Town of Esopus scrapbooks, 1954-1987.

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Town of Esopus scrapbooks, 1954-1987.

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Newspaper clippings concerning people, politics, schools, sports, and other events in the Town of Esopus, including the proposed location there of the newly formed United Nations.

12 linear ft.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6878175

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Klyne Esopus Historical Society (Ulster Park, N.Y.).

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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...