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University Group 31
Records, 1931-1987
9 c.f.
The bulk of the records of the Borah Foundation were deposited in the University of Idaho Library in 1977, with additional material being received at intervals prior to 1986. Before processing began, the chairman of the 1986/87 committee was contacted and additional records for the years 1976 through 1987 were received. All records were integrated and were processed by Judith Nielsen in August 1987.
The William Edgar Borah Outlawry of War Foundation was established at the University of Idaho in 1929 by a grant from Salmon Oliver Levinson, prominent Chicago attorney and prime mover for the Kellogg-Briand Pact, and a man who greatly admired Senator Borah, especially for his great efforts in helping get the pact through the U.S. Senate, and his many other efforts on behalf of peace. The sum of $50,000 was turned over to a trustee, the Central Trust Company of Illinois, to be invested in securities that could be depended upon to yield an annual income. Another $5,000 was made available to the University to commission a bust or portrait of Senator Borah.
The actual administration of the foundation was entrusted by the Board of Regents of the university to a faculty committee known as the Borah Committee. As stated in the resolution of the regents, "The purpose of the Foundation is to establish in the University of Idaho a lectureship for the promotion of a better understanding of international relations, of the age-old struggle with the baffling problem of war, and of the vital part played in its solution by William Edgar Borah." The university has liberal discretion in furtherance of the purpose of the endowment.
The first use made of the income was on September 23 & 24, 1931, when, with Senator Borah in attendance, the foundation was inaugurated. Dr. Manley 0. Hudson, Professor of International Law at Harvard University, delivered a series of four lectures dealing with the development of agencies among the nations of the world for the outlawry of war. Senator Borah also spoke. Financial limitations, however, prevented continuation of a regular program. It was not until 1938 that the foundation again sponsored an address to the university, this time by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Since 1948 the foundation has underwritten annual conferences concerned with specific facets of the general theme, the causes of war and the conditions for peace. In selecting speakers for the conferences, every effort is made to bring outstanding academicians and national and international authorities in diverse fields to the campus to participate in these deliberations.
The academic year 1959/60 saw a change from the annual conference to a single lecturer who spoke both on the university campus and in selected communities in the state. This practice, sometimes including several different speakers during the course of the year, lasted until 1967 when the symposium format was introduced.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s the foundation sponsored a series of community discussions of world affairs throughout the state. In this program they worked closely with the Agricultural Extension Service whose network of offices in almost every county supplied local support and assistance. With an initial grant from the Foreign Policy Association in 1956, a full-time executive secretary was employed with primary responsibility for the promotion of these discussions. Small neighborhood groups met in private homes once a week for two months in early spring to discuss foreign policy issues using the association's "Great Decisions" curriculum.
The records of the Borah Committee span the years 1931 to 1987, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1948 to 1987.
The papers include correspondence, programs, speeches, and budgets for the annual conferences; in later years an anthology of readings related to the conference is also included. Essays submitted by high school and university students are included, as are correspondence, handbooks, fact sheets, survey forms, and opinion ballots from the community relations and Great Decisions programs. There are also items dealing with the unveiling of the Borah Statue in the U.S. Capitol in 1947 and the Borah Centennial Celebration in 1965.
The records of the Borah Foundation are arranged by committee activity, i.e., annual conference, essay contest, and community relations. There are two series of miscellaneous papers. Although some of the material was rearranged to conform to the above series outline, original folder headings were retained as was the arrangement of material within the folders.
In the first series, the annual conferences, the material is first arranged chronologically by conference year, then by type of material, e.g., correspondence, programs, publicity, budgets, etc. From 1948 to 1956 the correspondence is separated into general correspondence which is arranged alphabetically, and correspondence with conference speakers, which is arranged by person. Beginning in 1957 the correspondence is separated by category, with no arrangement within the individual folders. Where minutes of meetings of the committee are present they are arranged chronologically, otherwise no attempt was made to arrange the papers in any of the other folders.
The essay and oratorical contest papers are arranged chronologically, then separated by level, i.e., high school or college.
The items in the third series, community relations and Foreign Policy Association "Great Decision," are organized chronologically.
Correspondence in the fourth series is arranged by organization, and papers in the fifth series are arranged by subject.
By discarding duplicate printed material and carbon copies of financial material, and by compressing the remaining papers, the records were reduced by 3 cubic feet.
In addition to the very incomplete sets of minutes in this archive group, the Special Collections Division of the University of Idaho Library has a complete set of bound minutes of the Borah Foundation Committee.
