Records of the Associate Dean of Harvard College in Charge of Alumni Placement and Student Employment, 1934-1942

Harvard University. Corporation.

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Harvard College's primary governing board, the Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College (known as the Harvard Corporation), was established by the Massachusetts General Court in 1650. The charter conferred on the Corporation the duties of managing the College, including appointing and removing administrators, faculty, and staff, creating orders and by-laws for the College, and managing finances, properties, and donations. The first recorded meeting of the Corporation was held on December 10, 16...

Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees

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The Harvard Committee to Aid German Student Refugees was established in November 1938 to aid Jewish students suffering from Nazi persecution in Germany. The purpose of the Committee was to help secure scholarships for student refugees and to help "relieve the intolerable condition in which persons of religious belief, of races, or of opinions which vary with those favored by the Nazi government now find themselves." The Harvard Corporation responded to an appeal from the Committee by agreeing...

Harvard College (1780- ). Associate Dean in Charge of Alumni Placement and Student Employment.

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The office of Associate Dean of Harvard College in Charge of Alumni Placement and Student Employment existed from 1935-1943. Its only office holder was George F. Plimpton. His activities included not only student and alumni job placement, but also administration of scholarships and freshman advising. Scholarships included those for refugees from Germany and its annexed lands. When the United States entered the war, Plimpton's interviewing and placement experience led to his involvem...

Sharpe, Russell T. (Russell Thornley), 1905-1992

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Committee on Refugee Scholarships

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Committee on General Scholarships

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President Franklin Roosevelt

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Charles W. Duhig

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National Youth Administration

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The National Youth Administration of Texas was an agency of the Work Projects Administration and later the Federal Security Agency and the War Manpower Commission from 1935 to 1943. It offered “work study” jobs to students and youth aged 16 to 25. For the most part, they worked on public buildings, highways and parks all over Texas. Some also were in residence at educational training centers at colleges. Inclusion in the program was based on financial need. After World War II began the agency re...

Harvard Alumni.

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International Student Service

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Begun in 1919 as European Student Relief, it later changed its name to International Student Service. The United States Committee of ISS was represented by the National Student Federation. Activities included cultural cooperation and university research, but material aid to students in need was the most important function of the organization. From the description of Collection, 1936-1943. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 28452043 ...

Secretary for Appointments

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