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Full listing > Accession MU2013/121| Accession # | MU2013/121 | | Topic | Peace: Relief and Rehabilitation Activities April 1943 - Spring 1947 | | Keywords | CPS, CO, | | Title | Peace: Relief and Rehabilitation Following World War Two | | Location | IIS, MC General File: Peace - Relief and Rehabilitation | | Citation | Peace: Relief and Rehabilitation Following World War Two, MU2013/121, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Office of College Advancement: Rita Schroll | | Scope and Content | A documented paper and timeline describing the Manchester College Involvement in Relief and Rehabilitation Activities Following World War II. It begins with the Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Project announced by Lewis Hershey, Director of Selective Service, and mentions Manchester College as the site of one of the training side camps for Conscientious Objectors. It mentions the involvement of Andrew Cordier, Charles P. Taft, Ernest Wampler, John Elder, Cyrus and Harold Kiracofe, Rev. and John Deaton, Dan West, Gladdys Muir and many others. Organizations such as the United Nations, the Post-War Planning Commission, the Student Volunteer Movement, and Students for Federal World Government are cited. The paper ends with the formation of Dan West's course entitled, "Bases for Enduring Peace" and Gladdys Muir's arrival on campus. The result of Muir's influence will be the Peace Studies Institute with relief, rehabilitation, and reconstruction work as a major focus. | | Date of Accession | 30 October 2013 | | Archivist Note | Formerly assigned Receipt of Object number ROSeptember 2012/9 by Jeanine M. Wine.
Description prepared 30 october 2013 by Jeanine M. Wine. |
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