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Point Four Program (U.S.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: est. 1950

Administrative History

The Point Four Program (est. 1950) was a technical assistance program operated by the United States State Department.

Citation:
Point 4; what it is and how it operates, 1951, surrogate: cover (Department of State, Technical Cooperation Administration) p. 1 (The Point 4 program ... is operated under the direction of the Technical Cooperation Administration)

Point 4 in action; Interior Department's role, 1951, surrogate: p. 2 of cover (on June 5, 1950, the President approved the Act for International Development, authorizing the Point Four Program; ... on September 8, 1950, the Point Four Program became the responsibility of the Department of State, by Executive Order)

OCLC, Sept. 6, 2013 (Translations in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Arabic of: Point Four : background and program (International Technical Cooperation Act of 1949) / prepared by the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: El Punto Cuatro : programa de asistencia técnica; O ponto quatro : programa de assistência técnica; Le point quatre : programme d'application; al-Nuqṭah al-rābiʻah : barnāmij al-musāʻadāt al-insānīyah al-fannīyah)

Status of Point 4 operations as of January 1, 1952: t.p. (Point 4 Operations, Reports Office, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State)

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

College of Education records on Point Four Program in Iran

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 576
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, financial records, and other materials relating to the Point Four Program in Iran. Also includes contracts between the National Teacher's College and the Division of Education.

Dates: 1957-1961

Point Four Program correspondence, 1951-1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

BYU correspondence, 1951-1955; U of U correspondence, 1951-1954.

Dates: 1951-1955

Point Four Program files on Iran, 1950-1960

 Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, instructional materials relating to his administrative assignments which included U.S. Point Four Program in Iran, the Destiny Fund, and planning a new building for the College of Business.

Dates: 1950-1960

Point Four Program personnel files, correspondence, memos, travel information, 1951-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Personnel files, including correspondence.

Dates: 1951-1960

Point Four Program reports, 1953-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Efficiency reports, monthly reports, and completion reports.

Dates: 1953-1960

Point Four Program shipping and travel information, 1951-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Security forms, applications, rosters, correspondence, memos, travel information, packing and shipping files, local departure instructions, regulations, procedures, financial and cost information, etc.

Dates: 1951-1956

Point Four Program subject and financial files, 1950-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Program correspondence, memos, policies, procedures, rosters, summaries, reports, maps, and newsletters; files for the Nepal Project and the Iran Project, foreign policy breifing, applications, contract information, contracts and amendments, fiscal information, payroll information and claims, salaries, annual/sick/sabbatical leave information; files of the Utah Extension, Educational Exchange, and S.A. Levant Express Transport, personnel files, etc.

Dates: 1950-1956

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Archival Object 6
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Subject
Files (Records) 6
Letters 1