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Columbia University Archives

Andrew Cordier Papers at the Columbia University Archives, 1923-1974

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This collection consists of correspondence, both personal and professional, of Andrew Cordier from the late 1920s through 1974, as well as administrative records related to Cordier's tenure at Columbia University.
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Subseries 1: Personal, 1923-1945

Service Committee during World War II, assisting refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Some of the correspondence
College in the 1920s through the 1940s, his work with the American Friends Service Committee and Brethren

This subseries consists of letters to and from Andrew Cordier before he began working at Columbia University. They include information on his other professional interests such as his work at Manchester College in the 1920s through the 1940s, his work with the American Friends Service Committee and Brethren Service Committee during World War II, assisting refugees fleeing Nazi Germany. Some of the correspondence relates to particular refugees and includes their curriculum vitae and photographs; these photographs have remained in their original location. Correspondence from the early 1930s includes information about Cordier's involvement in various Indiana state elections. The folder "Personal, 1932" contains some of Cordier's speeches in addition to those found in Series IV. Speeches and Writings. Note that the personal correspondence is incomplete, with some years missing entirely.

  1. Series I: Correspondence, 1923-1974

Series IX: Assorted Material, 1931-1974

Service Committee, of which Cordier was greatly involved in during the 1930s and 1940s. Correspondence
various conferences Cordier attended. Also includes minutes and other material related to the Brethren

This series is a collection of items maintained by Cordier's office for reference purposes. It contains material on the retirement of Grayson Kirk, memoranda from William McGill and information on various conferences Cordier attended. Also includes minutes and other material related to the Brethren Service Committee, of which Cordier was greatly involved in during the 1930s and 1940s. Correspondence with the Committee can be found throughout Series I. Correspondence, Subseries I.1. Personal. Original photographs from folder "Construction of International Affairs Building" have been placed in the photograph collection under "Buildings and Grounds-Morningside Campus, International Affairs Building Construction, 1969." Photocopies of the photographs remain in the folder. Folder of Lists contains miscellaneous lists of acceptances to dinners, seating lists, membership lists, and appointment lists. Folder "Reason and Romance in the Sociology of the University Curriculum" is a paper written by a graduate student, Joseph A. Diorio in 1971.

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United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration records, 1943-1949

103 Reels

The reports and correspondence relating to UNRRA were arranged according to the nine administrative divisions of that organization that generated the documents: Bureau of Administration (26 reels); Office of the Diplomatic Adviser (4 reels); Office of the Director General (20 reels); Office of the Economic Adviser (4 reels); Office of Far Eastern Affairs (9 reels); Office of the General Counsel (19 reels); Office of the Historian (16 reels); Office of Public Information (1 reel); and Secretariat Executive Office (3 reels). Within each division, subsidiary bodies are typically separated into subject and country files.

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