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bMS 16036

Unitarian Service Committee. Director, Child and Youth Projects. Records, 1947-1961.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 16036
Title: Unitarian Service Committee. Director, Child and Youth Projects. Records, 1947-1961.
Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 8 boxes

Administrative Information:

Access: There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Historical Note:

The Unitarian Service Committee was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to be a committee to investigate opportunities both 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 rights and social justice throughout the world.

Scope and Content Note:

The bulk of this collection consists of the correspondence of Helen Fogg, who was director of the Child and Youth Projects Department. This department was in charge of the child care program in Germany and the Bremen Neighborhood House, which was begun in 1950 as an experiment in community development. Fogg had a far-reaching vision for her work, and thought that the model of the medical missions could be applied to social work education, which was reflected in the eventual change in the name of the department to the Social Work and Education-Overseas Department.

The first three boxes of this collection also include case work department records. The USC case work department worked with the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and the Displaced Persons Commission, Washington (DPC), in the resettlement of displaced persons. The task of the IRO was to care for the Displaced Persons in the DP camps in Europe, providing shelter and food for them. The DPC was the administrative body of the U.S. Government in executing the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which allowed 205,000 displaced persons to immigrate to the United States. The Displaced Persons Act of 1948 requested that job, housing, and inland transportation be assured for the displaced persons. The Commission relied upon the cooperation of voluntary agencies for the securing of these assurances. The Unitarian Service Committee was one organization which worked toward providing those assurances concerning individuals interested in immigrating to the United States. Many of these records consist of the correspondence of Erna Pustau, a case worker, and Raymond Bragg, executive director from 1947 to 1952.

Container List:

