- unitid
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{"value"=>"3110", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"MssCol 3110", "type"=>"local_call"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1942-1950", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1942/1950"}
{"value"=>"1948-1949", "type"=>"bulk", "normal"=>"1948/1949"}
- date_inclusive_start
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1942
- date_inclusive_end
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1950
- keydate
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1942
- date_start
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1942
- date_end
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1950
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"United World Federalists records"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"12 linear feet (12 boxes)"}], "supress_display"=>true}
- repository
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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 New York State Branch of United World Federalists, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1947. It was one of 28 state branches of the organization that promoted world federal government, United Nations reform, legislative resolutions, and amendments to the U.S. Constitution to favor world federal government. The predecessor to the national organization was World Federalists, founded in 1941, which merged with other groups in 1943 to form Federal World Government, Inc., the latter becoming World Federalists, USA in 1945, which in turn became the United World Federalists (U.S.) in 1947. The New York State branch was inoperative after 1952. Collection consists of correspondence, minutes, financial records, and printed matter from New York State Branch of United World Federalists, World Federalists and Federal World Government, Inc. Correspondence, 1948-1949, is of the executive secretaries with state chapters and relates to organizational matters. Other records include minutes of the executive committee; financial records, 1947-1950; and printed matter concerning the national organization and its state branches and local chapters. Also correspondence and printed matter, 1942-1943, of World Federalists; and correspondence, 1944-1945, of Federal World Government, Inc."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"Materials in English"}
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"<p>United World Federalists records, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"United World Federalists (U.S.). New York State Branch", "type"=>"corpname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>The New York State Branch of United World Federalists, Inc. was founded in New York City in 1947, the year of the founding of the national organization. It was one of 28 state branches (and over 700 local chapters) which promoted world federal government, United Nations reform, legislative resolutions and amendment to the federal constitution favoring world federal government. Oliver A. Quayle, III and William H. Wells were its executive secretaries. The national organization is still in existence but the state branch seems to have become inoperative after 1952. Its predecessor was World Federalists, founded in 1941 which merging in Oct of 1945 to form World Federalists, U. S. A., which in turn merged in Feb. of 1947 to form United World Federalists, Inc.</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The records consist of correspondence, financial papers, and printed matter. The correspondence (1948-1949) which is arranged alphabetically 1s that of the executive secretaries which state chapters and relates to organizational matters. There is some correspondence of John C. Holt, II, as field director. A file of minutes of the executive committee is filed under \"E\". The financial papers (1947-1950) include bank statements, bills payable, cancelled checks, check stubs, expense accounts, and a fragment of the general ledger. The printed matter consists of printed and near-printed form letters, minutes, memoranda, reports bulletins, press releases, and promotional literature of the national organization and its state branches and local chapters arranged in two subject files. There is also a file of correspondence (circa 1942-1943) and printed matter of Mary Ware Dennet as chairman of World Federalists, and a file of correspondence (1944-1945) of Tom O. Griessmer, as executive secretary of Federal World Government, Inc. Included in the printed matter are 10 35mm microfilm strips of personalities and events in the world government movement.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>7 April 1966, Received from Stewart M. Ogrilvy (with World Government News records)</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"type"=>"processing", "value"=>"<p>Accessioned by John D. Stinson, 11/3/82</p>"}
- extent_statement
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12 linear feet (12 boxes)
- date_bulk_start
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1948
- date_bulk_end
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1949