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Title: Edward B. Marks papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-2005
Collection Number: 2006C55
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 6 manuscript boxes (2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and other writings, correspondence, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to international assistance to refugees from World War II to the 1980s.
Creator: Marks, Edward B.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edward B. Marks Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Edward B. Marks was an American refugee worker who worked as an official with the U.S. War Relocation Authority, the International Refugee Organization, and the International Organization for Migration, as well as the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and UNICEF from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Scope and Content of Collection

Contains materials relating to international assistance to refugees from World War II through the 1980s, documentation on the various refugee organizations Marks worked for or with over the same years, photographs documenting the United States Agency for International Development and the United Nations. Printed matter, writings and speeches document refugee experiences from all over the world, the International Year of the Child in 1979, the United Nations, and Marks' memoirs.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Refugees
International relief
International Refugee Organization
United States. Agency for International Development
UNICEF
United States. War Relocation Authority
International Organization for Migration
U.S. Committee for Refugees

 

Biographical file 1932-2002

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by format
box 1, folder 1

Awards, Lester Granger Award 2001-2002

box 1, folder 2

Clippings about E. B. Marks 1944-1967

 

Correspondence

box 1, folder 3

Family 1937-1966

box 1, folder 4

Miscellaneous organizations 1938-1962

box 1, folder 5

Speaking engagements file 1939-1960

 

Travels file

box 1, folder 6

Germany and the U.S.S.R. 1932

box 1, folder 7

U.S.S.R. 1978

 

Organizations file 1932-2001

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by the name of organization
box 1, folder 8

Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS) 1996-2001

 

Atlas Publishing Company

box 1, folder 9

Correspondence 1938-1939

box 1, folder 10

Publications, American Wine and Liquor Journal July 1935 (edited by E. B. Marks)

box 1, folder 11

Research material on temperance movement 1936-1991

box 1, folder 12

Statements from E. B. Marks regarding labor dispute 1938

box 1, folder 13

Immigration and Refugee Services of America 2001

box 1, folder 13

International Committee on European Migration, proposed television program, "Nation on Nations," 1956

box 1, folder 14

International Film Associates 1946

 

United Nations

 

General

box 1, folder 15

Clippings 2001-2003

 

Correspondence

box 1, folder 16

Ferrero-Waldner, Benita 1995

box 1, folder 17

Ogata, Sadako 1991

box 1, folder 18

Vieira de Mello, Sergio 1991

box 1, folder 19

Identification badge undated

box 1, folder 20

High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), notes 1994

 

International Year of the Child

box 1, folder 21

Clippings 1978-1980

 

Conferences

box 1, folder 22

Lists of 1978-1979

box 1, folder 23

Paper, "Child Advocacy in the Century of the Child," Catherine Ross 1979

box 1, folder 24

Correspondence 1979

box 1, folder 25

Grun, John (Director of Secretariat) 1980

box 1, folder 26

Memoranda 1980-1981

box 1, folder 27

Miscellaneous 1979

 

Publications

box 1, folder 28

"IYC Report," January 1979

box 1, folder 29

"Pictures from a Small Planet," 1980

 

Publicity

box 1, folder 30

"Childquotes about Children," 1978

box 1, folder 31

Draft plan and letter 1978

 

Reports

box 1, folder 32

"Epilogue, The Impact of the Year," by E. B. Marks undated

box 1, folder 33

"Highlights of National Action in IYC," 1981

box 2, folder 1

"International Year of the Child, Report to the President," U.S. National Commission 1980

box 2, folder 2

"Principal United Nations Documents and Resolutions Pertaining to IYC," 1981

box 2, folder 3

"Studies on Children Produced in or as a Result of IYC," 1981

box 2, folder 4

Untitled, about the role of non-governmental organizations in IYC 1981

box 2, folder 5

Signage and logos undated

box 2, folder 6

International Year of Peace, draft memorandum by E. B. Marks 1984

 

UNICEF

box 2, folder 7

"A Brief History of the U.S. Committee for UNICEF," by C. Lloyd Bailey 1981

box 2, folder 8

Clippings 1988-1990

box 2, folder 9

Colleagues 1987-1996

box 2, folder 10

Convention on the Rights of the Child 1988-1989

box 2, folder 11

Correspondence, Downs, Hugh 1990-1996

 

Executive Board Reports

box 2, folder 12

"Children in Eastern Europe, an Information Note," 1990

box 2, folder 13

"Progress Report on the International Child Development Centre," 1990

box 2, folder 14

"Report of the Executive Director, Overview of Actions for Children in 1989," 1990

box 2, folder 15

"Statement by James Grant, Executive Director...at opening of Executive Board session, May 1980"

box 2, folder 16

Non-Governmental Organizations Committee on UNICEF 1982

box 2, folder 17

Publications, miscellaneous 1988-1990

box 2, folder 18

World Summit for Children 1989-1990

box 2, folder 19

United Nations Association: Talking points on accomplishments of United Nations undated

box 2, folder 20

Years project 1984

 

