The First Work Camp for Democracy [trifold brochure]
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Title
The First Work Camp for Democracy [trifold brochure]
Description
Trifold brochure advertising the Work Camp for Democracy, August 7 to September 4, 1939, West Park, New York.
The Executive Committee was chaired by Algernon D. Black who, with Alice K. Politzer, would found the Encampment for Citizenship in 1946.
Sponsors included Paul Kellogg, Max Otto, V.T. Thayer, Agnes Reynolds, and Walter F. White.
Excerpt:
"The Work Camp for Democracy is to be an experiment in democracy as a way of life suited to meet the challenge of our time. It will afford sixty young people, Americans and refugees, of various religious, racial and economic backgrounds the opportunity to study, work and play together to broaden their understanding of democracy."
The Executive Committee was chaired by Algernon D. Black who, with Alice K. Politzer, would found the Encampment for Citizenship in 1946.
Sponsors included Paul Kellogg, Max Otto, V.T. Thayer, Agnes Reynolds, and Walter F. White.
Excerpt:
"The Work Camp for Democracy is to be an experiment in democracy as a way of life suited to meet the challenge of our time. It will afford sixty young people, Americans and refugees, of various religious, racial and economic backgrounds the opportunity to study, work and play together to broaden their understanding of democracy."
Creator
Work Camp for Democracy
Source
M 391, Box 6, Encampment for Citizenship Collection, 1939 - 2009, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
Date
1939
Contributor
Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, VCU Libraries
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Citation
Work Camp for Democracy, “The First Work Camp for Democracy [trifold brochure],” Social Welfare History Image Portal, accessed April 27, 2024, https://images.socialwelfare.library.vcu.edu/items/show/299.