Contents and Arrangement
Collection Overview
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Scope and Contents
The General Correspondence (1940 May-1941 Dec) contains correspondence from members of State and Local Chapters to the National Committee, and correspondence between members of the Administrative Management personnel. The latter includes Clark M. Eichelberger (National Director), Thomas Powers (who became National Director in 1941 when Ernest Gibson was called to active duty), Alex W. Burger (Technical Assistant for the National Committee), Robert F. Duncan (Assistant to the National Director), Alfreda Sill (Publicity Department), Roger S. Greene (Associate Director), and Frances Thomas [Mrs. Harrison Thomas] (Assistant to Clark M. Eichelberger and Director of the State and Local Chapter Division). In addition to correspondence there are memoranda related to individuals who wrote to, or called the Committee to Defend America. While these materials date from 1940 May to 1941 December, the bulk of the material dates from 1940 June to 1940 October. This material is arranged alphabetically by writer, and in reverse chronological order for each individual. Folders for individuals exist for the following people: Julian H. Barnes, Basil Brewer, Frederick C. McKee (Treasurer), Hugh Moore (Executive Chair), G.A. More (Minneapolis chapter), E.Guy Talbot (Director, West Coast Regional Office in San Francisco, CA), and William Allen White.
- Arrangement
No arrangement action taken or arrangement information not recorded at the time of processing.
Collection History
- Appraisal
An attempt has been made to organize the records of the Committee in a way that reflects as closely as possible the original order and the way in which the Committee used the records, or when this was not possible, arranging the records in as usable an order as possible. Due to the short-term life of the Committee combined with the extremely large amount of paper work produced within this time a great deal of duplication occurred, and the files were not always kept in a consistently ordered fashion. All divisions of the Committee to Defend America worked closely with each other, and the intermingling of materials reflects this. This is especially true of the Administrative Management, which oversaw all of the divisions of the Committee and this series contains material from all divisions.
Processors discarded almost all of the financial files including all bank deposits, ledgers, checks, vouchers, and receipts. Related financial material can be found in the following series: Series 1: Administrative Management, Daily Reports; Series 2: Executive Committee minutes; and in Series 6: Fund Raising. Other discarded materials include 25 card file drawers containing membership cards and contribution receipts, duplicate materials, materials published by organizations other than the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies and organizations with which the Committee merged.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections, nor does it require researchers to obtain its permission for said use. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through the Ask Us! form.
- Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.
- Credit this material:
CORRESPONDENCE--General; Committee to Defend America By Aiding the Allies Records, MC011, Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (mudd)
- Boxes 1-2
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- Existence and Location of Copies
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- Names:
- Duncan, Robert F
Eichelberger, Clark M. (Clark Mell) (1896-1980)
Gibson, Ernest W. (1901-1969)
Greene, Roger Sherman (1881-1941)
McKee, Frederick C.
Moore, Hugh (1887-1972)
White, William Allen (1868-1944)