Containers I. Conferences and Lectures, 1931-1987 1-6 II. Borah Essay & Oratorical Contests, 1947-1987 7 III. Community Relations and Foreign Policy Association "Great Decisions", 1954-1967 7-9 IV. Correspondence with Other Organizations, 1947-1966 9 V. Other Papers, 1931-1965 9
Box Folder Description Items
1 1 Inaugural Conference, Manley 0. Hudson, September 24-25, 1931 10 2 Lecture, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 26, 1938 1 3 Committee Reports, 1946-1947 9
4 Program and Publicity, 1948 7 5-6 Correspondence, A-Z, 1948 235 7 Speakers, 1948 46 8 Speeches and Comments, 1948 13 9 Budget Material, 1947-1948 51
10 Program and Publicity, 1949 2 11 Correspondence, 1948-1949 200 12 Speakers, 1949 64 13 Speeches, 1949 6 14 Budget Material, 1948-1949 49
15 Program and Publicity, 1950 9 16 Correspondence, 1949-1950 290 17 Speakers, 1950 72 18 Speeches and Comments, 1949-1950 16 19 Budget Material, 1949-1950 60
20 Program and Publicity, 1951 29 21-22 Correspondence, 1950-1951 292 23 Speakers, 1951 79 24 Speeches, 1951 6 25 Budget Material, 1950-1951 40
26 Program and Publicity, 1952 5 27 Correspondence, 1951-1952 150 28 Speakers, 1952 46 29 Speeches, 1952 6 30 Miscellaneous Records, 1951-1952 43 31 Budget Material, 1951-1952 49
32 Program and Publicity, 1953 11 33-34 Correspondence, 1952-1953 258 35 Speakers, 1953 50 36 Speeches, 1953 3 37 Miscellaneous Records, 1952-1953 37 38 Budget Material, 1952-1953 52 2 39 Seventh Annual Conference, March 18-19, 1954 42 40 Eighth Annual Conference, March 16-17, 1955 31
41 Program and Publicity, 1956 24 42 Arrangements, 1956 33 43 Correspondence, 1955-1956 154 44 Speakers, 1955-1956 60 45 Annual Report, Comments, etc., 1956 10 46 Budget Material, 1955-1956 51
47 Program and Publicity, 1957 10 48 Arrangements, 1957 14 49 Committee Minutes, 1956-1957 36 50 Conference Evaluations, 1957 25 51 Correspondence, General, 1956-1957 81 52 Correspondence, From Schools, 1957 52 53 Correspondence, Participants, 1957 38 54 Correspondence, Speakers, 1956-1957 95 55 Correspondence, VIPs, 1957 29 56 Speakers' Addresses, 1957 8 57 Budget Material, 1956-1957 75 58 Photographs, 1957 5
59 Program and Arrangements, 1958 60 60 Committee Minutes, 1957-1958 18 61 Correspondence, General, 1957-1958 77 62 Correspondence, Invitations and Responses, 1958 163 63 Correspondence, Speakers, 1957-1958 150 64 Speeches, 1958 4 65 Budget Material, 1957-1958 139
66 Program and Arrangements, 1958-1959 33 67 Committee Minutes, 1958-1959 21 68 Borah Dinner, Lists of Those Invited, 1959 10 69 Correspondence, 1959 183 70 Correspondence, Foreign Policy Association, 1958-1959 15 71 Mailing Lists for Lectures, 1959 4 72 Speeches, 1959 7 73 Budget Material, 1958-1959 148
74 Program and Publicity, 1960 26 75 Committee Minutes, 1959-1960 75 76 Correspondence, 1959-1960 32 77 Annual Reports, 1960 4 78 Speech, 1960 1 79 Budget Material, 1959-1960 141
3 80 Program, Publicity and Arrangements, Fall 1960 72 81 Program, Publicity and Arrangements, Spring, 1961 42 82 Committee Minutes, 1960-1961 42 83 Correspondence, 1960-1961 100 84 Correspondence, Old, 1957-1961 217 85 Annual Report, 1961 1 86 Budget Material, 1960-1961 158
87 Program, 1961 1 88 Committee Minutes, 1961-1962 35 89 Foundation History and Activities, 1961 5 90 Correspondence, General, 1961/1962 113 91 Correspondence, Speakers, 1961/1962 100 92 Peace Research, 1961-1962 22 93 Annual Report, 1962 2 94 Budget Material, 1961-1962 100
95 Program, Publicity, and Arrangements, Fall, 1962 92 96 Supplemental Lectures, Spring, 1963 44 97 Correspondence, General, 1962-1963 50 98 Minutes and Annual Report, 1962-1963 4 99 Budget Material, 1962-1963 51
100 Program and Speeches, 1963-1964 6 101 Correspondence, 1963-1964 95 102 Correspondence, Speakers, 1963-1964 79 103 Budget Material, 1963-1964 71
