Register of the United Nations Conference on International Organization Proceedings

Box: 1

Subject file 1945

Scope and Content Note

Includes a packet of documents issued to conference attendees, a chart illustrating the proposed structure of the United Nations, a broadside copy of the United Nations Charter, and a hardbound copy of the 1945 United Nations Charter with translations in French, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish

Box/Folder: 1

"Charter of the United Nations and Salute of the International Court of Justice,? 1945

Scope and Content Note

Includes translations in French, Chinese, Russian, and Spanish

Box/Folder: 1

Charter of the United Nations, 1945

Scope and Content Note

Broadside large-form presentation of the Charter. Includes replica signatures of delegates. Double-sided

Box/Folder: 1

Chart of the United Nations as Proposed at Dumbarton Oaks, 1945

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Broadside chart published by the U.S. Department of State depicting relationships between the varying offices and departments within the United Nations

Box: 2 , Envelope: Me

Photographs 1945

Scope and Content Note

Photographic prints and contact sheets depicting conference attendees and scenes from the conference.

Box/Folder: 2 : 1

21 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 2

13 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 3

11 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 4

16 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 5

18 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 6

21 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 7

17 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 8

16 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 9

12 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 10

15 photos and contact sheets

Box/Folder: 2 : 11

16 photos and contact sheets

Envelope: mE

Oversize photographs

Box: 3-6

National Broadcasting Company sound recordings of proceedings 1945

Scope and Content Note

Instantaneous disc recordings of NBC news coverage of the conference's plenary sessions, committee meetings, and the signing of the UN Charter. 146 phonorecords. Boxes 3-6 closed, digital use copies of boxes 3-5 available.

Sound recordings of special events

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the UN Conference opening session 1945 April 25

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R Stettinius, Jr.; Speakers: United States President Harry S. Truman, California Governor Earl Warren, San Francisco Mayor Rodger D. Lapham, Secretary Stettinius. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002889

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the recognition of the Secretariat 1945 June 23

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr.; V. K. Wellington Koo; Andrei A. Gromyko; The Earl of Halifax; and Alger Hiss. The co-presidents of the conference give their thoughts and thanks to all the participants of the conference. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002946

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of President Truman arriving at Hamilton Field 1945 June 25

Scope and Content Note

President Truman arrives at Hamilton Field to a formal ceremony. He has come to San Francisco to sign the United Nations charter. Includes coverage of Truman visiting wounded soldiers. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002945

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the signing of the UN Charter 1945 June 26

Scope and Content Note

NBC coverage of the signing of the United Nations charter and comments by each nation"s delegation. The nations in order: China, Soviet Union, United Kingdom, Argentina, France, Uruguay, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Belarus S.S.R., Chile, Costa Rica, Canada, Columbia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Czechoslovakia, Egypt, El Salvador, Denmark, Ethiopia, Greece, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Iran, Liberia, the Netherlands, Mexico, Norway, New Zealand, Nicaragua, United States, Paraguay, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Philippines, South Africa, Turkey, Syria, Venezuela, Yugoslavia, and Guatemala. Ukrainian S.S.R. is mentioned but a delegate speaking is not part of the recording. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002890

Sound recordings of plenary sessions

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the first plenary session 1945 April 26

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Speakers: Joaquin Fernández y Fernández of Chile, T.V. Soong of China, V.M. Molotov of the Soviet Union, and Anthony Eden of the United Kingdom. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002929

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the second plenary session 1945 April 27

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Speakers: Guillermo Belt Ramirez of Cuba, Francis M. Forde of Australia, Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium, Victor Andrade of Bolivia, Pedro Leao Velloso of Brazil, and W.L. MacKenzie King of Canada. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002930

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the third plenary session 1945 April 28

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: T.V. Soong of China. Speakers: Jan Masaryk of Czechoslovakia, Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha of Egypt, Julian R. Caceres of Honduras, Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar of India, Mostafa Adl of Iran, Eelco N. Van Kleffens of the Netherlands, and the chairman of the delegation from Lebanon. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002931

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the fourth plenary session 1945 April 28

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: V. M. Molotov. Speakers: Hector David Castro of El Salvador, John Sofianopoulos of Greece, Carlos P. Romulo of the Philippines, and Jose Serrato of Uruguay. Includes a segment where the session is interrupted by news of surrender of some German troops. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002932

