Organized in three series: I. Financial Records. II. Organizational papers and correspondence. III. National Fund Drive, 1949.
The American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons (ACRPDP) was formed in 1948 in affiliation with the Polish American Congress to aid in resettlement of Polish people then in European displaced persons camps. It represented several larger Polish American organizations. The ACRPDP had twenty-six state division committees, many local committees, and representatives in England and Germany. It continued to function after expiration in 1951 of the Displaced Persons Act (Public Law 774, June 1948,) in cooperation with the National Catholic Welfare Conference. Its operations ceased in 1968
Records (1948-1968) of the American Committee for Resettlement of Polish Displaced Persons include correspondence, financial records, information on fund drives, reports, and organizational papers including bylaws and articles of incorporation. Correspondents include the Travelers Aid Society of Chicago (Ill.), the Displaced Persons Commission, the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid, the American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Services, Inc., the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, and many Polish American organizations.
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Related collections at IHRC are Records of the Polish American Congress and Records of American Relief for Poland, District 33.
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