NAFSA Archives at the University of Arkansas
The historical records of NAFSA: Association of International Educators are held in the Special Collections Division at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The mission of the Special Collections Division is to collect, preserve, and make available for research materials relating to the history and development of international education and cultural exchange in the United States. The NAFSA materials are part of a larger collection related to International Education and Cultural Exchange that include records from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars, the Fulbright papers, and more. The NAFSA collection includes:
- Documents of NAFSA’s internal operations, as well as its work with government bodies and other organizations;
- NAFSA members’ materials relating to the development of international education in general, and NAFSA in particular;
- Archived material from NAFSA’s legacy groups including: SECUSSA, COMSEC, CAFSS, GRAC, SPA, ADSEC, and ATESL;
- Correspondence, photographs, reports, research papers, meeting agendas or minutes, memoranda, proposals, plans, manuals, monographs or speeches, notes, drafts or working papers, course syllabi, promotional material, legal records, contracts, newsletters, budgets, oral histories, and interviews about any aspect of the history of NAFSA, or the history and development of international education in the United States.
For more information about accessing or donating materials, please contact University of Arkansas Special Collections by e-mail at [email protected] or by telephone at 479-575-3867.
For any questions specific to NAFSA, please contact us.