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Richard Arndt Papers
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Richard T. Arndt (1928-) is a longtime advocate of and participant in cultural diplomacy, having been the recipient of a Fulbright scholarship to study at the University of Dijon, France in 1949-1950. He went on to serve with the State Department and the U.S. Information Agency from 1961-1985. Since then he has taught at universities including the University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins University, and George Washington University. He has served on the boards of many organizations, including as president of the Fulbright Association (formerly the Fulbright Alumni Association) from 1990-1992.
Arndt received his undergraduate degree from Princeton University in French Literature in 1949 and his PhD in 18th-century French Literature from Columbia University in 1959, teaching at Columbia until he began his public service career in 1961. He is the author of The Fulbright Difference, 1948-1992 (1993) and The First Resort of Kings: American Cultural Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century (2005).
This collection documents Richard Arndt's commitment to cultural diplomacy and his advocacy of programs like the Fulbright Program in order to cultivate positive international relations. Included are papers written by Arndt and his speeches, article clippings, and correspondence on the topic of cultural diplomacy. Many documents are related to his book The First Resort of Kings: American Cultural Diplomacy in the Twentieth Century. Also of note are translations by Arndt of a French novel and play.
Materials remain in their original order as received from the donor.
The collection was donated by Richard T. Arndt '49 in 2015. The accession numbers associated with this donation are ML.2015.020 and ML.2015.024. Additional accruals were donated by Richard Arndt in 2018 and 2021.The accession numbers associated with these donations are ML.2018.010 and ML.2021.013.
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This collection was processed by Mairead Horton '17 and Rachel Van Unen in June 2015 at the time of accessioning. Some materials were placed in archival folders and supplied titles, though no physical rearrangement was done at this time. All materials were described in an inventory and finding aid. The 2018 and 2021 accruals were processed by Will Clements in 2022.
Some duplicate publications were separated from the collection.
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- 2015
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