Margarete Schurgast papers, 1918-1945.

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Margarete Schurgast papers, 1918-1945.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/84688681

The Margarete Schurgast papers contain correspondence; writings, including a European travel diary in German (1924, 1941); legal and identification documents; printed matter concerning the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Carrie Chapman Catt, and Karin Michaëlis, and clippings about Schurgast; photographs of both Schurgast and her friend Ellen Key; and one file of materials concerning Alexander Deutsch, a German émigré and friend.

0.4 linear foot (1 box).

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8327870

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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