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Title: Christopher Temple Emmet papers
Date (inclusive): 1913-1974
Collection Number: 74105
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
127 manuscript boxes, 5 cubic foot boxes, 9 envelopes, 33 phonorecords
(60 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, writings, recordings of radio broadcasts, and photographs, relating to
anti-Nazi and anti-communist movements in the U.S., U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, and U.S.-German relations. Digital
copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Emmet, Christopher Temple, 1900-1974
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Box FH2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.
[Identification of item], Christopher Temple Emmet papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1900, March 18 | Born, New York City |
| 1919-1920 | Attended Harvard University |
| 1920's | Attended University of Freiburg |
| 1938 | Secretary, Volunteer Christian Committee to Boycott Nazi Germany |
| 1940 | Chairman, Committee to Aid Britain by Reciprocal Trade
Vice president, France Forever Member, executive committee, Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies |
| 1942 | Moderator, Foreign Affairs Round Table, Station WEVD, New York |
| 1945 | Chairman, Committee Against Mass Expulsions |
| 1946 | Treasurer, Committee for a Fair Trial for Draja Mihailovich
Member, board of trustees, Freedom House |
| 1947 | Organizer, Committee for a Just Peace with Italy
Member, board of directors, Common Cause |
| 1951 | Executive vice president, American Council on Germany
Member, board of directors, International Rescue Committee |
| 1955 | Member, executive committee, American Friends of Vietnam |
| 1956 | Chairman, American Friends of the Captive Nations |
| 1958 | Vice chairman, Emergency Committee for U.N. Action on Hungary |
| 1959 | Delegate, Atlantic Congress, London |
| 1974 | Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
Christopher Temple Emmet was also known as Christopher Temple Emmet, Jr.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sound recordings
Anti-communist movements -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations
Anti-Nazi movement
Germany -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Germany
American Council on Germany
American Friends of the Captive Nations