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Overview of the Collection

History

Scope and Content

Restrictions

Index Terms

Related Material

Administrative Information

Detailed Description

Series I: Records, undated, 1967-1975

University of Connecticut

Center for Italian Studies Records

History

The Center began operation during the 1967/1968 academic year and served as an interdisciplinary focus for the study of modern Italy. Through the Center's efforts, and with the cooperation of relevant departments, new courses in Italian Studies were developed at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, along with a graduate program in Italian Literature. As part of its program, the Center sponsored visiting lecturers, as well as a trip to Italy in the hopes of developing a junior-year Study Abroad program. The Center also worked with the library to increase acquisitions in the area of Italian Studies.

The Center received a grant of $33,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to produce a half hour television program in the Italian Renaissance entitled "Man in the Renaissance". The Center was discontinued at the end of the 1974/1975 academic year, a victim of budget constraints and its own admission that it had not been successful at accomplishing its stated objective.

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Scope and Content

The records contain the administrative files kept during the Center's existence, from 1967 through 1975. Included in the collection are annual reports and brochures from each year of operation; files on the Renaissance television program; records from the Ph.D. program in Italian Literature, the Study Abroad program and the Italian Social Work Training program; correspondence and memoranda; and grant applications and reports. The records are arranged alphabetically.

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Restrictions

Restrictions on Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from these Papers must be obtained in writing from both the University of Connecticut Libraries and the owner(s) of the copyright.

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Related Material

Archives & Special Collections has a substantial collection of records pertaining to the University's history. For detailed information on these collections please contact the curator or ask at the reference desk.

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Index Terms

This record series is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Item description, #:#], University of Connecticut, Center for Italian Studies Records. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut Libraries.

Acquisition Information

The records of the Center for Italian Studies were transferred to the Historical Manuscripts and Archives Division of the University Libraries after the Center closed. In 1995, Historical Manuscripts and Archives merged with the Special Collections Department to create Archives & Special Collections located at the Dodd Center.

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Detailed Description