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Title
Philip Quincy Wright Papers
Date(s)
- 1949 - 1952 (Creation)
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Fonds
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Name of creator
(1890-1970)
Biographical history
Philip Quincy Wright was a professor of International Law at the University of Chicago from 1931-1956.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Copies of the documents received by UNESCO in March 1982, sent by the University of Chicago Library
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copies of the Papers of Philip Quincy Wright.
The papers contain the following documents written probably between 1949 and 1952, for the Director General of UNESCO:
- Memorandum on proposed reorientation of the programme of UNESCO (1950)
- Memorandum on a practical analysis of the scope and methods of UNESCO (1950)
- A Juridical Analysis of the Scope and Method of UNESCO
- The role of the Social Sciences in UNESCO
- UNESCO's programme for 1951
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Language of material
- English
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Original are kept by the University of Chicago Library
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Note
The originals of these documents are not preserved by the UNESCO Archives. Only copies are available.