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Title: Marion E. Kenworthy Papers (duplicates), 1939-1970
Predominant Dates:1920s -- 1970s
ID: RG-58/RG-58
Creator: Marion E. Kenworthy (1939 -- 1970)
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Languages: English [eng]
Abstract
A corpus of prewar and war-time official communications and correspondence with public and government officials on the question of immigration to the United States from Nazi Germany and in relation to the active help for German refugee children who fled Nazi controlled territories.
Scope and Contents of the Materials
This Collection comprises official and personal correspondences, largely related to the immigration matters. Marion E. Kenworthy was an active public figure in promoting immigration and aid to the refugees from the German-controlled and occupied territories in Europe.
Box and Folder Listing
- Sub-Collection 1: RG-58.01, Prewar correspondence in the immigration matters, 1939
- Correspondences with regard to provisions and legislation in the matter of accepance of the refugees from Nazi Germany and German-occupied and controlled countries in Europe
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Committees and organizations aiding refugees from German-controlled and occupied countries, US
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Committees and organizations aiding refugees from Germany
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Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany
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Organizational matters with regard to aiding refugees from Nazi Germany
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Correspondence with regard to the acceptance of the refugees from Nazi Germany
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees
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Correspondence between Marion Kenworthy and Wintrop Johnson in the matter of refugees from Germany
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Official correspondences, United States
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Provisions for the legislation allowing acceptance of refugees from the Nazi Germany, 1939
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United States (1939 -- 1945)
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Narratives in English language
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Documents in English language
- Creators:
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Marion E. Kenworthy (1939 -- 1970)
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees (1939)
- Sub-Collection 2: RG-58.02, Newspaper clippings regarding the refugee children, 1930s
- American newspapers' coverage with regard to the provision and legistlation in the matter of the acceptance of Jewish refugee children from Germany and German-occupied and controlled countries in Europe
- Subject/Index Terms:
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American newspapers, coverage of the prospective bill on German refugees, 1939
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Wagner - Rogers Bill in the German refugee matters, 1939
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Wagner - Rogers bill to admit 20,000 German refugee children to US, 1939
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Substantiation for the Wagner - Rogers bill to admit refugee children from Germany, 1939
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Immigration of Jewish children as refugees from Nazi Germany, 1939
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Discussion to admit 20,000 refugee children from Germany to US, 1939
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Public campaign to admit 20,000 Jewish refugee children from Germany to US, 1939
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United States (1939 -- 1945)
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Narratives in English language
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periodicals, American
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Documents in English language
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees
- Creators:
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Marion E. Kenworthy (1939 -- 1970)
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees (1939)
- Sub-Collection 3: RG-58.03, Telegrams in the immigration matters, prewar, 1939
- Telegrams sent and received in the matter of the Jewish refugee children from Nazi Germany and German-occupied and controlled contries in Europe
- Subject/Index Terms:
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official correspondence
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Official correspondence via telegrams, United States
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees
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Western Union, telegrams and wires
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Legislative initiatives in the admittance of Jewish refugee children in the US, 1939
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Correspondence by Postal Telegraph, 1939 -- 1945
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United States (1939 -- 1945)
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Narratives in English language
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Documents in English language
- Creators:
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Marion E. Kenworthy (1939 -- 1970)
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees (1939)
- Sub-Collection 4: RG-58.04, Activity of Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children, 1939
- Provisions and legislations with regard to the Wagner-Rogers Bill in the the matter of acceptance of the Jewish refugee children from Nazi Germany and German-occupied and controlledd countries in the United States, 1939
- Subject/Index Terms:
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Non-Sectarian Committee for German Refugee Children, United States
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National Committee for German refugee children, 1939
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Wagner - Rogers bill to admit 20,000 German refugee children to US, 1939
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Documents related to the Wagner-Rogers Bill to admit 20,000 refugee children from Germany to the US
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees
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Public campaign to admit 20,000 Jewish refugee children from Germany to US, 1939
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United States (1939 -- 1945)
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Narratives in English language
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Documents in English language
- Creators:
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Marion E. Kenworthy (1939 -- 1970)
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Winthrop T. Johnson, functionary in the refugee committees (1939)