Women's Club of the State University of New York at Buffalo Relief Project records
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 3-1-506
Records, 1946-1949, of the Relief Project undertaken by the Women's
Club of the University of Buffalo, to aid families of university professors in
Germany, Austria, France, England, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Poland,
Czechoslovakia, Greece, and other countries devastated during World War II. The
records include correspondences, photographs, financial records, newspaper
clippings, and other items. Correspondence with relief recipients includes
personal accounts of wartime and post-war events and conditions, particularly
economic conditions. Many letters praise the efforts of the United Sates in the
reconstruction of Europe. Of particular interest are letters and publications
from Greek nationalists and a letter from M. Takada of Hiroshima, Japan,
describing the effects of the atomic bomb.
Dates
- 1946-1949
Creator
- Women's Club (State University of New York at Buffalo) (Organization)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English.
Terms of Access
The Women's Club of the State University of New York at Buffalo
Relief Project Records are open for research.
Copyright
Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,
or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written
permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before
publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be
copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise
specified.
Extent
2.5 Linear Feet (2 cartons)
Overview
Records, 1946-1949, of
the Relief Project undertaken by the Women's Club of the University of Buffalo,
to aid families of university professors in Germany, Austria, France, England,
the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and other
countries devastated during World War II. The records include correspondences,
photographs, financial records, newspaper clippings, and other
items.
Historical Note
After the end of World War II, the Women's Club of the University of
Buffalo began a relief project the aim of which was to aid families of
university professors in Germany, Austria, France, England, the Netherlands,
Italy, Japan, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Greece, and other countries devastated
during the war. The project was chaired by Mitzie Maclup, wife of Dr. Fritz
Maclup, in 1946-1947. Mrs. John D. Sumner chaired the Relief Project from
November 1947 until its termination in 1949. Working in neighborhood groups,
members of the Women's Club collected, packaged, and distributed food and
clothing to families of faculty members. Initially, recommendations of needy
families were made primarily by faculty members at the University of Buffalo
and later by the initial recipients and various relief agencies.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in two series based on record type: I. Administrative files and II. Recipient files.
Acquisition Information
These records were donated to the University Archives by Mrs. John
D. Sumner, former chairman of the Women's Club Relief Project, on June 18 and
July 29, 1980.
Accruals and Additions
No further accruals are expected to this collection.
Processing Information
Collection processed by: Archives staff, circa 1990.
Creator
- Women's Club (State University of New York at Buffalo) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid for the Women's Club of the State University of New York at Buffalo Relief Project records
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Archives staff.
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- und
Repository Details
Part of the University Archives Repository
Contact:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo New York 14260-1674 US
716-645-2916
716-645-3714 (Fax)
lib-archives@buffalo.edu