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The Harold L. Oram Papers and Records of the Oram Group, Inc., 1939-1992


136 Boxes (67 linear feet)
Processed by Rita Harlan and Jim Bishop, 1993-1994
A more detailed inventory of the collection is available in the library.


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Restrictions

Public access to client records of the internal operations of the Oram Group are restricted for a period of forty (40) years from the records' date of creation. Mailings, brochures and other client and Oram Group records intended for public distribution, and all records more than forty (40) years old are open to the public without restriction. Researchers wanting to use restricted records must receive written permission from the chief executive officer of the Oram Group.


Background Note

The Oram Group, Inc. is the present day incarnation of Harold L. Oram, Inc. founded in 1939 as a fund raising and public relations consulting firm specializing in liberal social causes. For more than fifty years the Oram Group's clients have addressed the most important social and political issues of the day, including human and civil rights, the environment, nuclear weapons, and refugee relief. In more recent years the organization has increasingly represented educational, health, arts, and community organizations.

The firm's founder, Harold Leon Oram, was born on December 2, 1907 in Butler, Pennsylvania to Austro-Hungarian immigrants, Samuel and Freda (Ginzler) Oram. Oram received his early education in Butler with the exception of one year at Staunton Military Academy. After graduation from Butler High School he spent two years at the University of Miami in Florida majoring in history and economics. In 1934 Oram earned a law degree from New York Law School although he appears never to have been a practicing lawyer. Instead he continued the journalistic career he had followed since 1930.

Oram's first venture into journalism was with a weekly paper, the Fort Worth Monitor, in partnership with Leopold Mamolen. When the newspaper failed he left Texas and went to work for papers in Hartsdale and Brooklyn, New York while he attended law school. In 1936 Oram began working with the North American Committee to Aid Spanish Democracy, an activist group committed to the Loyalist side in Spain's Civil War. When that organization split into two groups, Oram went with the liberal faction that included Ralph Bates, Varian Fry and Roger Baldwin, to form the Spanish Refugee Relief Campaign. Oram became the group's Director of Publicity and Fund-Raising and was responsible for obtaining the funds to aid in relocating Spanish Loyalists who fled Spain following Franco's victory.

In September of 1939, Oram founded a fund-raising firm called Consultants in Fund Raising. Shortly thereafter it became known as Harold L. Oram, Inc. The firm's early clients were devoted to aiding victims of social injustice. Among them was the Emergency Rescue Committee (forerunner of the International Rescue and Relief Committee), which helped anti-Nazi intellectuals and political leaders flee Europe following the fall of France. Another account, the National Sharecroppers Fund, sought to improve the status of tenant farmers and migrant workers throughout the United States. A third client from the early 1940s, the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, sponsored the legal assault upon segregation. The organization still maintained a relationship with the Oram Group through the 1980s.

Oram's first employees were women, Eileen Fry (wife of Varian Fry) and Anna Frank Loeb, who had also met Oram through his activities during the Spanish Civil War. Oram had sufficient confidence in their abilities to leave the operation of his fledgling firm in their hands while he served four years in the army during World War II. A third early employee, Eve Bates (wife of Ralph Bates) another friend from the days of the Spanish Refugee Campaign, became a part of the firm in 1941. Unlike the others who were full-time employees, Bates worked on a part-time basis, first as Oram's secretary then as an account executive.

When he returned from the army in 1946, Oram's business began to expand. As word of his ability to raise money spread, the client list grew. At first, most of the firm's clients were associated with efforts to recover from the effects of World War II and to combat the spread of Communism. They included such organizations as the American Association for the United Nations, the Citizens Committee for the Marshall Plan and the Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign. Gradually the list began to include causes concerned with environmental, educational and health issues. During the 1960s, Oram began raising money, through capital fund campaigns, for buildings and institutions as well as causes. Two of the earliest capital funds campaigns were designed for the Hampton Institute and Goodwill Industries of Greater New York.

During the 1950s and early 1960s, Oram was involved in a number of anti-Communist Asian causes. Among his clients during those years were the American Friends of Vietnam, Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc., the Committee of One Million Against the Admission of Red China to the United Nations, and the Dr. Tom Dooley Foundation. Oram also handled public relations in the United States for the Republic of South Vietnam during the late 1950s.

From a staff of three executives, two secretaries and a part-time college student in 1946, the firm grew to include The Oram Group, Inc. with offices in New York and Washington, D.C.; Oram Group Events; Oram Group Systems; Oram Group Marketing and Oram Group Executive Search by 1985. Each entity had its own separate function i.e., Oram Group Events handled fund-raising dinners, conferences, openings, etc. while Oram Marketing was responsible for all phases of direct mail campaigns. Over time the firm represented a number of diverse groups both national and international. Among its many clients were the Girl Scouts, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Museum of the American Indian, the National Urban League and Planned Parenthood-World Population.

