University of Alaska Anchorage Records
Guide to the American Russian Center records
1990-2008
Collection number: UAA-0046.
Creating office: University of Alaska Anchorage. American Russian Center.
Series title: UAA. American Russian Center records.
Dates: 1990-2008.
Volume of series: 6.6 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are predominantly in English, with some in Russian.
Series summary: Records of a UAA office building relationships with the Russian far east.
Administrative history:
The American Russian Center (ARC) was created in 1993 from a federal grant to promote democracy and solidify a relationship with post-Cold War Far East Russia. In December, 2008, the ARC center was closed.
Agency functions:
ARC primarily focused on sharing knowledge and providing education to Russian students and employees of US and Russian businesses, while providing grants to small businesses and entrepreneurs to help stimulate the Russian Far East’s economy. ARC partnered with the Far Eastern State Transport University to create the exchange program, “Plus 1,” in which Russian students spend two years studying business at UAA. In addition, ARC had centers in Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Magadan, Blagoveschensk, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Komsomolsk, Yakutsk and Vladivostok. Each center provided basic and advance business trainings. Centers at Khabarovsk, Sakhalin and Vladivostok also provided in-depth training for technical professionals and project management and logistics management.
Series description:
The collection consists of records produced by the American Russian Center during the course of their activities from 1990 to 2008. Records include correspondence, grant applications, seminar/training records, implementation plans, staff meeting notes/minutes, trip reports, surveys to evaluate their programs, records from their satellite offices in Russia and copies of their publication, “Russian Far East News.”
Arrangement: Original order of the records are maintained. Boxes 1-4 are in chronological order. Boxes 5-7 do not appear to have an order. Box 8 contains video cassettes that were used or created by ARC.
Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Digital materials: The digital contents of this collection are not available online. Access may only be provided on-site in the Archives research room. For more information about potential distance access to digital records, please contact Archives and Special Collections.
Preferred citation: UAA. American Russian Center records, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.
Related materials:
UAA. College of Business and Public Policy. Alaska Center for International Business; 1992-1998, UAA-0049. At one point the American Russian Center was under the director of the Alaska Center for International Business (ACIB).
Custodial history: These records were transferred to the Archives by Russ Howell in January 2009. Additions were made by Russ Howell in August 2009.
Processing information: This collection was described by Mariecris Gatlabayan in 2009.