Guatemala Project Records
UA.2.9.5.9

Summary Information

Repository
Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections
Creator
Michigan State University. Guatemala Project.
Title
Guatemala Project records
ID
UA.2.9.5.9
Date [inclusive]
1960-1968
Extent
4.5 Cubic feet
Language
English
Language of Materials
Some of the records are in Spanish.

Preferred Citation note

Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: "Item title, Collection title, Collection Identifier, Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, East Lansing, Michigan."

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Historical Note

Michigan State University's Guatemala Project lasted from 1962 until 1965. The project was underwritten by the U.S. Agency for International Development and was administered by Michigan State University's College of Education and Office of International Studies and Programs. Dr. Richard O. Niehoff headed the program in East Lansing while Dr. Karl Hereford was the onsite coordinator in Guatemala for most of the project.

The project was located at the University of San Carlos in Guatemala and focused its attention on education in Guatemala, but it expanded to include Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Mexico. The Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo (IIME), created to run the project, was staffed equally by representatives of MSU and the University of San Carlos.

The IIME studied the situation, diagnosed problems in the educational systems and attempted to provide leadership for the governmental agencies and universities in order to improve education in Central America. Twenty-four basic studies and nine independent studies were undertaken generating 120 manuscripts and working papers, five doctoral dissertations, and six theses.

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Scope and Contents note

The majority of the material deals with administrative concerns such as the budget, contracts, details of meetings, administrative notes, documents pertaining to various organizations and correspondence. Also included in the collection are documents pertaining to the development of proposals, programs and projects. Finally, the collection contains the reports from various projects and organizations as well as publications generated from the research. An addition to the collection was made in May 2006. Much of the collection is in Spanish.

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Administrative Information

Publication Information

Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collections September 1985

Conrad Hall
888 Wilson Road, Room 101
East Lansing , MI, 48824
517-355-2330
archives@msu.edu

Revision Description

  May 2006

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Personnel files restricted for privacy.

Legal Status

Copyright: Michigan State University. Property Rights: Michigan State University.

Conditions Governing Use note

Permission to publish material from this collection must be obtained from University Archives & Historical Collections, Michigan State University.

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Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

  • Michigan State University. Latin American Studies Center.
  • United States. Agency for International Development.
  • Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala. Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo.
  • Universidad of San Carlos de Guatemala.

Genre(s)

  • Letters (correspondence)
  • Newsletters
  • Publications
  • Reports

Personal Name(s)

  • Hereford, Karl T., (Karl Thomas)
  • Niehoff, Richard O.

Subject(s)

  • Education -- Research -- Costa Rica
  • Education -- Research -- El Salvador
  • Education -- Research -- Guatemala
  • Education -- Research -- Honduras
  • Education -- Research -- Mexico
  • Education -- Research -- Nicaragua
  • Education, Higher -- Developing countries
  • Education, Higher -- Research -- Guatemala

