Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds. ca. 1938-2002.

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Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds. ca. 1938-2002.

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The collection consists of records pertaining mainly to the professional activities of Elisabeth Mann Borgese with some personal content, focussing on the major organizations and undertakings with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, and photographs among other material.

4472 files of textual, audiovisual, photographic, and digital records.

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

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Borgese, Elisabeth Mann

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Elisabeth Mann Borgese, youngest daughter of the German author Thomas Mann, was a founding member of the environmental organization The Club of Rome. Giuseppe Antonio Borgese, an Italian-American author and a political philosopher, was born near Palermo, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1931. He taught at Smith (1932-1935) and at the University of Chicago (from 1936). His works include the novels RUBEĢ (1921), GOLIATH: THE MARCH OF FASCISM (1937), and COMMON CAUSE (1943). ...

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