Overview
Creator
Ford Foundation
Title
Ford Foundation records, Asia Programs, Regional Director, Office Files of Peter F. Geithner
Collection Description
The Office Files of Peter F. Geithner span from 1990-1994, the period of the time Mr. Geithner was Regional Director of the Asia Programs. The bulk of the files consist of correspondence regarding the Ford Foundation's work in Vietnam.
Date
1990-1994
Extent
0.8 Cubic Feet
Extent
(2 document boxes)
Abstract
The Asia Programs office originated in 1958 as the Office for South and Southeast Asia, a subdivision of the Overseas Development
Program. After a Foundation reorganization in 1966, the Office for South and Southeast Asia became part of the International
Division, and in 1968, was renamed Asia and the Pacific. In 1981, the Office for Asia and the Pacific became part of the Developing
Countries Program. In 1989, the Asia Programs was constituted as a full program area. Peter F. Geithner joined the Ford Foundation
in 1966 and became Assistant Representative of the India Office in 1968. He served as Representative of the Southeast Asia
office and later Representative in China before being appointed Regional Director of the Asia Programs in 1990, a position
he held until 1996. The Office Files of Peter F. Geithner span in date from 1990 to 1994, during the time he served as Regional
Director of the Asia Programs. The bulk of the files consists of correspondence concerning the Ford Foundation's work in assisting
the economic development of Vietnam. Other files document the Foundation's relations with the government of Vietnam, including
the process of seeking and obtaining permission from the Vietnamese government to operate within its national borders. There
are also files containing materials from the Aspen Institute Indochina Policy Project (1991-1992) and the Vietnam Reconstruction
Conference in Arlington, Virginia (1992).
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