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Representative Works

The UNESCO Collection of Representative Works (or UNESCO Catalogue of Representative Works) was a UNESCO translation project that was active for about 57 years, from 1948 to about 2005. The purpose of the project was to translate masterpieces of world literature, primarily from a lesser known language into a more international language such as English and/or French. There were ~1,300 works in the catalog, consisting of over sixty-five different works of literature and representing around fifty Oriental languages, twenty European languages, and a number of African and Oceanian literatures and languages. The project also included translations from one less widely known language into another.

UNESCO financed the translations and publications, but UNESCO itself was not a publisher, instead working with other publishers who sold the books independently.

Preparatory Commission of UNESCO

  • FR PUNES AG 03
  • Archive Group
  • 1945-1947

The archives of the Commission can be divided into two main parts: Official Documents and correspondence files.
It should be noted that documents and copies of documents were often put into the files. In some cases there is no printed document, or, in a few cases, the existing original typescript has been bound with the documents. If a document is missing from the bound volumes, the original could also possibly be found in the file. Therefore, it is important to consult both the documents and files.

The documents, by their nature as working tools of the Commission members, Member Governments and the Staff, exist in several copies and were distributed to all those mentioned above.

Preparatory Commission of UNESCO

Archives and Documentation of International Organizations

  • FR PUNES AG 15
  • Archive Group

The Archive Group has three fonds:
-Archives of the Intergovernmental Bureau for Informatics (IBI)
-Archives of the International Council for Philosophy and Humanistic Studies (ICPHS / CIPSH)
-Part of the archives of the African Training and Research Centre in Administration for Development (CAFRAD), from the years 1961 to 1973, 2 boxes

UNESCO Courier

The original UNESCO Courier was a monthly printed magazine published between 1947 to 2001. It was published in more than thirty languages including braille. The magazine is written journalistically and each issue looks into a single subject from different angles. From 2002 to 2005 the UNESCO Courier was followed by the New Courier, published in three languages.

The fond includes all exemplars of

  • The UNESCO Courier (published from 1948 - 2001) and
  • The The New Courier (published from May 2002 - November 2005).

IFAP

Series consists of administrative, operational and public files on any matters dealt with and published by the IFAP programme.

IIP

Series consists of administrative, operational and public files on any matters dealt with and published by the IIP programme.