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HAROLD E. STASSEN:

ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

A description of a portion of the Harold Stassen papers at the Minnesota Historical Society follows. Links to an overview of this collection and other sections of the collection appear on the left side of the screen.

ORGANIZATION:
This portion of the Harold Stassen papers is organized into the following sections.

Civic and Professional Organizations, 1948-1973

Religious Organizations, 1940-1974

DETAILED DESCRIPTION: ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Documentation is minimal for the periods covering Stassen's World War II military service and his Eisenhower administration posts.

Civic and Professional Organizations, 1948-1973
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Academy of Political Science, 1949-1951.
Alfalfa Club (Washington, D.C.), 1950-1951.
American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 1949-1950.
American Bar Association: Section of International and Comparative Law:
While president of the University of Pennsylvania Stassen served as the delegate of the American Bar Association's Section of International and Comparative Law to its House of Delegates, 1948-1952, and as the chair of the Committee on Constitutional Aspects of International Agreements, 1949-1952. The committee investigated recommendations that could be made to the Bar regarding the effect U.S. participation in international compacts such as the Human Rights Covenant and the Genocide Convention would have upon state jurisdiction, domestic law, and the separation of legislative and executive powers. "The key point of the controversy centered around Article VI, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States..." (Preliminary "Working Paper" Memorandum, June 7, 1950, in Correspondence and Related Papers, Committee on Constitutional Aspects of International Agreements) and concerned interpretation of the Senate's authority in ratifying agreements made by the executive branch. At the 1950 annual meeting of the Bar the committee recommended a report to the Bar's House of Delegates be made by a joint subcommittee of itself and the Section's Committee on Peace and Law Through the United Nations.
This series contains materials from the Section on International and Comparative Law, the Committee on Constitutional Aspects, and the ensuing Conjoint Subcommittee. Included are correspondence and related papers, meeting materials, proceedings, reports, and statements made by Stassen to the ABA as well as the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. Background research material is also included, much of it within the correspondence and related papers.
Additional materials regarding the work of the Committee may be found in the Minnesota Historical Society's collection of the papers of William D. Mitchell and Family as Mitchell was also a member of this committee.
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142.B.10.8F163
Correspondence and related papers, February 1948-October 1952. 4 folders
Annual meeting, 1949.
Annual meeting, 1950:
Proceedings.
Program and committee reports. 3 folders
Annual meeting, 1951:
Correspondence and related papers, May-September 1951.
Proceedings.
Annual meeting, 1953:
Proceedings.
Directories, 1951-1952.
Committee on Constitutional Aspects of International Agreements:
Correspondence and related papers, 1949-1951. 4 folders
Address of Harold E. Stassen, September 18, 1951.
Proceedings, June 22, 1950.
Ratification of International Labor Organization convention, 1949-1951.
Report and recommendations, September 19, 1950.
Conjoint Subcommittee:
Correspondence and related papers:
1950-January 1952. 3 folders
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142.B.10.9B164
February 1952-1953.
Background materials:
Articles by Zechariah Chafee, 1949-1951.
Articles by George A. Finch, 1948 and 1952.
Miscellaneous, 1950-1952.
Senate testimony, 1952-1953.
Meeting, January 18, 1951.
Joint reports, 1951. 2 folders
Reply memorandum of the Committee on Peace and Law Through the United Nations, November 14, 1952.
Reports of the Committee on Peace and Law Through the United Nations, 1949-1952.
Reports and recommendations of the Committee on the United Nations, 1949-1951.
Report and Recommendations _ on the Human Rights Covenant and the Genocide Convention, September 8, 1949.
American Committee on United Europe, 1949-1951.
American Heritage Foundation, 1948-1950.
American Legion: Abner Rude Post No. 481 (South St. Paul, Minn.), 1949-1951.
Boy Scouts of America (Philadelphia Council), 1949-1950.
Citizens Conference (New York City), September 28, 1950:
Stassen, together with six other university presidents, called this conference of 40 prominent citizens, including Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bernard Baruch, in order to consider major aspects of future U.S. foreign policy and to discuss future national security and related economic mobilization policies.
Correspondence, July 13-October 18, 1950. 2 folders
Staff and Discussion Aid Memorandum: Draft and final.
Discussion Aid Memorandum. 3 folders
Notes.
Names suggested for national advisory council.
Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. (Philadelphia Committee), 1948-1951.
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Crusade for Freedom:
The Crusade was sponsored by the National Committee for a Free Europe, Inc., an organization which operated Radio Free Europe as an independent counterpart of the government operated Voice of America. The Campaign was launched by General Eisenhower on Labor Day 1950 with General Lucius D. Clay, former military governor of Germany, as its national chairman. Stassen served on the Campaign's National Council (1950) and as national chairman of its 1951 drive. The purpose of the Campaign was to offer all Americans an opportunity to play a personal part in a demonstration of the "free world's determination to resist Communist aggression."
Activities sponsored by the Campaign and documented in the records include a drive to secure signatures on a Freedom Scroll, which was enshrined in the Crusade's Freedom Bell in Berlin; fund raising for Radio Free Europe; and "Winds of Freedom," an operation which launched thousands of balloons carrying millions of leaflets into Czechoslovakia and Poland.