In the course of his career Oram was responsible for a number of novel fund-raising techniques. He pioneered modern direct mail appeal methods, collecting and compiling lists of donors in the days before such lists were bought and sold wholesale. Once, when a suitable list was unavailable, he used Who's Who as a mailing list. Oram is reputed to be the first to take out full-page advertisements in prestigious newspapers, such as The New York Times, for their value as stuffers in direct mail appeals. Another early tactic he employed involved telegrams. Taking advantage of the sense of urgency a telegram conveyed, he first sent them to important and wealthy individuals inviting them to contribute funds to bring political refugees to safety. Later he sent telegrams as urgent invitations to attend convocations (another Oram innovation) combining information sessions and a fund-raising event for the Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists and other clients.

Henry Goldstein, a long-time member of the Oram firm, purchased the company in the late 1970s. Goldstein, a native of New York, entered the fund-raising field in the mid 1950s. His first fund-raising job was with the United Community Chest of Paterson, New Jersey. He came to Harold L. Oram, Inc. in 1964 through an ad in The New York Times. Shortly thereafter, Oram formed a subsidiary, Oram Associates, to handle capital campaigns. It was placed under the guidance of Goldstein and Sidney W. Green. When Green departed, the firm became Oram- Goldstein Associates. Soon there were other subsidiaries for various facets of the business. Finally, in the mid 1970s these groups were merged under their present title, The Oram Group, Inc. Even after the sale of his firm, Oram continued his association with the company, serving as Honorary Chairman, until his death in August 1990.


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Scope and Content Note

The Oram Group Collection was acquired in two principal acquisitions plus several small ones. The first large group of records, spanning the years 1939 to 1984, was donated by Harold L. Oram shortly before his death in 1990. The other large group, spanning the years 1940 to 1991, was acquired in 1992 from the Oram Group, Inc. office. The smaller acquisitions were given by an Oram family member and two former employees in 1992.

The collection consists primarily of client files from the fund-raising firm founded by Harold L. Oram in 1939. Early clients were primarily social activist groups representing liberal causes. However, over the years, the firm's focus expanded to include more mainstream nonprofit clients including hospitals, museums and educational institutions as well as environmental, political and civil rights groups.

Records acquired in 1990 have most of the collection's data regarding Oram's business and personal life. Included are his army records, both personal and business correspondence and some employee information. The 1990 records also contain the majority of the collection's information on several of his early clients, including Aid to Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc., the American Research Hospital in Poland, the Citizens Committee for Displaced Persons, the Thomas A. Dooley Foundation, the Fund for Peace, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Planned Parenthood and the World Wildlife Fund. Generally, these records consist of appeal materials, background material, correspondence, press coverage, contracts and financial information. Also in this group are records of Oram's involvement in public broadcasting and various political campaigns.

Beginning in the 1960s the client files frequently include extensive studies evaluating the possibility of conducting a successful campaign. These detailed feasibility studies examined the client's background and operating procedures in minute detail. The information was gathered through interviews with board members, staff and prominent organization members. The completed study candidly analyzed the client's strengths and weaknesses, financial needs and potential fund-raising prospects, then made recommendations based on the findings. Studies range from about 30 pages to more than 100 pages with 75-80 pages being average.

The 1992 accession contains a large number of these feasibility studies for capital fund campaigns for the social service, medical and educational institutions that became clients as the firm expanded. This part of the collection contains extensive records for the Center for Study of Democratic Institutions, the International Rescue Committee, the Girl Scouts, Hampton Institute, Howard University, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Morehouse College, the NAACP/Legal Defense Fund, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Neighborhood Legal Services Association, the New Orleans Chamber of Commerce,New School for Social Research, the Washington Hebrew Congregation and the West Point Jewish Chapel Fund. The 1992 acquisitions also include some records of the Oram Companies, primarily Board Meeting Minutes dating from 1978 to 1990. Attached is a complete list of clients whose files appear in the collection.

Contents of individual client files vary from a single study or letter to records filling several folders. Some client files are found in more then one acquisition, particularly those of clients who were with the firm for many years such as the International Rescue Committee or the NAACP/Legal Defense Fund. A large number of direct mail examples for various clients are scattered throughout the collection, however there is also a separate series consisting entirely of direct mail examples dating from about 1983 to 1991. Some client files contain items with the notation "Found in Book of Many Accounts" the materials so indicated were found in a separate binder bearing that title.

Files are arranged alphabetically according to client and chronologically within that designation. Records relating to the operation of the firm and direct mailings are organized under the headings, Oram Companies, Oram Group, Inc. and Direct Mailings respectively.


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Client List

    
CATEGORY                        DATE       ACCESSION #    BOX/FOLDER

Aaronsburg Story                1955         A92-19          1/1

Abortion Rights Mobilization -  1981         A90-39         65/1
 ARM                           

Academy of Natural Sciences                  A92-19         57/1

Adlai Stevenson Institute of    1973         A92-19          1/2
 International Affairs         

African Student Aid             1970         A92-19          1/3

Aid Refugee Chinese             1952-1953    A92-19        1/4-1/5
 Intellectuals                 

Aids Resource Center            1989-1990    A92-19         57/2

Alvin Ailey City Center Dance   1975         A91-19          1/6
 Theater                       

American Association for        1947-1954    A92-19          1/7
 United Nations                

American Association for the    1946-1960    A90-39        3/1-4/5
 UN, Inc.                      

American Bureau for Medical     1951-1970    A90-39        1/1-2/7
 Aid to China, Inc.; Aid       

 Refugee Chinese Intellectuals,
 Inc.                          

American College of             1971         A92-19          1/8
 Cardiology, Heart House       
 Campaign                      

American Committee for Ruston   1951-1955    A92-19          1/9
 Academy                       

American Committee for United   1949-1950    A90-39          5/1
 Europe                        

American Committee on Africa,   1954-1961    A92-7         1/1-1/24
 Inc.                          

American Committee on United    1949,1951,   A92-19          1/10
 Europe                         1953,1959

American Documentary Films      1971         A92-19          1/11

American Emergency Committee    1959         A92-19          1/12
 for Tibetan Refugees          

American Emergency Committee    1959-1970    A90-39        5/2-5/5
 for Tibetan Refugees, Inc.    

American Farmland Trust         c.1989       A92-19         57/3

American Field Service/AFS      1976-1977    A92-19       1/13-1/14

American Foundation for the     1971         A92-19          1/15
Blind and American Foundation 
 for the Overseas Blind, Inc.  

American Friends of Rechov      1987         A92-19         57/4
 Sumsum                        

American Friends of Vietnam                  A90-39          5/7

American Friends of Vietnam     1956-1957    A92-19       1/16-1/18

American Friends of the         1959         A90-39          5/6
 Captive Nations               

American Indian Community       1987         A92-19         58/2
 House, Inc.                   

American Israel Public Affair   1983-1985    A92-19         58/1
 Committee                     

American Jewish Committee       1963, 1969   A92-19        2/1-2/2

American Research Hospital in   1959-1968    A90-39        6/1-10/9
 Poland                        

American Schizophrenia                       A92-19          2/3
 Association                   

American Shakespeare Theatre    1975         A92-19        2/4-2/6

American Society for            c.1989-1991  A92-19       58/3-58/6
 Prevention of Cruelty to      
 Animals                       

American Society for the Aged   1957         A90-39          11/1

American University in Cairo    c.1966       A92-19           2/7

American Veterans Committee     1947-1953    A90-39          11/2

American Wealthy                1979         A90-39          65/2

American Youth Hostels          1972-1973    A92-19         2/8-2/11 

Amnesty                         1961-1965    A90-39          11/3

11/3Anti-Defamation League      1965         A92-19           2/12

Antioch College                 1966-1970    A92-19         3/1-3/6

Are We Saving Vietnam?          1955-1956    A92-19           3/7

Arrow, Inc.(Amer Indian)        1957         A90-39          11/4

Asia                            1954-1955    A90-39          11/5

Asia Institute                  1950-1953    A90-39        11/6-12/1

Asia Institute                  1951         A92-19           3/8

Asia Society                    1959-1963    A90-39          12/2

Asian Student, The              1955-1956    A90-39          12/3

Associated Oram Companies       1970         A92-7            2/1

Association for Education on    1951-1952    A90-39          12/5
 World Government              

Association of American Indian  1950-1954    A90-39          12/4
 Affairs                       

Atlanta University              1974         A92-19         3/9-3/10

Atoms for Peace - American      1954         A90-39          12/6
 Association for the UN, Inc.  

B'nai B'rith                    1980s        A92-19          58/7

Bank Street College of          1969-1970    A92-19        3/11-3/14
 Education                     

Baptist Home of Philadelphia    1950         A92-19          3/15

Benton, Charles (son of         1971-1972    A90-39         13/3
 William Benton)               


Benton, Senator William (Sen    1952-1970    A90-39        12/7-13/2
 McCarty)                      

Berea College                   1973         A92-19          3/16

Boys Brotherhood Republic     c.1987-1988    A92-19         58/8

Boys' Clubs of Metropolitan     1979         A92-19          3/17
 Philadelphia, Inc.            

Broadcasting Foundation of      1957-1980    A90-39       13/4-14/2
 America                       

Brooklyn Friends School         1967, 1970   A92-19        3/18-4/2

Brooklyn Museum                 1977-1979    A92-19         4/3-4/5

Buffalo Zoological Gardens      1978         A92-19          4/6

Bulletin of Atomic Scientists   1949-1951    A92-19          4/7


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Client List: C - F

CATEGORY                        DATE       ACCESSION #    BOX/FOLDER

Carlson, Chester                1967         A90-39         14/3

Catalyst                        1975         A92-19         4/8-4/9

Center for Environmental        1988         A92-19          58/9
 Education                     

Center for Global Perspectives  1976-1980    A90-39          14/4

Center for Study of Democratic  1961-1966    A92-19        4/10-5/7
 Insititutions                 

Center for the Study of         1962-1974    A90-39       15/1-16/8
 Democratic Institutions       

Challenge of Building Peace     1969         A92-19          5/8

Charles A. Lindbergh  Memorial  1977-1978    A92-19       16/2-16/6
 Fund                          

Child Welfare League of         1966         A92-19          5/10
 America                       

Children's Village              1959         A92-19          5/9

Citizens Committee for          1947-1950    A90-39       16/9-18/5
 Displaced Persons             

Citizens Committee for the      1947         A92-19           5/11
 Marshall Plan                 

Citizens Committee on           1947-1950    A92-19        5/12-5/13
 Displaced Persons             

City Center of Music and Drama  1975-1977    A92-19       5/14-6/1

City College of CUNY            1974-1975    A92-19        6/2-6/9

College Public Relations        1968         A92-19       6/10-6/11
 Institute                     

Committee for International     1958         A90-39         18/6
 Economic Growth               

Committee for Protection of     1962         A90-39         18/13
 Children from Nuclear Fallout 

Committee for Tenth             1951         A92-19          6/12
 Anniversary of Freedom House  

Committee for a National Trade  1953,        A90-39          18/7

 Policy                         1961-1964    

Committee for the Marshall      1947         A90-39       18/14-19/2
 Plan to Aid European Recovery 

Committee for the Nation's      1946-1949    A90-39        19/3-19/6
 Health                        

Committee of 100                1948         A92-19           6/13

Committee of One Million -      1953-1955    A90-39       18/8-18/12
 Against the Admission of      
 Communist China to UN         

Committee on the Present        1951         A92-19           6/14
 Danger                        

Committee on the Present        1951         A90-39          19/7
 Danger Against Communist      
 Aggression                    

Committee to Honor Dr. Ralph    1951         A90-39          19/8
 Bunche                        

Committee to Strengthen the     1959         A90-39          19/9
 Frontiers of Freedom          

Common Council for American     1946         A92-19         7/1-7/2
 Unity                         

Concern for Dying               1989-1990    A92-19          58/10


Congress on Population and      1970         A92-19           7/3
 Environment                   

Council of New York Law         1973-1974    A90-39          19/10
 Associates (Public Interest   
 Resource Center)              

Craig, Leo (Integration)        1984         A90-39          65/3

Defenders of Wildlife           1987-1990    A92-19      58/11-58/13

Democratic National Committee   1952-1967    A90-39      19/11-19/13

Dillard University              1979         A92-19          7/4-7/5

Dooley - Thomas A. Dooley       1956-1970    A90-39       20/1-24/12
 Foundation                     

Dynamic Technology              1972         A92-19           7/6
 International                 

Earth Aid Society               1984         A90-39          65/4

Earth Day                       1977-1984    A90-39          65/5

Earth Flag                      1970, 1984   A90-39        65/6-65/9

Earth Society Foundation        1978-1984    A90-39       65/10-66/3

Edison - Thomas A. Edison       1954-1965    A90-39        25/1-25/3
 Foundation                    

Educational Broadcasting Corp.  1962-1963,   A92-19          7/7-7/9 
                                 c.1965  

Einstein Memorabilia            1985         A92-5            1/6

Emergency Committee for Atomic  1946         A92-19           7/10
 Scientists                    

Emergency Committee of Atomic   1946-1979    A90-39        25/4-25/5
 Scientists, Inc.              


