United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration records, 1945-1948

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Extent:
8.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes and 1 oversize box)
Language:
Materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Records (Collection 1041). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of research materials, pamphlets, newspapers, press releases, books, news bulletins, art prints, and ephemera distributed by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) and collected by David N. Leff while on assignment with the UNRRA Mission in Yugoslavia. Many of the pamphlets and periodicals are in Russian, Serbo-Croation, French, and other languages.

This collection consists largely of research materials collected by David Leff while on assignment with the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency (UNRRA) in Yugoslavia. The bulk of the collection is composed of pamphlets, newspapers, press releases, and news bulletins distributed by UNRRA, covering the years 1945-1948. Though much of the material is in English, many of the pamphlets and periodicals are in Russian, Serbo-Croatian, and various other languages.

Processing information:

Processed by Saundra Taylor, February 1969.

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Physical location:
Stored off-site. All requests to access special collections material must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Open for research. All requests to access special collections materials must be made in advance using the request button located on this page.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Records (Collection 1041). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988