National Self Government Committee records 1901-1985 1911-1985

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National Self Government Committee records 1901-1985 1911-1985

http://archives.nypl.org/mss/2106

The National Self Government Committee was founded in New York City in 1904 by Richard Welling as the School Citizens Committee "to develop the alert citizens needed in a democracy by practice in schools, colleges and other youth groups." The organization is composed of educators and others interested in education for effective leadership and it supports school/community service programs that actively include students in the self-government process. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, questionnaires, reports, charters, financial records, grant proposals, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting the activities of the National Self Government Committee (NSGC). General correspondence, 1901-1948, contains Welling's correspondence with educators, students and educational institutions and associations. Administrative records, 1909-1950, include correspondence with directors of the NSGC, minutes of meetings, reports, and constitutions and charters of student government organizations. Subject correspondence, 1913-1985, concerns NSGC publications, surveys in schools, self government in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, comments of students and officials about citizenship training in their schools, and grants from the NSGC to students and communities. Also included are replies to questionnaires, 1911-1924; writings, 1912-1947, of Welling with diaries, notebooks, speeches, and other items; financial documents; scrapbooks; photographs, ca. 1911-1913, of students; video cassette of New York project; and printed matter.

60 linear feet (126 boxes)

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 6312338

New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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