A Microfilm copy of the records was given to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection by the Immigration History Research Center at the University of Minnesota in May 1980.
The Papers of the International Institute of St. Louis were deposited in the Immigration History Research Center in August 1976. They were secured through the efforts of Rudolph J. Vecoli, Professor of History at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Immigration History Research Center, and Margaret G. Richards, formerly of the International Institute of St. Louis. An agreement reached in May 1976 between the International Institute of St. Louis Board of Directors and the Immigration History Research Center stipulated that all casework records will be excluded from the depository collection until such time that a policy statement on this material has been issued by the American Council for Nationalities Service (New York), with which the St. Louis International Institute is affiliated. The microfilm copy, however, does not include all published or near-print materials issued by national organizations (e.g. the Interpreter Releases from the Common Council for American Unity). The microfilm copy is selective in its inclusion of other printed material (largely newspaper clippings and magazine articles) as well as various club and group activity records found under Series 17 in the collection's organizational framework (see p. 9, below).
The St. Louis International Institute collection consists of 399 folders and 3 oversize portfolios. Although the collection ends officially with the year 1960, some scattered materials date between 1961 and 1968 at the latest.
The collection was processed in 1976-1977 by John Davenport and Kermit B. Westerberg, with the aid of several co-workers.
Historical Sketch
On May 14, 1919, a special committee of the St. Louis Young Women's' Christian Association (YWCA) was established to act as a service agency for work with foreign-born women and girls. Funds for a six-month period were provided by the War Work Council, organized during World War I for women's work around military camps. The official opening of the St. Louis International Institute came in September, 1919, following a survey of foreign-born districts in St. Louis by the Institute's first Executive Secretary, Letitia Fyffe.
In 1916 Ruth Crawford, an instructor in the St. Louis School of Social Economy, had published her own study on St. Louis immigrants (The Immigrant in St. Louis, a copy of which was included in the St. Louis collection but has now been incorporated in the IHRC Imprint Collection). Her aim was to provide St. Louis citizens with "a foundation of fact upon which they may build their program for better immigrant assimilation."
The results of these various surveys reinforced the need for organized outreach to St. Louis' growing immigrant population. Census statistics for 1910 had shown that 126,287 foreign-born persons resided in that city - an equivalent of 13.3% of the total population. The 1915 census estimates placed this figure at 143,723. Nationalities represented in St. Louis around this time included Armenians, Belgians, Bohemians, Czechs and Slovaks, French, Greeks, Hungarians, Italians, Mexicans, Poles, Romanians, South Slavs and Ukrainians.
When the armistice was signed in November, 1919, the War Work Council distributed the rest of its funds to participating agencies, among which were the Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Associations. The Institute became a department of the YWCA on January 1, 1920, and a YWCA committee was established within the Institute. This working relationship soon led to differences of outlook and procedure. In December, 1922, the YWCA Board of Directors recommended that the Institute be closed. Though this was never done, the "Committee of the Institute" sought separation from the YWCA as well as new sources of funding. On February 1, 1923, the Institute became an independent organization and was admitted to the St. Louis Community Fund. Up until November, 1929, however, the Institute maintained some connection with the Foreign Division of the YWCA National Board in New York, which sent out field workers to consult on personnel and program matters. About that time, complete severance with the YWCA occurred, and the St. Louis International Institute emerged as a fully independent organization. It was also one of the first Institutes to take this step. Apparently, there were good reasons for doing so: indiscretions on the part of field supervisors; subsequent personnel problems and resignations; and protests from foreign-born communities regarding their own nationality workers. Other considerations stemmed from differences of proposed programming. The International Institute Board of Directors had envisioned the Institute as a service organ for all foreign-born individuals--men as well as women, girls, and their families. This was inconsistent with a long-established YWCA policy. Moreover, the International Institute worked with all religious affiliations, whereas the YWCA was a Protestant-dominated agency with Board membership restricted to persons of the Evangelical Protestant faith.
According to its Constitution of 1924 (revised in 1926) the International Institute was to serve immigrants and foreign-speaking people in the following ways: 1) assistance in making adjustments to American life through already extant resources in the community (education, recreation, personal and family welfare) or through supplementary services from the Institute itself; 2) promotion of better understanding of the foreigner among Americans and advancement of community activities as a common meeting ground for both Americans and immigrants. Casework, education, recreation and co-operation were the key words of this program during the 1920's and 1930's. Classes were offered in such topics as English, Citizenship, Health and Hygiene, Millinery and Sewing. Co-operative social work, community contacts, translating and interpreting bureaus, as well as arrangements for ethnic groups, activities and festivals became a steady routine for the International Institute and its staff.
The stock market crash and bank closings of November, 1929, severely hampered the Institute's finances and resources. Nationality staff workers and some office personnel were laid off, and a large part of the Institute's program had to be carried on with the help of volunteers. Although the financial situation was unsteady during most of the 1930's, some federal funding and "New Deal" projects came to the rescue of vital community programming. English and Citizenship classes, for example, were stimulated by new teaching personnel under the Works' Progress Administration. The need for such programs were obvious from the Institute's standpoint: in 1933 more than 25,000 foreign-born residents of St. Louis over 21 years of age had yet to become U.S. citizens.
Cooperative efforts between the Institute and ethnic communities created a spirit of fellowship in the midst of the depression. Examples include the annual Christmas Folk Festivals, the International Arts and Crafts exhibits, and the International Folk Festival held in 1934. In 1935 the Institute received government funding for a major project, the opening of a new branch in the Fairmont Hill section, a major settlement area for Italian immigrants. The community generated funds of its own and took active interest in the project's development and programming. Activities included a Fathers' and Mothers' Club, band concerts, street dances, Italian theater productions, and a special news bulletin, The Hill Beacon (1935-1937), copies of which axe included in this collection. Dwindling funds brought the project and the news bulletin to a halt in 1937.
World War II, compulsory alien registration, and a stream of new European immigrants (many refugees) posed new concerns and added responsibilities for the Institute. It remained in close contact with the U.S. Department of Justice regarding alien registration and deportation matters and co-operated with the Immigration and Naturalization Service in welcoming new arrivals and making new citizens. A Women's Defense (Discussion) Group was formed during the early war years to stimulate war effort activities among Institute members and the community at large. Around 1944 the first of the so-called European "war brides" of St. Louis servicemen began to arrive in the area. They were followed in the 1950's by Japanese "war brides." Both groups formed their own clubs under the Institute's auspices. Special English and Citizenship classes were also arranged for Japanese women in collaboration with the Japanese American Citizens' League. Between 1946 and ca. 1952 regular English classes were held at the International Institute and community schools in cooperation with the St. Louis Board of Education. The Institute continued to operate as a welcoming and hospitality station for the post-war stream of Displaced Persons and political refugees, including those from Hungary in 1956-1958.
The records of recreational- group activities between 1950and 1960 occupy a major section of the St. Louis collection. The oldest continuous activity is the "Opera House" program (begun in the 1930's) which, up to World War II, was planned nearly exclusively by various ethnic-groups. Sunday Night Parties were started in 1948, and a new crop of activities emerged during the early 1950's--including Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Friday Nighters, the Happy-Go-Luckies, International Club and International Friendship Club. The latter two groups have drawn heavily on the flow of international exchange students and academic personnel to area colleges and universities. It is the international exchange of ideas and customs which presently stands as the hallmark of the International Institute and its role in the St. Louis community.
Since its opening in November, 1919, the St. Louis International Institute has been funded by the following agency sources: The War Work Council, St. Louis Community Fund, Community Chest, United Fund, Spirit of St. Louis Fund, and the United Way. In 1955 the International Institute became affiliated with the American Federation of International Institutes (now the American Council for Nationalities Service).
SERIES DESCRIPTION
SERIES 1
Materials in this section are intended as a representative overview of the St. Louis II, its history and development, as well as the general nature of the International Institute movement in America. Statements of purpose, program summaries, informational brochures, notes, "reconstructed histories," and some correspondence chart developments between 1916 and 1963 (f. 1). The period of friction between the St. Louis International Institute and the YWCA National Board is represented chiefly by correspondence files (f. 2).
