen who was in Idaho on a NAPA journalist exchange program in 1979. A final item in this series is a collection of programs from the Orquesta Sinfonica de Cuenca.

Duplicate material and material not directly related to the Partners organization were removed. These measures, plus the refoldering from legal to letter size folders of a majority of the material reduced the bulk of the collection by 4.5 cubic feet.

The records of the Idaho Partners of the Americas were donated to the University of Idaho Library by Doris Williams and Glen Lockery between June 1992 and January 1993.

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the online catalog. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings.

Idaho International Relations Idaho Partners of the Americas Ecuador -- Rural development Detailed Description of the Collection Series I. Corporate Records 1964-1991 A. Idaho Partners 1964-1991 1/1 Articles of Incorporation and By-laws 1964-1986 15 items 1/2 Assumed Name certificate 1979 1 item 1/3 Certificate of Reinstatement 1979 3 items 1/4 Corporate annual reports and annual licenses 1979-1985 14 items 1/5 Meetings: Board of Directors 1964-1989 71 items 1/6 Executive Committee 1967-1988 35 items 1/7 General membership 1965-1991 52 items 1/8-9 Annual plans 1989 & 1991 29 items 1/10-13 Annual reports 1988-1991 9 items 1/14 Tri-Annual report to national organization 1979 6 items 1/15 Organization meeting: Ten Northern Idaho Counties 1965 4 items B. National Association of Partners of the Americas 1965-1991 1/16-17 Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws 1966-1977 24 items 1/18 Board of Directors: Minutes 1967-1986 14 items 1/19 Memos and nominations 1967-1986 12 items 1/20 Executive Committee: Minutes 1968-1986 16 items 1/21 Annual Conference: Second inter-American, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1966 23 items 1/22 Reports to Second Inter-American Conference 1966 19 items 1/23 Annual Conference: Fourth, Salt Lake City 1969 1 item 1/24 Annual meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico (Glen Lockery's material) 1975 21 items 1/25 Annual meeting, New Orleans (Glen Lockery's material) 1976 22 items 1/26 Annual meeting, Denver, Colorado (Glen Lockery's material) 1978 6 items 1/27 Annual meetings: Announcements 1971-1987 25 items 1/28 Minutes and related material 1966-1991 16 items 1/29-31 Directory of Partner Committee Officers 1965-1986 29 items 1/32 Activities reports 1975/1976-1979 2 items 1/33-34 Annual reports 1970/1971-1983 7 items 1/35-36 Quarterly reports of activities 1972-1986 22 items Series II. Correspondence and Related Records 1964-1992 1/37 Correspondence undated 5 items 1/38-39 Correspondence 1964-1967 194 items 2/40 Correspondence 1968-1969 70 items 2/41-44 Correspondence 1970-1979 295 items 2/45-48 Correspondence 1980-1985 237 items 2/49 Correspondence 1986-1992 30 items 2/50-53 Correspondence from notebooks 1982-1985 370 items 2/54-55 Correspondence from notebooks 1986 130 items 2/56 4-F 1980-1981 6 items 2/57 25th Anniversary celebration 1990 9 items 2/58 1985 Plan 1980 10 items 2/59 Agency for International Development evaluation 1980 4 items 2/60 Agricultura Camara de la I Zona Quito 1980 1 item 2/61 Agricultural projects in Ecuador 1982 11 items 2/62 Alliance for Progress Ecuador project undated 1 item 2/63 Amex award 1981-1982 6 items 2/64 Artist in Residence program 1973-1978 23 items 2/65 Guayas Ballet project 1977 14 items 2/66 Esperanza Cruz 1977-1978 59 items 2/67 Reports to NAPA 1973-1975 5 items 2/68 Bowdler, Ann. Community Leader exchange program 1982-1983 7 items 2/69 CDDS Ecuador 1979 2 items 2/70 Committees: Business Advisory 1967 5 items 2/71 Inter-American Coordinating 1966-1967 4 items 2/72 Student Exchange 1980-1981 5 items 3/73 Community education 1979-1982 11 items 3/74 Cultural