Records, 1940-1951.

Adamič, Louis, 1899-1951

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Political writer and literary figure. From the description of ALS, 1939 March 21, Milford, New Jersey, to Edward Hoyt. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63935383 Adamic was an author deeply concerned with American immigrants and their experiences in the "melting pot", and was the first editor of Commond Ground. From the description of Louis Adamic papers, 1848-1951 (bulk 1921-1951). (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 122561726 ...

Fry, Varian, 1907-1967

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Varian Fry, an American journalist, was sent to France in 1940 as an emissary of the Emergency Rescue Committee, a private American relief organization formed in 1940 in New York to aid refugees in Vichy, France who stood in danger of Nazi persecution; Fry expedited the emigration of many prominent intellectuals. He made the acquaintance of Alma Mahler and Franz Werfel in Marseilles in August 1940 and helped them make their way safely across the border into Spain and then to Portugal,...

Medical & Surgical Relief Committee

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Overholser, Dr. Winifred

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Comite de Ayuda Sanitaria

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Colfox, Sir Phillip

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National Planning Association

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Unitarian Service Committee. Executive Director.

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The Unitarian Service Committee (USC) was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to investigate opportunities in America and abroad for humanitarian service. During and after World War II, the Unitarian Service Committee aided hundreds of displaced persons in occupied countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. The present-day Unitarian Universalist Service Committee continues to endeavor to advance human right...

Child, Katherine

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Ritzenthaler, John

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Wells, Robert

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Biography Robert Wells was born Robert Levinson on Oct. 15 Oct. 1922; lyricist, composer, writer and producer whose songwriting credits included; From here to eternity, Born to be blue, Magic town, Re-enlistment blues, and When Joanna loved me; his most famous song was The Christmas song, co-written in 1945 with Mel Torme and popularized in recordings by Nat "King" Cole and countless others; nominated for Oscar songwriting awards for It's eas...

Van Dam, G. P.

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Van Elten, Mr. & Mrs. de Wijs

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World Council of Churches

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The World Council of Churches is an ecumenical organization that was founded in Amsterdam in 1948. From the description of World Council of Churches records, 1937-1989 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702164061 The desire of the World Council of Churches to open a dialogue with Hindus, Buddhists, Jews and Muslims resulted in the 1971 Dialogue with People of Living Faiths and Ideologies (DFI) program. This program supports interreligious multi-lateral and b...

Pereira, Dr. Rui da Costa

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Baker, Everett

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United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration

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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was established in 1943. Its purpose was to provide for the relief of war victims in any area under the control of any of the United Nations. Its operations came to an end in 1946. From the description of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration records, 1943-1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 298686802 The Bureau of Services was previously known as the Bureau of Area...

American Council of Voluntary Agencies.

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American Dental Association.

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Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee

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The Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee (JAFRC) emerged in 1941superseding several earlier committees and organizations that had been developed to secure humanitarian aid for refugees of the Spanish Civil War. Along with providing humanitarian aid, the JAFRC was “dedicated to the rescue and relief of thousands of anti-fascist fighters trapped in Vichy France, and North Africa so that they [could] return to the active fight against the Axis.” Dr. Edward Barsky, leader of American me...

Volkmann, James

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Congregational Christian Service Committee

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Schauffler, Goodrich C.

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Russian Children's Welfare Fund

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Committee on Minorities.

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Brooks, Howard L.

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Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)

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Miller, Persis

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Church Committee on Overseas Relief and Reconstruction.

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Wolf, Val, Jr.

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Sears, Mary

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Oceanographer. From the description of Reminiscences of Mary Sears : oral history, 1982. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724768 ...

Bryan, Helen, 1945-

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Grieve, G.

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Markaz al-Dirāsāt wa-al-Taṭbīqāt al-Tarbawīyah (Jerusalem)

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American Unitarian Association British War Relief Society.

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Home Service Committee

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Mead Johnson & Co.

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American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service

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Relief group. The precursor of the group Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service was a relief group of 22 American organizations that came together with the aim of sending food aid and basic supplies to Europe during World War II. The original organization monitored living conditions in post-World War II Europe, especially France, Italy, and Germany, and discussed ways in which to help displa...

Church Peace Union

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Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914, the Church Peace Union included Protestants, Catholics, and Jews. In 1961, the name was changed to the Council on Religion and International Affairs. From the description of Collection, 1915-1961. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 27371102 Founded by Andrew Carnegie in 1914. Known as Council on Religion and International Affairs, after 1961. From the description of Records of the Church Peace Union, 19...

Thomas Cook and Sons (travel agents)

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Committee on Administration and Naturalization

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USA.

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Immigration and Naturalization Service

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Andrelys, Leo

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Gardiner, Elizabeth Greene

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Elizabeth Greene Gardiner was a social worker and professor. She served as a nurse's aide with the Italian Red Cross in Imola, Italy (1915-1916) and with the British Expeditionary Force in France (1917-1919). She was involved in medical social work on Ellis Island (1919-1922) and at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital (1926-1928). From 1928 to 1938 she was assistant professor at the University of Minnesota; during 1931 she served as exchange lecturer at the University of Liverpool, England. ...