104 Borah Medal and Prize, 1965 7 105 Correspondence, General, 1964-1965 55 106 Correspondence, Speakers, 1964-1965 38 107 Budget Material, 1964-1965 46
108 Correspondence, General, 1965-1966 28 109 Correspondence, Speakers, 1965-1966 21 110 Budget Material, 1965-1966 6
111 Program, Correspondence, 1967 13 112 Budget, 1966-1967 19
113 Arrangements and Publicity, 1967-1968 31 114 Correspondence, Speakers, 1967-1968 74 115 Budget Material, 1967-1968 59
116 Arrangements and Publicity, 1968-1969 25 117 Correspondence, Speakers, 1969 67 118 Budget Material, 1968-1969 68
119 News Releases, 1970 5 120 Memos and Reading List, 1969-1970 16 121 Budget Material, 1969-1970 71
122 Program and Publicity, 1971 13 123 Correspondence, General, 1970-1971 31 124 Correspondence, Speakers, 1970-1971 68 125 Typescript of Speeches (290 p.) 1971 1 4 126 Budget Material, 1970-1971 49 127-138 Reel to Reel Tapes, 1971 12
139 Program, etc., 1972 3 140 Committee Minutes, etc., 1971-1972 46 141 Correspondence, Inter-Office, 1971-1972 69 142 Proposed Speakers, 1971-1972 26 143 Correspondence, Speakers, 1972 93 144 Budget Material, 1971 6
145 Program, Minutes, etc., 1972-1973 29 146 Correspondence, General, 1972-1973 29 147 Correspondence, Prospective Speakers, 1972-1973 86 148 Budget Material, 1972-1973 22
149 Program, Publicity, Correspondence, 1974 19 150 Committee Minutes and Memos, 1973-1974 30 151 Correspondence, Speakers, 1973-1974 27 152 Budget Material, 1973-1974 21
153 General, 1974-1975 59 154 Budget Material, 1974-1975 35
155 Minutes, Correspondence, etc., 1975-1976 44 156 Publicity, 1976 60 157 Budget Material, 1975-1976 71 158-161 Reel to Reel Tapes of Speeches, 1976 4
5 162 Program and Publicity, 1976-1977 36 163-164 Correspondence and Contracts, 1976-1977 240 165 Biographies of Speakers, 1976-1977 27 166 Speeches, 1977 17 167 Photographs re: Nuclear Power, Many of Hiroshima, ca. 1945 32 168 Budget Material, 1976-1977 114
169 Correspondence, 1977-1978 155 170 Committee Minutes, 1977-1978 20 171 Publicity, 1978 45 172 Budget Material, 1977-1978 79 173 Voice of America Tape, 1978 2
174 Correspondence, 1978-1979 65 175 Committee Minutes, 1978-1979 14 176 Planning and Publicity, 1978-1979 36 177 Budget Material, 1978-1979 11
178 Program and Publicity, 19780 12 179 Correspondence, 1979-1980 51 180 Committee Minutes, 1979-1980 27 181 Budget Material, 1979-1980 36
182 Program and Planning, 198f 25 183 Publicity, 1981 43 184 Correspondence, 1980-1981 69 185 Committee Minutes, 1980-1981 58 186 Budget Material, 1980-1981 21
187 Program and Planning, 1981-1982 16 188 Committee Minutes, 1981-1982 72 189 Speakers, 1981-1982 51 190 Correspondence, General, 1981-1982 24 191 Banquets and Publicity, 1982 33 192 Typescripts of Proceedings, 1982 2 193 Budget Material, 1981-1982 152
6 194 Program and Publicity, 1983 33 195 Correspondence, 1982-1983 100 196 Committee Minutes, 1982-1983 55 197 Budget Material, 1982-1983 74
198 Program and Publicity, 1984 29 199 Committee Minutes, 1983-1984 20 200 Correspondence, Memos, etc., 1983-1984 100 201 Budget Material, 1983-1984 55
202 Report and Summary, 1985 2 203 Background Material and Publicity, 1985 8 204 Anthology of Readings, 1985 1 205-207 Reserve Room Readings 55 208 Certificates, 1985 10 209 Budget Material, 1985 2
210 Program and Publicity, 1986 16 211 Arrangements, 1986 10 212 Committee Minutes, 1985-1986 48 213 Reading Anthology, 1986 1 214 Additional Readings 18
215 Program and Publicity, 1986 32 216 Committee Minutes, 1986-1987 20 217 Plans, Committee Memos, 1986-1987 36 218 Background Reading 18 219 Reading Anthology, 1987 1 220 Conference and Symposium Programs, 1948-1987 221 Conference and Symposium Printed Speeches, 1954-1967 8 222 Conference and Symposium Topics, 1948-1975 2 223 Correspondence re: Printing of Conference Proceedings, 1949-1952 25
