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Archives 140
ECA Film Project Records
1951-1953
approximate 6795 items
3.5 linear feet
7 containers
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.
Organizational History:
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.
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.
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.
The Collection is open for research use.
The records of the ECA film project were transferred to Washington State University Libraries in July, 1974 and February, 1975 (WSU 192).
were processed in December, 1983 and January, 1984 by Paul Green.
Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Archives
United States. Dept. of Commerce. Office of Technical Services. Economic Cooperation Administration. W
State College of Washington. ECA Film Project.
Washington State University. ECA Film Project--Records and correspondence
Washington (State)
Colleges and Universities
Agriculture
Performing Arts
I
Film Digests
1
1-13
Completed Digests 1-1300
n.d.
1301 items
2
14-26
Completed Digests 1301-2600
n.d.
1299 items
3
27-40
Completed Digests 2601-4000
n.d.
1400 items
4
41-54
Completed Digests 4001-5400
n.d.
1400 items
5
55-62
Completed Digests 5401-6200
n.d.
778 items
II
Subject Access
5
63
Subject Headings and Index
n.d.
2 items
III
Correspondence
5
64
Digest Receipts Confirmed
1951
55 items
6
65
Digest Receipts Confirmed
1951
51 items
6
66
Digest Receipts Confirmed (1952)
1951-1952
32 items
6
67
Digest Receipts Going Out
1952
4 items
6
68
Duplicates Showing Destroyed and Retained Digests
n.d.
35 items
6
69
Correspondence With Suppliers (L)
1951-1952
34 items
6
70
Correspondence With Suppliers (M-Mi)
1951-1952
66 items
6
71
Correspondence With Suppliers (Mo-My)
1951-1952
24 items
6
72
Correspondence With Suppliers (N)
1951-1952
86 items
6
73
Overseas Reports
1951-1952
10 items
IV
Office of Technical Services Film Guides
6
74
Technical Film Guides
1951
2 items
6
75
Technical Film Guides
1951
6 items
V
Other Records and Reports
7
76
Employees
1951-1952
15 items
7
77
Budget Statements
1951-1953
36 items
7
78
Criteria and Film Selection
1951-1952
4 items
7
79
Reports and Correspondence
1951-1952
12 items
7
80
Correspondence: ECA and Department of Commerce
1951
43 items
7
81
Procedures and Contract
1951-1952
10 items
7
82
Progress Reports
1951-1952
21 items
7
83
Quarterly Financial Reports
1951-1952
6 items
7
84
Question File
1951
1 item
7
85
Personnel, Facilities, Procedures
n.d.
8 items
7
86
Film Lists and Correspondence
1953
16 items
7
87
ECA Film Project
1952
2 items
7
88
Articles and Other Publicity
1951-1952
13 items
7
89
Photo File
1952-1966
48 items
7
90
Correspondence
1974
3 items