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Collection Inventory

Correspondence 1961-1965 

Box Folder

Ainsworth 1964 

876 1

Agreements, MSU - San Carlos 1961-1963 

887 47-49

Arias de Blois, Jorge 1963-1965 

876 2

Barrientos, Guido 1962-1963 

876 3

Bos, Nancy Jane 1962-1963 

876 4

Byram, Harold 1962-1965 

876 5

Cerezo Dardon, Hugo 1964 

876 6

Contract with AID 1962-1965 

887 50-56

DuFlon, Henry A. 1964 

876 7

Duncan, Merlin J. 1962-1964, undated 

876 8

Erickson, Clifford. 1962-1963 

876 9

Friedman, Burton D. 1962-1964 

876 10

Friedman, Burton D. Telegrams 1964, undated 

876 11

General 1962-1965 

887 57-67

Gonzalez, Aida 1962-1964 

876 13

Guatemalan Students 1963-1964 

876 13

Haires, Peter 1963-1964, undated 

876 14

Hecker, Stanley 1963 

876 15

Hereford, Karl 1961, undated 

876 16

Hereford Karl 1962 

876 17

Hereford, Karl 1963 

876 18

Hereford, Karl 1964-1965 

876 19

Hereford, Karl. Telegrams 1962, 1964, undated 

876 20

Hernandez, Felix 1963 

876 21

Herrold, Dianne 1962-1963 

876 22

Ivey, John, Jr. Dean 1962-1965, undated 

876 23

Jacobs, Gerald and Griden, Howard 1962-1964 

876 23

Johnson, Walter F. 1963-1964 

876 25

Jorden, John 1960-1965 

876 26

Junta 1963 

887 68-69

Ketchum, Warren A. 1962-1964 

876 27

King, Richard 1965 

876 28

Leavitt, Howard 1962-1965 

876 29

McAlees, Daniel C. 1962-1963 

876 30

MacVean, Robert 1965 

876 31

Mata Gavidia, Jose 1963 

876 32

Mentzer, Rosalind 1962-1964 

876 33

Miller, Gregory 1963 

876 34

Miscellaneous 1962-1964, 1967, undated 

876 35

Miscellaneous. Telegrams 1962-1964, undated 

876 36

Nagel, John 1964 

876 37

Niehlson, Otto 1964 

876 38

Niehoff, Richard O. 1962-1965, 1967, undated 

876 39

Niehoff, Richard O. Telegrams 1962-1964 

876 40

Orr, Paul 1962-1965 

876 41

Oyarzun, Luis 1964 

876 42

Participants undated 

887 70

Picklam, Ralph A. 1963, undated 

876 43

Possible Candidates 1962-1965, undated 

876 44

Rivera Arroyo, Artemio 1962-1964, undated 

876 45

Roi, William H. 1964 

876 46

Roller, C.H. 1964 

876 47

Russell, John Dale 1963-1964 

876 48

Smuckler, Ralph 1963-1964 

876 49

Taggart, Glen L. Dean 1962-1964 

876 50

Tierney, James F. 1965 

876 51

Toth, John C. 1962-1963 

876 52

U.S. Department of State Agreement 1961 

887 71

Yarman, Samuel R. 1962-1964 

876 53

Zuniga, Evenor 1961-1963 

876 54

Restricted 1963-1964, undated 

876 55

Miscellaneous 1962-1964 

876 56

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Office Files 1962-1967 

Box Folder

Budget 1962-1964 

879 1

Budget, Tentative Working 1962 

887 72

Calendario de Publicaciones del Instituto 1963-1964 

887 73

Center for Education Research and Improvement (CIME) Background Information 1962 

887 74

CIME, Establishment of 1962 

887 75

Contract USAID 1962-1963 

879 2

Contract USAID Format 1965 

879 3

IIME Manual of Staff Personnel Policies 1962 

887 76

IIME Office Procedures and Agendas 1963-1964 

887 77

IIME Plan of Staff Utilization 1963-1964 

887 78

IIME Referendum No. 1 1962 

887 79

IIME Study Organization and Forms undated 

887 80

Inter-University Governing Board, Meeting of 1963 

887 81

Junta, East Lansing 1962-1963 

887 82

Junta, Guatemala, Meeting Minutes 1962 

887 83

Meetings. First Central American Regional Conference on Statistics and Scholastic Records 1964 

879 4

Meetings. First Regional Conference on the Preparation of Secondary School Teachers 1963 

879 5

Meetings. Junta 1962-1963 

879 6

Meetings. Second Central American Conference on the Preparation of Mid-Leve Teachers 1963-1964 

879 7

Meetings. Second Semi-Annual of the Inter-university Governing Board 1963 

879 8

Meetings. Visit of Deans Cerezo and Gavidia 1963 

879 9

Notebook. Comision de Observacion y Estudio de Profesores (Commission to observe and study the preparation of Secondary School Teachers) 1963 

879 10

Notebook. Contract 1962 

879 11

Notebook. Meeting. First Regional Conference on the Preparation of Secondary School Teachers in Central America 1963 

879 12

Notebook. Meeting. Fourth Semi-Annual Meeting of the Inter-university Governing Board 1964 