SERIES 2
Two constitutions (1924, 1926), an organizational development plan (1924), a monthly work schedule (1929), a revised office manual (1930), the articles of incorporation (1956), and undated recommendations on changes in the by-laws constitute the materials in this section. Information contained in this section indicates that up to 1926 there were three governing bodies of the St. Louis International Institute, two of which were interlocking (Advisory Council and Executive Committee), while the International Institute Committee appears to have functioned in cooperation with the YWCA. In 1926 a Board of Directors was constituted as the major governing body. Although the divisions between these governing bodies are not always clear, it was thought best to retain the distinctions in Series 3-6, below.
SERIES 3
The minutes and monthly reports of the II Committee cover the general period 1920-1926.
SERIES 4
Minutes, newsletters and correspondence of the Advisory Council date from the years 1924-1926.
SERIES 5 The minutes of the Executive Committee encompass the general period 1921-1926.
SERIES 6 Materials on the Board of Directors include membership lists (f. 9); minutes and agenda (f. 10-11); Board reports, memoranda, recommendations, copies of the II Briefs (f. 12); and scattered Board members' correspondence (f. 13). The general time period here is 1919-1968.
SERIES 7 Records of the Executive Secretary/Director or Associate Director consist mainly of monthly reports (f. 14-15), annual reports (f. 16), and related documents (f. 17), covering the general period 1919-1968.
SERIES 8
Staff and personnel records date between 1923 and 1960 and represent staff meeting minutes (f. 18); personnel data, employment applications, surveys and correspondence (f. 19); personnel policies and practices (f. 20); as well as miscellaneous materials (f. 21).
SERIES 9
Annual reports and records of annual meetings are extant for the 1920-1968 period (f. 22-23), including separate annual reports to the YWCA National Board for the fiscal years 1923-1928. A subsequent folder (f. 24) contains a miscellany of annual, semiannual and monthly reports of the II to coordinating bodies, dating largely from the 1930's.
SERIES 10
Detailed statistical reports on group activities and overall services for the general 1946-1959 period are found in this section. Some follow a monthly chronology, some an annual, while others cover a cumulative time span.
SERIES 11 There are no detailed, long-term records of II membership in this collection. The closest equivalent are the membership campaign materials for the 1932-1968 period, which overlap to some extent with the financial records in the following section. Scattered membership lists are included among these campaign materials (largely correspondence).
SERIES 12 The Institute's financial records include Treasurer's reports for 1930 and 1947-1948 (f. 41); audits for 1939 and 1954-1961 (f. 42); federal and city income tax papers from 1943-1959 (f. 43-46); personnel expenses and deductions for the period 1946-1963 (f. 47-48); general receipts and expenditures covering the period 1947-1958 (f. 49-51); bank accounts, statements, checks and correspondence for the 1952-1963 period (f - 52-56) ; building fund receipts, reports, statements and correspondence for the 1956-1963 period (f. 57-63); materials relating to physical plant operations, management, and rentals for the general 1944-1964 period (f. 64); special funds, trusts and estates from 1945-1962 (f. 65-67); petty cash accounts of group activity expenses from 1954-1958 (f. 68); vending machine account from 1957-1958 (f. 69); and a large array of budget and general financing records (reports, estimates, correspondence) stretching in time from 1925 to 1963 (f. 70-77).
SERIES 13
Special Institute programs, and projects (f. 78-92) have been arranged in alphabetical order (by title or basic subject). They include the Benefit Tea and Garden Party, 1953 (f. 78); Carnival and Quiz Show, 1951 (f. 79); Fairmont Hill Project, 1934-1937, and The Hill Beacon, 1935-1937 (f. 8o-81); Festival of Nations or International/National Folk Festival, 1934 (f. 82); film projects, 1955-1957 (f. 83); Folk Costume Pageant, 1950 (f. 84); International Arts and Crafts exhibits , 1930-1933 (f. 85) ; International Jamboree, 1949 (f. 86); Interpreters' Service Bureau, 1930-1935 (f. 87); radio programs and scripts, 1931-1956 (f. 88-90); talks and speeches, 1935-1941 and 1951 (f. 91); and "miscellaneous" (including the annual International Christmas Folk Festivals, 1931-1938). 1929-1951 (f. 92). Publications of the St. Louis International Institute (f. 93-96) are represented by the Calendar of Events for Foreign Communities, 1929-1930 (f. 93); The Shuttle, 1937-1949 (f. 94); the International Institute Newsletter and News, 1948-1961 (f. 95); and the International Report, 1963 (f. 96).
SERIES 14
Materials in this section fulfill largely the same purpose as those in Section I, with the emphasis here on individual services, group activities, and genera.1 programming from the 1920's into the 1960's. Program Committee minutes, memoranda, reports, staff conference notes, and informative correspondence make up the bulk of this material.
SERIES 15
The individualized services of the International Institute varied in relationship to particular needs and people, both the foreign-born and Americans. Materials in this section constitute a sampling of these services between 1946 and 1956 (to the exclusion of casework per se): the charging of service fees to Institute clients (f. 98); referrals, contacts and requests (f. 99); other related correspondence under Series 13, f. 215-217); and translation of letters and personal documents (f. 100-101).
SERIES 16 An overview of English and Citizenship class arrangements, developments and instructional materials for the 1923-1950 period heads this section (f. 102). English classes are treated in more detail for the 1949-1960 period (f. 103), as complemented by materials on the "English Teachers' Workshop," sponsored in 1950 by the St. Louis International Institute (f. 104). Citizenship classes and Naturalization seminars receive similar attention for the 1935-1958 period (f. 105-106).
SERIES 17
The records of 26 distinct groups, clubs, and special activities comprise the bulk of the materials in this section, with coverage ranging in time from 1929 to the late 1960's. Arrangement is alphabetical, by group title or activity category. Examples include The Happy-Go-Luckies, 1953-1958 (f. 118-122), Open House programs, 1929-1968 (f. 127), International Students, 1951-1962 (f. 133-138), and the Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, 195o-1961 (f. 146-153). Miscellaneous events and activities, along with program resource material, round out this section (f. 155-156).
SERIES 18
Throughout its long history, the St. Louis II has kept in constant touch with resources, individuals, and organizations on the community and national levels. Materials in this section stem from the Institute's correspondence and dealings with such specific agencies as; the American Federation of International Institutes (f. 161-162) and its successor, the American Council for Nationalities Service (f. 160); the Immigration and Naturalization Service (St. Louis and Washington, D.C.) (f. 196-198);the Social Planning Council of St. Louis (f. 196-198); and other International Institutes (f. 186). Arrangement is alphabetical by agency title (as above) or topical category (e.g. "Ethnic and Nationality Groups," f. 168-170), with overall chronological coverage stretching from 1919 to 1968.
SERIES 19
Heading this section are general publicity materials issued by the Institute to community contacts and press agencies; form letters and leaflets, 1926-1927 (f. 219) and press releases, ca. 1926-1968 (f. 220). The remainder of this section consists of newspaper clipping files in scrapbook format, which represent publicity the Institute received in the American and foreign-language press as well as community "house organs," from 1920-ca. 196o (f. 221-241).
SERIES 20
The following have been designated as miscellaneous materials: the so-called "General- Resource File" (f. 242-336); assorted newspaper clippings and periodical articles (f. 337-364); brochures and leaflets from other International Institutes (f. 365-391); photographs (f. 392-397); and a file of instructional booklets on business machines and office equipment. The "General Resource File" was the only segment of the collection which had been organized in any distinct fashion. It is essentially a ready reference file of print and near-print materials covering various topics and dating largely from the 1930's and 1940's. Organization was by successive numeration, with individual files apparently "keyed" to a master subject-list. Though the latter has been lost, the files still function as subject-oriented units. It was thought best to keep the original file sequence as much as possible by incorporating a parallel numeration to the collection folder numbers and providing a "subject key" to folder contents (see below).
