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COLLECTION Identifier: bMS 16030

Unitarian Service Committee. Correspondence, 1939-1965.

Overview

This collection consists of letters from well-known people that were culled from other collections and placed here. The correspondence covers 1939-1965.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939-1965.

Access

There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Extent

1 boxes

This collection consists of letters from well-known people that were culled from other collections and placed here. Most of the letters are directed to staff members of the Unitarian Service Committee.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Acquisition Information

Gift of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee.

General note

The number after the slash in each entry in the following list indicates the box number, and the number in parentheses is the folder number. Portions of this collection have been digitized for a collaborative project with the U.S. Holocaust Museum and the Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine (CDJC), France. Those items have a "See digital image" link.

Title
Unitarian Service Committee. Correspondence, 1939-1965: A Finding Aid.
Author
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
div16030

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository

Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.

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