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

box 2, folder 21

Bureau for Africa 1963-1965

box 2, folder 22

Business card undated

box 2, folder 23

Correspondence 1966, 1976

box 2, folder 24

Distinguished Service Award 1976

box 2, folder 25

Report, "Operations Babylift," 1975

box 2, folder 26

Responses to criticism of foreign aid 1963-1965

box 2, folder 27

Vietnamese refugee camps 1965

 

Background information

 

Clippings

box 2, folder 28

1942-1943

box 2, folder 29

1980-2002

box 2, folder 30

Redress issue 1983-1987

box 2, folder 31

Resignation of Harold Ickes 1946

box 2, folder 32

National Refugee Service Special Information Bulletins 1942

box 2, folder 33

Pamphlet from Home Missions Council 1942

box 2, folder 34

Reprint of article, Far Eastern Survey 1942

box 2, folder 35

Stafford Press (Stafford School, Minidoka Relocation Center) undated, circa 1945

box 2, folder 36

"Study of Immigration and Naturalization Laws and Problems," Hearings, U.S. House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization 1945

 

Correspondence about

box 2, folder 37

Riesman, David 1989

box 2, folder 38

Robinson, Greg 1999

box 2, folder 39

Eulogy for Dillon S. Myer, by E. B. Marks 1982

box 2, folder 40

Guidelines on Community Activities 1943

box 2, folder 41

Memoranda and reports 1942-1945

box 2, folder 42

Notes by E. B. Marks 1942-1943

 

Publications 1942-1943

box 3, folder 1

WRA: A Story of Human Conservation (unattributed but largely written by E. B. Marks) 1946

box 3, folder 2

Published articles about WRA 1998-1999

box 3, folder 3

Response to exhibit "America's Concentration Camps," 1998-2000

 

Welfare Council of New York City

box 3, folder 4

Memoranda 1938

box 3, folder 5

Organization chart 1936

 

Publications, Better Times

box 3, folder 6

1936-1938

box 3, folder 7

1939

box 3, folder 8

Publicity

 

Speeches and writings 1935-2005

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically
box 3, folder 9

List undated

box 3, folder 10

Miscellaneous autobiographical fragments undated

box 3, folder 11

Poetry, humorous undated

box 3, folder 12

"Wanted: A Change in New York's Wine Laws," New York Times Magazine January 1935

box 3, folder 13

"The Drys Crusade Again, With New Tactics," New York Times Magazine 1936 October 25

box 3, folder 14

Proposal for a Sunday welfare page, sent to New York Times December 1936

box 3, folder 15

"The Federal Theatre and the Consumer," paper for course at Columbia University April 1938

box 3, folder 16

"Youth Groups and the Newcomers-A Symposium," The Youth Leader October-November 1940

 

"Star-Spangled Showmen: The Dilemma of the Federal Theatre," Masters thesis, Columbia University 1939

box 3, folder 17

Background information 1938-1940

box 3, folder 18

Notes undated

box 3, folder 19

Drafts of text undated, around 1938-1939

box 3, folder 20

"The Volunteer in Auxiliary Services with Refugees," The Jewish Social Service Quarterly September 1941

box 4, folder 1

"Token Shipment: The Story of America's War Refugee Shelter" (Washington: War Relocation Authority, 1946)

box 4, folder 2

"Fair Exchange," The American Magazine June 1946

box 4, folder 3

"The Hard Core DP's," The Survey June 1946

box 4, folder 4

"Migration in Transition," notes on immigrant care July 1955

box 4, folder 5

"Millions on the Move," Public Welfare July 1956

box 4, folder 6

"Internationally Assisted Migration: ICEM Rounds Out Five Years of Resettlement," International Organization, Volume XI, Number 3 1957

box 4, folder 7

"Planned Migration, 1956-1957: A Report," Common Council for American Unity May 22, 1957

box 4, folder 8

"How the Yugoslav Camps for Hungarian Refugees Were Closed," Migration News November-December 1958

box 4, folder 9

"The Cuban Refugee Dilemma," unpublished typescript March 1962

box 4, folder 10

"Refugees in Three Areas: Plight of the Uprooted Chinese, Africans, Cubans," unpublished report July 1962

box 4, folder 11

"Saigon: The Impact on the Refugees," The Reporter January 12, 1967

box 4, folder 12

"Child Abuse," speech at Yale University conference 1979

box 4, folder 13

"Why an International Year of the Child?" speech given by E. B. Marks on several occasions as Associate Director for IYC Secretariat 1979

box 4, folder 14

Notes for various speeches, International Year of the Child 1979

box 4, folder 15

"The Year of the Child," undated chapter draft of untitled work

box 4, folder 16

Untitled book proposal, for work about refugees circa 1980

box 4, folder 17

Untitled fragments about refugees circa 1980

box 4, folder 18

"Anti-Maim," undated satirical poem about gun control circa 1980

box 4, folder 19

"American Attitudes and Policies," unpublished typescript about refugees circa 1983

