United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration photographs

Identifier
irn521685
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2004.20.1
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn521685

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Calumet Public School Library

The Calumet Public School Library received the collection from the brother of Raymond Fadner who collected the material while working at UNRRA during World War II. The library donated the collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003.

Scope and Content

The papers consist of 31 official United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) photographs, with captions, depicting the various relief programs and actions of the organization following World War II and 23 labels describing the images that are duplicates of the photograph captions. Activities at UNRRA facilities in China, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, and Sweden, are depicted.

System of Arrangement

The collection is arranged in a single series.

People

  • Fadner, Raymond H.

Corporate Bodies

  • United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Subjects

  • International economic assistance--1940-1950.
  • International agricultural assistance--1940-1950.
  • Bad Hersfeld (Germany)
  • Food relief--1940-1950.
  • Naples (Italy)
  • Medical aspects of war--1940-1950.
  • Wiesbaden (Germany)
  • Refugees--1940-1950.
  • Reconstruction (1939-1951)
  • Thessalonikē (Greece)

Genre

This description is derived directly from structured data provided to EHRI by a partner institution. This collection holding institution considers this description as an accurate reflection of the archival holdings to which it refers at the moment of data transfer.

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