Committee for Inter-American Cooperation records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 606", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"606", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Committee for Inter-American Cooperation records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1940-1942", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1940/1942"}

physdesc

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date_inclusive_start

1940

date_inclusive_end

1942

origination

{"value"=>"Committee for Inter-American Cooperation", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The Committee for Inter-American Cooperation first met in New York City in 1940 (under the name of Temporary Committee for Pan American Cooperation). The Committee was sponsored by the Joint Boycott Council and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Its purpose was to foster closer cultural, political and economic relations between the U.S. and Latin America and counter the effects of fascist propaganda and infiltration in the Americas. The Committee was dissolved in 1941.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of correspondence and papers documenting the activities of the Committee. Correspondence relates to the Committee's efforts to organize, attract sponsors, and enlist support for its various programs. Other papers include minutes of meetings, documents, memoranda, press releases, and photocopies of newsclippings.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 59M23"}

{"date"=>"1959", "source"=>"Tenenbaum, Joseph", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Tenenbaum, Joseph, 1959"}

{"extent"=>"1 o"}

keydate

1940

prefercite

{"value"=>"Committee for Inter-American Cooperation records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

1.2 linear feet (2 boxes)

abstract

{"value"=>"The Committee for Inter-American Cooperation first met in New York City in 1940 (under the name of Temporary Committee for Pan American Cooperation). The Committee was sponsored by the Joint Boycott Council and the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies. Its purpose was to foster closer cultural, political and economic relations between the U.S. and Latin America and counter the effects of fascist propaganda and infiltration in the Americas. The Committee was dissolved in 1941. Collection consists of correspondence and papers documenting the activities of the Committee. Correspondence relates to the Committee's efforts to organize, attract sponsors, and enlist support for its various programs. Other papers include minutes of meetings, documents, memoranda, press releases, and photocopies of newsclippings.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1940

date_end

1942

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1. Applications - correspondence w/ applicants for staff positions
2. "Buy Latin America" campaign sponsored by Women's Division of the Committee - correspondence of Mabel Hazlett Keep
3. Department Stores
4. Exhibits
5. "Fiesta Americana" held at the Architectural League - correspondence 1941 of Mabel Hazlett Keep; press releases, list of patrons, program, seating list, etc
6. Finance [3/1]
7. General Correspondence [2/1]
8. "House of the Americas" - memorandum to Mayor of N. Y. C
9. Inter-American Cooperation Week [5/1]
10. Keep, Mabel Hazlett (organization director of the Committee) - correspondence memoranda
11. Knopfmacher, Dr. Ernst - letters to Dr. Tenenbaum
12. Lists of members and sponsors, etc
13. Lists of those contacted for sponsorship of the Committee
14. Lists of government officials
15. Lists of organizations
16. Magazines and Newspapers - correspondence w/
17. Marcus, Dr. Robert S. - "Fascist Penetration in the Americas" - excerpts from address by Dr. Marcus at a meeting of the Committee
18. Meeting of 26 February 1941 - correspondence re
19. Meeting of 23 March 1941 - correspondence re
20. Meeting of 27 March 1941 - correspondence re
21. Meeting of 29 March 1941 - correspondence re
22. Meeting of 15 April 1941 - correspondence re
23. Meetings - Miscellaneous correspondence
24. Meetings - Minutes of Meetings of the Committee
25. Memoranda (incl. memos re program, aims objectives of the Committee)
26. Motion Picture Companies - correspondence
27. Organizations - correspondence w/
28. Pan American Union (of Wash., D. C.) - correspondence
29. Press Releases
30. Publicity
31. Radio Stations - correspondence w/
32. Rockefeller, Nelson A. - correspondence
33. Schools - correspondence w/ James Monroe High School (N. Y. C.)
34. Senators (U. S.) - correspondence w/ (letters from Arthur Capper and Abe Murdock)
35. Sponsor Letters [4/1]
36. Sponsors (Honorary Chairmen, etc.) - correspondence
37. Tenenbaum, Dr. Joseph [2/1]
38. U. S. Foreign Service - replies, to queries regarding relations between U. S. and Latin American countries from ambassadors and other foreign service officers
39. Wilgus, Prof. A. Curtis - "The New Pan Americanism", excerpts from an address by Prof. Wilgus at a meeting of the Committee
40. Women's Division - correspondence w/ prospective sponsors
41. Women's Organizations - correspondence w/