FOREIGN POLICY ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA:
An Inventory of Its Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Foreign Policy Association of Minnesota. | |
| Title: | Association records. | |
| Dates: | 1927, 1939-1971. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, minutes, membership and financial information, and printed materials relating to the Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota branches of an organization promoting educational activities for the understanding and development of international relations and American foreign policy. | |
| Quantity: | 0.9 cubic feet (1 box). | |
| Location: | 147.G.7.7B |
SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Includes meeting, membership, and financial information for the Minneapolis branch (1939-1950) and the St. Paul branch (1927, 1946-1952) of the Foreign Policy Association (FPA). The two branches merged in about September 1954 to become the Foreign Policy Association of Minneapolis and St. Paul and in about 1963 changed this name to the Foreign Policy Association of Minnesota. There is an amended constitution of the merged association (1954) and correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial and membership information (1959-1971). Also includes some information from the Foreign Policy Association's national headquarters in New York city.
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Foreign Policy Association of Minnesota Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 12,926; 15,691
Processing Information:
Processed by: Anne Levin, August 2005
Catalog ID number: 1737335
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 147.G.7.7B | 1 | Foreign Policy Association of Minnesota records: | |||||||||
| Membership list, St. Paul Branch, 1927. | |||||||||||
| Annual meetings, Minneapolis Branch, 1939-1950. 1 volume. | |||||||||||
| Includes minutes, reports, a proposed constitution (undated), and an amended constitution (1944). | |||||||||||
| Membership dues, [Minneapolis Branch?], 1940-1950. 3 volumes. | |||||||||||
| St. Paul Branch files: | |||||||||||
| World Affairs Center and miscellaneous materials, 1948-1950. | |||||||||||
| Primarily materials relating to the World Affairs Center at the University of Minnesota. The St. Paul and Minneapolis branches of the Foreign Policy Association were among the original members. Includes a World Affairs Center film catalog and discussion topics booklet. | |||||||||||
| [Students] abroad now: Letters sent, 1950. | |||||||||||
| Membership instructions, undated and 1952. | |||||||||||
| Monthly financial reports, November 1948-May 1952. | |||||||||||
| Student memberships, February 1950-November 1952. | |||||||||||
| Monthly financial and membership reports, 1946-1950. | |||||||||||
| Membership solicitations, 1951-1952. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: Members, 1949-1952. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: National, 1948-1949. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: Officers and Committee Chairmen, 1949-1952. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence: Committee, 1950. | |||||||||||
| General meetings, 1950-1952. | |||||||||||
| Board of Directors meetings, 1949-1952. | |||||||||||
| Activity reports, 1946-1951. | |||||||||||
| Tax reports, tax data, meeting receipts, and financial reports, 1951. | |||||||||||
| National organization. 4 folders. | |||||||||||
| 1946. | |||||||||||
| This folder contains the 1944 amended constitution of the Minneapolis Branch and a September 1954 amended constitution of the Foreign Policy Association of Minneapolis and St. Paul. | |||||||||||
| 1947. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, memoranda, reports, and meeting and membership information prepared by the FPA national organization in New York (1942-1947). | |||||||||||
| 1948. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, reports, and meeting and membership information prepared by the FPA national organization in New York (1948). | |||||||||||
| 1949. | |||||||||||
| Correspondence, reports, and meeting and membership information prepared by the FPA national organization in New York (1948-1950). | |||||||||||
| (Letters) FPA meetings and FPA general, 1954-1956, 1963-1964. | |||||||||||
| Includes some Board of Directors information (1954-1956). Primarily Foreign Policy Association of Minnesota correspondence regarding speakers for meetings (1963-1964). | |||||||||||
| Membership contributions, 1963-1965. | |||||||||||
| Includes financial reports. | |||||||||||
| Minutes, 1959-1971. 6 folders. | |||||||||||
| Includes some financial information and Board of Directors minutes. | |||||||||||
| Meeting notices, 1968-1970. | |||||||||||
RELATED MATERIALS
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Places:
- United States -- Foreign relations.
- Organizations:
- Foreign Policy Association. Minneapolis Branch.
- Foreign Policy Association. St. Paul Branch (Saint Paul, Minn.).
- Foreign Policy Association.
- Foreign Policy Association of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
- Minnesota World Affairs Center.
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