Papers of Cornelia Shrauger Day, 1912-1995.

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Papers of Cornelia Shrauger Day, 1912-1995.

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Correspondence, memorabilia, clippings, scrapbooks, diaries, speeches, and photographs relating to Day's activities and involvement with the Young Women's Christian Association, Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa, UNICEF, and other local organizations. Also included is a book entitled Fifty years at marriage, 1940-1990, by Day, a history of the YWCA of Washington, Iowa, by Day and Esther Bordwell, and a history of Presbyterian churches in Washington County,Iowa, compiled by Day. The papers also document the Days' extensive involvement in international affairs by virtue of their associations with the Experiment in International Living program, the Governmental Affairs Institute, the United States State Department's Foreign Leader Exchange Program, the Rotary Club Foreign Student Exchange Program, and the American Field Service Student Program. The couple's foreign travel is represented by a collection of itineraries, correspondence, brochures, and diaries. Correspondents include Day's parents, Cornelia Prentiss and Harold Shrauger, her husband Robert Day, Wilbur Day, and Dennis and Edward Day, the couple's children.

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Day, Wilbur.

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AFS International/Intercultural Programs

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Founded by AFS drivers in 1946 as American Field Service International Scholarships. The program seeks to promote world understanding through student exchange programs. Its headquarters are in New York, and it has offices throughout the world. From the description of Records, [ca. 1946-1986] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155490891 ...

Young Women's Christian Association of the U.S.A.

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Records of the YWCA's programs and activities among blacks began in 1907. From the description of Records, 1920. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 232007201 The YWCA of the Mid-Peninsula opened in 1948 as a recreation center for business women. It expanded to provide recreational and social services for women that met the organization's mission of "empowering women and eliminating racism." The organization was based in Palo Alto until its closing in 2003. ...

Day, Dennis, 1946?-

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Foreign Leader Exchange Program (U.S.)

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Planned Parenthood of Washington County (Iowa)

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Day, Cornelia, 1919-

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Journalist; community activist, volunteer, and social reformer; recipient of the YWCA Friend of the Child award (1990); elected to the Iowa Volunteer Hall of Fame (1990); recipient with her husband of the Distinguished Alumni Service Award from the University of Iowa (1995); resident of Washington, Iowa. From the description of Papers of Cornelia Shrauger Day, 1912-1995. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233104158 ...

Rotary Club Foreign Student Exchange Program.

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Day, Edward, 1947?-

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Experiment in International Living

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The Experiment in International Living (EIL) program was founded by Donald B. Watt, who recognized a need to further sympathetic understanding across international lines. In 1932, he brought together a group of fourteen American boys with a group of fourteen French or German speaking boys. The University of North Dakota became involved with the program in 1953. EIL provided students with the opportunity to study abroad and experience other cultures, in turn, claimed Watt, "making the world a bet...

UNICEF.

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Young Women's Christian Association (Washington, Iowa)

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Governmental Affairs Institute (U.S.)

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Shrauger, Cornelia Prentiss.

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Day, Robert, 1919-

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Bordwell, Esther.

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Planned Parenthood of Southeast Iowa.

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Shrauger, Harold.

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