American Council for Emigres in the Professions (ACEP) records
Scope and Contents
The collection (1945-1966) contains records kept by Else Staudinger (executive secretary), and include correspondence, reports of projects and grants undertaken and awarded, annual reports, and name and employment information of the émigrés.
Dates
- 1945-1966
Creator
- Staudinger, Else (Person)
- American Council for Emigrés in the Professions (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open to the public. Collection must be used in Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room. Collection or parts of collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives in advance of your visit to allow for transportation time.
Conditions Governing Use
Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish collection materials must be submitted to Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
"Founded in 1945, the American Council for Emigres in the Professions (ACEP) was a service organization aiding professional émigrés in all aspects of resettlement. The ACEP was formerly the American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists. In 1963, it absorbed the National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians.
The ACEP provided counseling, English tutoring, evaluation and interpretation of foreign credentials, and job retraining and placement as well as specialized help such as studios for music practice, art exhibitions, and radio broadcasts."
[Source: Finding Aid for the The American Council for Emigres in the Professions Records, General/Multiethnic Collection, Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota]
Extent
0.2 linear feet (2 containers) : 2 folders
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The American Council for Emigrés in the Professions (ACEP) aided professional émigrés in all aspects of resettlement in America. The collection (1945-1966) contains correspondence, reports of projects and grants undertaken and awarded, annual reports, and name and employment information of the émigrés.
Processing Information
Collection processed by staff in the 1970s; and Tanya Parlet, 2013.
This finding aid may be updated periodically to account for new acquisitions to the collection and/or revisions in arrangement and description.
This collection received a basic level of processing including minimal organization and rehousing.
Description information is drawn in part from information supplied with the collection and initial surveys of the contents
- Annual reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Correspondence Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Foreign workers -- Employment -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Foreign workers -- Services for -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Immigrants -- Employment -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Immigrants -- Services for -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- International Relations Subject Source: Archiveswest
- National Committee for Resettlement of Foreign Physicians
- Occupational training -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Professions -- United States -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Refugees -- Employment -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Refugees -- Services for -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Reports Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- History -- 20th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Title
- Guide to the American Council for Emigres in the Professions (ACEP) records
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Oregon Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives Repository
