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Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records

Title
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records, 1927-1949 (bulk 1933-1945).
Author
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.
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Additional Authors
  • Bentwich, Norman De Mattos, 1883-1971.
  • Chamberlain, Joseph P. (Joseph Perkins), 1873-1951.
  • Drury, Betty.
  • Duggan, Stephen, 1870-1950.
  • Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939.
  • Flexner, Bernard, 1865-1945.
  • Foerster, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1869-1966.
  • Friedrich, Carl J. (Carl Joachim), 1901-1984.
  • Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971.
  • Murrow, Edward R.
  • Seelye, Laurens Hickok, 1889-
  • Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
  • Stein, Fred M.
  • Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960.
  • Academic Assistance Council.
  • American Christian Committee for Refugees, Inc.
  • American Friends Service Committee.
  • Columbia University.
  • Harvard University.
  • High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany.
  • International Student Service.
  • Johns Hopkins University.
  • National Co-ordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany.
  • National Refugee Service (U.S.)
  • New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
  • Oberlaender Trust.
  • Rockefeller Foundation.
  • Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim.
  • University of Michigan.
Description
98.46 linear feet (222 boxes).
Summary
The collection consists chiefly of grant files on refugee scholars who applied for aid from the Committee.
Subject
  • Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars
  • Antisemitism > Germany
  • College teachers > Selection and appointment
  • Expatriation > Germany
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • Jews > Employment
  • Jews > Legal status, laws, etc. > Germany
  • Jews > Persecutions
  • Learned institutions and societies
  • National socialism > Germany
  • Jewish refugees
  • Political refugees
  • Religious refugees
  • Universities and colleges
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Refugees
  • Germany > Emigration and immigration > History > 1933-1945
  • Germany > History > 1933-1945
  • United States > Education, Higher
  • United States > Emigration and immigration
Genre/Form
  • Card files.
  • Correspondence.
  • Photographs.
Access (note)
  • Restricted access;
Biography (note)
  • The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars was formed in New York City in 1933 by American academicians for the purpose of employing refugee German scholars in American institutions.
Language (note)
  • in German, French, and Spanish.
Call Number
MssCol 922
OCLC
122571141
Author
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars.
Title
Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars records, 1927-1949 (bulk 1933-1945).
Restricted Access
Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
Biography
The Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars was formed in New York City in 1933 by American academicians for the purpose of employing refugee German scholars in American institutions. Many of these refugee scholars were Jews displaced by the National Socialist government. The Committee disbanded in 1945.
Language
Some correspondence in German, French, and Spanish.
Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on Internet.
Location of Other Archival Materials
Related collections include the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research Records, and the American Committee for Guidance of Professional Personnel Records; Manuscripts and Archives Division, New York Public Library.
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Occupation
College teachers.
Scholars.
Scientists.
Added Author
Bentwich, Norman De Mattos, 1883-1971.
Chamberlain, Joseph P. (Joseph Perkins), 1873-1951.
Drury, Betty.
Duggan, Stephen, 1870-1950.
Farrand, Livingston, 1867-1939.
Flexner, Bernard, 1865-1945.
Foerster, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1869-1966.
Friedrich, Carl J. (Carl Joachim), 1901-1984.
Johnson, Alvin Saunders, 1874-1971.
Murrow, Edward R.
Seelye, Laurens Hickok, 1889-
Shapley, Harlow, 1885-1972.
Stein, Fred M.
Veblen, Oswald, 1880-1960.
Academic Assistance Council.
American Christian Committee for Refugees, Inc.
American Friends Service Committee.
Columbia University.
Harvard University.
High Commission for Refugees (Jewish and Other) Coming from Germany.
International Student Service.
Johns Hopkins University.
National Co-ordinating Committee for Aid to Refugees and Emigrants Coming from Germany.
National Refugee Service (U.S.)
New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)
Oberlaender Trust.
Rockefeller Foundation.
Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim.
University of Michigan.
LCCN
ms 76001507
Research Call Number
MssCol 922
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