Near East Relief Committee records, 1904 -- 1950

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Series 2: Near East Relief, 1914 -- 1936

This series is open for research.

7.5 linear feet; 7.5 linear feet; 12 boxes

This series contains records (largely collected by Talcott Williams) which show the expanded mission of the organization, including bulletins, cablegrams and other correspondence, newspaper clippings, press releases and fundraising materials, Executive Committee dockets, and minutes from other committees as well as reports on topics such as education in orphanages and religious education. Notable members of the organization, such as Cleveland Dodge and Charles Vernon Vickrey, Executive Secretary of Near East Relief, are represented, as is the plight of many displaced groups, such as Assyrians, Greeks and Armenians. These records show aid extended to Armenia, Syria, Persia, Beirut, Greece and other locations in Asia Minor. The series concludes with information from the Golden Rule Society, also collected and owned by Williams.

This series is unarranged.



Box 7 Folder 1-12 Bulletins, Cablegrams, Clippings, Correspondence, Minutes, Reports on Education in Orphanages, Donation Reports, Fundraising Materials, Press Releases, Report on Refugees, Report on Religious Education, 1920 -- 1927


Box 7 Folder 13 NER Cablegrams and Financials, 1915 -- 1922


Box 7 Folder 14 NER Pamphlets, 1923 -- 1926



Box 8 Folder 1-11 NER Correspondence, Reports, Minutes, Articles, 1920 -- 1936



Box 9 Folder 1-6 Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, 1920 -- 1927


Box 9 Folder 7 Bulletins, 1924


Box 9 Folder 8 Newsletter, 1920 -- 1921



Box 10 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 11 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 12 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 13 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 14 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 15 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 16 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 1920 -- 1927



Box 17OS Oversize Maps and Posters, 1914



Box 18 Folder 1-3 Golden Rule Society: Correspondence and Pamphlets, 1924 -- 1925


Box 18 Folder 4-5 Religious Education in Near East, Correspondence, Agenda and Pamphlets, 1923 -- 1924


Box 18 Folder 6-7 Talcott Williams Correspondence and Notes, 1925 -- 1927


Box 18 Folder 8 NER Pamphlets, 1923 -- 1925