Boehm Foundation (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1963-2004 [Bulk dates: 1993-2002].

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Boehm Foundation (New York, N.Y.) Records, 1963-2004 [Bulk dates: 1993-2002].

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This collection consists of the records of the Boehm Foundation, a philanthropic organization that provided grants primarily to fund groups devoted to promoting democratic government and civil rights. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence, grant proposals, and printed materials related to these individual grants and the grantee organizations. There is also a small amount of administrative material, including financial reports, internal memos, and board meeting minutes.

18 linear ft. (36 document boxes).

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Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347554

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Boehm, Frances.

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Austermiller, Judy.

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Boehm Foundation (New York, N.Y.)

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The Boehm Foundation was born in 1962 when Louis Boehm, a successful lawyer and real estate investor from New York City, died and set aside one million dollars of his estate to aid future "deserving scholars." Boehm's son, Robert, and several family friends used the bequest to start the Louis Boehm Foundation in 1963, the same year that Robert and his wife Frances organized the Lillian Boehm Foundation. Named after and funded in part by Robert's mother, the Lillian Boehm Foundation ...

Institute for Policy Studies

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On September 1, 1963, the Peace Research Institute changed its name to the Institute for Policy Studies. The IPS was founded as a "transnational center for research, education, and social invention." It advocates critical study of U.S. policy and suggests alternative concepts and strategies. IPS produces the "independent socialist newpaper," In These Times. From the description of Collection, 1962-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28296789 ...

Boem, Robert.

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Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy

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Center for Constitutional Rights (New York, N.Y.)

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The original name of this organization was Law Center for Constitutional Rights. The Center is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization representing legal cases related to discrimination, repression, and social injustice, particularly First Amendment freedoms, women's rights, and civil liberties. From the description of Collection, 1970-[ongoing]. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27057505 ...