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• Author/Creator:Yale University. Institution for Social and Policy Studies. United Nations Oral History Project.
  
• Title:United Nations Oral History Project interview transcripts and tapes, 1983-2005 (inclusive), 1990-2001 (bulk).
  
• Physical Description:8.04 linear feet (254 boxes)
  
• Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid
  

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  • Location:LSF-Use in SML, Manuscripts and Archives only (Non-Circ)
    To request for use in the Manuscripts and Archives Reading Room select a box in the finding aid
    
    
  •   BOX 43 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 44 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 82 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 83 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 84 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 139 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    BOX 181 U 00/00/0000 0000-X-000  B51-A 42  c.1  Temporarily shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    Box 86Ub no accession date  c.1  Shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    Box 66Ua no accession date  c.1  Shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    Box 66Ub no accession date  c.1  Shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    Box 86Ua no accession date  c.1  Shelved at SML, Manuscripts and Archives (Non-Circulating)
    
  • Call Number: MS 1703
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Notes:Additional interviews produced as part of an earlier project are listed in the finding aid and are available through the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations (http://www.un.org/depts/dhl/), where they are cataloged individually in the library's online public access catalog.
  The materials are in English.
  Deposited by the Historical Sound Recordings Collection, Yale University Library, 1995; transferred from the Political Science Department, 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2007; transferred from International Security Studies, 2014.
  
• Organization:Transcripts and audiocassette tapes are arranged alphabetically by name of interviewee. A partial subject index to the interviews, prepared by the project, is available in print only at the repository.
  
• Access and use:The materials are open for research. Copyright resides with the United Nations. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Additional information is provided in the finding aid.
  Original audiovisual materials, as well as preservation and duplicating masters, may not be played. Researchers must consult use copies, or if none exist must pay for a use copy, which is retained by the repository. Researchers wishing to obtain an additional copy for their personal use should consult Copying Services information on the Manuscripts and Archives web site.
  
• Biographical / Historical note:The Yale-United Nations Oral History Project conducted oral history interviews to preserve the recollections of those involved in international political developments in which the United Nations has played a role. The project is affiliated with the Institution for Social and Policy Studies and the Department of Political Science at Yale University. The project is a continuation of a previous study undertaken under the auspices of Yale University between 1989-1991. The earlier study focused on important developments in the early history of the U.N., while the current project is primarily concerned with Central America, Namibia, Cambodia, and the Iran/Iraq War and the experience of UNSCOM in Iraq. Interviews were recorded on audiocassette, transcribed, and sent to interviewees for editing. The interviews were conducted by James S. Sutterlin, Jean E. Krasno, and William Powell. In addition to copies of transcripts in Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, copies of these interviews (and additional interviews not deposited at Yale) are available to researchers at the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations.
  
• Summary:These interview tapes and transcripts were produced as part of United Nations Oral History Project sponsored by the Institution for Social and Policy Studies of Yale University to document significant events in the history of the United Nations and its operations. Interviewees include U.N. officials, ambassadors from various countries, and other participants in the events documented. Events and topics documented include the San Francisco conference, the founding of the U.N., its charter, the founding of Israel, Middle East wars, the Congo, Korea, the Cuban Missile Crisis, relief operations, secretaries-general, the Falklands/Malvinas war, Iraqi weapons inspections, and United Nations operations.
  
• Format:Archives or Manuscripts
• Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid is available in the repository and on the Internet. A subject index to the interviews, prepared by the project, is included as an appendix to the finding aid.
  
• Cite as:United Nations Oral History Project Interview Transcripts and Tapes (MS 1703). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.
  
• Subjects:United Nations--History.
  Diplomacy.
  Human rights.
  Humanitarian intervention.
  International relief.