879 13

Notebook. Niehoff, Richard O. 1964, 1967 

879 14

Notebook. A Program of Educational Research in Central America 1962 

879 15

Notebook. A Proposal to Support IIME During 1964-1967 1964 

879 16

Notebook. Report. IIME Evaluation 1965 

879 17

Notebook. IIME Program 1963 

879 18

Notebook. Report of the Secondary Division 1964 

879 19

Organization. CSUCA 1962-1964 

879 20

Organization. IIME 1967 

879 21

Organization. Lansing Storage Company and Similar Companies 1962-1963 

879 22

Organization. REPAS 1962 

879 23

Organization. ROCAP 1963-1964 

879 24

Organization. USAID 1963-1964 

879 25

Organization. USCG 1962-1965, undated 

879 26

Organization. University of Pittsburgh 1963 

879 27

Presupuesto del IIME 1964 

887 84

Program. Educational Research in Central America 1962 

879 28

Program. Inter-University Program. Summary of Agreements Procedures 1962 

879 29

Program. Pilot Program of Study and Development between the USCG and USAID undated 

879 30

Program. Programma de Servicios Futuror del IIME (Program of Future Services of the IIME) 1964 

879 31

Program. Programa Interuniversitario. Coordination Procedures: Campus and Project 1963 

879 31

Project. Projecto di un Estudio de Investigacion Longitudinal des Desarrollo Fisico y Mental del Nino y el Adolescente en Guatemala y Centro America (Project to Conduct a Longitudinal Investigation on the Physical and Mental Development of Children and Acolescents in Guatemala and Central America) 1962 

879 33

Project. Projecto de Investigacion y Centro d Psicologia Aplicada (Research and Center of Applied Psychology) 1962 

879 34

Project. Projecto Para el Planeamiento y Operaciones del IIU (Project for the Planning and Operationalization of IIU) 1963 

879 35

Project. Projecto de Estatutos de le Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Statutes project of the del Valle University of Guatemala) 1965 

879 36

Proposal. Education as Agent of Social and Technological Change 1960 

879 37

Proposal. For the Development of Educational Research in Latin America 1961 

879 38

Proposal. To Prepare 20 Central American Educators for Leadership in Educational Planning and Development 1963 

879 39

Proposal. Propuesta para prorrogar durante seis meses el costo del Programma interuniversitario del IIME (Proposal to prorate the costs of the Interuniversity Program of the IIME for 6 months) 1964 

879 40

Proposal. To Support IIME During 1964-1969 1964 

879 41

Staff Members, Short Term 1963 

887 85

Reports and Publications 1960-1968 

Box Folder

Actividades Relacionadas del IIME 1963 

887 11-14

Acuerdo No. 6: Nuevos Estatutos de IIME undated 

887 15

La Administracion Publica de la Educacion en Centro America (The Public Administration of Education in Central America) 1965 

887 1

Administration and Organization of IIME 1963 

887 16

Case Study: Academic Progress of University Students 1963 

887 5

CIME Report 1962 

887 17

Central America and Its Common Market 1962 

887 18

The Commission of Observation and Study undated 

887 19

Declaracione y Recommendaciones (Findings and Recommendations) 1963 

887 2

La Desercion Estudiantil en la Universidad de Costa Rica (Student Desertion in the University of Costa Rica) 1964 

887 6

Developmental Stages USCG 1963 

887 20

La Educacion Comercial in Centro America (Business Education in Central America). 1964 

887 7

La Educacion Industrial en Centro America (Industrial Education in Central America) 1965 

887 10

Exposition Made by Members of the Local Junta, to the Director and Co-director of the IIME undated 

887 21

Formacion de Personal Para la Ensenanza Media: Estimaciones de Costos (Preparation of Mid-Level Educational Personnel: Estimation of Costs) 1964 

887 8

Formacion de Profesores de Educacion Media (Preparation of Teachers of Mid-Level Education) 1963 