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the fifth plenary session 1945 April 30

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Speakers: Joseph Bech, Guillermo Belt Ramirez, Jan Christian Smuts, Blatta Ephrem Tewelde Medhen, Georges Bidault, Guillermo Toriello, Gerard E. Lescot, Arshad Al-Omari, C.L. Simpson, and Hasan Saka. Session concerns Argentina. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002933

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of the sixth plenary session 1945 May 1

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Speakers: Joseph Bech of the credentials committee, Guillermo Belt Ramirez of the steering committee, Jan Christian Smuts of South Africa, Blatta Ephrem Tewelde Medhen of Ethiopia, Georges Bidault, Guillermo Toriello of Guatemala, Gerard E. Lescot of Haiti, Arshad Al-Omari of Iraq, C.L. Simpson of Liberia, Hasan Saka of Turkey. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002976

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of the seventh plenary session 1945 May 1

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: T.V. Soong. Speakers: Guillermo Belt Ramirez of Cuba, Joseph Bech of Luxembourg, Peter Fraser of New Zealand (eulogizes Franklin D. Roosevelt), and Carracido Parra Perez. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003059

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of the eighth plenary session 1945 May 2

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: V.M. Molotov of the Soviet Union. Speakers: Alger Hiss of the United States, Ezequiel Padilla of Mexico, Trygve Lie of Norway, Mariano Arguello Vargas of Nicaragua (eulogizes Franklin D. Roosevelt), Roberto Jimenez of Panama, Manuel Gallagher of Peru, Faris Al-Khoury of Syria, Ivan Subasic of Yugoslavia. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003058

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the ninth plenary session on 25 June 1945. 1945 June 25

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: The Earl of Halifax. Speakers: Hugues le Gallais, Francisco A. Delgado, Andrei A. Gromyko, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Celso R. Velasquez, Caracciolo Parra-Perez, Guillermo Belt Ramirez, Edward R. Stettinius, Jr, and Alger Hiss. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002944

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the final plenary session 1945 June 26

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Edward R. Stettinius, Jr. Speakers: V. K. Wellington Koo, Andrei A. Gromyko, The Earl of Halifax, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Pedro Leao Velloso, Jan Masaryk, Ezequiel Padilla, Amir Faisal Ibn Abdul Aziz, Jan Christian Smuts, and Harry S. TrumanUse copy reference number: 47026_a_0002941

Sound recordings of Commission I

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission I, Committee 1 1945 June 14

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Henri Rolin. Speakers: Francisco Delgado, Barnard College Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Malcolm Davis, a delegate from Egypt, The Earl of Halifax, Ricardo J. Alfaro, Comm. Harold E. Stassen, USNR, and Hector Paysse Reyes. Concerns the preamble of the Charter. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003046

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission I, Committee 1 1945 June 15

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Henri Rolin. Speakers: Malcolm Davis, Victor Andres Belaunde of Peru, Hanna Saba speaks about police powers and the use of force, a delegate from Colombia, Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve of the Socialist Soviet Republic (speaking on the Yalta agreement), The Viscount Cranborne, Herbert Vere Evatt (responds to Cranborne), Ricardo J. Alfaro, and Peter Fraser. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003047

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of the first session of Commission I, Committees 1 and 2 1945 June 19

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Henri Rolin. Speakers: Hector Paysse Reyes, Fernand de Housse, Charles A. Eaton, Lord Cranborne, Malcolm Davis, Luis Quintanilla, Joseph Paul-Boncour on the problems of the League of Nations, Herbert Vere Evatt, A. V. Palladin, Kuzma Kisilev, James C. Dunn, Jose Serrato, and Francisco Villagran. Program concerns Franco's Spain and membership in the United Nations. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002973

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of the second session of Commission I, Committees 1 and 2 1945 June 19

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Henri Rolin. Speakers: Malcolm Davis, Alfredo Machado Hernandez, a delegate from Greece, a delegate from France, Peter Fraser, Bertha Lutz, Cemil Bilsel, L.B. Pearson, and Hector Paysse Reyes. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002973

Box: 3

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission I, Committees 1 and 2 1945 June 23

