Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars

Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars 

Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars 

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The Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee consists of documentation on individuals who successfully or unsuccessfully sought the Committee’s aid. In all, some 6,000 displaced scholars and professional persons from Europe appealed to the Committee. Of that number 335 were granted assistance through the Committee. Series 3 is particularly notable and contains biographical information about Emergency Committee grantees and account ledgers detailing payments to the grantees’ employers. Series 1: Subject files contains a variety of administrative records generated by the Emergency Committee including memorandums, minutes from various meetings, reports on Committee activities, financial records, press releases, and other materials related to the routine operation of the Committee. Series 2: Personal Files contains the biographical and case file for Robert M.W. Kempner, the personal correspondence of Betty Drury, and information pertaining to finding employment for Betty Drury after the Emergency Committee was disbanded. Also contains personal data about the scholars aided by the Committee, obtained through interviews, correspondence, or questionnaires separate from those in series three and four. Series 3: Account ledgers and biographical forms for Emergency Committee Grantees contains biographical information sheets (alphabetical by last name) for those scholars who received monetary aid from the Emergency Committee. Also contains two account ledgers detailing when, where, and to whom the monies were paid from 1933 to 1945. Series 4: Biographical information forms for refugee scholars contains biographical information forms for a wide variety of refugee scholars. Not all of these scholars received financial support from the Emergency Committee. The information sheets are organized in alphabetical order by profession. Series 5: Drafts for The Rescue of Science and Learning contains original drafts with marginalia, notes, publisher’s typeset, and other information pertaining to the publication of The Rescue of Science and Learning by Stephen Duggan and Betty Drury. Series 6: Alphabetically Indexed quotes considered for inclusion in The Rescue of Science and Learning contains a collection of quotes taken from interviews, newspaper and magazine articles, books, and other publications, that were considered for inclusion in The Rescue of Science and Learning. The quotes are typed on 5” X 7” index cards and alphabetically organized by topic. Series 7: General correspondence, and other materials file contains correspondence of the Emergency Committee. The correspondence is in alphabetical order and reflects the original arrangement of the Emergency Committee. In some cases, correspondence is filed by the last name of the sender. In other cases, correspondence is filed by the name of the originating agency. In some cases, correspondence is filed by the last name of the scholar in question. Other materials in the series follow the same pattern. Series 8: Newspaper and magazine clippings contains newspaper and magazine clippings related to the work of the Emergency Committee or to refugee scholars. Many clippings are obituary notices for refugee scholars. Series 9: Miscellaneous documents and notes contains documents originally filed in a folder labeled “miscellaneous.” Series 10: Pamphlets and other published materials contains bound printed materials about the Emergency Committee or about refugee scholars. 

The Betty Drury collection regarding the Emergency Committee is arranged as ten series: Series 1: Subject files, 1922-1956 (1933-1945) Series 2: Personal files, 1929-1960 (1939-1947) Series 3: Account ledgers and biographical forms for Emergency Committee scholars, 1933-1945 Series 4: Information forms on refugee scholars, 1944-1945 Series 5: Drafts for The Rescue of Science and Learning, circa 1947 Series 6: Indexed quotes considered for inclusion in The Rescue of Science and Learning, 1947 Series 7: General correspondence, 1933-1948 Series 8: Newspaper and magazine clippings, 1943-1945 Series 9: Miscellaneous documents and notes, 1938-1945 Series 10: Pamphlets and other published materials, 1939-1945