exchange visits 1977 5 items 3/75 Cultural programs 1975-1981 33 items 3/76 Cultural resources survey undated 2 items 3/77 Dance - Guayas 1981 3 items 3/78 Development education report 1987 1 item 3/79 Diaz, Rafael, visit to Idaho 1977 21 items 3/80 Ecuador, Information 1971-1983 22 items 3/81 Ecuador crafts 1985 3 items 3/82 Ecuadorian Fiber Folk Art Exhibit September-October 1981, 1980-1982 44 items 3/83 Financial reports 1981-1982 16 items 3/84 Glen Lockery's notes 1980-1981 20 items 3/85 Executive director 1981 9 items 3/86 Emergency preparedness program 1984-1986 15 items 3/87-88 FASINARM (Fundacion de Asistencia Sicopedagogica a los Ninos y Adolescentes Retardados Mentales) 1978-1979 37 items 3/89 Visit of Marcia Gilbert de Babra 1978 13 items 3/90 Fellowship in International Development 1981-1986 22 items 3/91 Folk arts and crafts meetings 1973-1983 4 items 3/92 Grants: General information 1980 2 items 3/93 Annual grant program: Idaho-Ecuador proposal undated 1 item 3/94 International Training Grant Program 1983 11 items 3/95-96 Kellogg Foundation grant in International Development 1990 2 items 3/97-98 Small Grants Program 1980-1992 45 items 3/99 Travel grants, general information 1981-1985 12 items 3/100-102 Travel applications and reports 1969-1986 38 items 3/103 Guenther, Harold R. 1980 24 items 3/104 Los Huayanay (Ecuador folk music group) 1980-1982 30 items 3/105 Idaho Committees (Glen Lockery's notes) undated 4 items 3/106 Idaho Commission on the Arts, Cultural grants 1981-1982 14 items 3/107 Idaho Indian art exhibit in Ecuador, in cooperation with the Museum of Native American Culture 1978-1982 79 items 3/108 International Communications Agency funding 1981 10 items 3/109 Journalist exchange program 1978-1986 17 items 3/110 Lockery, Glen, Talks to Hospital Auxiliary and Rotary Club 1978, 1983 2 items 3/111 MEChA 1980-1981 5 items 3/112 Memorandums from NAPA 1970-1971 33 items 3/113 Music, Ecuadorian undated 10 items 3/114 News releases 1982 6 items 3/115 Ordonez, Marcelo, visit to Moscow 1980 15 items 3/116 Partners program: General information 1966-1982 24 items 3/117 Partnerships: Florida-Columbia, 3rd annual conference 1968 1 item 3/118 Idaho-Cuenca 1973-1983 33 items 3/119 Idaho-Guayas 1978-1981 6 items 3/120 Idaho-Quito 1977-1981 13 items 3/121 Other 1966-1982 11 items 3/122 PATH (Partners Appropriate Technology for the Handicapped) 1980-1983 13 items 3/123 Partnership training materials 1983 4 items 4/124 Peace Corps 1980 1 item 4/125 Potato storage (PIP) 1976-1982 9 items 4/126 PREP (Partners Rehabilitation & Education Program) 1977-1980 9 items 4/127 Private voluntary organizations 1980-1981 13 items 4/128 Project and profile report 1964-1968 1 item 4/129 Project Resource Bulletins 1982-1984 2 items 4/130 Projects, National undated 3 items 4/131 Projects for Ecuador 1966-1968 3 items 4/132 Projects: Idaho-Ecuador 1964-1985 37 items 4/133 Vegetable marketing 1980 4 items 4/134 Working boys center, Quito (Fr. Halligan, S.J.) 1981 4 items 4/135 Ribadeneira, Edmundo, visit to Moscow 1980 25 items 4/136 Seminar: Development education 1985 3 items 4/137 Seminar: La vida familiar y el desarrollo de microempresas, Lima, Peru 1985 4 items 4/138 Sociedad Femenina de Cultura, Guayaquil 1982-1983 7 items 4/139 Special education in Cuenca 1980 4 items 4/140 Special education: Mary Tamm correspondence 1980-1981 8 items 4/141 Sports and recreation 1978-1982 31 items 4/142 Stationery undated 7 items 4/143 Student exchange program 1974-1982 31 items 4/144 Students: Almeida, Jose (1970-1972) 1972 4 items 4/145 Barragan, Jose Ricardo and Juanita 1973-1981 24 items 4/146 Carrillo, Mariana (1967-1968) 1967-1982 36 items 4/147 Cazar, Luis Efrain and Suzanna 1973-1974 22 items 4/148 Moran, Eduardo 1972-1974 5 items 4/149 Oquendo, Ana Maria, Elsie Zabala, Andres Salvador (1968-1969) 1968-1974 19 items 4/150 Ospina, Pedro 1972-1975 8 items 4/151 Proano, Edgar 1974 3 items 4/152 Suarez, Stalin (1970-1972) 1972 5 items 4/153 Student work permits 1974 2 items 4/154 Symposium announcements 1986 1 item 4/155 Travel information from NAPA 1981 16 items 4/156 Trips to Ecuador: Idaho Team 1964 2 items 4/157-159 Glen Lockery 1974-1980 50 items 4/160 Everett Samuelson 1980 1 item 4/161 Glen Lockery 1982 33 items 4/162 Glen Lockery and Maurice Johnson 1983 7 items 4/163 Darlene Townsend 1984 3 items 4/164 Tri-Annual review for federated membership in NAPA 1979-1980 8 items 4/165 University Gallery, negatives undated 9 items 4/166 Ulloa, Jose, visit to Moscow 1979 30 items 4/167 Valdano, Juan, trip to Moscow 1982 20 items 4/168 Vandaleers tour in Ecuador 1975 15 items 4/169 Women in Development 1981 6 items 4/170 Workshops: Development 1981-1983 12 items 4/171 Far West Regional 1971, 1974 19 items 4/172 Moscow, Idaho July 20, 1983 48 items 4/173 Rural Development Training Program 1984 11 items 4/174 Idaho Partners Statewide Workshop 1988 1 item Series III. Financial and Membership Records 1964-1988 4/175 Bank Records 1984-1987 2 items 4/176 Bank statements and paid checks 1973-1982 94 items 4/177 Bills, Paid 1972-1975 16 items 4/178 Bills, Unpaid 1975 5 items 4/179 Bookstore and university invoices for Ecuadorian students 1968-1976 16 items 4/180 Ecuadorian weavers account 1981-1982 4 items 4/181 Financial correspondence 1972-1980 43 items 4/182 Financial reports 1971-1972, 1979-1980 8 items 4/183 Financial statements, National 1978-1984 5 items 4/184 Miscellaneous financial 1979 3 items 4/185 Post Office receipts 1979-1981 6 items 4/186 Taxes and IRS correspondence 1968-1979 25 items 4/187 Travel vouchers, Boyd Martin 1964-1969 37 items 4/188 Treasurer's accounts 1979-1980 5 items 4/189 Dues paid to NAPA 1979-1986 10 items 4/190 Contributions list 1973-1974 1 item 4/191 Mailing and contribution list 1964-1983 10 items 4/192 Mailing lists 1970-1983 28 items 4/193 Membership and financial correspondence 1972-1980 58 items 4/194 Membership forms undated 6 items 4/195 Membership applications undated 45 items 4/196 Membership lists 1987-1988 2 items 5/197 Membership card file undated 1 item Series IV. Newsletters and Publications, etc. 1964-1993 5/198 Amigos de las Americas undated 2 items 5/199 La Carta (Amigos de las Americas) 1975-1976 2 items 5/200 Los Companeros 1966 3 items 5/201 Companeros de las Americas 1983-1984 3 items 5/202 Companeros Educacion y Comunidad 1984 1 item 5/203 International Educational and Cultural Exchange 1975 3 items 5/204 Partnergram 1971-1975 29 items 5/205 Partners Notes 1968 4 items 5/206-210 Partners, v.1-v.19 1967-1987 67 items 5/211 Partners, special issues 1980-1984 2 items 5/212 Idaho Partners newsletter 1964-1974; 1988-1992 21 items 5/213-214 Newsletters from other states 1968-1990 50 items 5/215 Agency for International Development. Population Program Assistance 1972 1 item 5/216-217 Alliance for Progress and related agencies 1951-1986 19 items 5/218 Partners brochures and publications 1971-1993 14 items 5/219 Peace Corps 1967 3 items 5/220 Publications about Ecuador 1964-1979 9 items 6/221 Publications about Ecuador 1964-1987 5 items 6/222 Publications about other Latin American countries 1965-1976 5 items 6/223 Cuenca, ciudad destino y paisaje 1970 1 item 6/224 Ullo Vernimmen, Jose, Books by 1982-1989 3 items 6/225 Other publications 1974-1988 3 items 6/226-227 Inter-American Statistical Institute. Monthly list of publications received 1967-1974 50 items 6/228 Clippings 1965-1984 19 items 6/229 Clippings, National 1965-1967 18 items 6/230 Clippings, State 1965-1970 18 items 6/231 Publications and miscellaneous material 1966-1969 19 items 6/232 Programs for orchestral concerts and other musical events 1972-1983 13 items