World Calendar Association records, 1450-2001 (bulk 1929-1956).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 95,150 items; 287 containers plus 13 oversize; 120 linear feetSubject(s): - Achelis, Elisabeth, 1880-1973 -- Correspondence
- Barton, William Henry, 1893-1944 -- Correspondence
- Boggs, Samuel Whittemore, 1889-1954 -- Correspondence
- Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 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
- Journal of calendar reform
- Calendar reform
- Containers 256 and 257 contain papers formerly processed and cataloged as the Wilmer Henry Souder Papers.
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
Containers 256 and 257 contain papers formerly processed and cataloged as the Wilmer Henry Souder Papers.
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