TightRope and Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] apparel
- Series
- [between 1997-2007]
Part of Don Murchy collection
TightRope and Mr. Atlantic Canada Leather [M.A.C. Leather] apparel
Part of Don Murchy collection
Part of Don Murchy collection
Part of Frieze and Roy fonds
Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds
Title Shot : The Life and Times of Sam Langford
Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds
Part of CKDU Radio fonds
Part of Norman Creighton fonds
Tour records of the Mulgrave Road Theatre
Part of Mulgrave Road Theatre fonds
Part of Pier One Theatre fonds
Part of Neptune Theatre fonds
Part of Frieze and Roy fonds
Training and education records of IBEW Local 1928
Part of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 1928 fonds
Transcripts of interviews with Thomas Head Raddall
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Travel diaries of Edith Archibald (MacMechan) Dobson
Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds
Trenton Works Ltd. business records
Part of Trenton Works Ltd. Fonds
Part of Lockeport Historical Collection
Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds
Two Planks and a Passion Theatre administrative records
Two Planks and a Passion Theatre education and outreach records
Two Planks and a Passion Theatre production records
Part of imX Communications Inc. fonds
Part of Upstream Music Association fonds
Part of CKDU Radio fonds
Part of Charles Major Creed fonds
Unions and associations of Powers Brothers
Part of Powers Brothers fonds
Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds
Series consists of administrative records, conference materials, correspondence, publications, drafts, speeches, and reports relating to the United Nations and to the UN Development Program (UNDP), the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III), and the Independent World Commission on the Oceans (IWCO).
The United Nations was established on October 24, 1945. Elisabeth Mann Borgese had professional associations with several branches of the UN including, but not restricted to, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the International Labor Organization (ILO), the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), and activities such as the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the UN Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS III). Often her ties to such branches was related to her other professional activities, such as those at the International Ocean Institute. For instance, Sidney Holt, one-time director of the International Ocean Institute, was also affiliated for a significant time with the FAO. Additionally, several UN organizations provided funding and guidance for International Ocean Institute activities.
However, Elisabeth Mann Borgese is largely known for her involvement in UNCLoS III. UNCLoS III succeeded two previous Law of the Seas conferences in 1958 and 1960. Preparations for it began in 1968 with the formation of the Committee for the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction (Seabed Committee). Out of this committee began the conference proper in 1973 and it continued until 1982. Following the end of the conference, the Preparatory Commission for the International Sea-bed Authority and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (Prepcom) commenced (1983-1995). Briefly, UNCLoS III concerned itself with boundaries in international waters (often relating to the Exclusive Economic Zone), seabed mining, fisheries and other ecological concerns, ocean technologies (including nuclear weaponry), and other related issues. The ideals behind the convention originated with the now famous speech delivered by Arvid Pardo to the General Assembly of the UN on November 1, 1967 in which he discussed potential problems related to the oceans in terms of the 'common heritage of mankind'.
After decades of hard work, the conference produced a constitution for the seas, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was ratified by eighty-five countries by 1996. On November 16, 1994, the Convention entered into force. During UNCLoS III, the need for an International Sea-bed Authority (ISBA) and an International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLS) was recognized, and a Prepcom was initiated after the close of UNCLoS III to establish these organizations. The ISBA is based in Kingston, Jamaica, and came into existence in November 1994. The ITLS is based in Hamburg, Germany, and began operations in July, 1996.
Elisabeth Mann Borgese was actively involved in both UNCLoS III and Prepcom. She acted as an Ambassador to the Austrian Delegation at UNCLoS III and as a representative for the International Ocean Institute at the Prepcom. To further the work of UNCLoS III, Elisabeth Mann Borgese initiated the International World Commission on Oceans (IWCO) in 1995. Under the direction of the Portuguese President Mario Soares, IWCO (many members of which were hand-picked by Borgese) produced a report that was published in 1998, the UN Year of the Oceans. Borgese was one of IWCOs vice-chairmen, but she resigned in 1998 due to her frustration with the Commissions under-representation of the developing world. In response to IWCOs report, Borgese wrote The Oceanic Circle: A Report to the Club of Rome, which she regarded as a summary of thirty years of work.
Part of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 625 fonds
Part of Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds
Series consists of meeting proceedings for the Committee to Frame a World Constitution, correspondence relating to world federalism, and materials belonging to or sent to Quincy Wright, a law professor at the University of Chicago who served on the Central Committee of this Association. Series also contains materials pertaining to the World Citizen's Association that belonged to Quincy Wright.
The University of Chicago was founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society and John D. Rockefeller. Robert Hutchins became the University's fifth president in 1929 and was responsible for many curricular innovations that enhanced the University's reputation. Relevant to this collection is the gathering of a group of humanists, social scientists, anthropologists, philosophers, and lawyers, including G.A. Borgese, Robert Redfield, Richard McKeon, and Mortimer Adler. In 1945, these individuals were joined by scholars from other institutions, including Albert Guerard and Erich Kahler, to form the Committee to Frame a World Constitution under Robert Hutchins and G.A. Borgese. In 1948, the Committee produced a draft World Constitution intended to strengthen the United Nations and guard against international and/or nuclear war. The draft proposed that peace in the world (Pacem in Terris) was impossible without justice, which required decolonization and a new international economic order. The arms race was a symptom of global inequality and disarmament was linked to development. The draft also redefined the concept of property, claiming that the earth's natural resources were the common property of all of mankind, and suggested that instead of nation-states, the world government should be composed of regions. Elisabeth Mann Borgese was a research associate for the Committee to Frame a World Constitution and wrote analyses and reports for use during Committee sessions.
Part of John Godfrey fonds
Part of Theatre Reference Collection
Part of Horace E. Read fonds
University speaking engagements
Part of Bob Fougere fonds
University thesis and papers related to sheep and the sheep industry
Unpublished Manuscripts of Thomas Donal Linehan
Part of Thomas Donal Linehan fonds
Unpublished Material of Guy Henson
Part of Guy Henson fonds
Part of Arthur Stanley Mackenzie fonds
Part of J. Andrew Wainwright fonds
Unpublished writings : memoirs and autobiography
Part of Thomas Head Raddall fonds
Unpublished writings of Angus Edward Murray
Part of Angus Edward Murray fonds
Unpublished writings of Robert William Murray MacKay
Up Start Theatre Company photographs
Part of Up Start Theatre fonds
Upstream records collected by Paul Cram
Part of Paul Cram fonds
Variety Benefit in Support of The Canso Community Survival Task Force
Part of Mulgrave Road Theatre fonds
Part of A. M. Smith and Company fonds