National Council, 1950. 2 folders
Correspondence and miscellaneous related papers, 1951-1952. 4 folders
Activities and news, 1951. 3 folders
News clippings, 1951.
Foreign Policy Association, 1949.
Franklin Institute, 1948-1950.
Freedoms Foundation:
The Foundation's purpose was "To build and create an understanding of the spirit and philosophy of the Constitution and Bill of Rights and our bundle of indivisible political and economic freedoms inherent in the American way of life." This purpose was achieved through financial awards to citizens and organizations based on their "record of achievement in defending and extending the freedom philosophy of Americanism."
Charter and miscellaneous related papers, 1949.
Awards committee, 1949-1951. 2 folders
Scrapbook, 1949.
Germantown Historical Society: Morris House Committee, 1949-1950.
Hall of Fame (New York University), 1949-1951, 1962-1965. 3 folders
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Hoover Report: Citizens Committee, 1949-1952. 5 folders
In 1947 Congress created the bipartisan Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of the Government and named former President Herbert Hoover as its chairman. The Commission's assignment was to find ways of eliminating duplication and waste from the operations of the federal government. After a year of investigation by 24 task forces the Commission issued a report to Congress containing approximately 300 specific recommendations.
The Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report was organized in April 1949 in order to ensure continued public education and support of the Hoover Commission's proposals after its formal disbanding on June 12, 1949. The Committee was headed by Dr. Robert L. Johnson, president of Temple University. Stassen served as a member of the Committee's board of directors from its formation until March 1951 and as a member of its national Advisory Board until the Committee closed in June 1952. He was also a member of the Independent Veterans Committee for the Hoover Report (August 1951-May 1952), an affiliate of the Citizens Committee, which aimed to make the Hoover Report better known and understood by veterans and to act as an advocate for those veterans who favored the Hoover Commission recommendations regarding the Veterans Administration.
International House of Philadelphia, 1949-1950.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.), 1949-1950.
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James Picker Foundation, 1950-1953, 1956. 2 folders
Kiwanis Club, 1951-1952.
Marine Corps League, 1951-1952.
Masonic organizations, 1949-1953.
Midday Club, 1948-1952.
Middle East Technical University:
Hired as a consultant for UNESCO, Stassen helped draft the charter and articles of incorporation for the Middle East Technical University in Turkey.
Correspondence:
Board of Trustees, 1957-1960.
Dr. Edwin S. Burdell, 1959-1960.
Ambassador S. Esin, 1958-1959.
Prime Minister Menderes, 1958-1959.
Miscellaneous, 1958-1960, 1963, 1973.
UNESCO:
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New York, 1958-1959.
Paris, 1958-1959.
Dr. W. R. Woolrich, 1958-1960.
Charter and initial policies:
Preliminary draft, 1959.
Forms and charters of other universities, 1959.
Various lists, drafts, and information, 1958-1959.
Contract and memo regarding 1960, 1958-1959.
Reports, [1957]-1958.
Souvenir album, 1959.
Special fund request, 1959.
University catalog, 1958-1959.
Memberships, registrations, miscellaneous organizations, 1978-1985.
National Citizens Commission on International Cooperation:
Correspondence, 1964-1966. 2 folders
Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament, 1965-1966. 3 folders
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National Fund for Medical Education, 1948-1954, 1961-1964. 13 folders
National Mental Health Foundation, 1948-1950.
National Student Association, 1953-1956. 4 folders
Penn Mutual, 1948-1951. 4 folders
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1950.
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor, 1952.
Pennsylvania State Bar Association, 1951-1953.
Philadelphia Charter Commission, 1951.
Philadelphia Community Chest, 1949.
Philadelphia Country Club, 1949-1952.
Philadelphia Voiture Forty and Eight (American Legion Honor Society), 1949.
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143.E.9.6F3
Photographs, 1950-1954, 1963, 1978.
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Red Cross Bill, H.R. 7345, 1952.
Red Cross Fund Campaign Committee, 1948-1952.
Republican Citizens Committee (Philadelphia), 1951.
Save the Children Federation, 1949-1950.
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, 1949-1950.
South Saint Paul Civic and Commerce Association, 1949-1950.
Sunday Breakfast Club, 1948-1950.
Survey of Medical Education Advisory Council, 1949-1951.
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Union League of Philadelphia, 1952.
United Cerebral Palsy Association National Citizens Committee, 1950-1951.
United Fund, 1950-1951.
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United Negro College Fund National Council, 1951.
United States Junior Chamber of Commerce, 1949-1950.
United States Lawn Tennis Association Auxiliary Committee, 1951.
World Conference on World Peace through Law:
Second Conference, Washington, September 12-18, 1965:
Addresses, August 1965-January 1966.
Includes the text of Stassen's conference address, addresses made by other conference participants, the charter and bylaws of the World Peace Through Law Center, and a copy of an address made by the Center's president, Charles S. Rhyne, before the Pennsylvania Bar Association on January 21, 1966.
Correspondence, November 1964-February 1966.
Foundation letters, August-October 1965.
Printed material and invitations, 1965.
Third Conference, Geneva, July 9-14, 1967:
Addresses, reports, and working papers, July 1967.
Correspondence:
General, 1966-1968.
Henderson and Rhyne, 1966-1967.
Committees, 1966-1967.
Resolutions.
Printed matter. 2 folders
Newsletters, August 1966-January 1968.
Fifth Conference, Belgrade, July 21-25, 1971: Printed materials, 1971.
Sixth Conference, Abidjan, August 26-31, 1973:
Initial report, August 30, 1972.
World Law Day program, 1973.
World Peace Through Law Center: Correspondence, 1971-1972.

Religious Organizations, 1940-1974
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Baptist organizations:
An active member of the Northern Baptist Convention, which changed its name to the American Baptist Convention in 1950 and to the American Baptist Church of the USA in 1973, Stassen served as its vice president in 1942, as national co-chairman of its World Mission Crusade in 1946, as convention officer for its General Council in 1946-1947, as delegate from the Second Baptist Church of Germantown in 1962 and 1966, as president of the Convention in 1963-1964, and as 1967 chairman of the Convention's World Mission Campaign Major Gift Committee for the Southeast Pennsylvania Campaign Committee. The papers are arranged according to the Convention's name change with materials pertaining to the Northern Baptist Convention appearing first.
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Northern Baptist Convention:
Correspondence and related papers,1941-January 1943, April 1945-1949. 3 folders
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American Baptist Publication Society, 1948-1950.
World Mission Crusade, 1946.
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World Mission Crusade citation, 1947.
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American Baptist Convention:
Annual Meeting, 1963:
Printed materials, 1963.
Annual Meeting, 1964:
Commendations and thank yous, May-June 1964.
Program Committee, 1963-1964. 2 folders
Christian Higher Education Challenge:
Dinner and campaign correspondence, 1958-1959.
Campaign prospects, 1958-1959.
Printed material, 1958-1959.
Engagements, 1963-1964,. 4 folders
General Council, 1963-1964. 3 folders
Peace Conference, 1985.
Russia visit to Baptist churches, 1963-1964.
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143.E.9.6F3
Photographs, 1964. 1 folder and 2 albums.
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World Mission Campaign:
Correspondence and related papers, 1966-1968.
Printed materials, 1966-1968.
Reports, 1967-1968.
Correspondence, 1973-1974.
Baptist Foundation/Baptists Mutual Fund, 1969.
Baptist Life Association, 1946-1948.
Baptist Theological Union, 1967-1974. 3 folders
Baptist World Alliance, 1965-1969. 2 folders
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Correspondence, 1961-1962, 1965-1974. 5 folders
Philadelphia Baptist Unity Rally, 1966-1967.
Second Baptist Church of Germantown:
Centennial, 1965-1967.
Correspondence, 1950, 1973-1974. 2 folders
Fire:
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142.B.10.15B170
Correspondence and related papers, 1969-1972.
Subrogration, 1971-1972.
Portrait of Vernon Carney Hargroves by Esther Glewwe Stassen, [197?].
Southern Baptist Convention: Separation of church and state, 1947.
International Churchmans Exposition, 1951-1952.
International Council of Religious Education (ICRE):
The purpose of the International Council as stated in its charter was "To promote organized Sunday school work, to encourage study of the Bible, and to assist in the spread of the Christian religion." Stassen served as the Council's president from October 1942 until the merger of the ICRE with the National Council of the Churches of Christ (NCC) in November 1950. The ICRE's functions were carried on within the NCC through its Division of Christian Education.
See also: Boxes 171-173, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA.
Correspondence, 1942-November 1943, September 1945-July 1950. 14 folders
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Correspondence, August 1950-1951. 2 folders
Annual meeting, 1946.
Annual meeting, 1948.
Board of Trustees meeting, October 1947.
Conference on the Community and Religious Education:
Program and related papers, December 1947.
Discussion group minutes, March 1948.
Fund raising, 1949-1950.
International Sunday School Convention:
Correspondence, 1947. 2 folders
Program and related papers, 1947.
Printed materials:
Miscellaneous, 1940-1942, 1945-1948.
The Christian Church and World Order Discussion Guide, 1942.
National Conference of Christians and Jews:
