http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c80k2f0h No online items Register of the Atlas Network records Finding aid prepared by Dale Reed Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2015, 2019 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Atlas Network 2015C50 1 records Title: Atlas Network records Date (inclusive): 1946-2013 Collection Number: 2015C50 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In English and Spanish Physical Description: 319 ms. boxes, 1 oversize box(160.5 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, memoranda, conference papers and other conference materials, fundraising and grant award records, other financial records, and printed matter relating to international promotion of free market economic policies. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Atlas Network records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Historical Note The Atlas Network was founded in Fairfax, Virginia, as the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, in 1981. Its founder, Sir Antony Fisher (1915-1988), had already created the Institute of Economic Affairs in his native Great Britain and the Fraser Institute in Canada. The purpose of these organizations was promotion of free market economics, limited government, and deregulation and privatization to the greatest extent possible. Other issues of interest to Atlas were school choice, climate change, and the relation of religion to economics. The policies advocated by Atlas and its sister organizations were credited with influence on the economic programs pursued by the governments of Margaret Thatcher in Britain and Ronald Reagan in the United States. Central to the activities of Atlas was the fostering of public policy groups with similar goals both in the United States and throughout the world. It thus transitioned itself into the center of an international network. The groups that it encouraged, advised and helped to finance were distributed throughout the world but perhaps most notably in Latin America. Atlas also promoted free market groups in the former Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe during the post-communist transition period, promoted similar groups in developing countries of Africa and Asia, and maintained ties with groups in Western Europe and elsewhere in the developed world. One important way in which Atlas assisted other public policy organizations was by making or administering grants awarded to these organizations or to associated individuals. Scope and Content of Collection The records of the Atlas Network in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives range from its inception (and in some cases from an earlier period of its pre-history) to 2013. The collection is divided into nineteen series, varying greatly in size and importance. Research strategies utilizing multiple series from the access points unique to those series will bring the greatest rewards. The largest and perhaps most valuable series is the Public Policy Organizations File. The includes the records of Atlas interactions with a large number of private organizations throughout the world seeking to influence public policy through research or advocacy. With very few exceptions these were organizations congenial to Atlas with free market orientations. Files include correspondence, studies, reports, proposals and conference proceedings, and are arranged alphabetically under name of organization. The country in which each organization was headquartered is indicated if other than the United States. Names of organizations are given in the languages of their own countries whenever possible. In some cases only the English language version is to be found in the collection. A related series is Printed Matter, which includes serial issues and other publications of these public policy organizations. Material is arranged alphabetically under name of issuing organization whenever possible. The Funding Sources File consists of Atlas correspondence with corporations, foundations or other organizations that were actual or potential financial donors to it or to associated groups. The Donor File consists of correspondence with actual or potential individual donors. The Grant File consists of records of correspondence with actual or potential grant recipients. Register of the Atlas Network 2015C50 2 records There is an Alphabetical Correspondence file, arranged alphabetically by correspondent, and a Chronological Correspondence File. The latter was maintained for only a few years in the 