Guide to Records of the Interuniversity Consortium
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Historical Note
The Interuniversity Consortium for Research Training in the Caribbean was founded in early 1966. Administered by the Research Institute for the Study of Man (RISM) in New York City, and the Institute for Social and Economic Research (ISER), at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica, the Consortium developed a collaborative approach to extend scientific knowlege of the Caribbean and to improve the quality of research focused on this area.
Supported by a grant from the Ford Foundation, the Consortium began a sponsorship of research training programs in the summer of 1966. 26 social science graduate students from Brandeis University, McGill University, University of Montreal and Stanford University participated in the field training program during the summer of 1966. Special grants were made available to advanced students working with the University of the West Indies (UWI) in Guadeloupe, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago. The North American universities provided pre-field seminars on Caribbean studies and post-field seminars for thesis preparation. In addition, UWI conducted a summer workshop on Caribbean society for students who required more basic grounding.
The Consortium was formed with several goals in mind, including interest in furthering inter-national academic collaboration and developing standards of ethics for fieldwork in the social sciences. The North American universities participating as full members of the Consortium agreed that students being sent to the Caribbean for their first fieldwork under Consortium auspices enroll in graduate training in research methods and participate in a seminar on the nature of Caribbean society. The Universities organized their teaching programs so that the knowledge and experiences of one group of trainees were passed on to the next group. The universities also agreed to provide supervisors of research, to participate in scholarly interchanges involving the return of findings to the host countries, to distribute these findings to other member universities and to provide fellowship opportunities for West Indian students who were studying abroad. Finally, conferences were held at the participating North American and Caribbean universities where research and training plans were coordinated.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into the following nine series:
Series I: Correspondence
Series II: Ford Foundation Records
Series III: Annual Reports
Series IV: Teaching Papers
Series V: Field Studies
Series VI: Consortium Seminar Papers
Series VII: Conference Papers
Series VIII:: Theses and Reports
Series IX: Miscellaneous
Scope and Contents
The RISM Guide to the Records of the Interuniversity Consortium spans 5.88 linear feet (14 hollinger boxes). The materials range from 1962-1975, with bulk dates spanning 1965-1969.
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Conditions Governing Access
This material is open to researchers without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish materials must be obtained in writing from the:
New York University Archives Elmer Holmes Bobst Library 70 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Phone: (212) 998-2646 Fax: (212) 995-4225 E-mail: university-archives@nyu.edu
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Records of the Interuniversity Consortium; RG 9; box number; folder number; Research Institute for the Study of Man/New York University Archives
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Separated Materials
The original contract and accounting records have been removed from the collection and retained by the Reed Foundation.
Bibliography
Additional Resources: Archambault, Jean. "Un Village de Pecheurs (Deshaies) en Guadeloupe." Master's degree thesis for the Faculty of Social Sciences, Economics and Politics, Department of Anthropology, University of Montreal, 1967. (Xeroxed typescript).
Benoist, Jean, ed., Les Societes Antillaises: Etudes Anthropologigues, University of Montreal, Department of Anthropology, 1966.
Cartey, Wilfred G. The West Indies: Islands in the Sun, Camden, N.J., Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1967.
Clinton, Jean. "A Characterisation of the Employed, Unemployed and Employable Population of Trinidad and Tobago," Port of Spain, Central Statistical Office, 1966. (Mimeograph).
Comitas, Lambros. Caribbeana 1900 - 1965, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967.
Salisbury, Richard F. "Isolated Mining Communities and Social Development in the Caribbean." Paper Delivered at the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Northeastern Anthropological Association, Montreal, 1967.
Silverman, Marilyn. "Deviance and Conformity in a Caribbean Mining Town." Master's degree thesis to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, McGill University, Montreal, 1965. (Xeroxed typescript).