Virginia Heim George Papers, 1925-1981
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topic: 1941
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topic: 1943
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topic: 1944 Feb-Jun
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topic: 1944 Jul-Dec
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topic: 1945 Jan-Jun
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topic: 1945 Jul-Dec
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topic: 1946 Jan-Jun
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topic: 1946 Jul-Dec
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topic: 1951-81
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topic: Incoming
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topic: Mildred Heim Gumm (sister), 1945-50
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topic: Friends, 1945-46, n.d.
subject: Friends, 1945-46, n.d.
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topic: Diaries
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subject: Jul-Nov 1940 (Brazil)
topic: Jan-Feb 1941 (Brazil)
subject: Jan-Feb 1941 (Brazil)
topic: Jan-Feb 1943 (Brazil-San Francisco River trip)
subject: Jan-Feb 1943 (Brazil-San Francisco River trip)
topic: 1945-46 (Puerto Rico, Czechoslovakia)
subject: 1945-46 (Puerto Rico, Czechoslovakia)
topic: 1946-47 (Czechoslovakia)
subject: 1946-47 (Czechoslovakia)
topic: 1947-48 (Scandinavia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland)
subject: 1947-48 (Scandinavia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland)
topic: 1959? (U.S. trip itinerary)
subject: 1959? (U.S. trip itinerary)
topic: 1965 (Czechoslovakia)
subject: 1965 (Czechoslovakia)
topic: 1981 (Czechoslovakia)
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topic: SERIES II. PROFESSIONAL
subject: SERIES II. PROFESSIONAL
topic: Clippings, articles, 1925-75
subject: Clippings, articles, 1925-75
topic: Reports, speech, 1945, 1948
subject: Reports, speech, 1945, 1948
topic: Photographs
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topic: YWCA
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topic: USO
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topic: Puerto Rico

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scopecontent: Scope and Contents of the Collection Virginia Heim (right) and others in Bogota, Columbia, circa 1966-71 The Virginia Heim George Papers consist of one linear foot of correspondence, diaries, clippings, and photographs. The inclusive dates are 1925 to 1981, but the major portion of the material dates from 1940 to 1948, related to her foreign secretary work for the YWCA in South America and Czechoslovakia and her USO work in the Caribbean. The papers are divided into two series, PERSONAL and PROFESSIONAL. The PERSONAL material contains correspondence and diaries, both ranging from 1940 to 1981. The correspondence consists of letters to her family, mostly to her mother, with a small amount of incoming correspondence from family and friends, 1945-50. The nine diaries consist of six written between 1940 and 1948, plus three travel accounts from 1953, 1965, and 1981. Both the letters and diaries provide a detailed description of George's life while working for the YWCA and the USO. She was an eager and enthusiastic participant in her work and also took advantage of the opportunities it provided to travel extensively. She was a keen observer of the countries she visited and the people she met. Her wartime letters as well and those from postwar Czechoslovakia reflect the mail censorship of the times. As a result the diaries and the occasional letters that she was able to write freely are more candid. The diaries written from her two trips to Czechoslovakia in 1965 and 1981 contain particularly interesting accounts of life there, and the 1965 account reports earlier arrests and trials, particularly an incident involving the YWCA in 1948. The PROFESSIONAL material consist of clippings and articles about George and her work, 1925-1975, three reports from her Czechoslovakia and Germany experiences, 1948, and a nine-page speech on the USO, ca. 1945. In this series are also fifteen photographs, five of the USO, six related to the YWCA, and four of women in Puerto Rico.
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Biographical History for: Virginia Heim George Papers
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body: Biographical Note 1908Born in St. Joseph, Missouri1929University of Wisconsin, major in economics1929-40Program Director, YWCA, working with industrial workers, Kansas City, Utica, PittsburghCamp Director, YWCA 1937Carnegie Institute of Technology, graduate study in group work1940-43Executive Director, YWCA, Rio de Janiero, Brazil1943-45Regional Assistant Director of USO, Brazil, Caribbean Area1946-48Program Consultant, YWCA, Czechoslovakia, with two-week special1948-51National staff, YWCA, Community Division, working with business1951-53Group work and recreational director, YWCA, Oakland, California1953-56Executive Director, YWCA, Yakima, Washington1956-66Executive Director, YWCA, Utica, New York1962-64Advisor, YWCA, Taipei, Taiwan1966-71Advisor, YWCA, Colombia, with three short periods in Lima, Peru1971Executive Director, YWCA, Omaha, Nebraska2003?Virginia Heim George died circa 2003
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1940
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1941
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1943
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1944 Feb-Jun
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1944 Jul-Dec
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1947
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1948
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1951-81
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Mildred Heim Gumm (sister), 1945-50
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Friends, 1945-46, n.d.
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Jul-Nov 1940 (Brazil)
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Jan-Feb 1943 (Brazil-San Francisco River trip)
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1945-46 (Puerto Rico, Czechoslovakia)
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1946-47 (Czechoslovakia)
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1947-48 (Scandinavia, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland)
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1959? (U.S. trip itinerary)
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1965 (Czechoslovakia)
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1981 (Czechoslovakia)
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Clippings, articles, 1925-75
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Reports, speech, 1945, 1948
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Photographs
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