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Carnegie Council on Ethics & International Affairs records, 1844-2008

534 linear feet
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Correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial records, publications, notes, subject files, awards, speeches, reports and audiovisual materials document work by the Church Peace Union, its successors Council on Religion in International Affairs and Council on Ethics and International Affairs, and related organizations such as the World Alliance for International Friendship Through the Churches. The first installment of the CCEIA archival materials came to the RBML in 1974, with numerous additions over the years. A major addition in 1982 contained primarily the records of the Board of Directors and their semi-annual meetings, as well as the various programs and institutes of the Council, for the years 1972-1982, along with selected 1930s materials. 1986 addition contains presidential correspondence files, minutes of the Board of Trustees and committees, special projects, programs and conferences files, and the business and editorial files of "Worldview". Correspondents include John Foster Dulles, Jane Addams, Fiorello La Guardia, and Paul Tillich. 1990 and 2000 additions includes files of CCEIA presidents and vice presidents, paper and audiovisual materials on Merrill House Conversation Programs; Educational programs; International Monetary Fund/Lecture series; The Annals Of The Academy Of Political & Social Science; Washington Consultations; Colloquia for the Clergy; Church State Project; Asian Development & The Carribean Initiative; Korea: Year 2000 Project; fundraising files, printed materials and files of the Department of Publications.

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Development Strategies in Conflict Brazil and the Future of the Amazon; Ethics and Intervention: The United States in Grenada, 1983; Covert Intervention in Chile, 1970-1973; Chemical Arms Control: The U.S. and the Geneva Protocol of 1925; A Case Study of Terrorism: Northern Ireland 1970-1990; Ethics and Emigration: The East German Exodus, 1989; Values in Conflict: America, Israel, and the Palestinians ; From Miracle to Crisis: Brazilian Foreign Debt and the Limits of Obligations; The Withdrawal from UNESCO: International Organizations and the U.S. Role; Doing Business in South Africa: Seeking Ethical Parameters for Business and Government Responsibilities; The Kuwait Crisis: Sanctions, Negotiations, and the Decision to Go to War; Human Rights and Foreign Policy: What the Kurds Learned (A Drama in One Act); The Wallenberg Case Revisited: A Focus on Its Ethical Dimensions; The Problems of Doing Good: Somalia as a Case Study in Humanitarian Intervention; Richard Harris, Reinhold Niebuhr and the New Right; James V. Schall, On The Most Mysterious of the Virtues: The Political and Philosophical Meaning of Obedience in St. Thomas, Rousseau, and Yves Simon; Joel H. Rosenthal, Kenneth W. Thompson: Master of Ethics and International Affairs; John A.D. Cuddleback, Are Natural Law and Moral Autonomy Compatible?; Robert A. Lauder, Jacques Maritain's Personalism and the United Nations; Vittorio Possenti, Human Rights and Human Nature; Promoting Democracy After the Cold War: U.S. Policy in the Philippines; John C. Bennett, Neibuhr's Ethic: The Later Years; Kenneth W. Thompson, The Modern International Relevance of Reinhold Nieburh; Michael Barnett, The Politics, Power, and Pathologies Of International Organizations; Toward a New Public Philosophy: A Global Reevaluation of Democracy at Century's End, Nov. 14-15, 1996; Merrill House Seminar Education and Studies Program - Population Growth and U.S. Policy: Who Benefits?; Case study # 20 - Shell in Nigeria: Corporate Social Responsibility and the Ogoni Crisis, 1983-2004 Box 1061

Norman Angell papers, 1914-1952

2.5 linear feet
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Manuscripts and correspondence of Sir Norman Angell, covering his work during the two World Wars and British and American politics. Included are more than eighty manuscripts of his articles and essays, and the manuscripts for his autobiography, AFTER ALL. The correspondence file includes letters from Gilbert Murray and William Allen White.

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Proportional Representation League records, 1900-1965

59 linear feet
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Correspondence with the officers of the League, Clarence G. Hoag, George H. Hallett, Jr., their secretary Miss Elsie S. Parker, and the Field Secretary Walter J. Millard. Correspondence also includes material to and from Proportional Representation Societies in other countries, the largest of which is in Great Britain. Also, research materials concerning early advocates of proportional representation; and correspondence, manuscripts, documents, reports, charts, clippings, and printed materials kept by Richard Spencer Childs.

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Corliss Lamont papers, 1891-1993

3 linear feet
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of Lamont. Letters from George Santayana (1863-1952), with Lamont and others, a few early manuscripts, interviews and other notes on Santayana, and general correspondence about him. A series of letters from John Dewey to Lamont, discussing his ideas on humanism and religion. Extensive correspondence with the family of John Masefield including approximately 100 letters from Judith Masefield to Lamont, primarily written shortly after the death in 1967 of her father the poet John Masefield, and dealing with his life and work. Also, a few of her own writings; a number of the letters are descriptive of historical England and her concern for contemporary events. Among the letters from other family members are fifteen from Lamont's nephew, Jack Masefield, and 53 from his cousin Sir Peter G. Masefield, 1970-1983, conveying news about Judith as well as interest in the publication of John Masefield's letters from the World War I years and their continuing appreciation of Lamont's work on Masefield. There is discussion on the publication of Masefield's letters to Corliss' mother, Florence Lamont, printed in 1979.

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John N. Wheeler papers, 1915-1966

3 boxes
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Most of the material in this collection relates to the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc. There are 204 letters from seventy different correspondents including Bernard Baruch, Winston Churchill, Ernest Hemingway, and George Bernard Shaw. Every U.S. President from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson (with the exception of John Kennedy) is represented in this collection. Also, 393 letters representing Mr. Wheeler's side of the correspondence; and a group of miscellaneous items including a collection of clipped autographs formed by Elizabeth Wheeler.

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Mary Lasker papers, 1940-1993

353 linear feet
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The collection consiste of correspondence, memoranda, reports, bulletins, clippings, photographs, awards, and printed material. The files, arranged by genre and topic and reflect her philanthropic and legislative work in the areas of health, specifically cancer, heart disease, and mental health. Her civic and legislative work is covered in detail, as well as her private interests and activities.

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Peter Viereck papers, 1815-2006

83.7 linear feet
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The papers of the historian, poet, and conservative political theorist Peter Viereck (1916-2006), his father, George Sylvester Viereck (1884–1962), and other family members.
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George W. Perkins Jr. papers, 1895-1990, bulk 1909-1960

25 linear feet
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This collection contains the papers of George W. Perkins, Jr., a diplomat who served as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and as United States Permanent Representative to NATO. The bulk of the papers relates to his work for NATO and for the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, which he chaired. There are also documents pertaining to his service in the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. Most of the material consists of correspondence and photographs.
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George W. Perkins Sr. papers, 1871-1920

40 linear feet
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The collection, which reflects these associations, includes correspondence, financial records, memoranda, papers, speeches, and newspaper clippings, relating to the history of life insurance, banking, industrial development, and politics in the early 20th Century.

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Frank Altschul Papers, 1884-1986, bulk 1925-1980

90 linear feet
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This collection documents the life of Frank Altschul--investment banker, publisher, and philanthropist--through his correspondence, writing, and research.
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