Organization collection, 1915-1953.

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Organization collection, 1915-1953.

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Correspondence, reports, and other material relating to cooperation between American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and other governmental and non-governmental organizations. Includes correspondence with United States government agencies, particularly the State Department, 1916-1944, concerning the transmission of funds and operations abroad. Also, includes files on governments of the Netherlands, Spain, and Sweden, ca. 1916-1918, concerning assistance in transmissions of funds, and Austria, Poland, Hungary, and Rumania, ca. 1921-ca. 1932, expressing appreciation for aid. Other organizations represented include American Red Cross, 1916-1945; Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, 1918-1945; American Friends Service Committee, 1921-1953; Jewish Colonization Association, 1920-1944; ORT (Society for the Promotion of Trades and Agriculture Among the Jews, now the Organization for Rehabilitation Through Training), 1920-1944; All-Russian Jewish Peoples' Committee (IDGESKOM), 1921-1923; Jewish Agency, 1929-1944; OSE (Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants, in France), 1922-1944; Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German (later Foreign) Scholars, 1933-1945; German-Jewish (later European-Jewish) Children's Aid, 1933-1944; National Coordinating for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany, 1934-1941; and National Refugee Service, 1934-1946.

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library

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World ORT Union

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Emergency committee in aid of displaced foreign scholars

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American Jewish joint distribution committee

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Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars

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Hebrew Sheltering and Immigrant Aid Society of America

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American friends service committee

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German-Jewish Children's Aid.

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People's Relief Committee

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Union O.S.E.

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Jewish colonization association

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European Jewish Children's Aid

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American Jewish Relief Committee for Sufferers from the War

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