bMS 16036/1 (1) Correspondence. General, May-December 1950.
bMS 16036/1 (2) Correspondence. General, May-December 1951.
bMS 16036/1 (3) Correspondence. General, May-December 1951.
bMS 16036/1 (4) Correspondence. General, 1952.
bMS 16036/1 (5) Correspondence. Christmas, 1952.
bMS 16036/1 (6) Correspondence. General, 1954-1957.
bMS 16036/1 (7) Correspondence. Publicity, 1952-1953.
bMS 16036/1 (8) Displaced persons. -A-, 1950.
bMS 16036/1 (9) Displaced persons. Assurances Filed, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/1 (10) Displaced persons. Assurances Reactivated, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/1 (11) Displaced persons. Assurances Validated.
bMS 16036/2 (1) Displaced persons. -B-, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/2 (2) Displaced persons. Bragg, Raymond B., October 1949-July 1950.
bMS 16036/2 (3) Displaced persons. Bragg, Raymond B., July 1950-August 1951.
bMS 16036/2 (4) Displaced persons. Burgess, Alex, M.D., 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/2 (5) Displaced persons. -C-, 1949-1951.
bMS 16036/2 (6) Displaced persons. Case Correspondence.
bMS 16036/2 (7) Displaced persons. Church World Service, 1950.
bMS 16036/2 (8) Displaced persons. -D-, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/2 (9) Displaced persons. Farkass, Robert, December 1948-May 1949.
bMS 16036/2 (10) Displaced persons. Farkass, Robert, July 1950-March 1951.
bMS 16036/2 (11) Displaced persons. Inter-racial Families, 1950.
bMS 16036/2 (12) Displaced persons. -J-, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/2 (13) Displaced persons. Jellinek, Mrs. Edna, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/2 (14) Displaced persons. Lisbon Office, 1950.
bMS 16036/3 (1) Displaced persons. -M-.
bMS 16036/3 (2) Displaced persons. September 1949-August 1950.
bMS 16036/3 (3) Displaced persons. August 1950-February 1951.
bMS 16036/3 (4) Displaced persons. February-July 1951.
bMS 16036/3 (5) France. Les Andelys. Champsaur, Gwenydd.
bMS 16036/3 (6) Germany. Auermuehle Children's Home, 1948.
bMS 16036/3 (7) Germany. Bremen Center. Correspondence, 1950-1952.
bMS 16036/3 (8) Germany. Bremen Neighborhood House. Correspondence, 1951.
bMS 16036/3 (9) Germany. Bremen Neighborhood House. AUA correspondence, 1951.
bMS 16036/3 (10) Germany. Bremen Neighborhood House. Report, 1951.
bMS 16036/3 (11) Germany. Bremen Neighborhood House. Reports, 1951-1952.
bMS 16036/3 (12) Germany. Bremen Neighborhood House. Report, 1953.
bMS 16036/3 (13) Germany. Bremen Seminar, 1953.
bMS 16036/3 (14) Germany. Bremen Seminar, 1953.
bMS 16036/3 (15) Germany. Child Care Program. Prospectus, 1951.
bMS 16036/4 (1) Germany. Hiddesen. Newsletters and reports, 1951.
bMS 16036/4 (2) Germany. Hiddesen. Newsletters and reports, 1951.
bMS 16036/4 (3) Germany. Hiddesen. Newsletters and reports, 1952.
bMS 16036/4 (4) Germany. Institutes. Personal, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/4 (5) Germany. Institutes. Printed Matter, 1949-1959.
bMS 16036/4 (6) Germany. Institutes. Reports, Final and Weekly, 1949.
bMS 16036/4 (7) Germany. Institutes, 1950.
bMS 16036/4 (8) Germany. Institutes. Reports (German); newsletters (in English).
bMS 16036/4 (9) Germany. Institutes. Reports (German); newsletters (in English).
bMS 16036/4 (10) Germany. Letters to USC (in German), 1947-1948.
bMS 16036/4 (11) Germany. Letters from Germany, 1949.
bMS 16036/4 (12) Germany. Miscellaneous correspondence, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/5 (1) Germany. Letters from Participants, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (2) Germany. Letters to Participants, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (3) Israel. Medical Teaching Mission. Basic report, 1951.
bMS 16036/5 (4) Japan. Engineering Education, 1952.
bMS 16036/5 (5) Japan. Report of Engineering Education Mission, original, August 1951.
bMS 16036/5 (6) Japan. Report of Engineering Education Mission, 1951.
bMS 16036/5 (7) Korea. Letters from Korea, 1953.
bMS 16036/5 (8) Lee, Arthur. Paris, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/5 (9) Mental Health News, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (10) Moore, Mrs. Dudley (Tillie). Correspondence, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (11) Moore, Mrs. Dudley (Tillie). Miscellaneous correspondence, esp. work camps and workshops, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (12) Overseas trip, 1948.
bMS 16036/5 (13) Overseas trip, June 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (14) Overseas trip, July 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (15) Overseas trip, August 1-22, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (16) Overseas trip, August 28-September 28, 1950.
bMS 16036/5 (17) Overseas trip, October 3-November 6, 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (1) Possible projects, 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (2) Press releases, 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (3) Project information. Correspondence, June-August 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (4) Religious education, 1947-1949.
bMS 16036/6 (5) Religious education. Printed matter, 1934-1951.
bMS 16036/6 (6) Religious education. Printed matter, 1951-1952.
bMS 16036/6 (7) Schulze, Emma, January 1951-December 1952.
bMS 16036/6 (8) Self-help housing project, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/6 (9) Speakers Bureau, 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (10) Speaking engagements. Bragg, Raymond B.
bMS 16036/6 (11) Speaking engagements. Brooks, Howard L., 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/6 (12) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, January 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (13) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, February 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (14) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, March 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (15) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, April 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (16) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, May 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (17) Speaking engagements. Fogg, Helen, Fall, 1950.
bMS 16036/6 (18) Speaking engagements. French, Helen, 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (1) Speaking engagements. General, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/7 (2) Speaking engagements. Miller, Persis, 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (3) Speaking engagements. Moore, Mrs. Dudley (Tillie), 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (4) Speaking engagements. Snavely, Dorothy, 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (5) Speaking engagements. Taylor, Katharine, 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (6) Speaking material, 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (7) State Department, Washington, 1949-1950.
bMS 16036/7 (8) State Department, Germany, 1950-1951.
bMS 16036/7 (9) Statistical data. Overseas work, 1949-1961.
bMS 16036/7 (10) Tennyson, Enid.
bMS 16036/7 (11) Thorp, Miss Anne L., May-December 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (12) Thorp, Miss Anne L., May-December 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (13) Thorp, Miss Anne L., May-December 1950.
bMS 16036/7 (14) Thorp, Miss Anne L., May-December 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (1) Toch, Dr. Rudolf, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (2) -U- correspondence, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (3) Underhill, Walter, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (4) UNESCO, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (5) United Nations, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (6) United Services for New Americans, Inc., 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (7) United States Book Exchange, Inc., 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (8) Universalist Service Committee.
bMS 16036/8 (9) Utley, Mr. and Mrs. Clifton, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (10) -V- correspondence, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (11) -W- correspondence, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (12) Warren, Dr. Julius E., 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (13) Washburn, Ruth W., 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (14) Watt, Marguerite Ann, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (15) Weil, Mrs. Lewis P., 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (16) White, Mrs. Eva Whiting (Board Secretary), 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (17) White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (18) White House Conference on Children and Youth, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (19) Witte, Edward B. (Board Member), 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (20) World Council of Churches Work Camps, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (21) World Health Organization, 1950.
bMS 16036/8 (22) -X, Y, Z- correspondence, 1950.