887 3

Guatemala Project Rough Draft 1962-1964 

887 22

IIME Newsletter 1963 

887 23

IIME Report. Accomplishments to Date 1964 

884 1

IIME Report. Actividades Relacionadas del IIME (Activities Related to IIME) 1962 

884 2

IIME Report. Evaluation. Carbon 1965 

884 3

IIME Report. Evaluation Ditto 1965 

884 4

IIME Report. Evaluation. Typed 1965 

884 5

IIME Report. Evaluation Miscellaneous undated 

884 6

IIME Report. Final 1964 

884 7

IIME Report. History 1965, undated 

884 8

IIME Report. Progress 1963-1964 

884 9

IIME Report.. Informes de las Labores Realizades en el IIME al CSUCA (Report on the Work Accomplished in the IIME to CSUCA) 1963 

884 10

Miscellaneous. Mailing Lists undated 

884 11

Miscellaneous. Newsletters 1963-1964 

884 12

Miscellaneous. Newspaper Articles 1965, 1968, undated 

884 12

Miscellaneous. Notes undated 

884 14

Miscellaneous. Personnel Manual Programa Interuniversitario undated 

884 15

Interuniversitario undated 

Box Folder

Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Estudios de Educacion Superior (Study of Higher Education) undated 

884 16

Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Secondary Education undated 

884 17

Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Projecto de Educacion Especial y Rehabilitacion (Special Education and Rehabilitation Project) undated 

884 18

Miscellaneous. Questionnaire. Others 1961-1963 

884 19

Miscellaneous. Response to Students Inquiry of M.S.U. Guatemala Project undated 

884 20

Necesidades de Personal en la Educacion Media (Needs of Mid-Level Education Personnel) 1963 

887 4

Pilot Program of Study and Development at the University of San Carlos of Guatemala 1963 

887 24

Plan de Castos Publicos para la Educacion en Centro America (Estimate of Public Cost for Education in Central America) 1964 

887 9

Program of Educational Research in Central America 1962 

887 25

Programa Interuniversitario, Final Report. 1962-1964 1962-1964 

887 26

Progress Report 1964 

887 27

Progress Report, Junta 1963 

887 28

Progress Report, Studies of Higher Education 1964 

887 29

Project for the Establishment of the "University Integration Institute" at the University of San Carlos undated 

887 30

Proposal to AID to Support IIME During 1964-1969 

887 31

Proposal for Graduate Program Development and Student Exchange in the U.S. and Latin America 1962 

887 32

Proposal to Establish in Central America a Permanent Training Research and Planning Assistance Institute for Development of Education 1964 

887 33

Proyeccion del Costo Regional de la Education en Centro America (1965-1980) 1961 

887 34

Proyecciones Estadisticas de las Necesidades an la Docencia Media en Centroamaerica 1963 

887 35

Public Administration of Education in Central America 1964 

887 36

Publication. CSUCA. Newsletter 1964 

884 21

Publication. Recursos humanos en Centro America (Human Resources in Central America) 1963 

884 22

Publication. CSUCA. Tercero Censo de les Poblacion Universitario Centro Americana (Third Census of the Central American University Population) 1963 

884 23

Publication. IIME. Apreciaciones y Criterios Sobre la Universidad (Evaluation of the University) undated 

884 24

Publication. IIME. Business Education 1963-1964 

884 25

Publication. Caracteristicas Profesionales del Personal Tecnico de los Ministerios de Educacion en Centro America (Professional Characteristics of the Technical Staff of the Ministeries of Education in Central America) 1966 

884 26

Publication. IIME. Elementary Education 1964-1965 

884 27

Publication. Final Report 1964-1965 

884 28

Publication. Industrial Education 1964 

884 29

Publication. Mid-Level Education 1964 

884 30

Publication. A Plan of Public Expenditure in Central America 1964 

884 31

Publication. IIME. Secondary Education 1963-1964, undated 

884 32

Publication. Teacher Preparation Programs 1963 

884 33

Publication. Vocational Industrial Education in Central America 1963 

884 34

Publication. UN. The Indian Economic Development Service of Guatemala 1960 

884 35

Publication. UN. Some Demographic and Economic Aspects of Central American Education 1965 

884 37

Publication. USCG. Boletin Estadistica Universitaria (University Statistical Bulletin) 1962 

884 37

Publication. USCG Catalogo de Estudios (Course Catalog) 1963 

884 38

Reglamento del Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo Aprobado por el Consejo Superior Universitario, de la Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala 1965 

