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Records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) (previously the Academic Assistance Council (AAC))

Document | Digitized | Accession Number: 2008.36 | RG Number: RG-59.028M

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    Overview

    Description
    Contains records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning (SPSL) relating to assistance to academics fleeing the Fascist regimes in Europe between 1933-1955. Contains also administrative and financial files, reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence with international and local refugee organizations, records assisting interned refugees, as well as a sample of personal files of scholars assisted by the Society. Includes name lists of scholars in various disciplines from many European countries.
    Date
    inclusive:  1933-1955
    Collection Creator
    Council for Assisting Refugee Academics
    Reference
    Zimmerman, David. “The Society for the Protection of Science and Learning and the Politicization of British Science in the 1930s.” Minerva (2006), 4, 25-45.

    Lord Beveridge. A Defence of Free Learning. London-New York-Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1959.

    Bentwich, Norman. The Rescue and Achievement of Refugee Scholars. The Story of Displaced Scholars and Scientists,1933-1952. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1953.

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Genre/Form
    Questionnaires.
    Extent
    1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
    1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..
    System of Arrangement
    Organization is thematic.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    This material can only be accessed in a Museum reading room or other on-campus viewing stations. As per the cooperative agreement, the Museum shall advise third parties who request access to the collection that they should contact Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) for access and use permission.
    Conditions on Use
    As per the cooperative agreement, the Museum shall advise third parties who request reproduction or publication of the collection that they should contact Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) for use permission.

    Copyright Holder
    Council for Assisting Refugee Academics

    Keywords & Subjects

    Geographic Name
    Europe--Intellectual life.

    Administrative Notes

    Holder of Originals
    Bodleian Library
    Legal Status
    Permanent Collection
    Provenance
    Records created by the Council for Assisting Refugee Academics (CARA) (previously named the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning). The main bulk of their collection is held by the Bodleian Library at Oxford University in Great Britain. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received the filmed collection via the International Program Division in April 2008, and three accretions in 2011.
    Record last modified:
    2023-07-06 13:58:39
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