Faculty Committee on Receiving Oxford and Cambridge Children, Yale University, records
Scope and Contents
The records consist of correspondence, reports, financial papers, memoranda, sponsor forms, and case files on individual guests documenting the activities and operations of the Faculty Committee on Receiving Oxford and Cambridge Children.
Dates
- 1971-1976
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Access to Series II, III, and IV is restricted.
Some records in this finding aid have been redacted, as they include student names, donor names, and other restricted data. These records will not appear in the published finding aid.
Arrangement
The records are arranged as follows: I. Administrative and Financial Files, 1940-1948. II. Administrative and Financial Files, 1940-1946. III. Files on Sponsors, Non-Sponsors, and English Guests, 1940-1946. IV. Case Files, 1940-1945.
Extent
11.25 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
Persistent URL
Abstract
The records consist of correspondence, reports, financial papers, memoranda, sponsor forms, and case files on individual guests documenting the activities and operations of the Faculty Committee on Receiving Oxford and Cambridge Children.
Biographical / Historical
The committee existed from 1940-1948 and coordinated the relocation to the United States of wives and children of Oxford and Cambridge faculty members during World War II.
General note
Forms part of Yale Record Group 6 (YRG 6), Records of Yale committees.
- Hemingway, Samuel Burdett, 1883-1958
- Lovett, Sidney, 1890-1979
- Purdy, Richard Little, 1904-1990
- University of Cambridge -- Faculty
- University of Oxford -- Faculty
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Children
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Civilian relief
- Yale University. Faculty Committee on Receiving Oxford and Cambridge Children
- Title
- Guide to the Faculty Committee on Receiving Oxford and Cambridge Children, Yale University, Records
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by Daniel Hartwig
- Date
- February 2008
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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Location
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