1980s. The Subject File consists of correspondence, studies, reports and printed matter arranged alphabetically by topic. There are also a file of Unpublished Writings, arranged by author, and Audiovisual File, and a small Oversize File. Purely internal Atlas activities are documented in the Programs and Proposals File, concerned with Atlas programs and proposals; the Events File, concerned with events sponsored or co-sponsored by Atlas; the Financial File, concerned with mundane expenditures; and the General Internal File, something of a grab-bag of internal miscellanea, much of it of a housekeeping nature. There are four small files of personal papers of individuals active in Atlas. These are, respectively, for Sir Antony Fisher, founder of Atlas; Alejandro Antonio Chafuen, president of Atlas; Leonard P. Liggio, executive vice president of Atlas; and Deroy Murdock, an Atlas senior fellow. The Atlas Network donated its records to the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015. The Hoover Institution Library & Archives holds related collections, most important of which are the records of the Institute of Economic Affairs. A separate collection of the papers of Leonard P. Liggio is far more substantive than his small office file in the Atlas Network records. The Hoover Institution Library & Archives also holds a small collection of papers of Deroy Murdock. Subjects and Indexing Terms Free enterprise Liberty Economic policy box 1-9 General Internal File 1974-2010 Scope and Contents Correspondence, memoranda, notes, minutes, lists, issuances, drafts and printed matter, relating to internal operations of the Atlas Network, and arranged by function or physical form. Some of the material is of a routine housekeeping nature box 1, folder 1 Apartments 1995-1996 box 1, folder 2 Book shipments 2004 box 1, folder 3 Book summaries 1982-1985 box 1, folder 4 Business Advisory Council 1990 box 1, folder 5-7 Computer services 1998-2009 box 2, folder 1-4 Contact lists 1977-1988 box 2, folder 5 Contracts 2001 box 2, folder 6 Development Committee 2005-2007 box 2, folder 7-9 Fellowships 1994-2004 box 3, folder 1 Fellowships 1994-2004 box 3, folder 2-5 Fundraising 1983-1999 box 3, folder 6 Grants 1991-1996 box 3, folder 7-11 Institute relations 1987-2010 box 3, folder 12 Invitations 2000 Issuances box 4, folder 1 General 1983 box 4, folder 2 Brochures 1986-1998 box 4, folder 3 Environment brochure 1999 box 4, folder 4 "Free Market Environmentalism: A Primer for Public Policy Initiatives" 1992 box 4, folder 5-6 "Guidelines, Suggestions, and Ideas for Public Policy Institutions" 2005 box 4, folder 7 "Hayek: Freedom's Philosopher: Educational Resources" undated box 4, folder 8 "Manual: Some Do's and Don'ts for Public Policy Institutes" 1983 Reports Scope and Contents Includes Atlas Report and Highlights Register of the Atlas Network 2015C50 3 records General Internal File 1974-2010 box 4, folder 9 1983-1987 box 4, folder 10 1988-1990 box 5, folder 1 1992 box 5, folder 2 1993 box 5, folder 3 1994-1995 box 5, folder 4 1996 box 5, folder 5 1997 box 5, folder 6 1999 box 5, folder 7 2000-2005 box 5, folder 8 Excerpts box 6, folder 1 Working materials box 6, folder 2 Luncheons 1983-1985 box 6, folder 3-4 Management 1991-1997 box 6, folder 5 Maps box 6, folder 6 Media lists 1974-1981 box 6, folder 7 Medicare 2002 box 7, folder 1 Minutes 1987-1996 box 7, folder 2 Mission statements box 7, folder 3 Name change records 1984 box 7, folder 4 Notary journal 1987-1988 box 7, folder 5 Office equipment 1986-1988 box 7, folder 6 Office space 1997-2003 box 7, folder 7 Passport information undated box 7, folder 8 Personnel 2001-2010 box 7, folder 9 Preassigned library card numbers 1990 box 7, Presentation charts and transparencies undated folder 10-12 box 7, folder 13 Press coverage 1985-1995 box 7, folder 14 Proposal checklist 1979 box 7, folder 15 Public relations 1998-2001 box 7, folder 16 Retirement 1996 box 7, folder 17 Retreat fund 1993 box 8, folder 1-3 Translations 1981-2001 box 8, folder 4 Travel grants 2007-2010 box 8, folder 5 Travel information 1992-2012 box 8, folder 6 Vendors 1991-2003 box 9, folder 1 Websites 1996-1999 box 9, folder 2 Workshop gifts 1997-1998 box 9, folder 3-6 Miscellany 1984-2008 box 10-14 Programs and Proposals File 1982-2012 Scope and Contents Proposals, drafts, correspondence, memoranda, notes and printed matter, relating to specific Atlas Network programs or proposals. Arranged by name or subject of the program or proposal box 10, folder 1 Advertising 1983 box 10, folder 2 America Means Business