https://ds-omeka.haverford.edu/peacetestimonies/files/original/45aade1a207554dda57e0cd3908416c5.jpg 0f580db57a04c25aa0e08a89dea941c0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Quaker & Special Collections Dataset Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource American Rescue Ship Mission Letter Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 1940 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Elizabeth Marsh Jensen Papers Type The nature or genre of the resource Letter Description An account of the resource Sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, Dorothy Parker, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Helen Keller, and other prominent figures of the time, The American Rescue Ship Mission letter circulated in 1940 makes an appeal for donations to help Spanish Republican Refugees reach Mexico and amnesty. After the Spanish Civil War ended in 1939, those who fought Franco’s regime faced violent extrajudicial treatment in post-war Spain, and French refugee camps offered a hardly-better alternative. Mexico, however, as one of the few publicly pro-Republican nations during the Spanish Civil War, became a safe haven for Republican refugees. The American Rescue Ship Mission, a project of the United American Spanish Aid Committee, sought to transport refugees from France to Mexico. Considering its prominent sponsors and the broad target demographic, this document shows how the resettlement of Republican refugees became an issue that transcended Quaker concerns to involve the American public at large. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Charlotte Colantti