Emergency Rescue Committee      1940-1944    A92-19        7/11-7/14

Environmental Fund              1974         A92-19           7/15

Environmental Fund              1974         A92-5            1/1

Experiment in International     1964         A92-19           8/1
 Living                        

Explorers Club                  1970         A92-19           8/2

Eye Bank for Sight Restoration  1989         A92-19          59/1

Fair Campaign Practices         1954-1961    A90-39          25/6
 Committee                     

Family Planning Association     1962-1963    A92-19         8/3-8/4

Fantasy Foundation              1982-1984    A90-39          66/4

Federal Union, Inc.             1977         A92-19           8/5

Foreign Policy Association      1966         A90-39          25/12

Foreign Policy Association      1966         A92-19         8/6-8/7

Foreign Policy Association      1966         A92-5            1/2

Foundation Proposals            1975-1976    A90-39          25/14

Foundation for International    1972         A92-19           8/8
 Child Health                  

Four H                          c.1984       A92-19          59/2

Free China Fund (ARCI           1952-1955    A90-39       25/7-25/11
 Materials)                    

Freedom House                   1959         A92-19           8/9

Friends World College           1964-1965    A90-39          25/15

Friends of J. William           1968         A90-39        26/1-26/3
 Fullbright                    

Frontier Nursing Service     c.1980-1984     A92-19          59/3
 Fund Raising                                A90-39          28/4

Fund for Open Society           1978         A92-19           8/10

Fund for Peace                  1967-1969    A92-19           8/11

Fund for Peace - Center for     1946-1979    A90-39        26/6-28/3
 Defense Information           

Fund for an Open Society        1983-1984    A90-39          66/5

Fund for the Republic           1962-1963    A92-19        8/12-8/13

Fund for the Republic/Center    1963         A92-5          1/4-1/5
 for the Study of Democratic   
 Institutions                  


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Client List: G - M

CATEGORY                        DATE       ACCESSION #    BOX/FOLDER

Gallaudet University            1988         A92-19          59/4

Galvin, Tom                     1977         A92-19           8/14

Ghana                           1957-1977    A90-39        28/5-29/6

Girl Scout Council of Bergen    1972, 1980   A92-19        8/15-9/2
 County                        

Girl Scout Council of Greater   1977-1978    A92-19         9/3-9/5
 New York                      

Girl Scout Council of Greater                A92-19          59/5
 New York                      

Girl Scouts of United States    1975, 1988   A92-19         9/6-9/9
 of America                    

Girls Club of New York          1976-1979    A92-19        9/10-9/12

Goddard College                 c.1966,      A92-19        10/1-10/3
                                1967, c.1974

Gold, Mary Jane                 1984        A90-39           66/6

Good Samaritans of Graymoor     c.1990      A92-19           59/6

Goodwill Industries of Greater  1965,1968   A92-19         10/4-10/5
 New York                      

Graham-Windham Services to      1980        A92-19           10/6
 Families and Children         

Grosvenor Neighborhood House    1960        A92-19           10/7

Hampton Institute               1963-1965,  A92-19         10/8-11/4

                                1978-1982  

Harkness Ballet                 1973        A92-19           11/5

Harlem-Dowling Children's       1974        A92-19           11/6
 Service                       

Hebrew Academy of West Chester  1977        A92-19        11/7-11/10

Holy Cross Hospital             1990        A92-19           59/7

Hospital for Sick Children                  A92-19           59/8

Hospitalized Veterans Music     1951-1960   A92-19       11/11-11/12
 Service                       

Howard University               1970-1978   A92-19         12/1-13/4

Hudson River Sloop Restoration  1969-1975   A90-39           30/1

Humane Society of the United    1975-1976   A92-19        13/5-13/10
 States                        

Institute for Natural           1979-1980   A90-39        30/2-30/3
 Philosophy                    

International Center for        1974        A90-39           30/4
 Living Aquatic Resources      
 Management                    

International Executive         1968        A92-19           13/11
 Service Corps.                

