World Calendar Association records, 1450-2001 (bulk 1929-1956).
- 95,150 items. 287 13 containers plus oversize. 120 linear feet.
- Arranged in 10 series. Series 1: General Files, 1931-1955; Series 2: Speech, Article, and Book File, 1932-1956; Series 3: The Journal of Calendar Reform, 1931-1955; Series 4: United Nations File, 1945-1955; Series 5: Newspaper Clippings, 1932-1955; Series 6: Miscellany; Series 7: Wilmer Henry Souder Files, 1929-1953; Series 8: Scrapbooks; Series 9: Addition, 1937-2001; and Series 10: Oversize, circa 1450-1955.
Open to research.
Correspondence, speeches, reports, articles, manuscripts and galley proofs of material appearing in the Journal of Calendar Reform, publicity material, scrapbooks, clippings, photographs, and other records relating to the work of the organization in the promotion of calendar reform. Includes correspondence with and papers of a wide variety of organizations and periodicals. Correspondents include Elisabeth Achelis; William Henry Barton; Samuel Whittemore Boggs; Ralph J. Bunche; Carrie Chapman Catt; William Henry Grenfell, Baron Desborough; and Ching-sung Yü.
Founded in 1930 to promote calendar reform; in 1955 the association moved its headquarters from New York to Ottawa, Ontario, and became the International World Calendar Association.
Collection material in English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011140
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Achelis, Elisabeth, 1880-1973 --Correspondence. Barton, William Henry, 1893-1944 --Correspondence. Boggs, Samuel Whittemore, 1889-1954 --Correspondence. Bunche, Ralph J. 1904-1971 --Correspondence. Catt, Carrie Chapman, 1859-1947 --Correspondence. Desborough, William Henry Grenfell, Baron, 1855-1945 --Correspondence. Souder, Wilmer Henry, 1884- --Correspondence. Yü, Ching-sung, 1898- --Correspondence.