"General Resource File" Subject Key
Title No.
la - lc, Bibliographical Material, General, f. 242-244
2a - 2b, Immigration f. 245-246
3a - 3b, Christmas Material f. 247-248
4 International Relations and Problems f. 249
5 Racial Relations and Problems f. 250
6 Aliens f. 251
7a Refugees f. 252
7b Refugees, 1953 Refugee Act (U.S.) f. 253
8 Language Instruction f. 254
9 Alien Registration f. 255
10 Naturalization and Citizenship f. 256
11 Patriotism f. 257
12 Addams, Jane f. 258
13 Recipes, Ethnic f. 259
14 Adult Education and Naturalization f. 260
of the Foreign Born
15 National- League of Women Voters f. 261
16a - 16b Pan-.American Relations f. 262-263
17 Costumes, Ethnic f. 264
18 Ethnic Resource Material f. 265
19 Minorities f. 266
20 Immigration and Assimilation f. 267
21 Flags and Military Insignia f. 268
22a - 22b Folk Customs and Folklore f. 269-270
23 Second Generation Americans f. 271
24 Maps, U.S. and Foreign f. 272
25 International and Cultural Understanding f. 273
26 Music - International Folk Songs f. 274
27 Immigrant Farmers f. 275
28 Birth Certificates f. 276
29 Social Welfare and Social Services f. 277
30 Dance - International Folk Dances f. 278
31 Social Work f. 279
32 Publicity f. 280
33a - 33b Foreign Born f. 281-282
34a - 34b Programs - Resource Material f. 283-284
35 International Relief and Rehabilitation f. 285
36 Enemy Aliens f. 286
37 Derivative Citizenship f. 287
38 International Migration Service f. 288
39 Internationa3- Conference of f. 289
Non-Governmental Organizations
40 Unemployment and Immigrants f. 290
41 Civil Liberties Committees f. 291
42 St. Louis f. 292
43a - 43b Immigration and Naturalization Service: f. 293-294
Monthly Reviews
44 Intercultural Education f. 295
45a - 45-b Folk Festivals f. 296-297
46 Marriage Customs f. 298
47 Veterans f. 299
48 Courts, St. Louis f. 300
49 Immigrants, Social Services to f. 301
50 Social Service Exchange, St. Louis f. 302
51 Communities f. 303
52 UNESCO f. 304
53 Casework - Role of the Social Worker f. 305
54 Social Security Laws f. 306
55 Labor Relations f. 307
56 Citizenship - Rights of Aliens f. 308
57 Folk Arts and Crafts f. 309
58 Nationality Act f. 310
59 Consumer Information f. 311
60 Women, Citizenship of f. 312
61 Crime and the Foreign Born f. 313
62 Folklore f. 314
63 National Conference of Social Work f. 315
64 Peace f. 316
65 Distressed Aliens f. 317
66 Recreation - Resource Material f. 318
67 Social Work and War-Time Problems f. 319
68 Repatriation f. 320
69 Homilies and Quotations f. 321
70 Nationality Groups and Races f. 322
71 "I Am An American Day" f. 323
72 National Refugee Service: f. 324
Special Information Bulletins.
73 Foreign Handicraft Exhibits f. 325
74 Anti-Alien Legislation f. 326
75 Holidays - Foreign Festivals f. 327
76 Culture and Immigration f. 328
77 American Federation of International f. 329
Institutes
78 National Conference of International f. 330
Institutes
79 Missouri - State Constitution f. 331
80a - 8ob Displaced Persons f. 332-333
81 United Nations f. 334
82 The St. Louis Nisei f. 335
83 Institute of International Education f. 336
Assorted newspaper clippings and periodical articles have been arranged in simplest fashion, i.e., by dates of publication.
Brochures, leaflets and newsletters of other International Institutes are organized by city and, internally, by date of publication.
Photographs have been organized as follows: first, by identifiable subjects or topical categories; second, by dates (where indicated); third, by print sizes. Five basic subject categories have been used: St. Louis International Institute Building, Staff and Members; St. Louis International Institute Classes and Activities (alphabetical); St. Louis, Missouri--Miscellaneous; Negatives; Extraneous. Available dates range from 1919/1920 to ca. 1965.
SERIES 21
Confidential casework or case record materials have been placed in this special section. This material is closed and not available for research.
FOLDER LIST
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1. Historical Overviews, Bulletins; publicity flyers and leaflets; papers; texts of speeches and radio talks; correspondence; notes; memorandums; replies to questionnaires; interpretive statements and reports, 1916, 1919, 1921, 923,1925-1930, 1932-1936, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1946-1948, 1950-1952, 1954-1958, 1963
2. Historical Overviews, Bulletins; publicity flyers and leaflets; papers; texts of speeches and radio talks; correspondence; notes; memorandums; replies to questionnaires; interpretive statements and reports. 1916, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925-1930, 1932-1936, 1938, 1941, 1944, 1946-1948, 1950-1952, 1954-1958, 1963
3. By-laws, Constitutions, and Articles of Incorporation, 1924, 1926, 1929-1930, 1956 Constitutions (1924, 1926); organizational plans and recommendations (1924, n.d.); monthly work schedule (1929); office manual (1930); and articles of incorporation (1956).
4. International Institute Committee, Minutes from regular and special meetings; monthly reports, 1920-1924, 1926
5. Advisory Council, Minutes of regular and special meetings, 1924-1926
6. Advisory Council, Newsletters, 1925
7. Advisory Council, Correspondence, 1925-1926
8. Executive Committee, Minutes, 1921-1922, 1924-1926
9. Board of Directors, Lists of Board members, 1929, 1931, 1933-1934, 1942, 1953-1954, 1956-1960, 1966, 1968
10. Board of Directors, Minutes and agendas, 1919-1920, 1926-1936
11. Board of Directors, Minutes and agendas, 1952, 1955-1959, 1961, 1967-1968
12. Board of Directors, Reports to the Board; memorandum for the Board; weekly institute briefs (1942-1945); notes and recommendations of the Board. 1929, 1931,, 1934, 1942-1945, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1963
13. Board of Directors, Correspondence, 1927-1930, 1933, 1935, 1943, 1946, 1961, 1963
14. Executive Reports, Monthly reports of the Executive Secretary, 1919-1920
15. Executive Reports, Monthly reports of the Executive Secretary, 1921-1922
16. Executive Reports, Annual reports of the Executive Director; notes, 1929, 1931-1932, 1935-1937, 1950
17. Executive Reports, Semi-annual, occasional and special reports; interpretative statement; memorandum; notes, 1930, 1933-1934, 1938, 1946, 1968
18. Staff Meeting Minutes, Minutes of monthly staff meetings (1923-1925, 1934); minutes of Staff and Board discussion of International Good Will Day (1931), 1923-1925, 1931, 1934
19. Staff and Personnel Data, Personnel reports; personnel resumes; employment applications and references; correspondence; notes, , 1923-1927, 1929-1930, 1950-1951, 1953, 1955-1956
20. Personnel Practices and Procedures, Questionnaires and replies; correspondence; memoranda; bulletin; personnel policy draft (Detroit II); notes, 1938, 1946,1948-1950, 1954, 1956-1957
21. Staff and Personnel, Miscellaneous, Notary Public certificates; correspondence; Notes, 1956, 1960
22. Annual Reports and Meetings, Annual reports (internal) for the years 1919-1925 and annual reports to the YWCA National Board for the years 1923-1928; minutes of annual meeting (1925), 1919-1928
23. Annual Reports and Meetings, Annual, semi-annual, nine-month and service reports; minutes of annual meetings (1935, 1958, 1964, 1966); agenda of annual meeting (1936); annual meeting reports (1936, 1950); annual meeting programs (1946, 1947); list of volunteer award recipients (1954) ; annual meeting invitations and guest lists (1961, 1964-1966, 1968); correspondence; notes, 1930-1938, 1940, 1945-1951, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1964-1968
24. Extraneous Annual- and Special- Reports, Casework report to YWCA National Board (1925); Americanization agency reports to Community Fund (1930-1932); statistical report to Community Council (1935); survey report to Government Research Institute (St. Louis), (1938); blank report "dummy" for Americanization agency reports. 1925, 1930-1932, 1935, 1938, 1950
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25. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports, 1946
26. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; correspondence; "Accumulated Individual Use of I.I. Services" and "Studies of Newcomers Referred in 1949", 1949
27. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; notes, memos and supplementary statements; cumulative figures, 1950
28. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative figures, 1950
29. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative statistics, 1952
30. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative figures, 1953
31. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative figures, 1954
32. Statistical Reports and Records, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative figures, 1955
33. Statistical Reports and Records, Monthly service reports; notes; memos; cumulative figures, January-June 1956
34. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; cumulative statistics; notes; worksheets, July-December 1956
35. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; worksheets; cumulative statistics, 1957
36. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; worksheets; correspondence; notes, January-June 1958
37. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; worksheets; cumulative statistics; correspondence; notes (N.B.: enclosing service report for January-August 1949), July-December 1958
38. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; worksheets; notes, January-June 1959
39. Statistical Records and Reports, Monthly group work, projects and general service reports; worksheets; notes; stenciled newsletter, July-December 1959
40. Membership Records and Reports, Correspondence; memos; notes; flyers; bulletins; reports; applications for membership; membership lists, 1932-1934, 1941, 1948, 1950-1956, 1959, 1964-1965, 1968
41. Treasurer's Reports, Monthly financial and treasurer's reports, 1930, 1947-1948
42. Audits, Annual audits; correspondence and notes, 1939, 1954-1961, 1963-1964
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43. Income Tax Records, Miscellaneous federal and municipal income tax forms, 1943-1949
44. Income Tax Records, Miscellaneous federal and municipal income tax forms, 1950-1953
45. Income Tax Records, Miscellaneous federal and municipal income tax forms; correspondence, 1954-1959
46. Property Tax Records, Correspondence and forms re property tax, phone tax and tax exempt status, 1948, 1957-1958
47. Personnel Expenses, Correspondence; notes; semi-annual reports; monthly statements re retirement plans and policies; informational pamphlets re payroll deductions for the Community Chest and United Fund, 1944, 1946-1962
48. Personnel Expenses, Correspondence; notes; semi-annual reports; monthly statements re retirement plans and policies; informational pamphlets re payroll deductions for the Community Chest and United Fund, 1944, 1946-1962
49. General Receipts and Expenditures, Ledger sheets covering receipts and expenditures for general operations, including staff salaries (largely 1950's); notes, 1939-1958
50. General Receipts and Expenditures, Ledger sheets covering receipts and expenditures for general operations, including staff salaries (largely 1950's); notes, 1939-1958
51. General Receipts and Expenditures, Ledger sheets covering receipts and expenditures for general operations, including staff salaries (largely 1950's); notes, 1939-1958
52. Bank Accounts and Records, Correspondence; Corporation Resolution forms; notes; remittance statement; copy of II Board of Directors' minutes (March 1957) re account with Security National Bank, St. Louis, 1952, 1955-1957, 1960, 1964
53. Bank Accounts and Records, Check stubs, notes and sheet of blank checks, 1957
54. Bank Accounts and Records, Check stubs, notes, 1958
55. Bank Accounts and Records, Check stubs, 1961
56. Bank Accounts and Records, Check stubs, 1962-1963
57. Building Fund, Account Books:, Two account books covering monthly summaries of building fund receipts and expenditures: 1) 1956-1958; 2) 1959-1961.
58. Building Fund, Tabulator machine tapes; notes; correspondence; deposit slips; cancelled checks; bank statements, 1956-1957
59. Building Fund, Tabulator machine tapes; notes; purchase receipts; correspondence; deposit slips; cancelled checks; and bank statements, 1958-1959
60. Building Fund, Correspondence; notes; purchase receipts; deposit slips; cancelled checks; and bank statements, 1960-1961
61. Building Fund, Cash Receipts, Record of cash receipts, contributors and Deposits, 1956-1959
62. Building Fund, Stocks and Investments, Correspondence, notes, receipts, and statements re stocks and investments, 1952, 1956, 1958-1963
63. Building Fund, Miscellaneous, Correspondence; memos; notes; reports of House and Finance Committees; list of contributors; contribution appeal letters; acknowledgement cards, 1956-1957
64. Building Management and Operations, House Committee report (ca. 1928); correspondence; house lease agreements; notes; repair estimates and rental invoices; inventory lists and record of inventory gifts; "house rules" (1964); "duties of housekeeper," 1928, 1944-1947, 1950-1957, 1962, 1964
65. Special Funds--Harnette F. Ryan Estate, Correspondence; account statements; notes; invoices and estate appraiser's notices; estate settlement deed; cancelled checks, 1953-1955
66. Special Funds--Edith Grolock Memorial, Correspondence; lists of contributors; deposit slips and bank account statements; cancelled checks; invitation card for memorial visitation, 1961-1962
67. Special Funds--Miscellaneous, Correspondence; notes; photostat of will; check stub, 1945-1947, 1950, 1953, 1961-1964
68. Petty Cash Accounts (Group Activity Expenses), Reports and notes, 1954-1958
69. Vess Bottling Co. Account, Invoice statements; notes; calling card; check stubs, 1957-1958
70. Budget Reports and Estimates, Budget report forms; correspondence; budget proposes; Budget Committee statements and memoranda; reports, 1928-1934, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1945-1949
71. Budget Reports and Estimates, Statements of financial operations and estimates (1950-1955, December only; 1956-1959, monthly); correspondence; notes; worksheets, 1950-1959
72. Budget Estimates and Allocations, Budget estimate forms; salary specifications and recommendations; correspondence; notes; budgeting statements, 1947, 1949-1954
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73. Budget Estimates and Allocations, Budget estimate forms; correspondence; memos; United Fund policy statement; newsletter, 1955-1956
74. Budget Estimates and Allocations, Budget estimate forms; correspondence; memos; notes, 1957-1958
75. Budget Estimates and Allocations, Budget estimate forms; correspondence; memos; notes; budgeting statements, 1959-1962
76. Budget Estimates and Allocations (Budget Committee Files) Correspondence; Budget Committee memos; statements of purpose and reorganizational survey; allocation check receipts; Boa-rd meeting minutes (April 1959); newsletter, , 1925-1928, 1939, 1944-1946, 1949, 1953, - 1957-1959, 1960
77. Charitable Agency Funding Information, Applications for endorsement charities Bureau, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce); correspondence; printed booklet, 1932, 1934, 1936-1949, 1951-1953, 1955-1965
78. Benefit Tea and Garden Party, Ways and Means Committee meeting minutes (May 1953); planning notes; correspondence; press release; publicity flyers; admission ticket; attendance list, 1953
79. Carnival and Quiz Show, Planning notes; correspondence; memos; receipts; publicity flyers, 1951
80. Fairmount Hill Project, Reports; correspondence; activity schedules, programs and attendance lists; newspaper clippings; memorandums; meeting minutes, 1934-1937
81. Fairmount Hill Project: The Hill Beacon, Copies of The Hill Beacon and mailing lists, 1935-1936
82. Festival of Nations, Correspondence; committees list; press releases; program notes, 1934
83. Film Projects, Correspondence; notes; scripts, 1955-1957
84. Folk Costume Pageants, Seating charts; correspondence; mailing lists; notes on participants and costumes, 1950-1951, 1956
85. International Arts and Crafts Exhibits, Invitations; reports; inventories of exhibited material; program notes; press release, 1930-1931, 1933
86. International Jamboree, Photographs; financial report; lists of contributors and committee members; publicity flyer, 1949
87. Interpreters Service Bureau, Correspondence; class notes; list of agencies using interpreters; clippings; notes and reports
88. Radio Programs, Scripts; Outlines; and notes, 1926, 1931-1933, 1936-1938
89. Radio Programs, Scripts and correspondence, 1939
90. Radio and Television Programs, Scripts; correspondence and phonograph recordings, 1940, 1942-1945, 1950
91. Talks and Speeches, Texts of talks and speeches; list of talks given by Miss Ryan (1936-1940); notes, 1935, 1937, 1939-1941, 1951
92. Special Projects, Christmas Festival and International Goodwill Day Programs; Brochures; Cost Statements; Minutes of Christmas Festival Planning Committee (1932-1933); Typewritten manuscript of The Second Generation Child; Nationality Invitation List for United Nations Week, Publicity Stencil; Project Participant Lists; Worksheets; Notes, 1929, 1931-1938
93. Calendar of Events for Foreign Communities, Six Issues, 1929-1930
94. The Shuttle, Volumes I-III, 1937-1949
95. Publications, International Institute Newsletter, 1948-1952 and International Institute News, 1954-1961
96. International Institute International Report, Two Issues, 1963
97. General Program Overviews, Program schedules and reports; informational leaflets; statements of purpose; memos; notes on staff meetings and discussions; Program Committee minutes; publicity stencils; correspondence, 1921, 1932, 1937-1938, 1948-196o, 1968
98. Clients' Fees, Procedural- Practices, Correspondence with other International Institutes; report on fee charging by Philadelphia International Institute; memo, 1946, 1948-1950, 1954
99. Referrals, Contacts and Informational Requests Correspondence; memos; newspaper clipping (photocopy), 1946, 1949-1952, 1954-1956
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100. Translations, Original foreign-language correspondence and translations; translations of affidavits and certificates; covering correspondence, 1927, 1929, 1932, 1946, 1951-1955
101. Translations, Translations of affidavits and certificates; covering correspondence, 1956