Fogg, Helen

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Dr. Albert Schweitzer

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Scherr, Richard

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Bragg, Raymond B. (Raymond Bennett), 1902-1979

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Raymond Bragg (1902-1979) was born in Massachusetts and attended Bates College and Brown University . In 1927, he earned a B.A. in philosophy from the University of Chicago and a B.D. from Meadville Theological School and was ordained at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in Evanston, Illinois where he was pastor until 1930. From 1930-1935 he served as the Secretary of the Western Unitarian Conference . During these years he was also the editor of The New Humanist, and was one of the signers of t...

Hungarian-American Council for Democracy.

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Brooks, Howard L.

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Caccio, John

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Czechoslovak Economic Service

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Harrison, Edward

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Epithet: of Balls Park, near Herford British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000388 Epithet: MP for county Hertfordshire British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000132.0x000386 Epithet: curate of Leeds Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000787.0x000340 ...

Hofman, May

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Red Cross. American and International

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Auer, Dr. & Mrs. Johannes

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American friends service committee

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Quaker organization formed to promote peace and reconciliation through its social service and relief programs. From the description of American Friends Service Committee records, 1933-1988 (bulk 1933-1938). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983753 The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) was organized in June 1917 as an outgrowth of and coordination point for the anti-war and relief activities of various bodies of the Religious Society of Friends in the United States. A ...

American Society for Russian Relief, Inc.

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Comite International Pour la Placement des Intellectuels Refugies

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American Committee for Christian Refugees

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Flint, James G.

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Barsky, Edward

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Roberto Zuniga y Co.

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Mennonite Central Committee

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The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was formed when representatives of various Mennonite conferences met July 27-28, 1920, in Elkhart (Indiana), and pledged to aid suffering people, including Mennonites, in Russia and Ukraine. Since then thousands have served with MCC worldwide on relief, peace and development projects. From the description of Mennonite Central Committee collected records, 1940- (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 502160809 Joint re...

Papashvily, George

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Hitschmanova, Dr. Lotte

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Wolf, Lily

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St. Jean de Luz.

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Toscanini, Walter

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Dexter, Dr. Robert.

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Ukrainian-American Relief Committee

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World Health Organization . Country Office in Pakistan

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Committee on Special Refugees

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Zhivhovitch, Olga

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Sharp, Waitstill and Martha

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Sevringhaus, Elmer L. (Elmer Louis), 1894-

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Muller, Henry, 1902-1980

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Epithet: Lieutenant; RN British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000985.0x00004e ...

Fritchman, Stephen

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Payson, Louise

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Joy, Charles R.

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FIELD, NOEL H.

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Muller, Henry E.

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Lee, E. Rosalind

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New York USC

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Jaime Ribas.

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Office of Censorship

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Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees

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Gardiner, Elizabeth

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Rockefeller Foundation

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The Rockefeller Foundation was established in May 1913 by John D. Rockefeller, by act of the New York State Legislature, "to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world". From its earliest years, several separate organizations and divisions have carried on the Foundation's work in carefully selected fields. In 1913, the International Health Board (originally the International Health Commission) was formed in order to extend the work of the Rockefeller Sanitary Commission for the Eradi...

Harrington, Donald

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Tolstoy Foundation

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American Unitarian Association

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International Rescue and Relief Committee

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The 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 Corresp...

Russian American Union

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American Christian Committee for Refugees

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Goffin, Dr. Robert

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Congregational Christian Committee for War Victims and Services

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World Jewish Congress.

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According to their own constitution, the World Jewish Congress is a voluntary association of representative Jewish bodies, communities and organisations throughout the world, organised to assure the survival and to foster the unity of the Jewish people. Its origins lie in the immediate aftermath of World War I in the cooperative efforts by Jewish communities around the world in religious, legal, political and relief matters. In the aftermath of World War II the World Jewish Congress played a cen...

Rosenblum, Walter, 1919-2006

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In the spring of 1946, the Unitarian Service Committee (USC) in Boston hired the American photographer Walter Rosenblum (b. 1919) to document its extensive refugee relief work in Europe. In France, Rosenblum visited the USC rest home at St. Goin (Aquitane); the Walter B. Cannon Memorial Hospital and recreation center in Toulouse; the Camp Clairac (Lot-et-Garonne) for underprivileged French and Spanish children; the Meillon Rest Home in Pau, which housed Spanish Nazi victims; and a summer camp an...

Universalist Service Committee

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World Education Service Council.

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Broome, Edwin C.

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IARF.

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American Committee of OSE

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Merriam, Alice

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Meyerhof, Walter

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War Relocation Authority.

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American Committee for Yugoslav Relief.

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Unitarian Service Committee

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The Unitarian Service Committee (USC) was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to investigate opportunities in America and abroad for humanitarian service. During and after World War II, the Unitarian Service Committee aided hundreds of displaced persons in occupied countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. The present-day Unitarian Universalist Service Committee continues to endeavor to advance human right...

Eliot, Dr. Frederick

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War Refugee Board

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Bureau Technique des Oeuvres

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International Red Cross (Commission Mixte)

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Tracey, Louise.

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Chisholm, Dr. Brock and Kohn, Erwin

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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The American Joint Distribution Committee was founded on November 27, 1914 when the American Jewish Relief Committee (AJRC) and the Central Committee for the Relief of Jews (CCRJ) joined forces under the name of the Joint Distribution Committee of American Funds for the Relief of Jewish War Sufferers. Although JDC reflected the diversity of the American Jewish Community, the Reform-oriented American Jewish Committee faction dominated its early leadership. Conceived as a temporary agency to relie...

Conley, Lucy Ann

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Murray, Irving R.

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