24/2/51 Guide to the Soviet Interview Project Questionnaires Soviet Interview Project Questionnaires

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Guide to the Soviet Interview Project Questionnaires 1983/1986 University of Illinois Archives Overview of the Collection Soviet Interview Project Questionnaires 1983, 1986 24/2/51 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Office of International Programs and Studies 4.70 English University of Illinois Archives
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Historical Note:

The Office of International Programs and Studies (OIPS) was established by the Board of Trustees on May 24, 1962; its Director was given general responsibilities to supervise and coordinate programs, encourage instruction and research, and disseminate information.1 The office works with other administrative units, and through its own specialized units. As of 1984, OIPS administered seven units. The Center for International Comparative Studies was founded in 1964 to support faculty research "along cross-cultural... lines."2 The Midwest Universities Consortium for International Activities, Inc. (MUCIA), an organization to help midwestern universities coordinate and fund overseas research, was established in 1964, and the Urbana office opened the same year.3 The OIPS Committee on Publications has sponsored the publication by the University of Illinois Press of monographs in fields of international studies since 1972.4 The Office of International Faculty and Staff Affairs has supervised the "sponsoring and employing of foreign visitors and staff" since November, 1980.5 The Office of Women in International Development was formed in 1980 to promote research and to disseminate information about that area of study.6 The Study Abroad Office provides information and counseling for students who wish to study abroad.7 It was established in 1969.8 The Foreign Visitors Office dates from 1963,9 and the Overseas Projects Office from 1969.10 The two offices were merged in 1975.11 The Illinois Tehran Research Unit was organized in 1969 to coordinate research and exchange between the University of Illinois and the University of Tehran, Iran.12 The Unit was abandoned after 1979.13

1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 51st Report, May 24, 1962, p. 1442-3; The Future--International Programs at the University of Illinois: A Ten-Year Glimpse. Report and recommendations of the Chancellor's Ad Hoc Committee on International Programs. May 1, 1968, p. 4. (RS: 24/2/802)

2. Ibid., p. 13.

3. International Programs and Studies, 1969-1970. University of Illinois, p. 78.

4. International Programs and Studies, 1981-84. University of Illinois, p. 106.

5. Ibid., p. 90.

6. Ibid., p. 113.

7. International Programs and Studies, 1974-1976. University of Illinois, p. 113.

8. Staff Directory, 1969/1970: University of Illinois/Urbana-Champaign Campus, p. 42.

9. Staff Directory, 1963/1964: University of Illinois/Departments in Urbana-Champaign, p. xxxv.

10. Staff Directory 1969/1970, p. 42.

11. Student-Staff Directory, 1975-76: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, p. 23.

12. International Programs and Studies, 1977-80. University of Illinois, p. 100.

13. It is absent from International Programs and Studies, 1981-84, despite large writeups in the previous three publications.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Genre/Form of Material: Microfilms Topical Term: Emigration Jewish Refugees Russian Emigres Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Art and Literature Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Education Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Politics and Government Union of Soviet Socialist Republics -- Religion and Sociology
Administrative Information Accruals:

5/31/85; 9/13/88; 10/18/88

Arrangement of Materials:

by case number and chronological by type of questionnaire

Scope and Contents

Soviet Interview Project Questionnaires for General Survey #1 (G-1) consisting of 235 16mm microfilm rolls containing ca. 2752 questionnaires used in 1983 interviews of persons who emigrated from the Soviet Union between 1979 and 1981.  The questionnaires, written in Russian, contain questions regarding emigrants' life histories, education, children, family and personal relationships, employment, places of residence, experiences with the Soviet system, and attitudes toward Russian society.  The series includes supplementary questionnaires concerning medical care, crime, media, recreation and literature, and interviewers' remarks in English concerning the circumstances of the interview, and the behavior and reliability of the interviewees.  All G-1 and supplementary questionnaires have microfiche copies.  Also included in this series are 23 16mm microfilm rolls with 23 duplicates containing 571 questionnaires used in 1986 interviews with emigrants who came to the United States from 1979 to 1981.  These General Survey #2 (G-2) questionnaires are nearly identical in format to G-1.  A final set of questionnaires for military and civilian open-ended responses consists of 13 microfiche cards containing ca. 1113 questionnaires used in supplementary 1986 interviews.

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