Unitarian Service Committee. Administrative Records, 1941-1965

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Unitarian Service Committee. Administrative Records, 1941-1965

The bulk of this collection consists of the files of Frederick May Eliot, who was president of the American Unitarian Association from 1937 to 1958. These records include reports and correspondence on the Spanish refugees in France; the situation in Czechoslovakia; public relations; the USC medical missions; plus lists of staff members, personnel records, and USC minutes. There is also correspondence that documents the separation of the USC from the AUA and the incorporation of the USC in 1948. The collection also contains reports and correspondence on the work of the USC in Germany, which includes correspondence with the Ford Foundation and other donors.

Six boxes (2.10 linear feet)

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Ford foundation

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Philanthropic organization established in 1936 by Henry and Edsel Ford from profits of the Ford Motor Company. From the description of Grant files, [ca. 1936-1986]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155532303 ...

Unitarian Service Committee

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The Unitarian Service Committee (USC) was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to investigate opportunities in America and abroad for humanitarian service. During and after World War II, the Unitarian Service Committee aided hundreds of displaced persons in occupied countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. The present-day Unitarian Universalist Service Committee continues to endeavor to advance human right...

Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958

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Frederick May Eliot (1889-1958) was born in Boston and graduated Harvard College with an AB in 1911 and an AM in 1912. He was a Harvard College instructor of government in 1912-1913 and attended Harvard Divinity School from 1912 to 1915. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1915 at the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also served at the Unity Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served as president of the Young People's Religious Union from 1916 to 1918 and served as an army ch...