Edward [Egbert] Roscoe Murrow was born on April 25, 1908, near Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to his career in broadcasting, for which he is best known, Murrow worked for Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced Foreign Scholars from 1932-1935. This committee was a part an organization based in Great Britain called the Academic Assistance Council, which would later be known as Society for the Protection of Science and Learning. One of the goals of the organization was to provide employment and refuge for scholars living in Fascist and Communist regimes.
This collection consists of documents (reproductions) related to Edward R. Murrow's work with the Emergency Committee in Aid of Displaced German Scholars. These documents were copied from the records of the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, with an explanatory letter from Professor Michael Berkowitz, University College London (11/3/2010).
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Preliminary Guide to Edward R. Murrow Related Documents Collection, 1934-1946 (MS.2011.10)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
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