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Program in Latin American Studies Records
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Held at: Princeton University Library: University Archives [Contact Us]
This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Princeton University Library: University Archives. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.
Overview and metadata sections
Princeton University's Program in Latin American Studies was founded in 1966 as an interdisciplinary course of study to supplement the regular undergraduate or graduate curriculum. Through course offerings, programming, and cultural events the Program in Latin American Studies offers students the opportunity to study the culture and history of the region from multiple perspectives.
Consists of publications, event information, and other informational materials about the Program in Latin American Studies. Also included are the records of the Helen Doherty Lassen Fellowship, awarded annually to a student in the Program in Latin American Studies and video recordings of PLAS conferences and seminars from 1992-2001.
Full text searching of this collection's archived website is available through the Archive-It interface.
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
This collection was processed and the finding aid updated by Christie Peterson with assistance from Eleanor Wright '14 in January and February 2011.
Finding aid updated by Lynn Durgin in September 2017.
Organization
- Princeton University. Funds and scholarships.
- Princeton University. Program in Latin American Studies
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- Publisher
- University Archives
- Finding Aid Date
- 2007
- Access Restrictions
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Materials older than 30 years that do not pertain to student academic performance or discipline, trustee issues, or faculty personnel matters are open. Subseries 1A: 1992 Accession of Helen Doherty Lassen Fellowship Records, 1947-1976 contains student records and faculty personnel files that are restricted for 75 years from the date of creation. Series 3 is open for research use.
Restrictions beyond 30 years are noted in the relevant series, subseries, or folder descriptions.
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Collection Inventory
Series 1: Program in Latin American Studies Records, 1947-2009 consists of publications, event promotional materials, and other information about the Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) and the Helen Doherty Lassen Fellowship.
Series 1: Program in Latin American Studies Records, 1947-2009 is arranged by accession number, in the order in which they were transferred.
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Subseries 1A: 1992 Accession of Helen Doherty Lassen Fellowship Materials, 1947-1976 contains files on applicants and recipients, press releases, correspondence of the selection committee, and information about the origins of the Henry L. and Grace Doherty Charitable Foundation.
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Subseries 1B: 2007 Accession of Printed Materials, 1991-2007 consists of publications, event information, and other promotional materials. It also contains several working papers produced by faculty in the Program.
The arrangement of the records at the time of transfer has been retained.
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Subseries 1C: December 2008 Accession of PLAS Records, 1991-2009 consists of lists of students, theses and courses, event publicity materials, fellowship and grant information, and publications.
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Subseries 1D: September 2011 Accession of PLAS Records, 2009-2011 includes lists of senior theses, senior theses prize winners, Class Day booklets, course offerings, event calendars and programs, newsletters and other printed materials.
The arrangement of the records at the time of transfer has been retained.
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Series 2: Conference Recordings, 1992-2001 consists of video recordings of conferences and seminars sponsored by the Program in Latin American Studies.
The arrangement of the records at the time of transfer has been retained.
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Series 3: Program in Latin American Studies (PLAS) Outreach Materials, 1991-2010, consists of exhibition, outreach and Princeton in Cuba records. Document types include newsletters, pamphlets, exhibition poster boards and audiovisual materials.
Series 3: Program in Latin American Studies Outreach Materials, 1991-2010, is arranged by document type.
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Consists of 26 exhibition posterboards; text by Joao Biehl, photos by Torben Eskerod.
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Includes seven VHS tapes that document the La Literatura Despues De Borges; Archivo: Conferencias Y Entrevistas conference from April 2000.
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Consists of one VHS tape.
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Consists of one DVD.
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The public website of the Program in Latin American Studies provides information about funding, course offerings, and events for current and interested undergraduate and graduate students.
Full text searching of this archived website is available through the Archive-It interface.
No arrangement has been imposed on this series.
Physical Description1 website