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Mainly correspondence.
Correspondence and other material re AHF-Verlag.
Material relating to Fried's peace activities : journalistic, literary, publishing.
Material relating to Fried's peace activities : journalistic, literary, publishing.
Include Bertha von Suttner Diaries.
Circular and form letters, comprising Part F of Series 1, were WILPF's means of disseminating information, making policy statements, organizing International Executive Committee meetings and international congresses, and receiving feedback from national sections and individual members of WILPF. These letters provide a valuable overview of both the ongoing issues that concerned the organization, and the policy adaptations WILPF formulated in response to the changing realities of twentieth-century international politics.
Since the organization's founding, both numbered circular letters and simpler form letters have been sent from the Executive Secretary and other International Executive Committee members of WILPF. The files in Part F include, in addition to these mimeographed circular and form letters, other materials that were often sent along with the circular letters, such as reports, resolutions, and meeting minutes. The latter materials may duplicate some of those found in the files for Parts B and D. Occasionally, though, the reports, resolutions, and meeting minutes included in the circular letters in Part F are documents not found in any of the previous parts of Series 1. Thus the researcher may wish to consult these files in conjunction with those for specific years in Parts B and D. Parts F also includes lists of members and national sections to whom circular and form letters were sent. Most of these files are in chronological order by year, month, and day.
Approximately 75% of the early circular and form letters are in English, with the remainder in French and German. Several of the circular and form letters have translations in English, French, and German. An increasing percentage of the letters are in English for the later years in Part F. For the post-WW2 years, there is a quantity of material on WILPF's interaction with the United Nations. From 1947 well into the 1950s, for example, Gertrude Baer submitted a series of LOWUN ("Liaison Officer With the United Nations") circular letters that detail WILPF's perspective on the work of the United Nations. (For further information on the United Nations, see also files IV:240-257.)