bMS 16185
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee. Executive Director, Robert Dexter. Records, 1940-1941
Summary Information:
- Call Number: bMS 16185
- Title: Unitarian Service Committee. Executive Director. Robert C. Dexter, Records, 1940-1941
- Repository: Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, 45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
- Quantity: 2 boxes
Administrative Information:
- Access Restrictions: 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 the collection consists of the correspondence of Robert C. Dexter, executive director of the Unitarian Service Committee. It includes letters to and from him regarding the work of the Service Committee in its efforts to assist victims of war-torn Europe. The subject matter of the correspondence includes travel arrangements for committee members, fund-raising efforts, personal thank-you notes to donors, and requests for assistance from refugees and their families and friends. The collection also includes correspondence from Martha and Waitstill Sharp, two of the seminal figures involved in aiding displaced persons. Efforts were particularly focused on the safety and well-being of children, as the Sharps concerned themselves with finding homes for them in the United States. Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondent's last name, or the name of an institution.
Container List:
- bMS 16185/1 (1) A, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (2) Affidavit Signatures January-April 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (3-4) Agendas, minutes, reports 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (5) Alexander School, August 1940-April 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (6) B, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (7) C, 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (8) Cables Received, January-June 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (9) Cables Received, 1942
- bMS 16185/1 (10) Cables Received, July-December 1940
- bMS 16185/1 (11) Cables Received, July-December 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (12) Cables Sent, January-April 1942
- bMS 16185/1 (13) Cables Sent, 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (14) Cables Sent, 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (15) Cables Sent, 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (16) Cables Sent, 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (17) Cables Sent, July-December 1940
- bMS 16185/1 (18-19) Children, general, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (20) Children, general, offers of homes
- bMS 16185/1 (21-22) Children, group project of Martha Sharp, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (23) Churches, June 1940-March 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (24) Czechs, May 1940-April 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (25) Czech Students, January-May 1941
- bMS 16185/1 (26) D, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/1 (27) Department of State, January 1940-March 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (1) E, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (2) Engagements, Robert Dexter, July 1940-March 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (3) Engagements, Martha and Waitstill Sharp, December 1940-March 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (4) European representatives, letters, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (5) European representatives, letters, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (6-7) European representatives, letters, 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (8) Expenses, June 1940-April 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (9) F, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (10) Food Policy, November 1940-January 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (11) G, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (12) Great Britain, correspondence, September 1940-May 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (13) H, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (14) Hospitality, Mrs. Frederick, April-May 1940
- bMS 16185/2 (15) I, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (16) Internment Camps, Medical Sanitary Project, January-April 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (17) J, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (18) K, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (19) L, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (20) Loans Outstanding, April-May 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (21) M, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (22) Memoranda
- bMS 16185/2 (23) N, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (24) O, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (25) P, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (26) Personnel, October 1940-April 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (27) Poles, November 1940-April 1941
- bMS 16185/2 (28) "Polish Acts of Atrocity Against German Minority in Poland"
- bMS 16185/2 (29) Publicity, General
- bMS 16185/2 (30) Publicity, Christian Register
- bMS 16185/2 (31) Publicity, Newspaper Committees 1940
- bMS 16185/2 (32) Q
- bMS 16185/2 (33) R, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (34) Recruits, Chandler, Alexander
- bMS 16185/2 (35) Recruits, Jones, Lee
- bMS 16185/2 (36) Recruits, General
- bMS 16185/2 (37) Recruits, Subcommittee Mass Council of Churches
- bMS 16185/2 (38) S, 1940
- bMS 16185/2 (39) Sharp, Martha, memoranda
- bMS 16185/2 (40) Sharp, Martha and Waitstill
- bMS 16185/2 (41) Speaking Material
- bMS 16185/2 (42) T, May-December 1940
- bMS 16185/2 (43) Telegrams Sent, July 1940-April 1942
- bMS 16185/2 (44) Transportation, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (45) U, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (46) V, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (47) W, 1940-1941
- bMS 16185/2 (48) Witte, E.B.
- bMS 16185/2 (49) World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches: correspondence, brochures, meeting minutes, etc., 1927-1937
- bMS 16185/2 (50) World Conference for International Peace Through Religion: correspondence, brochures, programs, etc.
- bMS 16185/2 (51) X, Y, Z 1940-1941