University of Alaska Anchorage Records
Guide to the School of Business and Public Administration. Alaska Center for International Business administrative records
1982-1997
Collection number: UAA-0049.
Creating office: University of Alaska Anchorage. School of Business and Public Administration. Alaska Center for International Business.
Series title: UAA. School of Business and Public Administration. Alaska Center for International Business administrative records.
Dates: 1982-1997.
Volume of series: 2.0 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are in English.
Series summary: Administrative records for a UAA office engaged with the topic of international trade.
Administrative history:
The Alaska Center for International Business (ACIB) was formed by the University of Alaska Board of Regents in 1984. In 1987, the ACIB became an official statewide research and information center. ACIB later became a unit in the UAA School of Business and Public Administration.
Agency functions:
The purpose was to develop business and economic relationships with other nations, thereby helping Alaska to diversify and expand its own economy. The center conducted research, delivered instructional programs, and provided international business information to students, staff, and other businesses.
Series description:
Administrative files includes operational files of ACIB; World Trade Center Alaska files; and files relating to lease agreements, reports and assessments, Alaska-Japan relations, protocol dinners, and handouts.
Arrangement: The records in this series are roughly arranged by type or subject.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Preferred citation: UAA. School of Business and Public Administration. Alaska Center for International Business administrative records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Separated materials: Publications and reports created by ACIB were moved to a separate series. See related materials note below.
Related materials:
UAA-0153: UAA. School of Business and Public Administration. Alaska Center for International Business publications and reports; 1987-1997.
Custodial history: The records were transferred by the office to the Archives in 1999.
Processing information: This collection was described by Kathleen Hertel in 2000. The guide was updated by Arlene Schmuland in 2019. At that time, the series were divided from a grouped collection to individual records series (see related materials note.)
Container list:
| Box/Folder | Description | Dates |
| 1/1 | Proposal to establish the Alaska Center for International Business | 1983 December |
| 1/2 | Proposal to the Alaska State Legislature for funding for the Alaska Center for International Business | 1986 January |
| 1/3 | Legislative program review | 1987 |
| 1/4 | Program summary | Undated |
| 1/5 | Bylaws | 1996 |
| 1/6 | ACIB focus group meeting and staff meeting minutes | 1994 |
| 1/7 | ACIB transfer to School of Business | 1994 |
| 1/8 | Event and office photographs and certificates | 1992 |
| 1/9-31 | World Trade Center (WTC) and World Trade Center Alaska agreements, correspondence, minutes, newsletters, bylaws, and reports | 1982-1997 |
| 1/32 | ACIB records | 1989-1995 |
| 1/33 | ACIB establishment | 1988 |
| 1/34 | ACIB transfer | 1994 |
| 1/35-36 | ACIB/WTC | 1993 |
| 1/37 | ACIB Advisory Board | 1994 |
| 1/38 | ACIB correspondence | 1996 |
| 1/39-2/4 | Lease and sublease agreements | 1990-1991 |
| 2/5 | ACIB transition report | 1997-1998 |
| 2/6 | Report to the Board of Regents | 1990 |
| 2/7 | Self-assessment program | 1994 |
| 2/8 | MAPM self-assessment | 1983 |
| 2/9 | Activity report | 1993-1994 |
| 2/10 | SBPA Advisory Board report | 1983 |
| 2/11 | Campus housing report | 1983 |
| 2/12 | Export financing research | 1989 |
| 2/13 | Buy Alaska program records | Undated |
| 2/14 | Exporting research | Undated |
| 2/15 | US-Japan Regional Forum records | 1993 |
| 2/16 | Japan Center for International Exchange records | 1991-1992 |
| 2/17-21 | Alaska-Japan Studies Project Alaska teachers reports, grant records, and correspondence | 1992-1993 |
| 2/22 | Japan Foundation, Developing a Japanese study program, grant 60754 | 1993 |
| 2/23 | Korean protocol dinner records | 1991 |
| 2/24 | Japanese protocol dinner records (cancelled) | 1991 |
| 2/25 | Event flyers | 1990 Fall |
| 2/26 | National Symposium on Energy | 1983 |
| 2/27 | Markets and marketing Alaska seminar records | 1985 |
| 2/28 | Conference programs | 1987-1994 |
| 2/29 | American Russian connection system proposal | 1994 |
| 2/30 | “Mean Jean the Berry Queen” curriculum summary | Undated |
| 2/31 | International Finance Conference papers | 1987
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