102. English and Citizenship Classes, Operational agreement and minutes of conference between St. Louis International Institute and Board of Religious Organizations (1923- 1924); correspondence; publicity; report of St. Louis Public Schools' classes for foreign born (handwritten, ca. 1929); enrollment statistics; adult education charts; annual report of Council for Adult Education, Committee on the Foreign Born, Community Council (1937- 1938); citizenship celebration invitation; International Institute monthly reports on classes (typewritten, 1943); poem; correspondence; memos; class outlines; instructional materials (vocabulary lists and lessons), 1923-1924, 1926-1930, 1932-1949
103. English Classes, Correspondence; memos; minutes of meeting between International Institute and St. Louis Board of Education (May, 1950); notes; publicity; typewritten manuscript on "Modern Needs in Civic Education" by Harneth F. Ryan; roll sheet; receipt of tape recording; evaluation of techniques and results in Advanced English Class; vouchers; lists of new St. Louis arrivals; brief history of Advanced English Classes of International Institute (typewritten), 1950-1957, 1960
104. English Institute Project, Correspondence; publicity; memos; outline of project material; reports on observation of classroom teaching; list of registrants and attendance, 1950
105. Citizenship and Naturalization Claims, Programs and addresses of the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship; program of new citizens' meeting; report on Teachers' Institute; correspondence; examination questions; notes; material requisition form; citizenship project minutes and outlines; publicity; receipt of recording; memos; attendance records; citizenship test review material; registration procedures; results of tests; Gallup Poll results on American attitudes to international relations, , 1935-1936, 1939-1940, 1942-1946, 1948, 1950-1954
106. Citizenship and Naturalization Classes, Correspondence; memos; enrollment statistics; class schedules; testing program outline; student evaluation of classes; test questions; list of current, prospective teachers; publicity; DAR Manual for Citizenship (1969 ed.), 1955-1958, 1969
107. Admiral Boat Trips, Ticket order forms; publicity about the boat and the trips; reservation lists; correspondence; tickets; planning notes and group work sheets, 1953-1960
108. Christmas Parties and Resource Material, Program notes; photographs; notes; memos; publicity flyers; group work reports; correspondence; Christmas cards; clippings and articles, 1928-1930, 1948-1949, 1951-1952, 1954-1959, 1961-1962
109. Christmas, St. Nick's Parties, Guest lists; group work reports; notes; planning sheets; articles and informational material, 1955, 1957-1959, 1961-1962
110. Dance Classes, Group work reports; roll sheets; correspondence, 1953-1958
111. Dances, Special, Correspondence; group work reports; committee meeting minutes; publicity flyers; attendance lists and notes, 1943, 1952-1953, 1955-1960
112. Discussion Group, Group work reports; roll sheets, 1961-1962
113. Friday Night Committee, Group work reports, 1956
114. Friday Night Committee, Group work reports; announcements of meetings and upcoming events; notes; correspondence; and lists of committee members, 1957
115. Friday Night Committee, Group work reports; announcements of meetings and upcoming events; correspondence and lists of committee members, 1958
116. Friday Night Committee, Group work reports; announcements of meetings and upcoming events, 1959
117. Friday Night Committee, Meeting announcement and group work reports, 1960
118. Happy Go Luckies, Notes; attendance reports; group work reports; meeting minutes; meeting and party announcements; correspondence, 1953
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119. Happy Go Luckies, Group work reports; notes; meeting and party announcements; treasury reports; committee lists; meeting minutes; roll sheets and receipts, 1954
120. Happy Go Luckies, Correspondence; meeting minutes; meeting and party announcements; group work reports; roll sheets, 1955
121. Happy Go Luckies, Group work reports; roll sheets; meeting and party announcements; meeting minutes, 1956
122. Happy Go Luckies, Group work reports; roll sheets; meeting and party announcements; meeting minutes, 1957-1958
123. Holidays, Miscellaneous, Party announcements and invitations; planning notes and resource material for Valentine's Day, Halloween and Thanksgiving, 1948-1949, 1954, 1968
124. International Club/International Friendship Club, Meeting minutes; mailing and attendance lists; correspondence; announcements of meetings and events, 1952-1956
125. Interracial Discussion Group Correspondence; meeting minutes; discussion notes.
126. New Years Eve Parties, Announcements; reservation lists; group work reports; planning notes, 1955, 1958-1960, 1962
127. Open House, Invitations; planning notes; press releases; correspondence and mailing lists, 1929-1931, 1934-1936, 1938-1957, 1967-1968
128. Opera, Group work reports; attendance lists; correspondence, 1953-1963
129. Photo Club, Correspondence; membership lists; report on the financial income and expenses of the club, 1953-1956
130. Picnics, Reservation lists; publicity; summer program committee lists; correspondence; group work reports; minutes, 1953-1958
131. Picnics, Reservation lists; publicity; group work reports; correspondence, 1959-1962, 1964, 1968
132. Second Generation Discussion Groups, Correspondence; group lists; meeting announcements, 1937-1939
133. International Students, Correspondence; attendance lists; minutes; publicity; foreign students lists; meeting announcements, 1951-1954
134. International Students, International student committee lists; international club lists; group work reports; meeting minutes; correspondence; meeting announcements, 1955-1956
135. International Students, Meeting announcements; group work reports; minutes; correspondence; attendance lists, 1957
136. International Students, Minutes of International Student Committee; correspondence; publicity; lists of committee members; guest lists; reports of the Foundation for International Understanding through Students (University of Washington, Seattle); St. Louis University (St. Louis) activities calendar; folder on II film, 1958
137. International Students, Minutes of International student Committee; correspondence; notes; guest and invitation lists; list of committee members; group work report; memos; publicity; mailing lists, 1959
138. International Students, Minutes and agenda of International Student Committee; correspondence; notes; memos; publicity mailing lists; Washington University (St. Louis) activities calendar; guest lists; group work report, 1960-1962
139. Summer Activities, Miscellaneous, Publicity leaflets and stencils; correspondence; notes and memos; newsletters; calendar of events; planning resource material; newspaper clipping, 1953-1959
140. Sunday Night Dance Committee, Publicity; guest lists; group work reports; Committee minutes; Committee correspondence; Photographs, 1950, 1953-1957
141. Tours and Field Trips, Correspondence; registration forms; publicity; roll sheets; promotional brochure; group work reports, 1958-1959
142. Volunteers, Correspondence; lists of volunteers; memos and notes; lists of ward recipients; volunteer statistics; roll sheets, 1951-1960
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143. War Brides (Young Women's Group), Correspondence; list of War Bride arrivals in St. Louis (to June, 1946); invitation lists; resumes of meetings and activities,; photographs of picnic outing; publicity; luncheon menus; printed brochures; copies of Duluth International Institute publication, Rainbow Club/Roundup (1949-1950), 1945-1949
144. War Brides (Young Women's Group), Meeting minutes; group announcements; correspondence; attendance list, 1950-1954
145. War Brides, Japanese, Lists; correspondence; notes on Japanese Wives Committee meetings and events; invitations, 1952-1957
146. Welcoming Newcomers Parties, Correspondence; service reports; publicity; invitations; "newcomer forms"; lists of newcomers by name and country, 1950-1953
147. Welcoming, Attendance lists; correspondence; meeting announcements; publicity; pamphlets on St. Louis; group work reports, 1954
148. Welcoming, "Newcomer forms"; correspondence; group work reports; publicity information on English classes; printed brochure, 1955
149. Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Mailing lists; correspondence; notes and memos; publicity; group work reports; newcomer registration forms; stencils and newsletters; list of nationality codes, 1956
150. Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Mailing lists; correspondence; guest and newcomers' lists; group work reports; newcomer registration forms; membership list (Newcomers' Committee); notes; publicity mock-ups, 1957
151. Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Correspondence; publicity; committee minutes; group work reports; notes and memos; guest lists, 1958 152. Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Committee minutes; group work reports; guest lists; publicity; correspondence, 1959
