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Date Created2015-11-18

DescriptionA November 2015 statement issued by David Bowers, the Democratic Mayor of Roanoke, Virginia, justifies barring Syrian refugees from resettlement in the city on the grounds that like Japanese...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, March 1957

Date Created1957-03

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of March 1957 document the role played by Tracy Voorhees, as the Chairman of Presidents committee for Hungarian refugee relief, in coordinating resettlement of Hungarian...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, February 1957

Date Created1957-02

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of February 1957 highlight two aspects of the Hungarian refugee crisis: One, it documents President Eisenhower's proposal to increase the annual immigrant permits so that more...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, April 1957

Date Created1957-04

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of April 1957 document the slowdown in the flow of Hungarian refugees to the US. The reproduced documents represent one folder from the Hungarian Refugee Relief Files, an...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, January 1957

Date Created1957-01

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of 1957 document U.S. and U.N. policy towards Hungarian refugees. The clippings also focus on the growing tension in Hungary between its government and its citizens. The...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, November 1956

Date Created1956-11

DescriptionThese newspaper clippings from 1956 relate to the appointment of Tracy S. Voorhees as head of the American Refugee and Rehabilitation Program for Hungary. The reproduced documents represent one...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, May 1957

Date Created1957-05

DescriptionThe Newspaper clippings of May 1957 focus on the disbanding of the Presidential Committee for Hungarian refugee relief. The reproduced documents represent one folder from the Hungarian Refugee Relief...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, December 1956

Date Created1956-12

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings of December 1956 focus on President Eisenhower’s efforts to raise the quota for Hungarian refugees from 6,000 to 21,500 in U.S. to ease the growing unrest in Austria amongst...

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, 1957

Date Created1957

DescriptionThe newspaper clipping of 1957 focus on the successful resettlement of the Hungarian refugees to United States. The reproduced documents represent one folder from the Hungarian Refugee Relief Files,...

Time Period1957

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TitleNewspaper Clippings, 1958

Date Created1985

DescriptionThe newspaper clippings from 1958 provide reports on Hungarian students in universities, and the high unemployment rate among Hungarian refugees.