Society for the Prevention of World War III records, 1945-1972

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
Ms Coll\SPWWIII
Bib ID:
4079604 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Society for the Prevention of World War III (New York, N.Y.)
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
5 linear feet (12 boxes)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 2-12 (arranged materials) are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, reports, and publications. Much of the material in the collection consists of second-hand reports on events in Germany and on prominent Germans throughout the world. The attitudes and activities of the Society are best illustrated in its publication"Prevent World War III" a complete run of which is located at the end of the collection

Arrangement

Eleanor Roosevelt correspondence cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

Boxes 2-12 (arranged materials) are located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the Society, 1973.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Records: Source of acquisition--Society for the Prevention of WWIII. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1973. Accession number--M-1973.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Records Entered in AMC 12/03/90.

Revision Description

2020-03-30 Replaced PDF with structured finding aid. cml/kws

Biographical / Historical

Founded at the end of the Second World War, the Society concerned itself with the problems of dealing with post-war Germany. The issues in which it was most interested were de-Nazification and de-industrialization, and many of its records relate to former Nazi leaders or German industrialists who assumed or attempted to assume positions of power after the war.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Reports CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Name
Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Germany -- History -- 1945-1955 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Germany -- Politics and government -- 1945-1990 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Denazification CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Fascism CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nazis CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Peace movements CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Propaganda, Anti-German CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Reconstruction (1939-1951) -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID