Descriptive Summary |
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| Creator: | Pell, Orlie, 1900- |
| Title: | Orlie Pell Papers |
| Dates: | circa 1920-1973 |
| Quantity: | 25 cubic feet (25 record cartons) |
| Abstract: | Peace activist; born in 1900; received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1930; joined the U.S. Section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (then based in Washington, D.C.) in 1948 and later served as its president, 1957-1961; moved in 1961 to Hunterdon County, N.J. (where she had co-owned a house in Raritan Township, near Flemington, since 1938); served as president of the League of Women Voters of Hunterdon County, 1966-1967; served as a director of SANE, Inc.; died in 1975. Full name: Orlie Anna Haggerty Pell. Correspondence and other papers reflecting Pell's interest in pacifism, the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the United Nations and the League of Women Voters of Hunterdon County, N.J. |
| Collection No.: | Annex Collection #2860 |
| Access: | Stored offsite: Advance notice required to consult these records. |
| Language: | English |
| Repository: | Rutgers University Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives |
Orlie Pell Papers, Annex Collection #2860, Special Collections and University Archives, Rutgers University Libraries.
This section provides descriptions of the materials found within each series. Each series description is followed by a container list, which gives the titles of the "containers" (for example, folders, volumes, or cassettes) and their locations in the numbered boxes that comprise the collection. The availability of any digital items from a container is indicated with a hyperlink.
| ORLIE PELL PAPERS | |||||||||||
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| 1 | Records regarding SANE, 1960-1963 | ||||||||||
| Including some correspondence, clippings and policy statements. | |||||||||||
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| 2 | Records regarding WILPF (Women's International League for Peace & Freedom) | ||||||||||
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| 3 | Alphabetical files, including correspondence, leaflets, notes on conferences, etc. | ||||||||||
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| 4 | Miscellaneous material, primarily letters received from various organizations, including junk mail | ||||||||||
| Books on U.S.S.R. (e.g., Khruschev's On Peaceful Co-existence) | |||||||||||
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| 5 | WILPF 50th Anniversary Conference (1965), including planning, elections, correspondence, and resolution | ||||||||||
| Material on other WILPF conferences, 1959 -1965 | |||||||||||
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| 6 | Hunterdon County League of Women Voters: programs, 1966 -1970 | ||||||||||
| Minutes of board of directors meetings, etc. | |||||||||||
| Other material on SANE and WILPF | |||||||||||
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| 7 | Records for SANE | ||||||||||
| Materials on other organizations (Common Cause; McGovern for President) | |||||||||||
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| 8 | Pacifist Materials primarily leaflets issued by WILPF and the Friends Committee on National Legislation | ||||||||||
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| 9 | Materials on various organizations, including SANE (N.J.), National League (1972-1973), AAUW, N.J. WILPF. | ||||||||||
| General folders on N.J. politics and legislation | |||||||||||
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| 10 | Orlie Pell - personal files | ||||||||||
| Issues of Labor Education Guide | |||||||||||
| Letters received | |||||||||||
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| 11 | Material regarding League of Women Voters, Hunterdon Co., 1964-1970 | ||||||||||
| Files on housing and human resources. | |||||||||||
| AAUW material regarding land use | |||||||||||
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| 12 | Hunterdon County Committee on Aging - questionnaires on housing, papers on food stamps | ||||||||||
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| 13 | Miscellaneous -primarily correspondence, but also including material on WILPF International Congress (1956), white collar workshops, etc. | ||||||||||
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| 14 | Miscellaneous, including material on socialism and education | ||||||||||
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| 15 | Files regarding U.N. activities, peace organizations, common market, and anti-Semitism | ||||||||||
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| 16 | Books & periodicals; material on U.N. activities | ||||||||||
| Files on Hunterdon County issues (e.g., environment) | |||||||||||
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| 17 | Files on WILPF, primarily dealing with war in South East Asia | ||||||||||
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| 18 | Files on Citizens' Housing | ||||||||||
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| 19 | Publications, 1968-1969 | ||||||||||
| Files on SANE, 1970-1973 | |||||||||||
| Policy papers - N.J. Governor's Conference on Education | |||||||||||
| Local government handbooks | |||||||||||
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| 20 | Material regarding League of Women Voters | ||||||||||
| Cancelled check | |||||||||||
| Material from conference on U.S. & Soviet Women | |||||||||||
| Personal papers, including legal documents, sheet music | |||||||||||
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| 21 | Books of a political nature (e.g., regarding U.N., WILPF) | ||||||||||
| Personal files: Bryn Mawr college, Pell family | |||||||||||
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| 22 | Pamphlets and handbooks regarding local (Hunterdon County) and international subjects (China) | ||||||||||
| Files on Hunterdon County League of Women Voters, 1966-1973 | |||||||||||
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| 23 | Clippings, correspondence, etc., primarily on local politics (e.g., Hunterdon County Committee on Aging) | ||||||||||
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| 24 | Local politics: public welfare -housing | ||||||||||
| Personal material: letters, poetry | |||||||||||
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| 25 | Magazines, pamphlets, etc. (e.g., on U.S.S.R., Civil Rights, Vietnam) | ||||||||||