- Creator
- United War Work Campaign, Inc.
- Call number
- MssCol 3109
- Physical description
- .3 linear feet (1 folder, 3 oversize folders)
- Preferred Citation
- United War Work Campaign collection, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Manuscripts and Archives Division
- Access to materials
- Request an in-person research appointment.Restrictions apply
United War Work Campaign, an American private organization, coordinated fundraising for World War I war work with American servicemen. The Campaign did fundraising for seven welfare societies: National War Work Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations, War Work Council of the National Board of the Young Women's Christian Associations, National Catholic War Council (Knights of Columbus), Jewish Welfare Board, War Camp Community Service, American Library Association, and the Salvation Army. Collection consists of posters and printed ephemera removed from a scrapbook compiled Nov. 11 to 18, 1918 by the United War Work Campaign. Printed matter includes samples of fundraising materials.
Administrative information
Source of acquisition
Transfer, General Research Division, New York Public Library, 1987Key terms
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Location
Manuscripts and Archives DivisionStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Brooke Russell Astor Reading Room, Third Floor, Room 328
Access to materials
Request an in-person research appointment.Access restrictions
Researchers are requested to use 35mm slides of posters.