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Series Description From the Series: Correspondence and other materials is comprised of documentation for Marguerite Cartwright’s professional work as a journalist, educator and activist. The bulk of the material dates from 1950 to 1965 and consists of letters, scrapbooks and ephemeral items related to Cartwright’s activities as a journalist and educator and United Nations correspondent, as well as her travels throughout Africa, Europe and the Middle East. The correspondence depicts Cartwright’s concerns with...

Series Description From the Series: Cartwright created files or scrapbooks on each member country in the United Nations, which consist of correspondence with United Nations representatives and liaisons, publications, articles, newspaper clippings and UN materials that document the politics, culture, history, demographics and contemporary issues faced by each country—particularly in newly formed and newly independent nations, as well as information on various territories. The nation most represented in this section is...