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{"format"=>"simple", "value"=>"1.6 linear feet (4 boxes)"}
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{"value"=>"1928-1947", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1928/1947"}
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1928
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1947
- keydate
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1928
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"United China Relief records"}
- repository
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{"value"=>"The <span class=\"corpname\">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"=>"United China Relief was founded in 1941 in New York City for the purpose of raising funds to aid the Chinese people during times of national crisis. The main function of United China Relief was to provide funds for the relief and rehabilitation of the Chinese people. Ancillary goals were to serve as a medium for informing Americans on events and conditions in China, and to help to reassure the Chinese people of continued American concern and friendship."}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>United China Relief Records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"United China Relief (U.S.)", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>China, with its recurring famines, has long been the object of charitable and humanitarian aid. The Sino-Japanese War which broke out in 1937 added to the flood of refugees, and sick, wounded, and destitute persons. Throughout the war years many committees were formed in America for the purpose of raising funds to aid the Chinese people. In order to make the raising of funds more efficient by reducing duplication of effort, several committees joined together in 1941 to found United China Relief which was chartered in the State of New York, with its headquarters in New York City. Among the founding organizations were the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, the Associated Boards for Christian Colleges in China, the China Emergency Relief Committee, the Church Committee for China Relief, and the China Aid Council. The records of the latter organization are contained in this collection.</p> <p>The main function of United China Relief was to provide funds for the relief and rehabilitation of the Chinese people. Ancillary goals were to serve as a medium for informing Americans on events and conditions in China, and to help to reassure the Chinese people of continued American concern and friendship. In practical terms the mission of United China Relief was to raise money for distribution to the various committees which had joined together in founding it. The founding committees retained their own individual identities and continued their own relief missions in China.</p> <p>In 1947 the name of the organization was changed to United Service to China. Mildred Price served as its executive secretary.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records in this collection fall in the period 1928-1947 and are arranged into four series: I. China Aid Council; II. United China Relief; III. United Service to China; and IV. China Child Welfare. The files within each series are arranged by subject and, with few exceptions, bear the original folder titles. Many of the reports and memoranda are in the form of typed transcript copies, some of which were probably made in New York, possibly from originals on loan, while others appear to have been made and translated in China. Many of these documents are not identified by author. Some of the correspondence is likewise in the form of transcript copies. Taken as a whole the records reflect an important part of American private humanitarian aide to China in the two decades preceding the Communist takeover and the severing of contact between the two countries, as they reflect on the Chinese side the frightful suffering and destitution of a people afflicted by war, civil war, occupation, and famine.</p>"}
{"value"=>"<p class='list-head'>The United China Relief records are arranged in four series:</p>\n<ul class='arrangement series-descriptions'>\n<li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3078#c178847'>Series I. China Aid Council</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1938-1947.</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 boxes</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The records of the China Aid Council, which coincide with the period of World War II, include reports on the medical and public health problems created by the war and by the Japanese occupation, some clinical case reports of medical treatments, reports on the manufacture and use of penicillin, and reports on the politicial, social and economic conditions in the Northwest regions occupied by the Chinese guerilla forces. Only a smattering of correspondence is present; some of which relates to the difficulties of transporting medical relief supplies during the renewed civil war between the Communist and Nationalist forces in the Northwest including copies of correspondence between Chou En-lai and officials of UNRRA.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3078#c178873'>Series II. United China Relief</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1938-1944.</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>3 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The records classified under United China Relief consist of copies of reports and memoranda relating to the military situation in China including eyewitness accounts of battles and conditions there.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3078#c178875'>Series III. United Service to China.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1946-1947</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>4 folders</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The records classified under United Service to China consist of minutes of meetings of the Child Welfare Committee at Shanghai and Nanking relating to the development of a national child welfare program for China.</p></div></li><li><div class='series-title'><a href='/mss/3078#c178877'>Series IV. China Child Welfare.</a></div>\n<div class='series-date'>1928-1944</div>\n<div class='series-extent'>1 box</div>\n<div class='series-description'><p>The records of China Child Welfare include correspondence and minutes of meetings of the China Nutritional Aid Council at Shanghai and Chungking relating to the implementation of a program of soya bean nutrition through the manufacture and distribution of soya bean milk and cakes to needy children. This file includes correspondence of Mrs. Owens Roberts, James A. Mackay, Julean Arnold, and Dr. Arthur Young. Present also is correspondence and minutes of meetings of the National Child Welfare Association of China. This organization sought to expand welfare work from the traditional emphasis on relief of destitute children and support of orphanages to a program more comprehensive in nature including child health, guidance, recreation, and education. This file includes correspondence of J.S. Nagle and Garfield Huang.</p></div></li></ul>\n", "type"=>"arrangement"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Gift of United China Relief, 1950.</p>"}
- accessrestrict
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{"value"=>"<p>Collecton is open for use.</p>"}
- relatedmaterial
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{"value"=>"<ul> <li> <span class=\"archref\">United Service to China Archives, 1934-1967. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University, 65 Olden Street, Princeton, NJ 08544</span></li> <li> <span class=\"archref\"> http://libweb.princeton.edu/libraries/firestone/rbsc/finding_aids/usc.html</span></li></ul>"}
- unitid
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{"value"=>"MssCol 3078", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"3078", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- arrangement
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{"value"=>"Four series: I. China Aid Council; II. United China Relief; III. United Service to China; IV. China Child Welfare", "supress_display"=>true}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by John D. Stinson; machine-readable finding aid created by Catherine Lakenwood.</p>"}
- date_start
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1928
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1947