Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) records
Extent and Medium
14,904 digital images, JPEG
10 microfilm reels, 35 mm
Creator(s)
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Biographical History
The Unitarian Service Committee was formed as a standing committee of the American Unitarian Association in May 1940. Its purpose was to be a committee to investigate opportunities both in America and abroad for humanitarian service. In mid 1945, the Universalist Service Committee was formed. The Unitarian Service Committee (USC) separated from the American Unitarian Association (AUA), and USC Canada became a separate entity in December 1948. In 1961, the American Unitarian Association (AUA) united with the Universalist Church of America to establish the Unitarian Universalist Association. The official establishment of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) occurred in 1963, when the Unitarian Service Committee and the Universalist Service Committee merged into one. During and after World War II, The Unitarian Service Committee aided hundreds of displaced persons in occupied countries, allowing many of them to find passage to the United States. The present-day Unitarian Universalist Service Committee continues to endeavor to advance human rights and social justice throughout the world.
Archival History
Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Acquisition
The U.S Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received this collection on loan for reproduction from Dr. Charles Clements at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee on April 6, 2007. The collection was digitized, original documents were sent to the UUSC office. Digital images of records reside in the Museum Archives.
Scope and Content
Contains originals and photocopies of reports, meeting minutes, publications, correspondence, documents, newspaper articles, announcements, programs, obituaries, oral history transcripts, a bibliography, and photographs pertaining to the founding of the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC), its evolving mission, objectives, and leadership. The records also pertain to the organization's projects, leadership, and offices in the United States and abroad during and after World War II. Other records relate specifically to the international medical missions of the UUSC.
System of Arrangement
The Unitarian Universalist Service Committee (UUSC) records consist of four series. Series 1: UUSC General Historical Records, ca. 1938-1993. Series 2: UUSC War Records, (Bulk 1939-1945). Series 3: Post-War UUSC Records, (Bulk 1945-1990). Series 4: UUSC Medical Missions Records, ca. 1940-1996
People
- Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970.
- Field, Hermann H., 1910-2001--Interviews.
- Sharp, Waitstill--Correspondence.
- Dexter, Robert.
- Deutsch, Karl W., 1912-1992.
- Dexter, Elisabeth.
- Brooks, Howard--Interviews.
- Helen Fogg--Interviews.
- Field, Herta.
- Sharp, Martha--Interviews.
Corporate Bodies
- Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
Subjects
- United States
- Missions, Medical--Greece--History.
- War relief--France.
- Humanitarian intervention--Czechoslovakia--Prague.
- World War, 1939-1945--Refugees.
- War relief--Czechoslovakia.
- World War, 1939-1945--Civilian relief--Europe.
- Political refugees--Czechoslovakia.
- War relief--Portugal.
- Humanitarian assistance, American.
- Missions, Medical--Israel--History.
- Political refugees--Spain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Destruction and pillage.
- Executive departments
- Missions, Medical--Iran--History.
- Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
- Intelligence Services
- Unitarians--Biography.
- Missions, Medical--Czechoslovakia--History.
Genre
- Correspondence.
- Transcripts.
- Sermons.
- Photographs.
- Memorandums.
- Minutes.
- Obituaries.
- Case files.
- Document
- Reports.