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Friends of the International Center Records

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Princeton University. Friends of the International Center.

The Friends of the International Center are a volunteer organization who serve the international community at Princeton University by offering English conversation programs to foreign graduate students and their families, as well as a host family program to ease cultural transition. The group also awards an annual scholarship stipend of 1000 dollars to the foreign graduate student who has demonstrated excellence in the teaching of undergraduates. The antecedent to the Friends of the International Center was an organization formed in the early 1960s known as the International Student Hospitality Committee of Princeton (ISHCOP), later named the Princeton Friends of Foreign Students (PFFS). When the University opened the International Center in 1974, the PFFS became the volunteer wing, and renamed itself the Friends of the International Center.

Consists of the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Friends of the International Center. The collection also includes flyers, posters, mailings, and one audio recording of an interview.

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Contents list created by Eleanor Wright '14 in January 2012 and finding aid updated by Christie Peterson in February 2012.

Publisher
University Archives
Finding Aid Author
Christie Peterson
Finding Aid Date
2007
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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

Series 1: Friends of the International Center Records, 1959-2001 consists of the meeting minutes and correspondence of the Friends of the International Center. The series also includes flyers, posters, mailings, and one audio recording of an interview.

Arrangement

The materials in Series 1: Friends of the International Center Records, 1959-2001 have not been arranged in any particular order.

Physical Description

2 boxes

A Brief, Personal and Informal History of the Friends of the International Center and Its Antecedents, 1995 April 25. 1 box.
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1 box

Friends of the International Center, 1996-1999. 1 box.
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1 box

International Center Trustees, 1995. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Records, 1983-2001. 1 box.
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1 box

Minutes, Financial, Et Cetera, 1991-1994. 1 box.
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1 box

Volunteer Services Committee Minutes, Reports of International Center Director, By-Laws, International Center Newsletters, Financial Statements, 1978-1988. 1 box.
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1 box

International Center Host Family, 1995-1997. 1 box.
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1 box

Friends of the International Center Host Family Program -- Minutes of Committee Meetings, 1990-1994. 1 box.
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1 box

Princeton Friends of Foreign Students, 1959-1979. 1 box.
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1 box

Dodge Letters -- Personal, 1962-1972. 1 box.
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1 box

Miscellaneous Records, 1965-1989. 1 box.
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1 box

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