International Rescue and Relief Committee
Variant namesThe International Rescue and Relief Committee, based in New York City, was a successor organization incorporating the Emergency Rescue Committee (whose representative Varian Fry had assisted Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel in their escape from Vichy France and emigration to the U.S. in 1940) and the International Relief Association. Frank Kingdon, a Methodist minister and president of the University of Newark, was chair of the Committee from 1940 to 1945.
From the description of Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943-1945. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155863541
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| referencedIn | Case Files, 1938-1951. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | V. R. Lang papers, 1929-1974 (inclusive) 1943-1959 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| creatorOf | International Rescue and Relief Committee. Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943-1945. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Administrative Records, 1948. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Administrative Records, 1941-1952. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Józef Wittlin correspondence and compositions, 1940-1976. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Records, 1940-1951. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library |
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| associatedWith | Kingdon, Frank, 1894-1972. | person |
| correspondedWith | Lang, V. R., 1924-1956 | person |
| associatedWith | Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Unitarian Service Committee. | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Unitarian Service Committee. Executive Director. | corporateBody |
| correspondedWith | Wittlin, Józef, 1896- | person |
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