Committee to Frame a World Constitution

Hide Profile

The Committee to Frame a World Constitution was organized in 1945 by Richard P. McKeon and Giuseppe Borgese with the support of University of Chicago Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins. Members included Mortimer J. Adler, Stringfellow Barr, Albert Guérard, Harold Innis, Erich Kahler, Wilbur O. Katz, Charles H. McIlwaim, Robert Redfield, and Rexford G. Tugwell. The Committee published The Preliminary Draft of a World Constitution (1948) and the journal Common Cause (1947-1951), edited by Elizabeth Mann Borgese. The Committee dissolved in June 1951.

From the description of Records, 1945-1951 (inclusive). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52250099

The Committee to Frame a World Constitution was first convened in the fall of 1945 as part of the post-World War II World Federalist movement. Following a Chicago Round Table radio discussion on 12 August 1945 in which University of Chicago Chancellor Robert M. Hutchins emphasized the need for world government, Richard P. McKeon and G. A. Borgese wrote, to Hutchins asking him for financial and moral support for an institute to formulate a world constitution. On 16 September 1945. Hutchins gave his support and by November 1945 the first document was presented for consideration by the Committee. In 1947 The Preliminary Draft of a World Constitution (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1948) was published. From June 1947 through June 1951 the Committee published a journal, Common Cause.

The members of the Committee at the time of the publication of the Draft were: Robert M. Hutchins, G. A. Borgese, Mortimer J. Adler, Stringfellow Barr, Albert Guérard, Harold A. Innis, Erich Kahler, Wilber G. Katz, Charles H. McIlwain, Robert Redfield, and Rexford G. Tugwell. Additionally, Elisabeth Mann Borgese worked as a research assistant for the Committee and later editor of the journal Common Cause.

From the guide to the Committee to Frame a World Constitution. Records, 1945-1951, (Special Collections Research Center University of Chicago Library 1100 East 57th Street Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn McKeon, Richard (Richard Peter), 1900-1985. Papers, 1918-1985 (inclusive). University of Chicago Library
creatorOf Committee to Frame a World Constitution. Records, 1945-1951 (inclusive). University of Chicago Library
referencedIn William Ernest Hocking papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970. Papers, 1907-1972. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
creatorOf Committee to Frame a World Constitution. Records, 1945-1951 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Learned Hand papers Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn McKeon, Richard Peter. Papers, 1918-1985 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
referencedIn Albert Léon Guérard Papers, 1942-1948 Hoover Institution Archives
creatorOf World Government News, Inc. World Government News, Inc. records, 1943-1952, bulk (1946-1951). New York Public Library System, NYPL
referencedIn Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959. Albert Léon Guérard papers, 1942-1948. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn World Government News, Inc. records, 1943-1952, 1946-1951 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Adler, Mortimer Jerome, 1902-2001. person
associatedWith Barr, Stringfellow, 1897-1982. person
associatedWith Borgese, Elisabeth Mann. person
associatedWith Borgese, Giuseppe Antonio, 1882-1952. person
associatedWith Cousins, Norman person
associatedWith Cousins, Norman. person
associatedWith Cranston, Alan MacGregor person
associatedWith Cranston, Alan MacGregor. person
associatedWith Guérard, Albert J. 1914- person
associatedWith Guérard, Albert Léon, 1880-1959. person
associatedWith Hand, Learned, 1872-1961 person
correspondedWith Hocking, William Ernest, 1873-1966 person
associatedWith Hutchins, Robert Maynard, 1899-1977. person
associatedWith Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955. person
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith Mayer, Milton Sanford, 1908- person
associatedWith McKeon, Richard (Richard Peter), 1900-1985. person
associatedWith Mumford, Lewis, 1895-1990. person
associatedWith Nef, John U. 1899-1988. person
associatedWith Redfield, Robert, 1897-1958. person
associatedWith Tugwell, Rexford G. 1891- person
associatedWith World Association of World Federalists. corporateBody
associatedWith World Government News, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Wright, Quincy, 1890-1970. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Subject
International organization
World politics
Occupation
Activity

Corporate Body

Active 1943

Active 1952

Information

Permalink: http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gf57sr

Ark ID: w6gf57sr

SNAC ID: 8890961