Files kept on the Pew Memorial Foundation, 1948-1957.

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Files kept on the Pew Memorial Foundation, 1948-1957.

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Most of the correspondents include grant-seeking individuals and institutions. They include national and international conservative and religious organizations as well as Philadelphia-based cultural institutions. Pew considers supporting the Russian Church Assistance Fund, a legal fund dedicated to curtailing the influece of the Soviet Union on Russian Orthodox churches in America. Ozie Harold Johnson requests support for his written account of the 1950 Supreme Court ruling in favor of Heman Marion Sweatt that desegregated the University of Texas Law School.

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De Kiewiet, Cornelius William, 1902-1986

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Pepper, George Wharton, 1867-1961

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Pew, Joseph N. (Joseph Newton),

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Johnson, Robert L. (Robert Livingston), 1894-1966

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Menninger foundation

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Psychiatric center dedicated to treating individuals with mood, personality, anxiety & addictive disorders, teaching mental health professionals, and advancing mental healthcare through research; founded 1919 as the Menninger Clinic; headquarters in Topeka, Kan., 1919-2003. Moved to Houston, Tex., in 2003. From the description of Menninger ms. collection and supplementary research material, 1774-1999. (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id:...

Russian Church Assistance Fund.

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Holland, Jerome H., 1916-

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Cornell University, Class of 1939. Cornell University, M.S., 1941. Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania, 1950. President of Delaware State College, Dover (1953-1960); President of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia (1960-1970); Ambassador to Sweden (1970-1973). Presidential Councillor and University Trustee, Cornell University. Chairman of the American Red Cross and Planned Parenthood; board member of several corporations, director of the New York Stock Exchange, author. From the guide...

Pew Memorial Foundation.

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Hamilton, John D. M., 1892-1973

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Lawyer, state legislator, and public official of Kansas. Full name: John Daniel Miller Hamilton. Died 1973. From the description of Papers of John D. M. Hamilton, 1935-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81618375 ...

Sweatt, Heman Marion, 1912-1982

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Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-1957

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Russian politician and diplomat; ambassador of the Provisional Government to France, 1917-1924. From the description of V. A. Maklakov papers, 1881-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754868950 Biographical Note. 1869 Born, Moscow, Russia. Son of A. N. Maklakov, Professor at Moscow University 1887 ...

Religion in American Life, Inc.

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