Kalmyk Resettlement Committee Records
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Abstract
The Kalmyk Resettlement Committee was an American group attempting resettlement of Kalmyks, ethnic Mongolians living in Russia since the seventeenth century and displaced by World War II. The records include correspondence, some in German, and case histories with attached photographs.
Biographical/Historical note
The Kalmyk Resettlement Committee was an American group attempting resettlement of Kalmyks, ethnic Mongolians who had lived in Russia since the seventeenth century, who became refugees at various times. Some of them had migrated to southeastern Europe in the aftermath of the Russian revolution, and others fled westward with the retreating German army during World War II. Organizations working with the Committee were the National Council of the Church of Christ, the International Refugee Organization in Geneva and the Unitarian Service Committee.
Arrangement
The folders are arranged alphabetically.
Scope and Contents note
The records include correspondence, some in German, and case histories with attached photographs.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open without restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Tamiment Library has no information about copyright ownership for this collection and is not authorized to grant permission to publish or reproduce materials from it. Materials in this collection, which were created in 1949 to 1952, are expected to enter the public domain in 2073.
Preferred Citation
Identification of item, date; Collection name; Collection number; box number; folder number; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from the Rand School Archives, 1963. The accession number associated with this collection is 1963.013.
Custodial History
The materials in this collection were acquired by the library of the Rand School of Social Science (later the Tamiment Institute and Library). In 1963, members of the People's Education Camp Society, Inc. transferred the collection to the Tamiment Library at New York University in 1963. The accession number associated with this gift is 1963.013.
