Archives (1925) 1928-1939 (1949).

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Archives (1925) 1928-1939 (1949).

Correspondence by Moses B. Cotsworth, director and L. Prins, secretary of the IFCL 1930-1937; files on contacts with J.L. Dik 1928-1937, Louis Fles 1930-1935 and other propagandists of calendar reform in Holland consisting of correspondence, lectures, press clippings etc.; files on contacts with members of the (Dutch) National Committee on Calendar Simplification 1928-1930; typed copies of press articles; pamphlets and other printed material 1925, 1928-1939 and 1949.

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International Fixed Calendar League

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Founded in 1923 by Moses B. Cotsworth who became its director; its aim was to establish a fixed calendar of thirteen equal months of four complete weeks each and the last day of the year as the Year-day; the IFCL had its seat in London and helped to form national committees to propagate the so-called simplification of the calendar; the IFCL had initially the sympathy and some support of the League of Nations but in the late 1930s the League of Nations ended its activities on calendar reform beca...