- unitid
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{"value"=>"910", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"b11635589", "type"=>"local_b"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 910", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1920-1991", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1920/1991"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Clark M. Eichelberger papers"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"216 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"216 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"217 audio recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"18 moving image recordings", "unit"=>"moving_image_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Manuscripts and Archives</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"Clark Mell Eichelberger (1896-1980) was an American writer, lecturer, and Peace activist. His papers consist of materials related to his work with such organization as the League of Nations Association, American Association for the United Nations, and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. The collection includes Eichelberger's writings, research, notes, organizational records, correspondence, photographs, oral history interviews, and recordings of his radio broadcasts about the United Nations."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Eichelberger, Clark M. (Clark Mell), 1896-1980", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Clark Mell Eichelberger (1896-1980) was born in Freeport, Illinois, the son of Joseph Elmer and Olive (Clark) Eichelberger. The family was descended from Swiss and English settlers who came to America before the Revolution. During World War I, Eichelberger served with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) in France. His university studies at Northwestern were interrupted by the war, and he never completed his degree.</p> <p>After familiarizing himself with the operations of the newly formed League of Nations at Geneva, Eichelberger became a lecturer (1922-1928) on national and international affairs with the Radcliffe Chautauqua System. In 1928, he was appointed director of the Midwest Office in Chicago of the League of Nations Associations (LNA), and in 1934 he assumed the directorship of the national organization in New York. In 1945, when the name of the LNA was changed to the American Association of the United Nations (AAUN), Eichelberger continued as the organization's executive director until 1964.</p> <p>In 1964, the AAUN was merged with the United States Committee for the United Nations to form a new organization entitled the United Nations Association of the USA. (UNAUSA). Eichelberger served as vice president of the UNAUSA until 1968, but his role was diminished. After the merger in 1964, Eichelberger devoted most of his time to the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace (CSOP), which he helped to found in 1939. He served as director (1939-1964), chairman (1964-1968), and executive director (1968-1974). At the time of his death Eichelberger was honorary chairman of the CSOP.</p> <p>Other organizations with which Eichelberger was associated, or which he helped to found include the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies and its predecessor, the Non-Partisan Committee for Peace through Revision of the Neutrality Law; the Committee for Concerted Peace Efforts; Citizens for Victory; Free World Association; Americans United for World Organization; and the World Federation of United Nations Associations.</p> <p>Eichelberger also served as consultant to the League of Nations Secretariat (1938), to the United States Delegation to the San Francisco Conference (1945), and was a member of the committee which created the first working draft of the Charter of the United Nations. He is also the author of several books on the United Nations.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The collection dates from 1920 to 1991, and is arranged into two Series, Organizational Records and Personal Papers. The collection contains records from the organizations where Clark M. Eichelberger served as an official, as well as his personal writings, research, and correspondence.</p> <p>The bulk of the Organizational Records Series consists of files from the League of Nations Association, the American Association for the United Nations, and the Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. There are also records of the American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts, Americans United for World Organization, Citizens for Victory, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies, and Free World Association. These records include correspondence of the executive directors and other officials, minutes, press releases, photographs, periodicals, clippings, printed ephemera, audio recordings, and films.</p> <p>The Personal papers contain Eichelberger's writings, research, notes, audio recordings of his radio broadcasts about the United Nations, oral history interviews, and personal miscellany including papers related to his career as a lecturer with the Radcliffe Chautauqua System.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Clark M. Eichelberger papers are arranged in two series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/910#c1246566'>I. Organizational Records</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1920-1981</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Organizational Records date from 1920 to 1981, and contains records from organizations where Eicheberger served as an official. The Series is arranged into eight Subseries: League of Nations Association, Inc.; Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies; American Union for Concerted Peace Efforts; Citizens for Victory; Free World Association; Americans United for World Organization; American Association for the United Nations; and Commission to Study the Organization of Peace. The Series includes correspondence, meeting minutes, press releases, photographs, periodicals, clippings, printed ephemera, audio recordings, and films.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/910#c1246872'>II. Personal Papers</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1920-1990</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Series II dates from 1920 to 1990, and contains Eichelberger's personal papers, which are divided into four Subseries, Writings and Research Notes; Radio Broadcasts; Personal Miscellany; and Additional Papers.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>The bulk of the Clark M. Eichelberger Papers were donated to the Library in the 1978, 1980, 1981 and 1982 in a succession of gifts by Clark M. Eichelberger, Rosa Kohler Eichelberger, and Estelle Linzer. Miscellaneous additional records were donated by Estelle Linzer in 1992.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">John D. Stinson</span> in <span class=\"date\">1987</span>.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Contact the Manuscripts and Archives division (manuscripts@nypl.org) with questions regarding access to audio and moving image materials.</p>"}
- revisiondesc
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{"value"=>"Revised in", "date"=>"1994 and 2020."}
- date_start
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1920
- keydate
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1920
- date_end
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1991
- date_inclusive_start
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1920
- date_inclusive_end
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1991
- extent_statement
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216 linear feet (216 boxes). 217 audio recordings. 18 moving image recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Clark M. Eichelberger papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}