Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, articles, attendance, donor and volunteer lists, committee minutes, by-laws, and audiovisual material. The records of THIS for Diplomats document the organization's founding, structure, and its history of supporting dipl...

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Corporate Author: THIS for Diplomats (Organization)
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Language:English
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245 1 0 |k Records of THIS for Diplomats,  |f 1961-2015 (inclusive),  |g 1970-2015 (bulk) 
300 |a 11.8 linear feet  |a (26 file boxes) plus 1 folio box, 3 photograph folders 
300 |a 3 videocassettes :  |b sound, color;  |c 1/2 in 
351 |a Arranged in three series: I. Administrative. II. Events. III. Photographs, audiovisual, and memorabilia 
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520 |a Collection contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, articles, attendance, donor and volunteer lists, committee minutes, by-laws, and audiovisual material. The records of THIS for Diplomats document the organization's founding, structure, and its history of supporting diplomats and their families. This material was generated by the various officers, staff members, and volunteers of THIS for Diplomats. The records in this collection highlight the events that THIS for Diplomats planned for foreign diplomats in the United States, which were intended to enrich the lives of diplomats and their families through educational, informational, and culture exchanges 
524 |a THIS for Diplomats Records, 1961-2015. MC 930. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University 
545 |a THIS for Diplomats was organized by Eleanor Israel in 1961. Israel worked for Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke, the Chief of Protocol of the United States, who was seeking for a way to provide hospitality and information for the 1,300 diplomats living in the Washington, DC, area. Washington, DC, which was still a segregated city at the time, was experiencing a large influx of diplomats from recently independent African countries; many of these newly arrived diplomats were refused service in area restaurants. In December 1961, the group was renamed The Hospitality and Information Service (THIS) for Diplomatic Residents and Their Families, with Lillian Owen serving as chair and, eventually, president; Frances "Petey" McClintock as vice chair; Irena Roberts as secretary; Eleanor Israel as treasurer and liaison to the Office of the Chief of Protocol; and a paid staff secretary. THIS for Diplomats also received sponsorship and support from Jacqueline Kennedy and the wives of President Kennedy's cabinet members, including Virginia Foisie Rusk, Jane Shields Freeman, Martha Blakeney Hodges, Dorothy Kurgans Goldberg, and Phyllis Ellsworth Dillon. Between its founding in 1961 until 2000, all of the officers and volunteers working for THIS for Diplomats were women, although by the late 1990s, some of the administrative staff were male. In 1999, THIS for Diplomats conducted a survey of the diplomats in the Washington, DC, area. The results of the survey indicated that not only were there a greater number of female diplomats, but also that there was an increase in younger diplomats of both sexes. THIS for Diplomats began recruiting younger women, in addition to male volunteers. In 2014, the organization elected Laurence Jarvik as the first male president. As of 2018, THIS for Diplomats continues to provide programs and services to the roughly 4,000 diplomatic families living in the Washington, DC, area 
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561 1 |a Gift of THIS for Diplomats's past president, Laurence Jarvik, 2015  |5 sch 
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600 1 0 |a Weber, Ruthanna 
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