153. Welcoming and Newcomers' Parties, Group work reports; memos and notes; committee minutes; guest lists; publicity; roll sheet; correspondence, 1960-1961
154. Women's Discussion (Defense) Group, Minutes of meetings; discussion notes; printed leaflets; correspondence; radio script on WDG; membership lists; photographs of picnic outing; notes on history of WDG (1959), 1941-1953, 1959
155. Miscellaneous Events and Activities, Art exhibit publicity; style show program; invitations; talk group meeting agenda; correspondence; guest lists; memos; press release on Colonial Dames essay contest; newspaper clippings on Freedoms Foundation award; printed program material, 1935, 1942, 1950-1952, 1955-1957, 1959
156. Miscellaneous Program Resource Material, Song leaflets and programs ; list of war film releases; artist's mock-up of International Institute masthead; correspondence; calling cards; notes; news bulletins; memos; publicity posters; cards and folders; paper signs with names of foreign countries; history of St. Valentine's Day; play script; stencils; printed photographs, 1935, 1943-1944, 1953, 1958-1959, 1968
157. Adult Education, Correspondence; newspaper clippings; information on National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship; copy of The Shuttle, 1925, 1934, 1941-1944, 1946, 1948, 1951-1952
158. Alien Registration, Copy of Congressional bill (76th Congress, March 1939) against alien registration ; correspondence; information from the "Common Council for American Unity"; Report from meetings concerning alien registration; pamphlets on alien registration; memoranda from the Department of Justice, Immigration Naturalization Service, 1939-1942
159. American Association of Group Workers, Publicity; newsletters; letters to members; copy of by-laws, 1953-1954
160. ACNS (American Council for Nationalities Service) Correspondence; Board minutes; letters to the executives of member agencies; material from the National Conference on Social Welfare; American Council press releases, 1950-1961, 1964, 1968
161. American Federation of International Institutes, Constitution; correspondence; budget reports; National Board report; annual reports, 1934, 1945-1949, 1952-1956
162. American Federation of International Institutes, Correspondence; budget reports; merger material on the AFII and the Common Council for American Unity; minutes, 1957-1958
163. American Federation of International Institutes-American Council for Nationalities Service Newsletters, 1958-1960
164. American Red Cross, Health center survey, n.d.
165. Central- Location Index, Minutes of Conference agencies concerned with Central Location Index; correspondence; list of agencies involved with locating displaced persons; location service application, 1944
166. City Art Museum, St. Louis, Correspondence; art museum projects; brochure, 1951
167. Community Chest, Correspondence; budget information; published report on expenditures for health and welfare services; newspaper clippings; material on procedures and proposals for new and extended services; plans of merger between Community Chest and United Fund; study of salaries and personnel in St. Louis group agencies, 1949-1959
168. Ethnic/Nationality, Reports; papers; correspondence; clippings; articles; Interpreter Releases and newcomer lists, 1919-1926
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170. Ethnic/Nationality, Reports; papers; correspondence; clippings; articles and published material, 1943-1968
171. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Correspondence, 1950-1951
172. Food Resources/Recipes, Notes; recipes; price lists; correspondence, 1951, 1953, 1955-1963
173. Freedoms Foundation, Informational material; notes; correspondence; 35mm positive and transcript of award and citation, 1953-1957
174. Greater St. Louis Arts and Education Council, Survey; "Statement of II for Reconsideration of its Application for 'Fund Membership ......; correspondence, 1962-1963
175. Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, Correspondence; notes; memos and informational brochures, 1958-1959
176. Health and Welfare Council, Reorganization Manual; papers; meeting minutes; newsletters; reports and position statements; correspondence, 1958-1961
177. Hungarian Refugees, Memos; interpreter releases; press releases; papers; notes and correspondence, 1956-1958, 1960
178. "I am an American Day", Invitation lists; publicity cards; leaflets; posters; programs; committee lists; correspondence; notes; agenda; addresses and speeches; scripts; committee minutes; reports; lists of participating organizations; statements and resolutions of the Conference of American Legion Posts in response to unpatriotic remarks by International Institute Director Harnette Ryan, 1940-1948, 1958, 1960
179. Immigration and Naturalization Service, St. Louis, Correspondence; reports; addresses; notes; memos; immigration statistics; issues of Interpreter Releases; bibliographies and news bulletins, 1925-1961
180. Immigration and Naturalization Service, St. Louis, Correspondence; reports; addresses; notes; memos; immigration statistics; issues of Interpreter Releases; bibliographies and news bulletins, 1925-1961
181. Immigration and Naturalization Service, St. Louis, Correspondence; reports; addresses; notes; memos; immigration statistics; issues of Interpreter Releases; bibliographies and news bulletins, 1925-1961
183. Immigration and Naturalization, New Arrival Lists, Lists of new arrivals; memos, 1948-1950
184. Immigrants and New Arrivals, Miscellaneous, Correspondence; new arrival cards; notes, 1948-1955
185. Institute of International Education (New York), Correspondence; printed brochures; registration card, 1949, 1951, 1953
186. International Institutes, Correspondence; general information; booklet, The Field of the International Institute and its Place in Social Work, 1926-1959
187. Mid-America Jubilee, Correspondence; program outlines; pamphlet; participation report, 1956
188. National-Catholic Community Service (NCSS), News bulletins, 1956
189. National Conference of Christians and Jews, Play scripts, 1935, 1942, 1946
190. National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship, Report; correspondence; general information, 1955
191. National Institute of Immigrant Welfare, Correspondence, 1934, 1942, 1954
192. National Health and Welfare Retirement Association, Booklet; International Institute application for membership; constitution and by-laws; bulletins; correspondence, 1945-1960
193. Race Relations, Booklet; newsletters; reprint; correspondence; magazines; copy of UNESCO constitution; paper, 1945-1946
194. St. Louis Council on World Affairs, Correspondence; pamphlet on Cleveland's International Center; financial report on building maintenance, 1948-1950
195. St. Louis Council on World Affairs, Committee on International Students, Committee minutes; attendance rolls, 1952-1954, 1958, 1961
196. Social Planning Council, Correspondence; manual of job descriptions; schedule for reporting information for 1948 Directory of Health, Welfare and Recreation Services; other Directory information; report of income and expenditures, 1940, 1946-1949
197. Social Planning Council, Correspondence; memos; notes; constitution and by-laws (1951); reports; meeting minutes; annual report (1954), 1950-1954
198. Social Planning Council, Reports; memos; notes; meeting minutes; annual report (1956); newsletter (1957); budgeting guides (1960), 1955-1958, 1960
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199. Spirit of St. Louis Fund, Notes; memos; correspondence; officer and committee lists; press releases, 1960-1961
200. Unemployment Compensation, Forms; notes; correspondence and informational Material, 1937, 1956-1957
201. United Fund, Memos; newsletters; correspondence; reports; annual reports; clippings, 1955-1960
202. United HIAS Service, Special Information Bulletins, 1958-1959
203. U.S. Department of Justice, Press releases; text of speech by attorney general Rnmsey Clark, 1967
204. Wax Bonds and War Chest, Correspondence; notes; photos; committee lists, 1943
205. War Brides, Correspondence and lists of war brides by nationality, 1944-1947
206. War Manpower Commission (Washington, DC), Correspondence, 1943
207. Washington University (St. Louis), Correspondence; conference program and discussion resume; lists of foreign students and visitors, bilingual doctors, 1936, 1967-1968
208. Works' Progress Administration, Notes; chart of age and nationality distribution of participants in WPA adult education classes; brief on illiteracy in WPA program, 1937
209. Young Men's Christian Association, Program bulletins, 1938, 1942, 1950
210. Young Women's Christian Association, National Board (New York), Bulletins; records of the proceedings of annual conferences of International Institutes (1925-1926, 1928); summary of annual statistics (1926); correspondence; printed brochures, 1924-1934
211. Young Women's Christian Association, St. Louis, Stencil; newsletter; brochure, 1946, 1959-1960
212. Young Women's Christian Association, Business Girls' League, Installation, services; President's report, 1941-1943, 1953-1954
213. Young Women's Christian Association, Miscellaneous, Copies of The Round-Up (bulletin), 1954
