- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"1.26 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear feet"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"3 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 4817", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"4817", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1942-2003", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942/2003"}
{"value"=>"1942-1952", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1942/1952"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1942
- date_inclusive_end
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2003
- keydate
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1942
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Student Federalists records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The records of the Student Federalists contain and are arranged into four series: correspondence; files on conventions and other meetings held or attended by the organization; speeches, articles, and other writings by 1944-1945 president Thomas Hughes; and other general information about the members and activities of the Student Federalists. Materials date primarily during the years of the organization's existence (1942-1951), with a few documents of reminiscences falling at later dates."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>Student Federalists records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Young World Federalists", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The Student Federalists organization was established in 1942 by Harris Wofford, then a high school student in Scarsdale, New York. Wofford's Student Federalists group was based on the ideas Clarence Streit (author of <span class=\"title\">Union Now</span> and founder of the Federal Union, Inc.) was advocating at that time, primarily the post-World War II formation of a federal world government--a union that Wofford, Streit, and others envisioned as a peaceful resolution to world conflicts. The Student Federalist movement grew quickly in the final years of World War II and the years immediately following, with chapters in hundreds of high schools and colleges, and an office in Washington, D.C. to oversee the chapters and distribute materials to members. At a 1947 conference in North Carolina, the Student Federalists merged with four other similar organizations, becoming the youth division of the newly-formed United World Federalists. Membership in the Student Federalists began to decline in the years immediately following the merger, and by late 1951 had dropped so low that the organization was disbanded. Many remaining Student Federalists then became part of World Order Realized through Law and Democracy (WORLD), which was established in October of 1951.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records of the Student Federalists are arranged into four series: correspondence; files on conventions and other meetings held or attended by the organization; speeches, articles, and other writings by 1944-1945 president Thomas Hughes; and other general information about the members and activities of the Student Federalists. Materials date primarily during the years of the organization's existence (1942-1951), with a few documents of reminiscences falling at later dates.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The Student Federalists records are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4817#c16297'>Series I. Correspondence</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942-1949, 1970, 2003</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1.5 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Correspondence in this series is largely that received by Thomas Hughes, president of the Student Federalists 1944-1945 (though correspondence is not strictly from his term as president); primarily dealing with issues related to the Student Federalists, though some personal correspondence is also present. Files are named and arranged by correspondent.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4817#c16324'>Series II. Meetings</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942-1948</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>0.5 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The Meetings series contains files on conventions, congresses, and other meetings which the Student Federalists either hosted or participated in. Files include correspondence, schedules, clippings, publicity fliers, and transcripts of addressed given by Student Federalist members (primarily Thomas Hughes) at these events. Materials are arranged chronologically and range in date from 1942 to 1948.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4817#c16345'>Series III. General</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1943-1952</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>0.5 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The General records of the Student Federalists contain biographical information on various members, records of travel related to organization activities, and information on the folding of the Student Federalists into WORLD in October of 1951.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/4817#c16351'>Series IV. Thomas Hughes</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1942-1947, 1997</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>0.5 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>Thomas Hughes was the second president of the Student Federalists, 1944-1945. This series contains speeches and articles he authored on topics of interest to the Student Federalists causes, as well as excerpts from his diary and other personal correspondence on issues related to the organization, and his reminiscences of the organization upon their fiftieth reunion.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"<p>The Student Federalists records are organized in the following series:</p> <ul> <li>Series I. Correspondence, 1942-1949, 1970, 2003</li> <li>Series II. Meetings, 1942-1948</li> <li>Series III. General, 1943-1952</li> <li>Series IV. Thomas Hughes, 1942-1947, 1997</li></ul>", "supress_display"=>true}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Donated by Gilbert Jonas, 2001; Thomas Hughes, 2005</p>"}
- userestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Copyright retained by any document's creator.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Cate Putirskis.</p>"}
- extent_statement
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1.26 linear feet (3 boxes)
- date_start
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1942
- date_end
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2003
- date_bulk_start
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1942
- date_bulk_end
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1952