IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0372 MR
Held at: Bishopsgate Institute
Title: Mondcivitan Republic
Date(s): 1955-1976
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 18 boxes, 1 bundle, 2 loose volumes
Name of creator(s): Mondcivitan Republic
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Mondcivitan Republic was initiated by Hugh Schonfield in 1956, at which time it was known as the Commonwealth of World Citizens. The republic was conceived as a 'servant-nation', a nation without territory, whose citizens across the world would work to promote peace and unity in the aftermath of World War II. The Mondcivitan Republic British Isles South East Community was based in Camden, London in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and was largely organised by Peter Deed. The Republic ran a craft shop, housing association and a school from its headquarters in Delancey Street; it also had its own national bank and currency (the 'Mondo').
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of the Mondcivitan Republic, (1904-2005), including: governance Papers, 1951-1985; financial Papers, 1954-1978; correspondence, 1946-1986; conferences, events and visits, 1954-1983; membership and citizenship's, 1951-1975; newsletters, 1941-1980; international relations, 1957-1985; papers of Hugh Schonfield, 1940-1983; photographs, 1950-1976; propaganda, 1936-1989; International Arbitration League, 1906-1989; Cremer Trust, 1904-1969; World Service Trust, 1956-1980; Civil World Army, 1952-1963; London Service Section, 1944-1945; Mondcivitan Community School, 1973-1975;Mondcivitan Boutique, 1973-1975; articles and publications, 1932-1989; newspaper cuttings, c.1940-1990; audio-visual material of the Republic, 1956-2005; and objects of the Republic, 1956-2005..
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English, Esperanto
System of arrangement:
The papers of the Mondcivitan Republic are divided into the following twenty-one sections:
MR/1: Governance Papers
MR/2: Financial Papers
MR/3: Correspondence
MR/4: Conferences, Events and Visits
MR/5: Membership and Citizenship
MR/6: Newsletters
MR/7: International Relations
MR/8: Hugh Schonfield
MR/9: Photographs
MR/10: Propaganda
MR/11:International Arbitration League
MR/12: World Service Trust
MR/13: Civil World Army
MR/14: London Service Section, Service Nation Society
MR/15: Mondcivitan Community School
MR/16: Moncivitan Boutique
MR/17:Articles and publications
MR/18: Newspaper cuttings
MR/19: The Cremer Trust and Housing Association
MR/20: Audio-visual Material
MR/21: Objects
Conditions governing access:
Open
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopying and digital photography (without flash) is permitted for research purposes on completion of the Library's Copyright Declaration form and with respect to current UK copyright law.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
ADLIB Catalogue and handlist available in researcher's area
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by the Hugh and Helene Schonfield Trust (via Steve Engelking), 9 July 2014.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Grace Biggins
Date(s) of descriptions: 9 December 2016