International Institute for     1969        A92-19           13/12
 Study of Human Reproduction    

International League for        1972        A90-39         30/5-30/7
 Rights of Man                 

International Primate           1988        A92-19           59/9
 Protection League             

International Rescue Committee  1941-1959    A92-19        14/1-15/5

International Rescue Committee  1953,1983    A92-7          2/2-2/3

International Rescue            1949-1963,   A90-39        30/8-32/4

 Committee, The                 1967 

Iran Foundation                 1961, 1968   A92-19        15/6-15-7

Iran Foundation, The            1961-1964    A90-39          32/5

Iron Curtain Refugee Campaign   1949-1952    A92-19          15/8

Jewish Museum                   1973-1974    A92-19       15/9-15/11

Jewish Theological Seminary     1962         A92-19          15/12

Jewish Theological Seminary of  1962         A92-5            1/7
 America                       

Jewish Theological Seminary of  1956-1974    A90-39       32/6-35/4
 America, The                  

Judd for Vice-President         1954-1960    A90-39          35/5
Kefauver, Estes                 1951-1963    A90-39          35/6

Ladejinsky, Wolf - American     1956-1962    A90-39       35/7-35/10
 Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam      

Lambda Legal Defense and        1988-1989    A92-19          59/10
 Education Fund                

Larson, Arthur                  1969         A90-39          36/1

Latin American Refugee Fund,    1942-1943    A92-19          15/13
 Inc.                          

Lawyers' Committee for Civil    1965         A90-39        36/2-36/3
 Rights Under Law              

Lenni-Lenape Girl Scout         1977         A92-19          16/1
 Council, Inc.                 

Liberal Foundation                           A92-5            1/8

Lighthouse                      1987-1988    A92-19          59/11

Lorentz, Pare                   1950-1961    A90-39          36/4

Manhattan School of Music       1975         A92-19          16/7

Margaret Sanger Institute,      1961,        A92-19        5/2-45/13

 Memorial, World Tribute        1967-c.1969

Margaret Sanger                 1968         A92-5         1/11-1/12
 Memorial-Research Bureau      

Mead, Margaret                  1976-1977    A90-39          36/5

Meharry Medical College         1968         A92-19          16/8

Meharry Medical College         1986         A92-5            1/9

Meharry Medical College Fund    1969-1980    A90-39        66/7-66/8

Memorial Sloan-Kettering        1976-1988    A92-19       16/9-18/13
 Cancer Center                 

Mendelssohn, Suzanne            1983         A90-39          66/9

Mental Health Law Project       1974         A92-19          19/1

Mexican-American Legal Defense  1969-1970    A92-19          19/2
 and Education Fund            

Miles College                   1974         A92-19        19/3-19/4

Monmouth Medical Center         1973-1976    A92-19        19/7-20/7

Montefiore Hospital and         1969         A92-19        20/8-20/9
 Medical Center                

Moore, Hugh                     1960-1968    A92-19          21/1

Morehouse College               1983-1987    A92-19        21/2-24/7

Morehouse School of Medicine   c.1983-1990   A92-19        24/8-25/7 

Mothers Embracing Nuclear      c.1986        A92-19          59/12
 Disarmament                   

Mott, Stewart                    1977-       A90-39      66/10-66/11
                                 1983,1985 

Museum of the American Indian   1977-1980    A92-19       25/8-25/16

Museum of the City of New York  1970         A92-19          25/17


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Client List: N - R

CATEGORY                        DATE       ACCESSION #    BOX/FOLDER

NAACP Legal Defense and         1943-1976,   A92-7          2/4-3/19
 Education Fund                 1984 

NAACP/ Legal Defense and        1956,        A92-19       26/1-30/14
 Educational Fund, Inc.         1974-1987 

National Abortion Rights        1989         A92-19          59/13
 Action League                 

National Academy of Ballet and  1970         A92-19          31/1
 Theatre Arts                  

National Citizens Committee     1969-1971    A90-39        36/6-37/3
 for Broadcasting              

National Citizens Committee     1950-1954    A90-39        37/4-37/5
 for UN Week and Day           

National Committee for a Sane   1957-1961    A90-37        37/6-37/8
 Nuclear Policy                

National Committee on           1967-1969    A90-39        38/1-38/6
 U.S.-China Relations          

National Committee on United    1969         A92-19          31/2
 States-China Relations        

National Congress of American   1954         A90-39        38/7-38/9
 Indians                       

National Council of Jewish      1967         A92-19          31/3
 Women                           

National Council of Negro       1968         A92-19          31/4
 Women                         

National Council of Negro       1965         A90-39          39/5
 Women, Inc.                   

National Council on Alcoholism  1973         A92-19        31/5-31/6

National Council on Asian       1956         A90-39          39/4
 Affairs                       

National Council on the Aging   1959-1966    A90-39       38/10-39/3

National Council on the Aging,  1964         A92-19          31/7
 Inc.                          