214. Miscellaneous Organizational Contacts, Conference program (Illinois Conference on Social Welfare); typewritten paper-address; brochure (St. Louis Neighborhood Association); bulletin (Family Society of Boston); program and stencil (New England Folk Festival); typewritten press release (Jewish Center of St. Louis); newsletter (Tulsa Council of Social Agencies); newsletter (St. Louis League for the Hard of Hearing); Voters' ABC (Common Council for American Unity); correspondence; stencil; leaflet; Institute membership certificates in National Conference of Social Work; play script, 1935-1955
215. Miscellaneous Correspondence, Correspondence; outline of United Nations War Exhibition; stencils on Institute and related agency functions; notes, 1933-1935, 1940-1950
216. Miscellaneous Correspondence, Correspondence; printed leaflets; notes; memos; stencils, 1950-1954
217. Miscellaneous Correspondence, Correspondence; notes; invitation card; stencils; Brochure, 1955-1960
218. Miscellaneous Correspondence - "Appreciation File," Correspondence; notes; newspaper clipping; program leaflet, 1949-1968
219. Publicity Mailings, Circular letters; form letters; pamphlets, 1926-1927
220. International Institute News, Press Releases, News items and press releases, 1926-1968
221. Newspaper Clippings, Newspaper clippings; mounted photographs; printed material, 1900-1929
222. Newspaper Clippings, 1930
223. Newspaper Clippings, 1931
224. Newspaper Clippings, 1932
225. Newspaper Clippings, 1933
226. Newspaper Clippings, 1934
227. Newspaper Clippings, 1935
228. Newspaper Clippings, 1936
229. Newspaper Clippings, 1937
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230. Newspaper Clippings, 1938
231. Newspaper Clippings, 1939
232. Newspaper Clippings, 1940
233. Newspaper Clippings, 1941
234. Newspaper Clippings, 1942
235. Newspaper Clippings, 1943
236. Newspaper Clippings, 1944
237. Newspaper Clippings, 1945
238. Newspaper Clippings, 1946
239. Newspaper Clippings, 1947-1948
240. Newspaper Clippings (Scrapbook), 1950-1960
241. Miscellaneous Publicity, Newsletters; press release; radio script; periodical correspondence; consent forms for release of personal photographs to the Institute; notes, 1926-1959
242. General Resource File (1a), News releases; printed material; correspondence; book lists; bibliographies, 1935-1940
243. General Resource File (1b), Bibliographies; book lists; printed material; St. Louis Library monthly bulletin; book reviews, 1920-1934
244. General Resource File (1c), Printed material; News Releases from Czechoslovakia While -under Nazi Domination: material concerning the Americas; book reviews; bibliographies, 1942-1945
245. General Resource File (2a), Reply to a questionnaire on the effects of the separation of families of migrants in various countries; printed material; paper on the history of immigration; papers prepared by the Department of Immigration and foreign communities; summary of the Federal Immigration Laws; statistics; Interpreter Releases, 1926-1946
246. General Resource File (2b), Report on "Immigration and Adjustment of Refugee Newcomers and the Program of United Service for New Americans"; printed material; monthly news reports from the Department of Justice; booklets by the National Committee on Immigration Policy; statistics; bibliography; other general material on immigration, 1947-1961
247. General Resource File (3a), Christmas material; Interpreter Releases, 1919-1947
248. General Resource File (3b), Christmas material; Christmas in other lands, 1947-1960
249. General Resource File (4), Polish material; news reports; News Flashes From Czechoslovakia under Nazi Domination; newsletter; pamphlets, 1939-1945
250. General Resource File (5), The Interpreter; Interpreter Releases.; magazine articles; booklets, 1922-1944
251. General Resource File (6), Magazine articles; papers issued by the Common Council for American Unity; booklets, 1941-1942, 1944
252. General Resource File (7a), Papers; magazine articles; booklets; bulletins, 1923-1944
253. General Resource File (7b), Interpreter Release; booklet; magazine article; memoranda, 1953-1959
254. General Resource File (8), Articles; English "Rules for Learners"; Pan American Union's "Six Lessons in Spanish" and "Six Lessons in Portuguese," 1935, 1943-1944
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255. General Resource File (9), Memos; correspondence; pamphlet on "Alien Registration"; Interpreter Releases, 1926, 1940-1943
256. General Resource File (10), Articles; reports; publications; papers; Congressional Record reprint (1947); V.S.H.R. 5004 and information re same, 1924-1948
257. General Resource File (11), Speech text, 1943
258. General Resource File (12), Articles, 1935
259. General Resource File (13), Recipes; cookbook and texts of radio program, 1944
260. General Resource File (14), Papers; texts of speeches; publications; articles; correspondence; reprints, 1927-1951
261. General Resource File (15), Publications and informational flyers and brochures, 1937, 1944
262. General Resource File (16a), Articles; reprints; correspondence and publications, 1941-1944
263. General Resource File (16b), Publications, 1944-1947
264. General Resource File (17), Photos; drawings; prints, 1930-1938
265. General Resource File (18), Information stencils; magazine article; pamphlets; meal menus, 1922-1944
266. General Resource File (19), News articles; paper on "Volga Germans." 1929, 1942, 1945
267. General Resource File (20), News articles; Interpreter Releases; bulletins; correspondence, 1919
268. General Resource File (21), Pamphlets, 1942-1943
269. General Resource File (22a), Correspondence; newsletters; Interpreter Releases; magazine articles; stencils; booklet, 1927-1956
270. General Resource File (22b), Magazine; press release; resource notes, 1960
271. General Resource File (23), News articles; stencils; booklet; resource material, 1926-1936
272. General Resource File (24), Maps, 1942-1944
273. General Resource File (25), Brochures; magazine articles; stencils; bulletins, 1923-1946
274. General Resource File (26), Brochures; articles; music scores; newsletters; songbooks, 1928-1945
275. General Resource File (27), Article, 1930
276. General Resource File (28), Booklet; paper on birth statistics, 1942
277. General Resource File (29), Brochures; stencils; newsletters; booklets; meeting minutes; resource material, 1935-1945
278. General Resource File (30), Articles and publications, 1932-1939
279. General Resource File (31), Publications, 1937, 1942
280. General Resource File (32), News bulletin and publications, 1933, 1942
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281. General Resource File (33a), Bulletins; correspondence; census reports and lists; Interpreter Releases, 1921-1937
282. General Resource File (33b), Census figures and statistics; text of speech; Interpreter Releases, 1940-1953
283. General Resource File (34a), Program notes; published material; audiovisual catalogs; correspondence, 1927-1942
284. General Resource File (34b), Program notes; published material; audiovisual catalogs; articles, 1944-1945
285. General Resource File (35), Articles; memos; reprints and pamphlets, 1943-1945
286. General Resource File (36), Article, 1944
287. General Resource File (37), Report of study, 1941
288. General Resource File (38), Stencils; booklets; articles, 1923, 1928, 1930, 1945
289. Genera1 Resource File (39), Report of the Internationa.1 Conference of Non-Governmenta1 Organizations Interested in Migration, 1960
290. General Resource File (40), Booklets, 1931-1932
291. General Resource File (41), Booklet; stencil, 1941
293. General Resource File (43a), Periodicals; booklet, 1943-1944
294. General Resource File (43b), Periodicals; report from the Department of Justice, 1944-1946
295. General Resource File (44), Bulletins; booklets; annual report; papers, 1937-1946
296. General Resource File (45a), Stencils; brochures; booklets; papers; articles, 1922-1938
297. General Resource File (45b), Booklets; Interpreter Releases; papers, 1939-1948
298. General Resource File (46), Typewritten transcript of Interpreter Releases; article, 1934
299. General Resource File (47), Pamphlets; news articles, 1944, 1946
300. General Resource File (48), Booklet, 1924
301. General Resource File (49), Booklets; stencils; news articles; periodicals; papers, 1910-1945
302. General Resource File (50), Newsletter; Handbook of Social Service Exchange for Agencies, 1943
303. General Resource File (51), Booklets; Summary of Discussion on Nationality Community Study; periodicals, 1912, 1928, 1947-1948
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304. General Resource File (52), Booklets; brochure, 1946-1948
305. General Resource File (53), Papers; booklets; articles; stencils, 1926-1948
306. General Resource File (54), Papers for the Social Security Board; pamphlets, 1937-1941
307. General Resource File (55), Article; booklets, 1930, 1938
308. General Resource File (56), Paper by the National Council on Naturalization and Citizenship; statistics; chart on aliens in Missouri, 1937, 1940
309. General Resource File (57), Articles; photos from periodicals; program notes; papers and transcript from Interpreter Releases, 1921, 1930, 1934-1940
