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International Labour Organisation Collected Records

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
CDG-B.Switzerland.International Labour Organisation
Repository:
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Extent:
0.42 linear ft. (5 linear in.)
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: [Identification of item], in the International Labour Organisation Records (CDG-B Switzerland), Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Date:
1919-1941, 1998 (bulk)
Creator:
International Labour Organisation
Abstract:
The International Labour Organization was established in Geneva in 1919 at the end of the First World War, during the Peace Conference that convened at Paris and Versailles. Its aim was to promote the welfare of workers.

The International Labour Organization was established in Geneva in 1919 at the end of the First World War, during the Peace Conference that convened at Paris and Versailles. Its aim was to promote the welfare of workers. The International Labour Office was set up in 1920 as the permanent Secretariat of the International Labour Organisation. The first director of the ILO was Albert Thomas, a French politician with deep concern for social issues. The first annual International Labour Conference met in Washington in October 1929. In 1946, the ILO became the first agency associated with the United Nations. In 1960, the ILO created the International Institute for Labour Studies at its Geneva headquarters, and the International Training Center in Turin in 1965. The ILO was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1969 in honor of its 50th anniversary. The ILO, which is still in existence today, is the "only UN agency with a tripartite structure, where governments, employers' and workers' organizations from 171 member States are represented at all levels. ILO office interiorThe ILO [employs] . . . some 1,900 officials of over 110 nationalities in its Geneva headquarters and 40 field offices worldwide, plus 600 experts engaged in technical co-operation projects. The Office also constitutes a research and documentation centre and a publishing house issuing a broad range of specialized studies and reports. The ILO's priority objectives are the promotion of democracy, the fight against poverty, and the protection of working people, and it is currently focusing on five key themes: international labour standards and the defence of human rights; equality for women; employment promotion and structural adjustment; the rural and informal sectors; and, environment and the world of work" [quote taken from web site: http://www.ilo.org/public/english/about/history.htm.

Includes printed material and a lantern slide show

The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the archives of the International Labour Organisation.

Processed by SCPC staff; checklist prepared by Anne M. Yoder, Archivist, January 1999

Lantern alides removed to the Audiovisual Collection Photograph (of an unidentified group of men) removed to the Photograph Collection Postcards (views of building and of library) removed to the Subject File: Art in War and Peace -- Postcard Collection.

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Publisher
Swarthmore College Peace Collection
Access Restrictions

None.

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Use Restrictions

None.

Collection Inventory

Peace Conference: "Report of the Commission on International Labour Legislation", 1919.
Box 1
"Conference Internationale Du Travail International Labour Conference [1919]", 1920.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Its Ideals and Results" by E.J. Phelan, 1925.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1926.
Box 1
"The I.L.O. at a Glance," by B. Bradfield, 1926.
Box 1
"International Labour Office: Souvenir of the Inaugaration of the Building", 6 June 1926.
Box 1
"L'Edifice Du Bureau International Du Travail A Geneve", 1926.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation and the Protection of Children", 1926.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation and Unemployment", 1926.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation and Women's Work", 1926.
Box 1
"Catalog of Publications", 1926 (May).
Box 1
"The International Labour Office: Its Constitution and Organisation", 1927 (July).
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation and Migration", 1927.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1928.
Box 1
"The International Labour Conference, Eleventh Session, Geneva", May 30 - June 16, 1928.
Box 1
"A Little Book of the I.L.O." by B. Bradfield, approximately 1928.
Box 1
"Select Catalogue of Publications of the International Labour Office", 1928.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation", 1919-1929.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1930.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1931.
Box 1
"International Labour Conference, Fifteenth Session, Geneva: Report of the Director, First Part", 1931.
Box 1
"Peace Through Industry: A Brief Account of the International Labour Organisation" by Oliver Bell, 1930.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

published by League of Nations Union, Great Britain

"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1932.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1933.
Box 1
"The I.L.O.: 'A Laboratory of Social Peace'", 1934.
Box 1
"The International Labour Organisation: Constitution, Objects, Results", 1936.
Box 1
"Constitution of the International Labor Organization Together With Documents Effecting Membership of the United States", 1937.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

published by Washington, D.C. Branch, International Labor Office

"World Labour Problems: An Eye-Witness Account of the Twenty-Third International Labour Conference" by R.F. Scott, 1937.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

published by League of Nations Union, Great Britain

Miscellaneous Writings of Bertram Pickard re: the I.L.O. Material, 1937-1939.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

see also CDGB Great Britain: Pickard, Bertram

"Social Justice Through the League of Nations: The I.L.O., What It Is and What It Does," by R.F. Scott, 1938.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

published by League of Nations Union, Great Britain

Miscellaneous Script for Lantern Slide Show "Instruction by Pictures Regarding the Aims of the International Labour Organisation (The Development of International Labour Protection)" by Robert Graf.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

Published by La Propagande Par L'Image"

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