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- catalog abstract "Collection includes biographical information; correspondence and reports; her report entitled Hitler and the Corridor; Polish tourism pamphlets and Russian propaganda posters, 1930s; and letters of appreciation following Nason's death.".
- catalog contributor b12135826.
- catalog date "1931".
- catalog description "An advisor to Eleanor Roosevelt while she was chair of the Human Rights Commission, Nason prepared many of the U.S. drafts for what was eventually adopted by the United Nations as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In addition to serving as an advisor to U.S. delegations at the U.N., Nason was an international organization affairs specialist for the Dept. of State, with responsibility for human rights, anti-discrimination, and status of women programs. In 1968 she received the Dept. of State's Distinguished Service Award; she retired in 1969.".
- catalog description "Collection includes biographical information; correspondence and reports; her report entitled Hitler and the Corridor; Polish tourism pamphlets and Russian propaganda posters, 1930s; and letters of appreciation following Nason's death.".
- catalog description "Educator and government official Rachel Conrad Nason (1899-1977) graduated from Wellesley (A.B. 1920) and the University of Pennsylvania (M.A. 1934). She taught history and English at the Chaffee School, Windsor, Conn. (1937-1942) and was dean of women at Hillyer Junior College, Hartford, Conn. (1939-1941). Her lifelong involvement with international affairs began in the 1920s when she served as executive secretary of the Young Friends Movement (Quaker) and was co-founder of the Connecticut Council of International Relations. In 1931 she received a grant from the Committee on the Cause and Cure of War to study in Europe and at the League of Nations; she published a report, Hitler and the Corridor, and lectured widely upon her return. As congressional secretary for the League of Women Voters (1944-1945), Nason helped organize Senate hearings which led to the U.S. ratification of the United Nations Charter.".
- catalog description "Gift of her daughter, Mary-Louise Reynolds, 2001.".
- catalog description "Rachel Conrad Nason Papers. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.".
- catalog extent ".5 linear ft.".
- catalog issued "1931".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog provenance "Gift of her daughter, Mary-Louise Reynolds, 2001.".
- catalog spatial "Poland.".
- catalog subject "Human rights.".
- catalog subject "International organization.".
- catalog subject "League of Nations.".
- catalog subject "Nason, Rachel Conrad, 1899-1977.".
- catalog subject "National Committee on the Cause and Cure of War (U.S.)".
- catalog subject "Political posters, Russian.".
- catalog subject "Tourism Poland.".
- catalog subject "United Nations Officials and employees, American.".
- catalog subject "United States. Department of State Officials and employees.".
- catalog subject "Women's rights.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1914-1918 Territorial questions Poland.".
- catalog title "Papers, 1931-1980 (inclusive).".
- catalog type "collection".