310. General Resource File (58), Texts of speeches, 1936, 1941
311. General Resource File (59), Bulletins, 1943-1944
312. General Resource File (60), Bulletin, 1932
313. General Resource File (61), Articles; texts of speeches; report, 1936
314. General Resource File (62), Articles; script for skit, 1929, 1938
315. General Resource File (63), Bulletins and papers, 1943-1944
316. General Resource File (64), Reprint and publicity flyers, 1937, 1944
317. General Resource File (65), Articles, 1936, 1950
318. General Resource File (66), Resource material, n.d.
319. General Resource File (67), Articles, 1942-1943
320. General Resource File (68), Memo, 1932
321. General Resource File (69), Script of worship service; articles, 1936, 1948
322. General Resource File (70), Bulletins; reports; articles, 1920-1945
323. General Resource File (71), Text of radio program; articles; bulletins; published material, 1941-1944, 1959
324. General Resource File (72), Special Information Bulletins, 1944-1945
325. General Resource File (73), Memo, 1927
326. General Resource File (74), Article and correspondence, 1933, 1937
327. General Resource File (75), Articles; clippings; notes, 1919-1922, 1944, 1949
328. General Resource File (76), Articles and reprint, 1929, 1944, 1950
329. General Resource File (77), Newsletters; memos; annual report, 1944-1957
330. General Resource File (78), Texts of speeches, 1927-1928
331. General Resource File (79), Pamphlet, 1944
332. General Resource File (80a), Interpreter Releases; booklets; periodicals, 1945-1947
333. General Resource File (80), Interpreter Releases; reports; booklets; newsletters; correspondence; papers, 1948-1950
334. General Resource File (81), Chart; booklets; copy of the United Nations Charter; brochure, 1944-1949
335. General Resource File (82), The St. Louis Nisei; newsletters, 1947-1948
336. General Resource File (83), Booklets, 1950, 1954
337. Clippings, 1923-1929
338. Clippings, 1930
339. Clippings, 1931
340. Clippings, 1932
341. Clippings, 1933
342. Clippings, 1934
343. Clippings, 1935
344. Clippings, 1936
345. Clippings, 1937
346. Clippings, 1938
347. Clippings, 1939
348. Clippings, 1940
349. Clippings, 1941
350. Clippings, 1942
351. Clippings, 1943
352. Clippings, January-June, 1944
353. Clippings, July-December, 1944
354. Clippings, 1945
355. Clippings, 1946
356. Clippings, 1947
357. Clippings, 1948
358. Clippings, 1949
359. Clippings, 1950-1957
360. Clippings, 1961
361. Clippings, 1962
362. Clippings, 1968
363. Clippings, n.d.
364. Clippings, n.d.
365. International Institute, Akron, Ohio, Brochure, 1931
366. International Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Festival Program and Invitation, n.d.
367. International Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, 1930-1951
368. International Institute, Bridgeport, Connecticut, Periodical article, 1943
369. International Institute, Brooklyn, New York, Brochures, 1925
370. International Institute, Buffalo, New York, Newsletters; Christmas card, 1943-1944
371. International Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, Brochures; Christmas pageant program, 1926, 1929
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372. International Institute, Detroit, Michigan, Brochures; festival programs; newsletters; leaflets; card; reprint of periodical article; by-laws, 1931-1958
373. International Institute, Duluth, Minnesota, Festival programs; annual meeting and annual report leaflets; newsletter; membership flyers; form letters, 1940, 1950-1952
374. International Institute, Erie, Pennsylvania, Annual report; brochure; leaflet, 1944
375. International Institute, Flint, Michigan, Art fair flyer; annual report, 1949, 1955
376. International Institute, Fresno, California, Anniversary dinner invitation and program; newsletter, 1944, 1950
377. International Institute, Jersey City, New Jersey, Brochure; card; flyer, 1931, 1945
378. International Institute, Los Angeles, California, Brochures; festival programs; flyers; annual meeting and dinner programs; annual report, 1924-1954
379. International Institute, Lowell, Massachusetts, Brochure, 1924-1954
380. International Institute, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Invitation card; annual reports; newsletters, flyers; Festival programs; brochures; cards, 1928, 1945-1958
381. International Institute, New York, New York, Brochures, 1923
382. International Institute, Niagara Falls, New York, Dedication service program; report of personal service and casework; study of programs; anniversary program; flyer; newsletter, 1941-1942, 1944
383. International Institute, Oakland, California, Brochures; Christmas mailer, 1931, 1947
384. International Institute, Passaic, New Jersey, Flyer, 1929
385. International Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Festival programs, leaflets; activities programs; annual reprints; anniversary brochure; newsletters; cards; leaflets, 1936-1959
386. International Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Brochure, n.d.
387. International Institute, Providence, Rhode Island, Christmas mailer; newsletters; brochure; pageant program, 1939, 1943
388. International Institute, St. Paul, Minnesota, Brochures; leaflets; program outline (typewritten); Festival of Nations programs; annual report; newsletters and bulletins, 1936-1956
389. International Institute, San Francisco, California, News bulletin; newsletter; calendar of festivals, 1945-1959
390. International- Institute, Toledo, Ohio, Dedication program; newsletter; membership invitation card and brochure, 1945-1968
391. International Institute, Trenton, New Jersey, Activities calendar/brochure, 1938
392. Photographs, Photographs of the St. Louis International Institute building, staff and members, 1920-1955
393. Photographs, Photographs of St. Louis International Institute classes and activities, 1923-1964
394. Photographs, Photographs of St. Louis International Institute activities, special events, 1920-1959
395. Photographs, Photographs of events and organizational activities in St. Louis (Czechoslovak Day; Jefferson Memorial Closing Exercises; Princess Iolanda Club) and the Statue of St. Louis, 1919, 1923-1924
396. Photographs, Assorted negatives, n.d.
397. Photographs, Publicity prints from the American Relief for France (NY), 1945-1946
398. Miscellaneous, Manuals and institutional guides for business machines, office equipment; notes; brochures; address plate; form letter, 1957-1964
INDEX
Admiral Excursion Boat, f. 107
Federal Bureau of Investigation, f.171
Greater St. Louis Citizens' Committee for Nuclear Information, f. 175
Immigrants, f. 1-398
International Institute, f. 1-398
Race Relations, f. 125, 193
St. Louis Art Museum, f. 166
Vess Bottling Company, f. 69
War Brides, f. 143-145, 205
Works Progress Administration, f. 208
YMCA, f. 209
YWCA, f. 210-213
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