bMS 16058

Unitarian Service Committee. Fund Raising and Publicity. Records, 1946-1948.

Summary Information:

• Call Number: bMS 16058
• Title: Unitarian Service Committee. Fund Raising and Publicity. Records, 1946-1948.
• Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
• Quantity: 5 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 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 correspondence and reports which document the efforts of the Unitarian Service Committee to garner financial support for their post-war work with displaced people in Europe. The correspondence includes appeals to Unitarian churches throughout the United States to set up local campaign committees; appeals to individuals for financial support; reports documenting the efforts of college students to send supplies to students in Europe, and letters of thanks to supporters. There is also information about various aspects of the work of the USC, including information about work camps for young people in the United States and abroad. Some of the correspondents represented in this collection are Helen Fogg, who was campaign director of the New England area; Robert C. Wells, director of the southwest area; Igor Yussupoff, director of the national campaign in 1947; Seth Gano, chair for the New England USC Fund; and USC members William Emerson, Gertrude DonDero, and Edward Cahill.

Container List:

• bMS 16058/1 (1) Informational literature on relief organizations such as American Friends Service Committee, Relief of German Needy, Refugee Relief Trustees, etc.
• bMS 16058/1 (2) Allen, A. L., Company
• bMS 16058/1 (3) Alpest, K., outline on monthly reports, April, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (4) American Committee for the Relief of German Needy, Inc., 1946
• bMS 16058/1 (5) AUA, United Unitarian Appeal
• bMS 16058/1 (6) American Youth for World Youth, descriptive material, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/1 (7) Annual Meeting, Harvard Club, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (8-9) Annual Dinner, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (10) Annual Dinner, Acceptances, Men 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (11) Annual Dinner, Acceptances, Women, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (12) Austria, Hungary
• bMS 16058/1 (13) -B- fund raising correspondence arranged alphabetically, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (14) Blairsville, Georgia, applicants for work camps (includes some photographs), 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (15) Blairsville, Georgia, work camp correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (16) Boston Office, includes reports of Helen Fogg's fund raising efforts, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (17) Budget, 1947
• bMS 16058/1 (18) Budget, control
• bMS 16058/1 (19) Budget, overseas

• bMS 16058/2 (1) -C- fund raising correspondence arranged alphabetically, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (2-3) Chicago campaign, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (4) Cleveland campaign, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (5) Colleges, food relief efforts conducted by American students, includes photographs, 1946
• bMS 16058/2 (6) Colombian Medical Missions, information bulletins, 1948
• bMS 16058/2 (7) Columbus, Ohio, fund raising efforts, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (8-9) Committee Members, fund raising correspondence, Helen Fogg, William Emerson, Gertrude DonDero, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (10) Congregational Christian Service Committee, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (11) Consulates, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (12) Coolidge, Lt. Gov. Arthur, speech at Harvard Club, February 22, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (13) Correspondence concerning fund raising efforts in Unitarian churches from Edward Cahill and others, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (14) Correspondence concerning fund raising efforts from Robert C. Wells, southwest area director, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (15) Correspondence, John Teger, director of Unitarian work camps, 1947-1948
• bMS 16058/2 (16) Correspondence, Carlton Whitman, coordinator of overseas work camps, 1948
• bMS 16058/2 (17) Dayton, Ohio, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (18) Erie, Pennsylvania, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (19) Information about work of Unitarian Service Committee in France, Poland, Portugal, and other countries, 1946
• bMS 16058/2 (20) Fund raising correspondence, Igor Yussopoff, 1947
• bMS 16058/2 (21) Greenfield, New Hampshire, list of campers, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (1) Health Organizations, information, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (2) Highlander Folk School, Applicants, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (3) Highlander Folk School, Correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (4) Howard Hospital, Rhode Island, Correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (5) Educational reconstruction, reports, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/3 (6) International Relief Organization, general information about displaced persons, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/3 (7) International Youth Service Projects, lists of overseas work campers, 1947-1948
• bMS 16058/3 (8) Ithaca, New York, clothing drive at Cornell University, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (9) Kansas City, Missouri, fund raising from non-Unitarians, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (10-11) Lists of contributors and amounts contributed to the USC
• bMS 16058/3 (12) Mail appeal letters and promotional literature about the USC, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (13) Massachusetts Medical Society, Bureau of Clinical Information, lists of clinics open to visiting physicians, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (14) Miami, Florida, letter to James J. Marshall from Edward Darling, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (15) John K. Findly, correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/3 (16) General fund raising correspondence, 1948
• bMS 16058/3 (17) National Citizens' Committee, reports on migrant labor, 1943-1947
• bMS 16058/4 (1) National Citizens' Committee, lists of possible contacts, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/4 (2) National Council for a Permanent Fair Employment Practice Committee, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (3) New York Campaign, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (4) Overseas Associates, Inc., 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (5) Overseas Mail Service #4, Report on conditions in a children's home in Austria, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (6) Overseas Public Relations, recommendations, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (7) Personnel, Goshgarian, Mary, 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (8) Personnel, Alice Harmar, 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (9) Personnel, John E. Teger, 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (10) Philippine Mission, information bulletins, 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (11) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (12) Poland, reports on relief efforts, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/4 (13) Port Huron, Michigan, campers, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (14) Port Huron, Michigan, work camp correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (15) Promotion, local action, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (16) Promotional statements from USC for a news release, 1946
• bMS 16058/4 (17) Publications, orders
• bMS 16058/4 (18) Publicity and reports from the southwest USC, includes migrant labor reports, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (19) Publicity reports, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (20) Survey Midmonthly, April 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (21) Report, "Nutritional Situation in Camps of Unoccupied Zone..." includes correspondence, 1943
• bMS 16058/4 (22) Rochester, New York, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (23) Schenectady, New York, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (24) Seattle, Washington, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (25) Southwest, fund raising correspondence, 1948
• bMS 16058/4 (26) Speakers Bureau, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (27) Syracuse, New York, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (28) Texas Migrant Project, original proposals, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (29) Texas Social Welfare Association, 1946-1948
• bMS 16058/4 (30) Travel information for Unitarian work camp participants, 1946-1947
• bMS 16058/4 (31) Unitarian Service Committee, general reports and correspondence concerning fund raising, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (32) Unitarian Service Committee, member lists
• bMS 16058/4 (33) United Appeal, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (34) Urbana, Illinois, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/4 (35) Vienna, letter from the student victims of the Nazi regime to Mrs. Else Haus, delegate of the USC, includes 32 pages of signatures of students, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (1) Venezuela, Dr. Eduardo Mendoza, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (2) Veterans Administration, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (3) Wells, Robert C., Home Service Field Representative, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (4) Wells, Robert C., Home Service Field Representative, itineraries and field reports, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (5) Winchester, Massachusetts, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (6) Winnetka, Illinois, fund raising correspondence, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (7) Work camps, Chattanooga report, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (8) Work camps, committee meeting, 1948
• bMS 16058/5 (9) Work camps, counselor applicants, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (10) Work camps, Detroit reports, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (11) Work camps, Directors' Conference
• bMS 16058/5 (12) Work camps, publicity, brochures, clippings, newsletters, etc. 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (13) Work camps, proposed areas, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (14) Work camps, recruiting sources
• bMS 16058/5 (15) Work camps, Sydenham Hospital, Harlem, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (16) World Service, reports on St. Goin, France, and and Paris office of USC, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (17) World Council of Churches, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (18) World Student Service Fund, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (19) World Mothers' League, includes report on food distribution in Austria, 1947
• bMS 16058/5 (20) Yellow Springs, Ohio, correspondence with Antioch College, 1947