National Foundation for Cancer  1989-1991    A92-19      59/14-59/16
 Research                      

National Fund for Medical       1976         A92-19       31/8-31/11
 Education                     

National Information Bureau     1978-1982    A90-39       66/12-67/2

National Mental Health          1948-1950    A92-19        19/5-19/6
 Foundation                    

National Multiple Sclerosis     1987-1988    A92-19          60/1
 Society                       

National Neighbors              1983-1984    A90-39          67/3

National Rehabilitaton          c.1989       A92-19          60/2
 Hospital                      

National Resource Defense       1969-1975    A90-39        39/6-39/7
 Council, Inc.                 

National Rifle Association      1976         A92-19        32/1-32/2

National Sharecroppers Fund     1946-1969    A90-39        39/8-40/2


National Society to Prevent     1980         A92-19        32/3-32/6
 Blindness                     

National Urban League           1956-1957    A92-19          32/7


National Women's Education      1977-1979    A92-19       32/8-32/10
 Fund                          

Native American Rights Fund     1984-1986    A92-19        33/1-33/6

Natural Resources Defense       1969-1970,   A92-19        33/7-37/7
 Council                        1973-1983

Neighborhood Legal Services     1981-1986    A92-19        37/8-38/7
 Association                   

New College                     1968         A92-19          38/8

New Orleans Chamber of          1965-1983    A92-19       38/9-40/10
 Commerce                        

New School for Social Research  1964-1968    A90-39       40/3-40/10

New School for Social Research  1964-1981    A92-19       41/1-41/13

New York Association for the    1987         A92-19          41/14
 Blind                         

New York City Opera             c.1975       A92-19        42/1-42/3

New York Democratic State       1967         A90-39          41/1
 Committee                     

Newcomb                         1962         A90-39          41/2

Oceanic Foundation and          1972         A92-19          42/4
 Institute                     

Opportunities                   1971-1973    A92-19       42/5-42/15
 Industrialization Centers of  
 America, Inc.                

Overseas Press Club             1958-1960,   A90-39       41/3-41/10
                                1965-1966

Parsons School of Design        1968-1969    A92-19        43/1-43/6

Parsons School of Design        1971         A90-39          42/1

Pauling Institute, Linus        1979-1984    A90-39        67/6-67/7

Pauling, Dr. Linus              1958-1961    A90-39          42/1

Pennsylvania State Democratic   1965         A92-19        43/7-43/8
 Committee                     

Phelps-Stokes Fund              1976         A92-19       43/9-43/10

Philanthropic Figures           1982-1983    A90-39          67/8

Phoenix House Foundation, Inc.  1973         A92-19          43/11

Planned Parenthood Federation   1961-1974,   A90-39       42/4-44/10
 of America                     1977 

Planned Parenthood Federation   1961-1962    A92-7            3/20
 of America/World Population   
 Emergency Campaign            

Planned Parenthood-World        1967,        A92-19      43/12-43/15
 Population                     1974, 1977 

Planned Parenthood-World        1967         A92-5            1/10
 Population                    

Princeton University            1972         A92-19          43/16

Princeton University            1972         A90-39          44/11

Probst, George                  1984         A90-39          67/10

Providence Hospital             1977         A92-19      43/17-43/18

Public Education Association    1969         A92-19          44/1


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Client List: S - Y

CATEGORY                        DATE       ACCESSION #    BOX/FOLDER

Radio Free Europe               1950-1959    A92-19        44/2-44/6

Recording for the Blind         1958,        A92-19        44/7-44/8
                                1968-1969   

Red Cloud Indian School         1990-1991    A92-19        60/3-60/5

Regional Plan Association       1968-1969    A92-19       44/9-44/12

Reports/Information on Oram     1971         A90-39          44/12
 Clients                           

Resettlement Campaign for       1950-1952    A90-39       44/13-45/4
 Exiled Professionals          

Rockford College                1978         A92-19          44/13

Roosevelt Institute, Eleanor    1984         A90-39          67/11

Royal College of Surgeons       1969         A92-19          44/14

Rubinow, Raymond                1983-1984    A90-39          67/12

Ruder, Finn and Lipton          1982-1984    A90-39          68/1

Saddle River Day School         1975         A92-19          44/17

Saint Paul's College            1975         A92-19      44/15-44/16

Sakharov Institute, Andrei      1984         A90-39         68/2

Salvation Army, New Jersey      1974         A92-19         45/1
 Divisional Headquarters       

Salzburg Seminar in American    1949-1950    A90-39         45/5
 Studies                         

Save the World's Wildlife Fund               A90-39          46/1

Scenic Hudson                   1968-1969    A92-19          45/14

Scenic Hudson Inc.                           A92-19          60/8

Scenic Hudson Preservation      1966-1969    A90-39       46/2-46/12

Scenic Hudson Preservation      1966         A92-5            1/13
 Conference                    

Schweitzer Fellowship, The      1964         A90-39          46/13
 Albert                        

Sex Information and Education   1967-1969    A92-19          45/15
 Council of the US (SIECUS)    

