Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Records, 1935-2006

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Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Records, 1935-2006

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/721956168

This collection is divided into four series: general historical records, World War II records, post-war records, and Medical Mission records. The collection includes reports, meeting minutes, publications, correspondence, newspaper articles, announcements, programs, obituaries, oral history transcripts, a bibliography, and photographs pertaining to the founding of the UUSC and its evolving mission, objectives, and leadership. The Medical Mission records relate specifically to the medical missions of the UUSC in Greece, Italy, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Iran, Israel and Japan.

10 boxes, 4 linear feet

Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8088316

Harvard University, Divinity School Library

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