World Citizens Association. Chicago Group.

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Founded in 1939 under the patronage of Anita McCormick Blaine, the Chicago Group was disbanded in 1943 for lack of funding. Carleton Washburne chaired the Group. The Chicago Group prepared surveys or study kits dealing with international cooperation.

From the description of Records, 1939-1943. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248535

The World Citizens Association was an outgrowth of S. de Maderiaga's attempts at founding an American division of the World Foundation. Founded in 1939 under the patronage of Mrs. Anita McCormick Blaine, the Chicago group was dissolved in 1943 for lack of sufficient operating funds. In the course of its life under the chairmanship of Carleton Washburne, superintendent of schools in Winnetka, and under the executive directorship of Edwin M. Clough (1939-1940), John R. Van de Water (1940-1943), and Caroline Willis (1943), the Chicago Group prepared eleven surveys/study kits on as many different subjects having some relation to international cooperation. The World Citizens Association actively encouraged the development of groups to use these materials or sponsored them in order to come to some understanding and opinion as to the practicality, possibility, and nature of the post-war "organization" of the world.

From the guide to the World Citizens Association. Chicago Group. Records, 1939-1943, (Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

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associatedWith Blaine, Anita McCormick. person
associatedWith Cassels, Edwin Henry, 1874- person
associatedWith Clough, Edwin M. person
associatedWith Clough, Edwin M. person
associatedWith Kerwin, Jerome G. 1896- person
associatedWith Washburne, Carleton, 1889-1968. person
associatedWith Washburne, Carleton, b. 1889 person
associatedWith Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
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International cooperation
Internationalism
International organization
International organization
International relations
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Active 1939

Active 1943

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