United Service for New Americans records undated, 1946-1954

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United Service for New Americans records undated, 1946-1954

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Contains the correspondence and published materials of the USNA for the years 1947-54. The manuscript material contains quota correspondence (1949-51) with Jewish institutions in the fifty states, correspondence concerning the Displaced Persons Program (1948-54) which includes unused agency assurances, migration procedure, occupational lists, community relations, and material on the Immigration and Nationality Act. Includes general correspondence on immigration from local American cooperating agencies (1949-51) and material from the European Jewish Children's Aid (1947), the JDC Shanghai Report (1947), special study on unattached adolescents, correspondence with New York Association of New Americans (NYANA), the National Coordinating Committee, and USNA sessions at the National Conference of Jewish Social Work. Of special interest is correspondence of Governor Thomas E. Dewey and President Harry S. Truman.

11.5 linear feet (23 manuscript boxes)

eng,

American Jewish Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6346057

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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European Jewish Children's Aid

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United Service for New Americans

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