IUSY Archives 1946-2008 International Institute of Social History Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AT Amsterdam The Netherlands hdl:10622/ARCH00656 © IISH Amsterdam 2020 IUSY Archives 1946-2008 Table of contents IUSY Archives...................................................................................................................................4 Context............................................................................................................................................... 4 Content and Structure........................................................................................................................4 Access and Use.................................................................................................................................5 Appendices.........................................................................................................................................5 L I S T.............................................................................................................................................. 9 GENERAL................................................................................................................................... 9 MEETINGS......................................................................................................................... 9 Bureau, Presidium, Executive Committee and other general committees...............9 Congresses............................................................................................................13 CORRESPONDENCE AND CIRCULARS........................................................................14 REPORTS.........................................................................................................................18 PARTICULAR............................................................................................................................ 18 ORGANISATION...............................................................................................................18 MEMBERSHIP.................................................................................................................. 19 PUBLICATIONS................................................................................................................ 19 FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION................................................................................................ 20 COMMISSIONS AND WORKING GROUPS OF THE IUSY............................................ 20 IUSY CAMPS, FESTIVALS, SEMINARS AND SUMMERSCHOOLS...............................21 OTHER FESTIVALS AND SEMINARS............................................................................ 24 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS...............................................................................26 European Community/Communities and Council of Europe................................. 26 - General.................................................................................................26 - European Youth Centre........................................................................27 - European Youth Foundation.................................................................27 - European Youth Forum of the European Communities........................28 - Council of Europe................................................................................ 28 Socialist International and related organisations...................................................29 International Falcon Movement - Socialist Educational International.................... 31 United Nations/Unesco/Unicef...............................................................................31 Other international organisations...........................................................................32 NATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS............................................................. 37 Africa......................................................................................................................37 General................................................................................................... 37 Countries.................................................................................................38 America..................................................................................................................41 General................................................................................................... 41 Countries.................................................................................................41 Asia........................................................................................................................ 45 General................................................................................................... 45 Countries.................................................................................................45 Australia/Pacific..................................................................................................... 48 Europe................................................................................................................... 49 General................................................................................................... 49 Countries.................................................................................................49 OTHER SUBJECTS......................................................................................................... 58 Disarmament and employment..............................................................................58 Human rights......................................................................................................... 58 Multinationals......................................................................................................... 58 Various subjects.....................................................................................................59 DOCUMENTATION........................................................................................................... 59 Pamphlets.............................................................................................................. 59 International Institute of Social History 2 IUSY Archives 1946-2008 Periodicals............................................................................................................. 59 SUPPLEMENT 2000.................................................................................................................60 Supplement 2008, received from J.H.C. (Bob) Molenaar.........................................................60 Supplement 2003...................................................................................................................... 60 Bureau and Presidium......................................................................................................60 World Council and World Congress................................................................................. 61 Committees....................................................................................................................... 61 Feminist Working Group...................................................................................................62 Circulars............................................................................................................................ 62 Summer Schools, Seminars and Festivals.......................................................................62 Organisation......................................................................................................................63 Various documentation.......................................................................................................63 Accrual 2018...............................................................................................................................63 International Institute of Social History 3 IUSY Archives 1946-2008 IUSY Archives Collection ID ARCH00656 Creator IUSY Period 1946-2008 Extent 52.62 m. Language list English Language of Material English, German, French Context Historical Note Founded in Paris in 1946; a socialist but non-aligned organization, successor of the prewar Socialist Youth International (SYI/SJI); one of the three fraternal organizations of the Socialist International (SI); members were youth organizations of social democratic parties and some leftist student organizations; acted as a counterpart to the communist controlled World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in Budapest and the International Union of Students (IUS) in Prague; convinced of the right of peoples to self-determination it supported liberation struggles in various countries; also involved in agitation for peace and disarmament, and in active solidarity work; in the 1950s the position of the non-European affiliates became more prominent; in the 1970s and 1980s contacts between the IUSY and the WFDY were established and gradually intensified with disarmament as a common goal; from 1954 its seat has been in Vienna. Content and Structure Content Correspondence, circulars, agenda, proceedings, resolutions and reports relating to congresses 1946-1993; correspondence, circulars, agenda, minutes and resolutions relating to the meetings of the Executive Committee 1947-1994, the Bureau and the Presidium 1946-1994; correspondence and circulars 1946-1994; reports of the General Secretariat 1947-1967; files on the European Community and the Council of Europe