Shermer, Matt                   1984         A90-39          68/3

Sigmund Freud Archives          1987         A92-7            3/21

Simon Wiesenthal Center         1983-1986    A92-19       51/12-52/3

Smithsonian Institution                      A92-19          60/6
 (National Museum of American  
 Indian Campaign)              

Society for Advancement of      c.1990       A92-19          60/7
 Gifted Education              

Soul City                       1968-1969    A92-19          45/16

South Street Seaport Museum     1969-1970,   A92-19        46/1-46/6
                                1973-1976 

Spanish Refugee Relief          1937-1940    A90-39      46/14-46/15
 Committee                     

Speech Rehabilitation           1971         A92-19        46/7-46/8
 Institute                     

Spelman College - Atlanta,      1971         A92-19          46/9
 Georgia                       

State Department                1952-1954    A90-39          46/16

Stevenson - Adlai, Institute    1947-        A90-39        47/1-47/6
 of, Presidential Campaign,     1957, 1973
 Volunteers for                

Stoneleigh-Burnham School       1976-1977    A92-19       46/10-47/2

Strang Clinic                   1972         A92-19          47/3

Studio Museum in Harlem         1972         A92-19        47/4-47/5

Synagogue Council of America    1976         A92-19        47/7-47/8

Syngman Rhee vs Korea (mss.)    c.1961       A92-19       47/9-47/15

TV Channels for Education       c.1951       A92-19          48/4

Taiwan Government               1952-1963    A90-39       47/7-47/10

Texas Conference on Our         1964-1965    A90-39        48/1-48/2
 Environmental Crisis          

The Fortune Directory           1957         A90-39          25/13

The Philanthropists                          A90-39          67/9

The Town Hall Club (Near East   1954-1955    A90-39          48/8
 and Asian Missions)                    

Theatre Development Fund        1974         A92-19          48/1

Thomas, Lowell                  1972-1976    A90-39          48/3

Thomas, Norman                  1959         A90-39        48/4-48/6 

Tibet                           1983         A90-39        68/4-68/5

Tougaloo College                1971         A90-39          48/7

Tougaloo College                1971         A92-19        48/2-48/3

U.S. Department of Justice      1956-1964    A90-39          48/9

United Negro Colleges           c.1963       A92-19          48/5
Development Campaign          

United World Federalists        1958-1964    A90-39       48/10-49/1

Urban League                    1956-1957    A90-39        49/2-49/4

Van Lanschot, W.Ch.J.M.         1953-1958    A90-39        49/5-49/6

Vietnam - U.S. Embassy          1961-1966    A90-39          49/7

Volunteers of America           1985-1987    A92-19          60/9

WCFM-FM - Washington D.C.       1948-1950,   A90-39       49/9-49/12
 radio station                  1954-1955  

Waldemar Medical Research       1968         A90-39          49/8
 Foundation, Inc.              

Washington Hebrew Congregation  1972-1977    A92-19       48/6-50/6

Weinberger, Caspar Jr.          1984         A90-39          68/8

West Main Street Community      1972         A92-19       50/7-50/11
 Center                        

West Point Jewish Chapel Fund   1977-1982    A92-19      50/12-51/11

Western World - Europe Today    1954-1958    A90-39       50/1-50/6

White Institute of Psychiatry,  1957-1959    A90-39       50/8-50/9

 William Alanson               

White, Walter (Exec. Sec.       1949-1950    A90-39          50/7
 NAACP)                        

Wilderness Society              1974         A92-19       52/4-52/5

 Winston Churchill Memorial and  1963-1965    A90-39     50/10-51/10
Library                       

Wooden Church Crusade           1953-1954    A90-39         51/11

World Law Fund                  1960-1964,   A90-39      51/17-52/2
                                1967-1973

World Movement for World        1947-1951    A90-39      51/12-51/16

 Federal Government            

World Neighbors, Inc.           1955-1956    A90-39          52/3

World Population Emergency      1959-1962    A92-19       52/6-52/14
 Campaign                      

World Rehabilitation Fund,      1955-1978    A90-39          52/4
 Inc.                          

World Veterans Fund             1951-1957    A90-39           52/5

World Wildlife Fund             1961-1967    A90-39       52/6-53/11

YMCA of Greater New York        1977         A92-19          52/15

YWCA                            1988-1989    A92-19          60/10


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