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{"value"=>"2106", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 2106", "type"=>"local_call"}
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{"value"=>"1901-1985", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1901/1985"}
{"value"=>"1911-1985", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1911/1985"}
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1901
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1985
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1901
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1901
- date_end
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1985
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{"value"=>"National Self Government Committee records"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"60 linear feet (126 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.</span> <div class=\"address\"> <span class=\"addressline\">Stephen A. Schwarzman Building</span> <span class=\"addressline\">Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The National Self Government Committee was founded in New York City in 1904 by Richard Welling as the School Citizens Committee \"to develop the alert citizens needed in a democracy by practice in schools, colleges and other youth groups.\" The organization is composed of educators and others interested in education for effective leadership and it supports school/community service programs that actively include students in the self-government process. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, questionnaires, reports, charters, financial records, grant proposals, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter documenting the activities of the National Self Government Committee (NSGC). General correspondence, 1901-1948, contains Welling's correspondence with educators, students and educational institutions and associations. Administrative records, 1909-1950, include correspondence with directors of the NSGC, minutes of meetings, reports, and constitutions and charters of student government organizations. Subject correspondence, 1913-1985, concerns NSGC publications, surveys in schools, self government in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, comments of students and officials about citizenship training in their schools, and grants from the NSGC to students and communities. Also included are replies to questionnaires, 1911-1924; writings, 1912-1947, of Welling with diaries, notebooks, speeches, and other items; financial documents; scrapbooks; photographs, ca. 1911-1913, of students; video cassette of New York project; and printed matter."}
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
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{"value"=>"<p>National Self Government Committee records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
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{"value"=>"National Self Government Committee (New York, N.Y.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The National Self Government Committee, Inc. (N. S. G. C.), is an organization composed of educators and others interested in education for effective leadership. The N. S. G. C. was founded in 1904, under the name \"Self Government Committee\" by Richard Welling (1858-1946). The name was eventually changed to The National Self Government, Inc., to reflect to the public, that, the Committee was national not local. Individuals who help organize the Committee were Charles S. Fairchild, Samuel McCune Lindsay, George Haven Putnam and John G. Agar. Other major contributors were Lyman Beecher Stowe and Sophia Pollack. Ms. Pollack joined the Committee c. 1929, as Secretary and today, continues to serve in that capacity.</p> <p>The N. S. G. C. is organized through a Board of Directors, Junior Directors and the Associate Council. Through this structure, the N. S. G. C. goal is to develop the alert citizen needed in a democracy by practice in schools, colleges and other youth groups. This was accomplished by having the N. S. G. C. speakers attend National Education annual meetings; promoting the idea of self government in elementary and secondary schools; encouraging the teaching of civics in schools and colleges; and publishing materials relevant to civics and self government.</p> <p>Currently, the N. S. G. O. appropriates funds for the support of student projects in the New York City schools. The emphases is for the school/community service programs that actively include a large number of students in the self government process.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the National Self Government Committee, Inc contains correspondence, minutes, reports, replies to questionnaires, writings, financial documents, printed material, scrapbooks and photographs, including twenty photographs (mostly duplicates) of boys practicing self government, 1911-1913.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The National Self Government Committee records are arranged in eight series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057000'>Series One: General Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains incoming correspondence to Welling's from educators, schools concerned with citizenship, students, universities and colleges and educational associations. Subjects covered are responses to literature published by the N. S. G. C.; ongoing civic activities; progress on self government for young adults; and samples of constitutions of self government in schools. Outgoing correspondence is mainly from Richard Welling, the founder.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057033'>Series Two: Administrative</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>(partial), contains Richard Welling correspondence with the Directors of the N. S. G. C., 1921-1950; minutes of a meetings, 1921-1941; meetings 1942-1946; minutes, 1909-1938; reports, 1910-1933; and constitutions and charters of student government organizations.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057038'>Series Three: Subject Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Contains correspondence regarding requests and reactions to the N. S. G. C. publications i. e. \"Civics As It Should Be Taught\" (1933); \"Defend the Public Schools Against Militarism\" (1930); \"Your School and Its Government\" (1946). Other subjects are Civilian Conservation Corps' correspondence in regard to self government in C. C. C. camps (1934-1935); Superintendents Inquiry: replies and comments from superintendents in New York State regarding the status of citizenship training in their schools (1936); correspondence relating to the efforts of William McAndrew and the N. S. G. C. to have civics taught on the college level (1936-1942); N. S. G. C. inquiry to the Regents on the status of civic and political instruction in public schools and colleges (1932-1938); \"National Conference on Student participation\", correspondence and data of faculty advisors interested in developing student government (1928-1946); and scattered correspondence regarding Richard Welling's opposition to military training in schools.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057190'>Series Four: Replies</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Replies are mainly from elementary students, 1911-1913, and to a lesser extent high school and college students, 1911-1913. Principals were also asked to respond to questionnaires with information on race, ethnic background, sex and age level of students; the effects of self government in schools both positive and negative; and teachers reaction. There are also some assorted replies from other individuals and list of members receiving student government literature.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057213'>Series five: Writings</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Richard Welling's diaries, 1922-1947; address book and various other notebooks; mail records (1912); speeches by Welling and others and notes.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057224'>Financial Documents</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Miscellaneous bills and receipts.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057225'>Members lists, printed material, scrapbooks and assorted papers</a></div>\n</li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/2106#c1057236'>Additions</a></div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Correspondence, circa 1948-1969; Associate Council correspondence; minutes of meetings, 1956-1971; and projects; proposals funded and rejected, 1980-1985; proposals of high school students, 1980-1985 and minutes, 1980-1985.; video cassette: Core Project- Satellite Academy (Chambers Street, NYC).</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>Eight series: General Correspondence; Administrative; Subject Correspondence; Replies to Questionnaires; Writings; Financial Documents; Members Lists, Printed Material, Scrapbooks; Additions</p>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>1957; 1960; 1971; 1985, Received from National Self Government committee; (gift); Sophia Rush (gift)</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>11/19/1986</p>"}
- extent_statement
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60 linear feet (126 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1911
- date_bulk_end
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1985