Hugh Moore Fund collection, 1922-1972 (bulk 1939-1970).

Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

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Margaret Louise Higgins was born in Corning, New York, on September 15, 1879, the sixth of eleven children and the third of four daughters born to Anne Purcell Higgins and Michael Hennessey Higgins, a stone mason. Her two elder sisters worked to supplement the family income, and financed her education at Claverack College, a private coeducational preparatory school in the Catskills. After leaving Claverack, Higgins took a job teaching first grade to immigrant children, but decided after a short ...

Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies

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The Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies (CDAAA) was an American mass movement, political action group formed in May 1940. The CDAAA shared its leadership with the dissolved Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law (NPC), who was also chaired by White and directed by Eichelberger. Additionally, the CDAAA used ex-NPC offices in the League of Nations building at 8 W. Fortieth Street in New York City, as their central base. This has drawn commentators to r...

Lader, Lawrence, 1919-2006

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Author and activist Lawrence Lader (1919- ) has written extensively on abortion rights and family planning in the United States. He was founding chair of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (now the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League) in 1969, and was instrumental in the campaign that produced the 1970 New York State law legalizing abortion. Beginning in 1976 he served as president of the Abortion Rights Mobilization, and has worked for the introduction ...

Osborne, Lithgow, 1892-1980

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Diplomat, conservationist. From the description of Reminiscences of Lithgow Osborne : oral history, 1953. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739274 ...

Council on foreign relations

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International Free World Association

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Rockefeller, John D., III (John Davison), 1906-1978

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Philanthropist. From the description of Reminiscences of John Davison Rockefeller 3d : oral history, 1967. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309724157 From the description of Reminiscences of John Davison Rockefeller 3d : oral history, 1963. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723979 ...

Woodrow Wilson foundation

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Founded in New York in 1921 or 1922, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation endowed permanent awards for distinguished public service. Franklin D. Roosevelt served as Chairman of the National Committee. In time, a memorial library was also established at the Woodrow Wilson House at 45 E. 65th St., New York City. In 1950, the Foundation transferred the Library to the United Nations. From the description of Collection, 1922-1957, 1940-1949. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat recor...

Kefauver, Estes, 1903-1963

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Senator. From the description of Reminiscences of Estes Kefauver : oral history, 1957. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419842 Estes Kefauver was a long-time senator from Tennessee and an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for president. From the description of Personal papers, 1934-1939 (University of Tennessee). WorldCat record id: 44918282 Carey Estes Kefauver (b. July 26, 1903, Monroe Count...

Clayton, Will, 1880-1966

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United States assistant secretary and undersecretary of state for economic affairs, 1944-1947. From the description of Will Clayton papers, 1896-1990. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379390 Will (William Lockhart) Clayton (1880-1966) served as the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs from 1946 to 1947. From the description of Clayton, Will (William Lockhart), 1880-1966 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10575790 Busines...

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference 1944 Bretton Woods, N.H.

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Americans United for World Organization (U.S.)

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Moore, Hugh, 1887-1972

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Hugh Moore was an industrialist, philanthropist, and organizer. At the age of 21 he co-founded the Dixie Cup Corporation, which he sold to the American Can Company in 1957. He began to devote his efforts entirely to the causes of world population and world peace, and continued to be active in directing the work of the Hugh Moore Fund, which he established in 1944, until his death. From the description of Hugh Moore Fund collection, 1922-1972 (bulk 1939-1970). (Princeton University Li...

Planned parenthood federation of America

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In 1921 Margaret Sanger founded the national lobbying organization, American Birth Control League (ABCL) which in 1942 became Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA). Between 1921 and 1942 the organization underwent two transformations. In 1923 Sanger opened the Birth Control Clinical Research Bureau (BCCRB) for the purposes of dispensing contraceptives under the supervision of licensed physicians and studying their effectiveness. The ABCL provided institutional backing for ...

Canfield, Cass, 1897-1986

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League of Nations

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Atlantic Union Committee

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Formed in 1949 to promote the establishment of a federal union of the European and North American democracies; dissolved in 1961. From the description of Records, 1940-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 28415881 Organization promoting the establishment of a federal union of European and North American democracies. Formed in 1949; dissolved in 1961. From the description of Atlantic Union Committee records, 1940-1968 (bulk 1949-1952). (Unknown). WorldCat record i...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

Hugh Moore fund

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Population Crisis Committee

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World peace foundation

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In 1910, textbook magnate Edwin Ginn founded the International School of Peace in Boston, renamed the World Peace Foundation shortly thereafter. The World Peace Foundation was founded with the express purpose of educating and mobilizing public opinion towards the cause of peace. Early trustees of the foundation included Edwin Mead, founder of The New England Magazine; Sarah L. Arnold, dean of Simmons College; A. Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard University; and Joseph Swain, president of Swa...

American Association for the United Nations

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Formerly the League of Nations Association, in 1945 the name was changed to the American Association for the United Nations. In 1964, the AAUN merged with the Peoples Section for the United Nations and the United States Committee for the United Nations to form the United Nations Association of the United States of America. From the description of Collection, 1945-1964. (Swarthmore College, Peace Collection). WorldCat record id: 26885535 ...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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International Planned Parenthood Federation.

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Marts, Arnauld C.

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Draper, William F., 1912-

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d. 2003. From the description of Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 84686170 Portrait painter; New York, N.Y.; b. Dec. 24, 1912, Hopedale, Mass.; d. Oct. 26, 2003, Manhattan, N.Y.; Full name: Willian Franklin Draper. From the description of William F. Draper papers, 1950-1993. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 227188624 Painter, educator; New York, N.Y.; b. Dec. 24, 1912, Hopedale, Mass.; d. Oct. 26, 2003, Manha...

Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971

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Elmo Roper (1900-1971) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. From the description of Elmo Roper papers, 1900-1972. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 52096773 Elmo Roper ( 1900-1971 ) was a pioneer in the fields of market research and public opinion polling. Born in Nebraska on 31 July 1900, he operated a jewelry store with his brother in Iowa in the 1920s. While not successful, the experience taught him the val...

Atlantic Citizens' Congress (U.S.)

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Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.

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United Nations Association (U.S.)

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World Population Emergency Campaign (U.S.)

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Atlantic Union (U.S.)

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United Nations association of the United States of America

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The United Nations Association of the United States was formed by the merging of the American Association for the United Nations and the U.S. Committee for the United Nations in May, 1964 (c.f. AAUN News, June 1964). UNA-USA is a non-governmental, politically independent, non-profit, private, national organization whose purpose is to increase public knowledge of global issues and to build public support for constructive United States policies in the UN. From the description of Collec...