The collection contains administrative records, correspondence, fliers, notes, and transcripts related to the World Education Fellowship from 1969-1992.
The Mansfield Chapter of the World Federalist Association, the oldest continually operating chapter in the U.S, celebrated its fortieth anniversary in 1988 with approximately 120 members. It is a non-profit, tax-deductible, educational organization, whose basic objectives are the abolition of war and the establishment of a world authority or authorities capable of insuring world peace through enforceable world law and the equitable regulation of world issues without resort to the use of arms. In 1949, the chapter asked for a state legislature resolution calling for a federal constitutional amendment that would enable the United States to join a world government.
This collection consists of forty-four large informational posters published by the U.S. Army Information Branch during the Second World War in order to provide news from the war fronts and educate service members on friendly and enemy equipment, tactics, and other important subjects. This collection represents only a fractio n of the entire run; more than two hundred posters were published between 1942 and 1946.
Wynna Wright was born in Chelsea, MA, on 9 November 1899, the daughter of John W. (newspaper editor) and Grace Wright. She graduated from Smith College in 1921. Ms. Wright died 11 March 1980 in Contoocook, NH.
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company was established in 1868 by Linus Yale and Henry Towne in Stamford, Connecticut. Yale & Towne Manufacturing was the leading employer in the Stamford, Connecticut, area for many years.
At the time of its formation in 1866, the Hartford Association was one of the earliest Associations for young women in America, and the first community social agency in Hartford.
Chiefly correspondence, also includes manuscripts submitted, and some publicity material associated with the Ziesing Brothers Book Emporium, located in Willimantic, CT.
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