887 37

Resolution by which IIME is granted the Status of Regional Institute 1962 

887 38

Results of Studies, Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America 1964 

887 39

Self Study, University of San Carlos 1963 

887 40

Studies of Education in Central America: A Plan for Public Expenditure for Education in Central America 1964 

887 41

Summary of IIME's Work to Date and Projections for the Future 1964 

887 42

Summary of Washington Conference on IIME 1963 

887 43

Unified Plan for the University of Costa Rica 1963 

887 44-45

Washington Conference on IIME, Responses 1963 

887 46

Personnel Files 1961-1968 

Box Folder

Friedman, Burton 1962-1964 

876 56

Haines, Peter G. 1963 

876 57

Harvey, Connie 1961-1963 

876 58

Hecker, Stanley 1963 

876 59

Hereford, Karl 1962-1964 

876 60

Johnson, Walter F. 1963 

876 61

Jordan, John 1961-1962 

876 62

McAlees, Daniel 1961-1962 

876 63

Mentzer, Rosalind B. 1963 

876 64

Miller, Gregory 1963 

876 65

Niehoff, Richard O. 1962-1963 

876 66

Orr, Paul 1962-1964 

876 67

Peckham, Ralf A. 1963 

876 68

Pollman, Mary 1963-1964 

876 69

Roe, William H. 1963 

876 70

Toth, John 1961-1962 

876 71

Addition to the Guatemala Project Records 

Box Folder

Budgetary 1962-1964 

2022H 1

La Comision de Observacion y Estudio undated 

2022H 2

Contracts and Budgets 1962-1964 

2022H 3

Correspondence 1963-1964 

2022H 4

Instituto de Investigaciones Y Mejoramiento Educativo (IIME) 1962-1964 

2022H 5

IIME Accomplishments to Date September 1964 

2022H 6

IIME-History and Report on Activities June 1963 

2022H 7

IIME's Relationship with Government May 13, 1964 

2022H 8

Manual of Staff and Personnel Policies undated 

2022H 9

Memoranda November 1963 - July 1964 

2022H 10

Newsletter October 17, 1963 

2022H 11

Office Files 1962-1965, undated  

2022H 12-13

Possible Press Release June 1964 

2022H 14

Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30-31, 1964 

2022H 15

Programa de Actividades y Publicaciones December 1963 - June 1964 

2022H 16

Programa Interuniversitario July 1, 1962 - December 31, 1962 

2022H 17

Programa Interunivresitario January 1963 - June 1963 

2022H 18

Proposal to Prepare Twenty Central American Educators for Leadership in Education Planning and Development August 30, 1963 

2022H 19

Publication Policy and Procedures undated 

2022H 20

Teachers are Needed: IIME Central American Plan 1964 

2022H 21

Reports 

Box Folder

Appendix A: IIME Staff, The Preparation of Personnel for Secondary Education, Plan of Action 1964 

2022H 22

Cost of Preparing Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30, 1964 

2022H 23

Declaraciones de la Segunda Confreencia Centro Americana Sobre la Formacion de Profesores de Enseñanza Media 1964 

2022H 24

Exhibit II: IIME and the Improvement of Education in Central America March 30, 1964 

2022H 25

Exhibit III: Description of Personnel Assignments May 15, 1964 

2022H 26

Final Report-Programa Interuniversitario June 1962 - September 1964 

2022H 27

Preparation of Secondary School Personnel in Central America March 30-31, 1964 

2022H 28

The Production of Secondary School Personnel: Projected Costs 1964 

2022H 29

Secondary Education Report undated  

2036H 1-2

Studies of Higher Education: Progress Report with Preliminary Data March 30, 1964 

2036H 3

Publications 

Box Folder

Academic Progress of University Students: University of San Carlos of Guatemala, 1963. A Case Study 1964 

2036H 4

Instituto de Investigaciones y Mejoramiento Educativo undated 

2036H 5

Plan of Public Expenditure for Education in Central America 1964 

2036H 6

The Production of Secondary School Personnel: Projected Costs 1964 

2036H 7

The Public Administration of Education in Central America 1964 

2036H 8

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