Foreign Area Fellowship Program

Subseries 2 (formerly Subseries 23b) contains files of A. Curtis Wilgus and his successor, Lyle N. McAlister, and is divided into two sections. The first consists of subject files divided into campus correspondence, 1957-1962, off-campus correspondence, 1959-1963, and general correspondence, 1963-1967. The second section is a subject/genre file containing records related to foundations, Pan-American celebrations, conferences, and publications. Of special interest are the records related to the preparation of the first Caribbean Conference in 1950. Also included in this section are records of Assistant Director Clement David Hellyer concerning the implementation of a Point Four contract. Point Four was initiated in the early 1950s as a program designed to undermine Soviet economic interest, especially in the developing nations. The program provided technical training in a variety of fields and was administered by the U. S. Technical Cooperation Administration. The University of Florida and the University of New Mexico were responsible for the English Language and Cultural Orientation Program for Point Four grantees from Latin America.