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Photographs from N. Kaufman and Wolfgang Vitzthum

File contains a photograph of Wolfgang Vitzthum and his bride, and a photograph of Elisabeth Mann Borgese and President of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) H. Shirley Amerasinghe. Originally found among correspondence from N. Kaufman and Vitzthum, 1983-1984.

Three papers on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

File includes three documents, which are likely by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. Includes 1) "Progress Report" (regarding the New International Technological Order emerging from the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or UNCLoS); 2) "The United Nations Decade of International Law and the Law of the Sea," a document from the 1990s, outlining the new concepts that emerged from UNCLoS (including the common heritage of mankind); and 3) an untitled document relating the events of the tenth and eleventh sessions of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS).

The UNCLoS/UNCED process - a comparative study of eight documents

File contains a study produced by the International Ocean Institute (IOI)-Canada on the following documents: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS); Agenda 21; the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity; the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; the Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention of the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks; the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries; the Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-Based Activities; and the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.

Elisabeth Mann Borgese fonds

  • MS-2-744
  • Fonds
  • 1938-2002, predominant 1969-2001
Fonds consists of records pertaining primarily to the professional activities of Elisabeth Mann Borgese, focusing on major organizations and projects with which she was affiliated from the beginning of her North American career in the 1940s. The collection includes correspondence, publications and drafts, administrative records, conference materials, sound and video recordings, research materials, photographs, and other materials.

Borgese, Elisabeth Mann

University of Chicago

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.

Photographic materials

Series consists of a range of black and white and colour photographs and negatives depicting Pacem in Maribus events and functions, and projects at sea and on land such as fish farming operations and experimental equipment. Also included are images of sketches and paintings intended for a children's book Elisabeth Mann Borgese wrote in the 1990s and personal photographs depicting Borgese, her house, dogs, colleagues, friends, family, and various travel locations. Friends and family also sent her photos of themselves, their families, and their pets, some of which are attached to greeting cards.

Photograph of Klaus Pringsheim and others at a table

Item is a photograph with the inscription on reverse “Tokyo, [Weihnachten?] 1959 #2.” Names of individuals left to right are Monika Pringsheim, Klaus Pringsheim (junior), Hans Eriks wife Yuki Inagaki, Hans-Erik Pringsheim, Yurika Pringsheim and Klaus Pringsheim (senior). Hans-Erik Pringsheims is Klaus Pringsheims eldest son, Monika and Yurika are Hans-Erik's daughters.

Publications, drafts, and speeches

Series consists of publications, drafts, and speeches created or collected by Elisabeth Mann Borgese that are unconnected to other series. Also included are research materials and correspondence. These papers are related to her many and varied research interests.

Encyclopedia Britannica - reports and articles

File contains "A Note on the Formal Theory of Scientific Language and Communication as Information Processing" by John Wilkinson, "Mathematics, Logic, and Rhetoric" by John Wilkinson, "Language" by John Wilkinson, and "The Communication System" by Harry S. Ashmore.

Correspondence with William Morris

File contains correspondence with William Morris regarding a potential filming of Mann Borgese's "Ascent of Woman." Also includes a discussion of Elisabeth Mann Borgese's typing dogs. The file also contains correspondence with Edwin Seaver.

'S' miscellaneous correspondence

Includes correspondence with Mrs. Leo Szilard (includes a copy of Leo Szilard's "Ten Commandements"), Steve [?], Cyndie [?], Dusty Sklar, Peter Simpson, Jean Simpson, M.L. Simmons, and H.F. Silvers.

The Mathematical Order - reports and memos

File contains several reports and papers for the article on the mathematical order. Includes: "Report on the Mathematical Order" by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, "Mathematics: Its Trends and its Tensions" by Mark Kac, "Some Thoughts on the Organization of Discussions for the 'Roof Article' in Mathematics" by Stanislaw Ulam, "Some Half-Baked Remarks on the Mathematical Order" by Hao Wang, "Some Comments on the Possible Roof Article on Mathematics" by H. Rogers Jr., "The Linguistic Order" by Max Black, and a memo to the Encyclopedia Britanica from J. Wilkinson.

Audio-visual materials

Series consists of audio cassettes, reel-to-reel, VHS, and a 16-mm film. Contents include recordings of minutes of Pacem in Maribus conferences, UN conferences and meetings, presentations and seminars given by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, and radio/television interviews with her. Also included are some German reel-to-reel recordings concerning the work of Professor Golo Mann.

United Nations

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.

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions

Series consists of administrative records, conference materials, correspondence, publications, drafts, and reports relating to the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Also included are publications, clippings, reports, correspondence, and other materials relating to Frank Kelly (a vice-president at the Centre) and Harry Ashmore (a chairman and later president of the Centre).

Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.

Correspondence with Don Walsh

File contains correspondence with Robert Mandel, Praeger Publishers, Alan Wald, Maurice Walsh, and Don Walsh. Also includes a revie of "The Law of the Sea: Issues in Ocean Resource Management" by Don Walsh, "Explosives and Spirants Primitive Sounds in Cathected Words" by Maurice Walsh, "Ordinary Language and Superego Genesis: A Hitherto Unnoticed Influence of Language on the Formation of Psychic Structure" by Maurice Walsh, "Strephosymbolia Reconsidered" by Maurice Walsh, and a biographical sketch of Elisabeth Mann Borgese.

Correspondence concerning "Encyclopaedia Universalis"

File contains correspondence with Claude Gregory, John Dodge, F. Weizsacker, Jean R. de Salis, John Kendrew, P. Kapitza, Salvatore Quasimodo, Daniele Bovet, Georg Likacs, D. Lavergne, Linus Pauling, S. Radhakrishnan, C.F. Weizsacker, Werner Heisenberg, Robert Forbes, Robert Hutchins, and Theodor Svedberg. Correspondence mainly includes invitations to join the Encyclopedia Universalis' project. Also includes comments written about the encyclopedia by Marcello Colocci (on the "Physics" and "Chemistry" pieces) and Guiseppe Barbreri (on the "Geography" section). Contains English, Italian, and German correspondence.

The common heritage : selected papers on oceans and world order [part 1 of 4] : [drafts]

File contains pages from the draft of Arvid Pardo's "The Common Heritage: Selected Papers on Oceans and World Order," a collection of speeches, introduced by Elisabeth Mann Borgese. This collection includes pages of Mann Borgese's introduction (incomplete), and four statements by Pardo: The first statement was made to the First Committee of the General Assembly on 1 November 1967. The second statement was made to the plenary of the General Assembly in 1968. The third statement was made to the First Committee of the General Assembly on 29 October 1968. The fourth statement was made to the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of the Sea-bed and the Ocean Floor on 20 March 1969. Part and parcel of MS-2-744, Box 126 Folder 2, MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 3, MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 4, and MS-2-744, Box 126, Folder 5 (which contain the rest of Pardo's book).

Correspondence with Encyclopedia Britannica

File contains correspondence with Encyclopaedia Universalis, Le Club Francais du Livre, Golo Mann, Alfred Katler, Gyorgy Lukacs, Jean Rodolphe de Salis, Robert Forbes, Hideki Yukawa, Jovan Djordjivić, Jorge Luis Borges, John Kendrew, Sarvepalli Radhakrishman, Daniele Bovet, Peter Kapitza, Werner Heisenberg, Raymond Aron, Salvatore Quasimodo, Jorge Guillen, Linus Pauling, Leopold Sedar Senghor, and R.J. Forbes regarding the Encyclopaedia Universalis. Also includes correspondence regarding the Encyclopedia Britannica book of the year.
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