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Title: Edward B. Marks papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-2005
Collection Number: 2006C55
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6 manuscript boxes
(2.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and other writings, correspondence, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to international assistance
to refugees from World War II to the 1980s.
Creator:
Marks, Edward B.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006.
[Identification of item], Edward B. Marks Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Edward B. Marks was an American refugee worker who worked as an official with the U.S. War Relocation Authority, the International
Refugee Organization, and the International Organization for Migration, as well as the U.S. Committee for Refugees, the U.S.
Agency for International Development, and UNICEF from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Scope and Content of Collection
Contains materials relating to international assistance to refugees from World War II through the 1980s, documentation on
the various refugee organizations Marks worked for or with over the same years, photographs documenting the United States
Agency for International Development and the United Nations. Printed matter, writings and speeches document refugee experiences
from all over the world, the International Year of the Child in 1979, the United Nations, and Marks' memoirs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Refugees
International relief
International Refugee Organization
United States. Agency for International Development
UNICEF
United States. War Relocation Authority
International Organization for Migration
U.S. Committee for Refugees