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

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

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
Language
English
Genre/Form
Questionnaires.
Extent
1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
1 DVD-ROM ; 4 3/4 in..

About This Document

Document Creator
John Akker
System of Arrangement
Organization is thematic.
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.

Keywords and Subjects

Administrative History

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.

Rights and 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
 
Record last modified: 2022-07-28 17:51:03
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