Found 5 collections related to Baldwin, Roger N. (Roger Nash), 1884-1981

Gertrude Amalia Heyman (1878?-1958) was a stenographer who served with the American Expeditionary Forces and the Jewish Welfare Board in France during World War I. She continued her career as a public stenographer and notary public in various U.S. cities before settling in New York in 1928. During World War II she supported efforts to combat antisemitism in the U.S., was active in the war resistance movement, and was involved in general civic matters. Collection consists of Heyman's correspondence, scrapbooks, autobiographical writings, and photographs. Correspondence concerns the two world wars, civil liberties and antisemitism, politicians, her travels, the Heyman family, civic matters, and the American Friends Service Committee. Scrapbooks contain materials about Heyman's life and family. Papers also include autobiographical writings, typescript of Bahai burial service, photographs, clippings, and personal memorabilia. less

The papers, which include correspondence, organizational papers, notes, writings, printed ephemera, and audio-visual materials, document Mr. Hertzberg's various employments as editor of Common Sense, Consumers Union and Current magazines; as journalist and as special correspondent for The Hindustan Times ; and as writer, publicist, and friend of India. less

William Bross Lloyd, Jr. (1908-1995) was a writer, organizer and political activist, who focused on world government and peace. These additions to his papers include professional correspondence, files from Lloyd's major fields of interest including satellite and radio communications, the United Nations Association and the World Federalists Association, miscellaneous subject files, and notes and drafts of articles. less

Norman Matoon Thomas (1884-1968), the American Socialist leader, started his career as a Presbyterian minister in New York City. He became active in the peace movement during World War I and founded the National Civil Liberties Bureau (renamed American Civil Liberties Union in 1920) with Roger Baldwin. Thomas became an active member of the Socialist Party of America, was co-director of the League for Industrial Democracy, and edited the socialist magazine, The World Tomorrow. He ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of the U.S. six times on the Socialist ticket and was active in the civil rights, universal disarmament and anti-war movements throughout his life. Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, speeches, writings, newspaper columns, press releases, and other papers relating to Thomas' career in national politics, his leadership of the Socialist Party and of the labor movement, and his association with various organizations. General correspondence, 1905-1967, accounts for the bulk of the collection and provides, particularly after 1932, an almost daily record of his activities and concerns. These papers document his relationship with leading politicians, government officials, trade union leaders, and major intellectual and political figures of his time. Organizational files, 1904-1967, consist of documents relating to the numerous organizations with which Thomas was involved. Speeches, 1911-1967, include drafts and final copies of his speeches, statements, interviews, publicity materials and many of his speaking schedules. Writings, 1917-1967, contain published and unpublished essays, books, newspaper columns, journals, diaries and unpublished autobiography. Subject files, 1905-1967, consist of reports, essays, clippings, and other printed matter concerning foreign and domestic affairs, civil liberties and discrimination, and war and peace. Also includes records and memorabilia, 1936-1964, from testimonial celebrations held in his honor; financial papers, 1933-1967, family papers, 1915-1969; biographical and publicity materials, 1903-1964; and photographs, ca. 1900-1966. less

The International League for Human Rights was founded in New York City in 1942 as the International League for the Rights of Man, a non-governmental agency to promote human rights worldwide. The League takes as its platform the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948. The League sponsors studies and programs on human rights, conducts direct interventions with governments concerning rights violations, lodges protests with international agencies, conducts investigative missions, sends observers to political trials, and aids individual victims of human rights violations. The records consist of correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, financial papers, case files and printed matter such as clippings, press releases, brochures, and newsletters. This material documents League efforts to investigate human rights abuses around the world, to assist individual victims, and to participate in conferences sponsored by the United Nations and other international organizations. Correspondence files include letters of League founder and chairman Roger Baldwin to and from League members and other individuals and organizations. Also included are internal memoranda, press releases, reports and ephemera relating to the investigation of rights violations in various countries. Administrative records and case files from the Family Reunification Program document League efforts to aid individuals fleeing political oppression in Eastern Europe and elsewhere during the 1970s-80s. less