United Nations Oral History Project interview transcripts and tapes
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1983-2005
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
The materials are open for research.
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.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright resides with the United Nations. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Written authorization from the interviewee is required to publish all or part of any transcript during the interviewee's lifetime. Contact the Dag Hammarskjöld Library at the United Nations for additional information (https://www.un.org/library).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited by the Historical Sound Recordings Collection, Yale University Library, 1995; additional materials transferred from the Political Science Department, 1996, 1997, 2003, and 2007; transferred from International Security Studies, 2014.
Extent
8.04 Linear Feet (254 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Catalog Record
A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog
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Abstract
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.
Biographical / Historical
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.
- Title
- Guide to the United Nations Oral History Project Interview Transcripts and Tapes
- Status
- Under Revision
- Author
- compiled by staff of Manuscripts and Archives
- Date
- November 1997
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Created In Accordance With Manuscripts And Archives Processing Manual
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
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