Mondcivitan Republic

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0372 MR
Held at	: Bishopsgate Institute   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.bishopsgate.org.uk/library ›
Full title	: Mondcivitan Republic
Date(s)	: 1955-1976
Level of description	: Fonds
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 & 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.

Finding aids:

ADLIB Catalogue and handlist available in researcher's area

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with Bishopsgate Institute by the Hugh and Helene Schonfield Trust (via Steve Engelking), 9 July 2014.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Grace Biggins

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
9 December 2016