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Henri Rolin. Speakers: Francisco A. Delgado, Herbert Vere Evatt. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002947

Sound recordings of Commission II

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission II, Committee 1 1945 May 30

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Jan Christian Smuts. Speakers: Kuzma Kisilev, a delegate from the Netherlands, Herbert Vere Evatt, V.M. Molotov, Victor de Laveleye, and K.V. Novikov. Program concerns the structure and procedure of the general assembly. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003057

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission II, Committee 3 1945 June 11

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Jan Christian Smuts. Speakers: G. Myrddin Evans, Bertha Lutz (on the role of women in the conference), Miss Wu Yi-fang, Herbert Vere Evatt (on women"s rights and how economic conditions relate to war), a delegate from France (speaks on the mission of the council), Dean Virginia C. Gildersleeve, Emilio A. Godoy, and Alger Hiss. Program concerns economic and social issues. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003055

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission II, Committee 4 1945 June 20

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Jan Christian Smuts. Speakers: Alexander Loudon, Emile Naggiar, Fadhil Al-Jamali, Francis Michael Forde, Carlos P. Romulo, Lord Cranborne, Auguste de Schryver, Mohamed Awad of Egypt, Harold E. Stassen, and Peter Fraser. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002970

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission II, Committees 1 and 2 1945 June 21

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Jan Christian Smuts. Speakers: a delegate from Peru, Herbert Vere Evatt, Victor Andrade, Ali Akbar Siassi, Raoul Aglion, V.K. Wellington Koo, a delegate from Uruguay, Henri Rolin, C.K. Webster, a delegate from Colombia, Adly Bey Andrawes, Jose Maza, and Luis Padilla Nervo. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002949

Sound recordings of Commission III

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the first session of Commission III, Committee 1 1945 June 20

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Wilhelm Munthe Morgenstierne. Speakers: Hoctor David Castro, Alfonso Garcia Robles, Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha, Herbert Vere Evatt, Senator Tom Connally, a delegate from Cuba, Grayson Kirk. Program concerns the Security Council. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002969

Box: 4

NBC sound recording of the second session of Commission III, Committees 1 and 3 1945 June 20

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Wilhelm Munthe Morgenstierne. Speakers: Alexander Loudon, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Victor Andres Belaunde, Peter Fraser, Sir A. Ramaswami Mudaliar, Hector David Castro, John Sofianopoulos, Joseph Paul-Boncour, Ato Ambaye Wolde Marian, Hugh H. Wrong, and Denis Capel-Dunn. Several delegations passionately comment on veto power in the Security Council. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0002951

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission III, Committee 2 1945 June 18

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Wilhelm Munthe Morgenstierne. Speakers: G.P. Arkadiev, Herbert Vere Evatt, and Comm. Harold E. Stassen, USNR. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003042

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission III, Committee 3 1945 June 12

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Wilhelm Munthe Morgenstierne. Speakers: Joseph Paul-Boncour, a delegate from France, Senator Tom Connally, Grayson Kirk. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003050

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission III, Committee 4 1945 June 13

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Wilhelm Munthe Morgenstierne. Speakers: V.K. Wellington Koo (presents committee report), Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg, Francisco Castillo Najera, Carraciolo Parra Perez of Venezuela, Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha, and Joseph Paul-Boncour. Before the committee proceedings start, an NBC reporter describes the physical setting and comments on what is expected to take place that day. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003049

Sound recordings of Commission IV

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission IV, Committees 1 and 2 1945 May 19

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Carraciolo Parra Perez. Speakers: Manuel Gallagher, Nasarat Al-Farisi, Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha, Mariano Aguella Vargas, and Emanual Abraham. Programs concerns the international court of justice and other legal problems. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003056

Box: 5

NBC sound recording of the proceedings of Commission IV, Committees 1 and 2 1945 June 15

Scope and Content Note

Presiding: Carraciolo Parra Perez. Speakers: Manuel Gallagher, Nasarat Al-Farisi, a delegate from Iran, Herbert Vere Evatt, Abdel Hamid Badawi Pasha, and Mariano Arguello Vargas. Use copy reference number: 47026_a_0003043

Box: 6

Broken discs containing NBC sound recordings of proceedings

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