Hope T. Eldridge Papers, 1939-1991 [Bulk Dates: 1950-1956]

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Hope T. Eldridge Papers, 1939-1991 [Bulk Dates: 1950-1956]

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Hope T. Eldridge was a demographer and statistician at the United Nations, who was a victim of the McCarthy-era anti-communist accusations. The collection includes her personal correspondence and documents relating to her dismissal from the U.N.

1 linear ft. (2 document boxes)

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6347711

Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

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BIOGHIST REQUIRED Hope Tisdale Eldridge was born June 18, 1904 in Mobile, Alabama. She received her B.A. in English from Barnard College, where she developed an interest in physical education. After receiving her degree from Barnard she attended the Boston Central School of Hygiene and Physical Education where she trained to become a physical education instructor. Eldridge became a professor of physical education at the Women’s College of the University of North Carolina in 1927. ...