American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons Records, 1949-1968.

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American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons Records, 1949-1968.

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Records (1948-1968) of the American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons include correspondence, financial records, information on fund drives, reports, and organizational papers including bylaws and articles of incorporation. Correspondents include the Travelers Aid Society of Chicago (Ill.), the Displaced Persons Commission, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Services, Inc., the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and many Polish American organizations.

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University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service

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Relief group. The precursor of the group Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service was a relief group of 22 American organizations that came together with the aim of sending food aid and basic supplies to Europe during World War II. The original organization monitored living conditions in post-World War II Europe, especially France, Italy, and Germany, and discussed ways in which to help displa...

Displaced Persons Commission.

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United States. Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid

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Kolpak, John.

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Travelers Aid/Immigrants Service (Chicago, Ill.)

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American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons.

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The Committee (ACRPDP) was formed in 1948 in affiliation with the Polish American Congress to aid in resettlement of Polish people then in European displaced persons camps. It represented several larger Polish American organizations. The ACRPDP had twenty-six state division committees, many local committees, and representatives in England and Germany. It continued to function after expiration in 1951 of the Displaced Persons Act (Public Law 774, June 1948), in cooperation with the National Catho...

Malinowicz, Maria.

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