International Council of Women records
Language: eng
Number of pages: 4200
Subjects: Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations; Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations; United Nations; Conference of International Non-governmental Organizations; League of Nations; International cooperation; Motion pictures in education; Peace; Disarmament; Cinematography; Congresses; Education; International Institute of Educational Cinematography; Women
Description: Correspondence, minutes of meetings, reports, press releases, and publications reflecting the council's role in cinematography, disarmament, education, peace, and other global issues.  Includes material on two pioneer conferences on educational films held at the International Institute of Educational Cinematography of the League of Nations (1931, 1934); on the general, regional, and New York meetings of the Conference of International Non-governmental Organizations in coordination with the United Nations (1948-1954); and the Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations, later the Peace and Disarmament Committee of the Women's International Organisations.
Notes: Open to research.

Gift, International Council of Women, 1957.

Gift, C. Dreyfus-Barney, 1959.

International Council of Women (ICW) founded in Washington, D.C., in 1888, as an international federation of national women's organizations.  Later affiliated with the United Nations with headquarters in Paris.

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