American Fund for Public Service records

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 74", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"74", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"American Fund for Public Service records"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1922-1941", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1922/1941"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"31 linear feet (59 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"36 microfilm reels"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1922

date_inclusive_end

1941

origination

{"value"=>"American Fund for Public Service", "type"=>"corpname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>The American Fund for Public Service, also known as the Garland Fund, was created in 1922 by Charles Garland to support radical social and economic causes. The board of directors included prominent leaders of the labor movement, the Socialist and Communist parties, and civil rights and minority groups. From 1922 to 1941 the Fund gave nearly two million dollars to a variety of left-wing organizations and enterprises, such as labor unions, cooperatives, schools for workers, radical publications, bail and legal defense funds, and civil liberties, penal reform, and minority rights groups.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Records of the American Fund include internal and external correspondence of members of the board of directors, treasurer, and legal counsel, 1922-1941; board of directors meeting minutes, 1922-1941; several committee reports and surveys, 1923-1939; memoranda and reports on policy, 1922-1932; auditor's reports, 1922-1941; lists of appropriations and loans, 1922-1941; and application files for each individual or organization requesting assistance. Grant and loan application files account for 70% of the collection and contain the correspondence of the applicant with the Fund and often a variety of supporting materials such as reports, memoranda, publications, financial records, leaflets, as well as comments by Fund officials regarding the application. Files are divided into two series: Applications Accepted and Applications Refused.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The American Fund for Public Service records are arranged in five series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/74#c1106739'>Correspondence</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/74#c1106756'>Board of Directors Meeting Minutes</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/74#c1106759'>Committee Reports and Surveys (with related correspondence)</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/74#c1106776'>Applications Approved</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/74#c1107437'>Applications Unfavorably Acted Upon</a></div>\n</li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 84M91"}

{"date"=>"1970", "source"=>"Amrican Fund for Public Service, 1933-42", "method"=>"Transferred from General Research Division, NYPL", "extent"=>"94 o", "value"=>"Transferred from General Research Division, NYPL, Amrican Fund for Public Service, 1933-42, 1970"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Collection available on microfilm; New York Public Library; *ZL-314</p>"}

keydate

1922

prefercite

{"value"=>"American Fund for Public Service records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

31 linear feet (59 boxes); 36 microfilm reels

abstract

{"value"=>"The American Fund for Public Service, also known as the Garland Fund, was created in 1922 by Charles Garland to support radical social and economic causes. The board of directors included prominent leaders of the labor movement, the Socialist and Communist parties, and civil rights and minority groups. From 1922 to 1941 the Fund gave nearly two million dollars to a variety of left-wing organizations and enterprises, such as labor unions, cooperatives, schools for workers, radical publications, bail and legal defense funds, and civil liberties, penal reform, and minority rights groups. Records of the American Fund include internal and external correspondence of members of the board of directors, treasurer, and legal counsel, 1922-1941; board of directors meeting minutes, 1922-1941; several committee reports and surveys, 1923-1939; memoranda and reports on policy, 1922-1932; auditor's reports, 1922-1941; lists of appropriations and loans, 1922-1941; and application files for each individual or organization requesting assistance. Grant and loan application files account for 70% of the collection and contain the correspondence of the applicant with the Fund and often a variety of supporting materials such as reports, memoranda, publications, financial records, leaflets, as well as comments by Fund officials regarding the application. Files are divided into two series: Applications Accepted and Applications Refused.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1922

date_end

1941

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1. Correspondence [16/1]
2. Board of Directors Meeting Minutes [2/1]
3. Committee Reports and Surveys (with related correspondence) [10/1]
4. Report for the First Six Months of Operation
5. Memorandum on Policy of Fund After About 10 Years of Operation by Roger Baldwin
6. Auditor's Reports
7. Cumulative list of appropriations to various organizations to
8. Cumulative list of loans to various organizations
9. Public Relations file
10. Applications Approved [8/1]
11. Applications Unfavorably Acted Upon [4/1]