7 224 General Correspondence, High School Essay Contest, 1947-1950 52 225 High School Contest, Correspondence and Essays, 1948 98 226 High School Contest, Correspondence and Essays, 1949 50 227 College Essays, 1949 15 228 College Essays, 1950 15 229 College Oratorical Contest, 1958 13 230 High School Contest, Correspondence and Essays, 1982 40 231 High School Contest, Correspondence and Essays, 1983 7 232 High School Contest, 1984 2 233 College Essay Contest, 1984 20 234 High School Essay Contest, 1986 5 235 College Essay Contest, 1986 9 236 High School Essay Contest, Correspondence, 1987 12 237 College Essay Contest, Correspondence, 1987 5
238 Foreign Policy Association Correspondence, 1954-1963 210 239 Community Programs, Correspondence & Reports, 1956-1967 70 240 Agricultural Extension - Public Affairs, 1957-1958 15 241 Correspondence with County Agents, 1957-1958 144 242 Correspondence, Evaluations, Reports, 1957-1958 140 243 Endorsements, 1958 15 244 Opinion Ballots, 1957-1958 37 245-246 Correspondence with County Agents, 1958-1959 115 247 Correspondence, Reports, 1958-1959 70 248 Great Decisions Handbooks, 1959 18 249-251 Correspondence with County Agents, 1959-1960 131 252 Correspondence, Foreign Policy Association, 1959-1960 48 253 Correspondence, Agricultural Extension, 1959-1960 14 254 Newsletter, 1960 28 255 Great Decisions Conference, Boise and Moscow, 1960 27 256 Secretary's Reports to Chairman, 1960 7 257 The Discussion Series, Reports, Memos, etc., 1959-1960 51 258 Great Decisions, Discussion & Leadership Guides, 1959-1960 29 259 Great Decisions Handbooks, 1960 20 260 Opinion Ballot Tabulations, 1960 106 261 Fact Sheet Shipment Records, 1960 3 262 Returned Questionnaires, 1960 32 8 263-265 Correspondence with County Agents, 1960-1961 349 266 Correspondence, Foreign Policy Administration, 1960-1961 26 267 Discussion Series, Materials, Sources, 1960-1961 20 268 Newsletter, 1961 6 269 Opinion Ballot Summaries and State-wide Tabulation, 1961 142 270 Program Evaluation, 1961 2 271 Program Subcommittee, 1961 22 272 Publicity, 1960-1961 10 273 Requisitions and Orders, 1961 47 274 Summer Community Survey, 1961 7 275 Travel, 1960-1961 29 276 Correspondence with County Agents, 1961-1962 103 277 Correspondence, Foreign Policy Association, 1961-1962 35 278 I.F.Y.E.'s in Idaho, 1961-1962 11 279 Attitudes Toward the University, by Clint Grimes, 1961-1962 11 280 Community Program Pre-evaluation 19 281 Discussion Series, 1962 22 282 Endorsements, Anti-defamation Material, 1961-1962 35 283 Fact Sheets and Guides, 1962 14 284 Opinion Ballots, 1962 115 285 Opinion Ballots, Statewide Tabulation, 1962 16 286 Orders for Fact Sheets, 1962 75 287 Publicity for Community Programs, 1962 16 288 Radio Tape, "Major Issues Facing the United Nations Sixteenth General Assembly" and Broadcasting Foundation of America Publicity, 1961 10 289 Study of the Community Program Discussion Groups, 1962 9 290 Survey - Jerome, 1962 14 291 Survey - Caldwell, 1962 14 292 Survey - Coeur d'Alene, 1962 8 293 Survey - Sandpoint, 1962 11 294 Television, 1962 6 295 Travel, 1961-1962 9 296 Discussion Series, 1963 63 9 297 Fact Sheets, Brochures, etc., 1964 11 298 Discussion Series, Correspondence, 1965 108 299 Fact Sheet, Brochures, 1965 4 300 Discussion Series, Correspondence, 1965 24 301 Fact Sheets, Correspondence, Publicity, 1967 16
302 American Association for the United Nations, 1947-1964 47 303 AAUN Manual, Brochures, etc., 1960-1963 20 304 Foreign Policy Association, 1954-1956 10 305 Fund for Adult Education, 1959-1960 3 306 Idaho Partners of the Alliance, 1964-1966 23 307 S & H Foundation, 1967 5 308 Superintendent of Documents, 1961-1964 9 309 Purdue University, 1957 2 310 U.S. National Commission for UNESCO, 1957-1959 20
311 Executive Secretary Applications, 1959 96 312 Historical Documents, 1931-1959 24 313 Unveiling of Borah Statue, U.S. Capitol, 1947 2 314 Borah Centennial Material, 1965 8
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