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040 _aDLC
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_cDLC
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_2lcmd
100 1 _aGerig, Benjamin,
_d1894-1976.
245 0 0 _aBenjamin Gerig papers,
_f1927-1974
_g(bulk 1930-1968).
300 _a2,000
_fitems.
300 _a6
_fcontainers plus
_a2
_fclassified.
300 _a2.6
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
506 1 _aClassified, in part.
520 8 _aCorrespondence, 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.
520 8 _aCorrespondents 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.
544 _3Some photographs
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aDiplomat. Full name: Orie Benjamin Gerig.
546 _aCollection material in English.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026
600 1 0 _aBowman, Isaiah,
_d1878-1950
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aBunche, Ralph J.
_q(Ralph Johnson),
_d1904-1971
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aCordier, Andrew W.
_q(Andrew Wellington),
_d1901-
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aDulles, John Foster,
_d1888-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aErp, J. W. T. van
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aField, Noel Haviland,
_d1904-1970
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGerig, Mary,
_d1898-1960
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGerig, Pearl
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aHiss, Alger
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aJessup, Philip C.
_q(Philip Caryl),
_d1897-1986
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLester, Sean,
_d1888-1959
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aLodge, Henry Cabot,
_d1902-1985
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aManship, Paul,
_d1885-1966
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aMorley, Felix M.
_q(Felix Muskett),
_d1894-1982
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aPickard, Bertram,
_d1892-1973
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSweetser, Arthur,
_d1888-1968
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSweetser, Ruth Gregory
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aTomlinson, John D.
_q(John Doren),
_d1903-1981
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aWalters, F. P.
_q(Francis Paul),
_d1888-
_vCorrespondence.
610 1 0 _aUnited States.
_bDepartment of State.
610 2 0 _aLeague of Nations.
610 2 0 _aPreparatory Commission of the United Nations.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations.
_bTrusteeship Council.
610 2 0 _aUnited Nations Visiting Mission to Trust Territories in West Africa.
611 2 0 _aDumbarton Oaks Conference
_d(1944)
611 2 0 _aNew York World's Fair
_d(1939-1940 :
_cNew York, N.Y.)
611 2 0 _aUnited Nations Conference on International Organization
_d(1945 :
_cSan Francisco, Calif.)
650 0 _aColonies.
650 0 _aColonies
_zAfrica.
650 0 _aInternational agencies.
650 0 _aInternational organization.
650 0 _aInternational trusteeships.
650 0 _aInternational trusteeships
_zAfrica, West.
650 0 _aMandates.
650 0 _aNuclear weapons
_xTesting.
650 0 _aRace relations.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xColonies.
656 7 _aDiplomats.
_2itoamc
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013026.3
999 _c44159
_d44159