American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925.

American Mennonite Central Committee.

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Near East Relief (Organization)

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Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930

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Epithet: Norwegian explorer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000249 Fridtjof Nansen, a Norwegian explorer, oceanographer, and statesman, was noted for his Arctic expedition of 1893-1896, travelling closer to the North Pole than anyone had reached and using his specially-built vessel "Fram" to demonstrate the revolutionary concept of pack-ice drift. Frederick Sydney Parry was the grandson of Arctic explo...

Gorky, Maksim, 1868-1936

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Russian author. From the description of Autograph letter (incomplete at end and lacking signature) : [n.p.], to Walter Mett, 1922 Jan. 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269563164 Russian novelist. From the description of Maksim Gorky appeal, 1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754869098 Author. From the description of Papers of Maksim Gorky, 1922-1936. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454921 880-11 Russkiĭ...

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 ...

United States. Navy

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Built and launched at New York Navy Yard; commissioned Nov. 12, 1944; scraped in 1993. Served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. From the description of USS Bon Homme Richard (CV/CVA-31) photograph collection 1944-1971. (The Mariners' Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 41657866 The federal government decided in 1941 to send Supply Corps personnel to Harvard Business School for training in the business of equipping the Navy. This was effected by a transfer...

American National Red Cross

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American charitable organization. From the description of American National Red Cross records, 1906-1995. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867267 Historical Note The American Red Cross is a humanitarian organization led by volunteers and guided by its Congressional Charter and the Fundamental Principals of the International Red Cross Movement. The Federal Charter states it is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, charitable organizat...

American Relief Administration.

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American relief agency operating in the Soviet Union from 1921 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration Russian operational records, 1919-1925. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385039 American relief agency operating in Europe from 1919 to 1923. From the description of American Relief Administration European operational records, 1919-1923. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122385037 ...

Litvinov, M. M. 1876-1951.

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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...

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Save the Children Fund (Great Britain)

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United States Grain Corporation

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National Lutheran Council

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The National Lutheran Council was formed on September 6, 1918 as a common agency of participating Lutheran church bodies to administer domestic programs, publicize Lutheran activities and beliefs, and provide overseas emergency relief to areas devastated by World War I. Its Administration Committee provided counsel to the Executive Director regarding general administration procedures and prepared and recommended the administration budget. The Committee on Budget directed the financial matters of...