TY  - GEN
AU  - Gerig,Benjamin
TI  - Benjamin Gerig papers,
KW  - Bowman, Isaiah,
KW  - Bunche, Ralph J.
KW  - Cordier, Andrew W.
KW  - Dulles, John Foster,
KW  - Erp, J. W. T. van
KW  - Field, Noel Haviland,
KW  - Gerig, Mary,
KW  - Gerig, Pearl
KW  - Hiss, Alger
KW  - Jessup, Philip C.
KW  - Lester, Sean,
KW  - Lodge, Henry Cabot,
KW  - Manship, Paul,
KW  - Morley, Felix M.
KW  - Pickard, Bertram,
KW  - Sweetser, Arthur,
KW  - Sweetser, Ruth Gregory
KW  - Tomlinson, John D.
KW  - Walters, F. P.
KW  - United States
KW  - Department of State
KW  - League of Nations
KW  - Preparatory Commission of the United Nations
KW  - United Nations
KW  - Trusteeship Council
KW  - United Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in West Africa
KW  - Dumbarton Oaks Conference
KW  - (1944)
KW  - New York World's Fair
KW  - (1939-1940
KW  - New York, N.Y.)
KW  - United Nations Conference on International Organization
KW  - (1945
KW  - San Francisco, Calif.)
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Africa
KW  - International agencies
KW  - International organization
KW  - International trusteeships
KW  - Africa, West
KW  - Mandates
KW  - Nuclear weapons
KW  - Testing
KW  - Race relations
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Diplomats
KW  - itoamc
N1  - Open to research; Classified, in part
N2  - 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
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026
UR  - http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026.3
ER  -