04866cpcaa2200805 4500 mm 86061974 DLC 20260227111722.0 cr ||||||||||| 860603|||||||||||| eng mm 86061974 DLC dacs DLC DLC DLC R lcmd Gerig, Benjamin, 1894-1976. Benjamin Gerig papers, 1927-1974 (bulk 1930-1968). 2,000 items. 6 containers plus 2 classified. 2.6 linear feet. Open to research. Classified, in part. Correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and other papers pertaining to Gerig's service with the League of Nations, 1930-1940, chiefly as commissioner-general of the pavilion at the New York World's Fair (1939-1940); his work with the U.S. Dept. of State in a number of positions involving international organizations and the administration of trust territories, 1942-1961; and his membership on the United Nations Trusteeship Council, 1947-1953. Documents Gerig's participation in the Dumbarton Oaks Conference, 1944; the United Nations Conference on International Organization in San Francisco, Calif., 1945; the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, 1946; the first session of the U.N. General Assembly, 1946; and the United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in West Africa, 1958. Subjects include colonialism and colonial policy primarily in Africa, the mandate system, nuclear testing in trust territories, race relations, and the growth of Soviet colonialism. Correspondents include Isaiah Bowman, Ralph J. Bunche, Andrew W. Cordier, John Foster Dulles, J.W.T. van Erp, Noel Haviland Field, Alger Hiss, Philip C. Jessup, Sean Lester, Henry Cabot Lodge, Paul Manship, Felix M. Morley, Bertram Pickard, Arthur Sweetser, Ruth Gregory Sweetser, John D. Tomlinson, F.P. Walters, Gerig's first wife, Mary Gerig, and his second wife, Pearl Gerig. Some photographs transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Diplomat. Full name: Orie Benjamin Gerig. Collection material in English. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026 Bowman, Isaiah, 1878-1950 Correspondence. Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971 Correspondence. Cordier, Andrew W. (Andrew Wellington), 1901- Correspondence. Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959 Correspondence. Erp, J. W. T. van Correspondence. Field, Noel Haviland, 1904-1970 Correspondence. Gerig, Mary, 1898-1960 Correspondence. Gerig, Pearl Correspondence. Hiss, Alger Correspondence. Jessup, Philip C. (Philip Caryl), 1897-1986 Correspondence. Lester, Sean, 1888-1959 Correspondence. Lodge, Henry Cabot, 1902-1985 Correspondence. Manship, Paul, 1885-1966 Correspondence. Morley, Felix M. (Felix Muskett), 1894-1982 Correspondence. Pickard, Bertram, 1892-1973 Correspondence. Sweetser, Arthur, 1888-1968 Correspondence. Sweetser, Ruth Gregory Correspondence. Tomlinson, John D. (John Doren), 1903-1981 Correspondence. Walters, F. P. (Francis Paul), 1888- Correspondence. United States. Department of State. League of Nations. Preparatory Commission of the United Nations. United Nations. United Nations. Trusteeship Council. United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in West Africa. Dumbarton Oaks Conference (1944) New York World's Fair (1939-1940 : New York, N.Y.) United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) Colonies. Colonies Africa. International agencies. International organization. International trusteeships. International trusteeships Africa, West. Mandates. Nuclear weapons Testing. Race relations. Soviet Union Colonies. Diplomats. itoamc Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026.3 44159 44159