box 4, folder 20

Untitled summary of Marks' experiences in refugee resettlement circa 1984

box 4, folder 21

"10.6 Million Refugees Face an Erosion of World Concern," unpublished typescript 1984

box 4, folder 22

"Refugees and the American Ethic," unpublished typescript circa 1986

box 4, folder 23

"People in Limbo," unpublished typescript circa 1989

box 4, folder 24

"The Refugees Are on the Move, and the Rich Countries Can Help," Philadelphia Inquirer undated, circa 1989

box 4, folder 25

"Bonjour Boyesse: A Memoir of Wartime Saigon," unpublished typescript circa 1990

box 4, folder 26

"An Upper West Side Story," undated typescript circa 1990

box 4, folder 27

"For a Better World: Posters from the United Nations" (San Francisco: Pomegranate Press, 2000), correspondence 1992-2000

box 4, folder 28

"American Corporations Help Vietnamese Educators to Improve Teaching of English," typescript submitted to Boston Globe 1998

box 4, folder 29

"Art...at Home in the United Nations," United Nations Chronicle, No. 4 1998

box 4, folder 30

"The Tortuous Path to Citizenship," unpublished typescript 1998

box 4, folder 31

"Talk on U.N. Day," speech notes 2002

box 4, folder 32

"Still Counting: Achievements and Follies of a Nonagenarian" (Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books, 2005)

 

Photographs 1948-2000

Arrangement note

Arranged chronologically
box 5, folder 1

United Nations International Refugee Organization, Geneva and Athens 1948-1953

 

United States Agency for International Development

box 5, folder 2

Refugee camps in South Vietnam 1965

box 5, folder 3

Congressional delegation visit 1965

box 5, folder 4

Refugee camps in South Vietnam circa 1965-1966

box 5, folder 5

Nigeria circa 1969-1970

box 5, folder 6

Unidentified (perhaps India or Bangladesh) 1975

box 5, folder 7

E. B. Marks receiving Distinguished Service Award 1976

box 5, folder 8

Trip to Soviet Union 1978

 

United Nations

box 5, folder 9

Photographs from International Labor Organization circa 1979

box 5, folder 10

Photographs for book, "A World of Art," 1989

box 5, folder 11

Photographs for book, "For a Better World," 2000

 

Printed matter 1939-1995

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by title
box 5, folder 12

"America and the Refugees," by Louis Adamic (Public Affairs Committee, 1939)

box 5, folder 13

"America Meets the Refugee: A Handbook on the Program of the National Refugee Service, Inc." (New York: National Refugee Service, 1940)

box 5, folder 14

"American Voluntary Aid for Germany, 1945-1950," by Edward McSweeney, O.P. (Freiburg i.B.: Caritasverlag, 1950)

box 5, folder 15

"American Voluntary Aid for Germany, 1945-1950," by Edward McSweeney, O.P. (Freiburg i.B.: Caritasverlag, 1950)

box 5, folder 16

"Don't Fence Me In!: Fort Ontario Refugees and How They Won Their Freedom," by Joseph H. Smart (Salt Lake City: Heritage Arts, 1991)

box 6, folder 1

"The �migré Physician in America, 1941," reprinted from the Journal of the American Medical Association November 29, 1941

box 6, folder 2

"Fridtjof Nansen," by Chr. A.R. Christensen (U.N. High Commission for Refugees, et.al., 1961)

box 6, folder 3

"Immigrants and Refugees: Their Similarities, Differences, and Needs," International Committee for European Migration 1976

box 6, folder 4

"In Her Own Words," by Helenka Adamowska Pantaleoni (New York: U.S. Commission for UNICEF, 1994)

box 6, folder 5

"The International Committee for World Refugee Year, 1959-1961," ICWRY 1961

box 6, folder 6

"Paths to the New World," by Edward Corsi, (New York: Anti Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, 1953)

box 6, folder 7

"The Problem of Chinese Refugees in Hong Kong: Report Submitted to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees," by Dr. Edvard Hambro 1954

box 6, folder 8

"Protestant Experience with United States Immigration, 1910-1960," by Benson Y. Landis (Church World Service, 1961)

box 6, folder 9

"Refugees in Philadelphia," Philadelphia Study Committee on Refugee Integration 1962

box 6, folder 10

"The Stranger at Our Gate," by Hubert H. Humphrey, Jr. (New York: Public Affairs Committee, 1954)

box 6, folder 11

"The String Bracelet: Reflections of and by the Young People of Southeast Asia," compiled by Kyle Farmbry (Washington DC: Intercultural Productions, 1989)

box 6, folder 12

"Teaching About International Organizations," by Gene M. Lyons (Academic Council on the United Nations System, 1988)

box 6, folder 13

"The United Nations: Fifty Years After San Francisco," by Edward C. Luck and Gene M. Lyons (Hanover, N.H.: Dickey Center, Dartmouth College, 1995)

box 6, folder 14

"We Strangers and Afraid," by Elfan Rees (New York: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1959)