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Creator: American Bar Association
Abstract Or Scope: Correspondence, memoranda, manuscripts, typescripts, manuscript notes, proofs, photocopies of original letters, manuscripts, documents, and other supporting materials used in the research, writing and publication of the American Bar Association's "War Powers Study." The correspondence and memoranda include applications for research positions with the project and communications among the project staff. By far the majority of the papers consist of heavily corrected manuscripts and typescript drafts of each chapter for the multi-volume series entitled: WAR, FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND CONSTITUTIONAL POWERS (Cambridge, Mass., Ballinger, 1976-). Each chapter's drafts are followed by extensive working papers which include research papers written by the staff, photocopies and transcripts of original letters, manuscripts and documents, inventories and calendars of historical documents, and excerpts from printed sources.

Creator: Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
Abstract Or Scope: This collection details conversations discussing topics such as unity, baptism, women in the Church, the Eucharist and intercommunion, mixed or intermarriage, the nature of sin, and the purpose and role of the Church, and includes papers written by experts of all faiths including Peter Day, an ecumenical officer for the Episcopal Church, Bishop Arthur A. Vogel of the Anglican Church, Bishop Charles H. Helmsing of the Roman Catholic Church, and Robert T. Handy, a Baptist pastor and Professor of Church History at Union Theological Seminary. The collection also contains records of minutes, reports, correspondence, position papers, and books and news statements drafted at bilateral meetings of the Roman Catholic Church and various Protestant churches.

Creator: American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions
Abstract Or Scope: The American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM), organized in 1810, was the first successful North American agency dedicated to foreign missions. ABCFM existed until 1961 when it merged with the Board of International Missions to form the United Church Board for World Ministries. The collection concerns missions in South Africa in Rhodesia and Zulu; missions in Asia including Turkey, India, Japan, and China; missions in the Philippine Islands; and ABCFM organization in general.

Creator: Southern Rhodesia Mission Association
Abstract Or Scope: Annual reports, 1900-1949; minutes, 1902-1947; index to minutes, 1909-1939; and constitution, bylaws, and standing order rules.

Creator: American Booksellers Association
Abstract Or Scope: The records include administrative documents, minutes, clippings, marketing materials, scrapbooks, posters, photographs, and audiovisual material that reflect the ABA's and its membership's many activities in the last 124 years, from annual conferences and training events, to specific marketing campaigns and intiatives such as Indie Next and the White House library.

Creator: American Bureau for Medical Aid to China
Abstract Or Scope: Papers of the American Bureau for Medical Aid to China consist of correspondence, memoranda, reports, minutes, committee files, membership records, financial records, fund raising records, motion pictures, audio tapes, phonograph records, photographs, posters, publications of ABMAC and other printed materials. Also included are the files of related Chinese relief organizations: Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, 1954-1969; American Emergency Relief, 1941-1946; United Services to China, 1941-1977. Of particular interest are approximately 6,000 photographs of Chinese medical colleges, hospitals, laboratories and personnel and 45 phonograph records including speeches by such ABMAC supporters as Mme. Chiang Kai-Shek, Pearl S. Buck, Wendell Willkie, Fiorello LaGuardia and a number of movie stars

Creator: American College for Girls (Istanbul, Turkey)
Abstract Or Scope: These records contain information related to the formation of the American College for Girls. They document the founders' attempts to define the mission of a Christian women's college within the Ottoman Empire.

Creator: Columbia University. American Committee for the Library of Caen
Abstract Or Scope: The collection consists of the Professor Horatio Smith's correspondence files as the Chair of the American Committee for the Library of Caen.

Creator: American Constantinople Relief Committee
Abstract Or Scope: The American Constantinople Relief Committee formed in 1912 to raise money for war refugees in Turkey and surrounding area, and disbanded in 1914 after questions of integrity were raised against the secretary's fundraising practices. The collection contains correspondence, committee minutes, reports sent to missionaries in the field, news clippings, photographs, and publicity materials.

Creator: American Council on Education
Abstract Or Scope: This collections contains the records of the American Council on Education (ACE) received by the Office of the President. For additional ACE records, please consult Central Files (UA#0001).

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