American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service Records

The records of the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service (ACVAFS) consist of board of directors' minutes and memoranda, 1944-1984, together with administrative files; executive committee minutes and memoranda, 1943-1981; the board's membership and finance committee records; position papers and testimony, 1942-1983; a mimeograph chrono file, 1944-1977; publications; correspondence files relating to member agencies, non-member agencies and individuals; files concerning ACVAFS's activities in connection with the United States government, the United Nations and foreign councils; functional committee files, chiefly of the Migration and Refugee Affairs Committee, the Material Resources Committee (including disaster files by country) and the Development Assistance Committee; and area committee files. Accompanying the records of the American Council are records of the Council of Relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany (CRALOG); records, including publications, of the Technical Assistance Information Clearing House (TAICH); personal files of Dr. Joseph P. Chamberlain (1873-1951) relating to ACVAFS during its formative years; and miscellaneous audio and audiovisual recordings pertaining to subjects of interest to ACVAFS and its member agencies. The records of the area committees pertain in part to Japan and the Licensed Agencies for Relief in Asia.