Stassen served as the Conference's 1946 general chairman of the American Brotherhood Campaign, overseeing publicity and fund raising activities for the 13th annual national observance of Brotherhood Week held February 17-24. In 1949, Stassen served as a member of a committee of national leaders promoting Brotherhood Week.
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Correspondence,1945-1952. 4 folders
Printed material, 1946-1951.
National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. (NCC):
This series begins with correspondence (1948-1950) related to Stassen's activities with the Federal Council of Churches in America and the Philadelphia Council of Churches. The Federal Council of Churches in America merged with seven other Protestant organizations at a convention held in Cleveland (November 29-December 1, 1950) to form the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Stassen's participation in the Council's creation is documented in the early correspondence including his consideration and rejection as a possible nominee for president by the Council's planning committee, his election as a vice president-at-large, and his address to the General Assembly (December 1, 1950).
The bulk of the papers pertain to Stassen's service on the Council's general board, as well as his activities on several Council committees. These include his chairmanship of the Committee on Headquarters Location (April-December 1951), a committee authorized by the Constituting Convention to make recommendations regarding the permanent headquarters of the National Council; his membership on the business committee of the Division of Christian Education; his position as a representative of the Division of Christian Education to the Board of Managers of the General Department of United Church Men; and his activity as a member of the National Lay Committee.
There is also a group of papers related to Stassen's submission of a study paper entitled "The Power Struggle and Security in a Nuclear-Space Age" to the Preparatory Study Commission II in advance of the Fifth World Order Study Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio (November 18-21, 1958) and his service as a moderator of Section IV on the "Impact of science and technology on peace and war" during the Sixth World Order Study Conference in St. Louis, Missouri (October 20-23, 1965). Both conferences were planned and administered by the NCC's International Affairs Commission.
See also: Box 170, International Council of Religious Education (ICRE).
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Correspondence and miscellaneous related papers, 1948-1955, 1964. 8 folders
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142.B.11.1B172
Committee on Headquarters Location, 1950-1952. 7 folders
Division of Christian Education:
Correspondence and miscellaneous related papers, 1951-1952. 6 folders
Assembly:
Correspondence, 1960.
Business Committee meeting, December 4, 1960.
Executive Board meeting, December 4, 1960.
Assembly, December 5, 1960.
Annual meeting, February 10-16, 1961.
General Assembly, 1963.
General Board, 1951-1952. 3 folders
National Laymen's Committee, 1951-1952.
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Proposed revised constitution and bylaws, December 1963.
United Churchmen, 1952.
Fifth World Order Study Conference: Preparatory Study Commission II, 1958. 2 folders
Sixth World Order Study Conference, undated and 1965. 3 folders
New Hampshire Congregational-Christian Conference: National Advisory Committee, 1951.
Religion in American Life, 1950-1951, 1955.
Religious Heritage of America, 1979-1980.
U.S. Inter-religious Committee on Peace:
Correspondence and related papers, 1965-1967, 1971-1974. 4 folders
Washington, D.C. conference, March 15-17, 1966. 2 folders
New Dehli symposium, 1967-1968.
World Conference on Religion and Peace (1st : Kyoto): Printed materials, 1970.
World Conference of Religion for Peace:
Printed materials, 1971-1974. 2 folders
Includes newsletters and a series of reports on disarmament written by Homer A. Jack, secretary-general of the Conference.

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