Brief Description: The Administrative File of the LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund, including elections of trustees (1978-1994, 2003-06, 2008, 2010), previous versions of applications, agreement for the fund (1971-1995), fact sheet, Intellectual Freedom Round Table subcommittee correspondence (1999-2003), correspondence with Mary Merritt (1971-1987), monthly reports (1974-1975), procedural manual (2010), promotions (1975-2005), three-year reports (2006-2008, 2009-2011), and trustees list and materials (1975-1989).

Record Series Number: 6/5/6

Created by: LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund

Volume: 0.6 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 08/24/2020.

Arrangement: Alphabetical

Biographical Note for LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund :

The LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund was established in 1970 as a special trust in memory of Dr. LeRoy C. Merritt. It is devoted to the support, maintenance, medical care, and welfare of librarians who, in the Trustees' opinion, are:

Denied employment rights or discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, creed, religion, age, disability, or place of national origin; or

Denied employment rights because of defense of intellectual freedom; that is, threatened with loss of employment or discharged because of their stand for the cause of intellectual freedom, including promotion of freedom of the press, freedom of speech, the freedom of librarians to select items for their collections from all the world's written and recorded information, and defense of privacy rights.

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