Papers, 1936-1977.

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Papers, 1936-1977.

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Papers of an Associated Press correspondent and journalism educator, Fconsisting of press releases, dispatches, notes, and correspondence pertaining to various United Nations agencies, the 1948 Olympics, the World Council of Churches, and other organizations and events which Fischer covered.

7.6 c.f. (19 archives boxes); plus.6.2 c.f. of additions.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Olympic Winter Games (5th : 1948 : Saint Moritz, Switzerland)

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Fischer, Ernest G., 1902-

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United Nations

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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...

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...