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Correspondence with George Kent

File contains correspondence regarding the Truman proclamation on the contiental shelf (includes copies of "Press Release Relative to the Natural Resources of the Continental Shelf" from the White House and "Reserving and Placing Certain Resources of the Continental Shelf Under the Control and Jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior" by Harry S. Truman). Other topics of discussion include the New International Economic Order. See also MS-2-744, Box 83, Folder 17 for more correspondence with Kent.

Correspondence with Fritz H. Landshoff

File contains correspondence with Landshoff of Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Kodansha Publishers Ltd, Encyclopedia Britannica, Aurelio Peccei (The Club of Rome), and La Nouvelle Agence. Most of the correspondence surrounds Mann Borgese's "The Drama of the Oceans," and securing the rights of various photographs for publication in that work. File also includes a mock-up of a brochure for the International Ocean Institute (IOI) and friends of the IOI ("What Can You Do to Save the Oceans?") as well as a newspaper clipping. See also MS-2-744, Box 95, Folder 2 and MS-2-744, Box 83, Folder 23 for more correspondence with Landshoff.

Miscellaneous correspondence with various diplomats and societies regarding work with the UN, the law of the sea, and academic pursuits

File contains correspondence with M. VanDyke, McGraw-Hill, Allswell Osini Muzan (The International Law Society at Lewis University College of Law), Ambassador Pacific Fisheries Ltd., Christian Maguieira, Arvid Pardo, Jane Scheiber, Veda Bohlander, Geneva S. Douglas, William A. Greenwald, Jean Uppman, the Law Library at the University of Washington, G. Gross, Ignatia O.S.H., Ellen Sniberger, and Mavin Mondlin (of the "Yearbook of International Organizations").

'W' miscellaneous correspondence

File contains correspondence with Frances Weismiller, Anthony Wayne Smith, Thomas E. Lovejoy,and Karl Wolf (Austrian Ambassador). Also includes "Suffering a Sea Change" from the "Economist" by Barbara Ward.

Lists of participants

File contains two lists of participants. One is unlabelled with handwritten notes by Elisabeth Mann Borgese, the other list is from the Intersessional Consultations on the Law of the Sea in Geneva on March 1, 1977.

Sixth session, volume 2 : ammendments to "draft resolution on improvement of international institutional arrangement relating to the convention on the Law of the Sea"

File contains material originally housed in a large binder with other United Nations (UN) reference material (i.e. press releases, journals, sessional reports), and the contents of MS-2-744, Box 117, File 1. File contains a memorandum from Elisabeth Mann Borgese to Austrian Ambassador Karl Wolf, and amendments to the fifth (5th) draft.

Board of trustees and the planning council of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting minutes and correspondence]

File contains draft minutes of the joint Sixth Session of the Board of Trustees and the Fourteenth Session of the Planning Council (from the Mexico City meeting of December, 1977), which discussed the "Ocean Yearbook," Pacem in Maribus (PIM) VII and IX, financial matters, the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLoS) and other matters. The file also contains the draft minutes of the Fifteenth Session of the Planning Council (held April 22, 1978 in Divonne-les-Baines), providing a summary of the UNCLoS talks (including the Compostite Text, the Group of 77, and the need for a seabed authority), projects, Pacem in Maribus IX, a new International Ocean Institute (IOI) director, the status of the IOI in Malta, and the Castellabate Project. The file also contains speeches, correspondence , and a list of the Board of Trustees members.

Miscellaneous loose documents [part 2 of 3]

File contains informal suggestions by various countries, informal meeting notes, a provisional list of delegations, "Financing the Enterprise," a presentation by various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) on the issue of seabed mining, a speech by a United Kingdom (UK) delegate on the transfer of technology, notes for Minister Jens Evensen's summation, some handwritten notes (including some by Elisabeth Mann Borgese), and a list of participants. Parts 1 and 3 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, FIle 9, respectively.

Correspondence with Jan Pronk

File includes correspondence with Jan Pronk, who was a Member of Parliament in the Netherlands. Topics of discussion include the Willy Brandt Commission, and UNCLoS III (the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea), including a request by Elisabeth Mann Borgese to be part of the delegation from the Netherlands.

Miscellaneous loose documents [part 1 of 3]

File contains draft ammendments, various articles, suggested compromise formulae, a note by Tommy Koh, "Financial arrangements of the Enterprise", informal conference room documents, Chairman's reports, a report by an ad hoc group on the relationship between disarmament and development, a memo by the group of landlocked states, informal meeting notes, a memo by Peru, committee records and various informal suggestions. Parts 2 and 3 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 8 and MS-2-744, Box 120, File 9, respectively.

Correspondence with Dodd, Mead and Company Inc.

File contains correspondence with Peter Tager, Bernard Norris, and Thomas Lipscomb. Also includes information regarding the publciation of the proceedings of the first "Pacem in Maribus" conference, and "The Tides of Change: Peace, Pollution, and Potential of the Oceans" edited by Elisabeth Mann Borgese and David Krieger, royalty statements, and a memorandum of agreement.

Correspondence with the journal Edizioni Scientifiche e Techniche Mondadori

File contains correspondence with Edizioni Scientifiche e Techniche Mondadori's Edgardo Macorini concerning Elisabeth Mann Borgese writing an introduction for Ferruccio Mosetti's "Il Volto Degli Oceani." Includes a partial version of Mann Borgese's English introduction, and a draft Italian copy "Il nuovo ordini digli oceani." File also contains a piece of correspondence to Mann Borgese and her daughters concerning Giuseppe Antonio Borgese's "Rubè." See MS-2-744, Box 365, Folder 13 and MS-2-744, Box 281, Folder 10 for related correspondence.

Correspondence between Elisabeth Mann Borgese and James Grant

File contains a piece of correspondence with James Grant, who was the president of the Overseas Development Council (ODC). Contains a discussion of International Ocean Institute (IOI) projects (e.g., “Ocean Yearbook,” “Project on Marine Resources, Ocean Management, and International Development Strategy for the 80s and Beyond,” “Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX,” and others).

Miscellaneous meeting minutes and notes related to the Conference on the Law of the Sea

File contains materials from the Second and Third Committees including Articles (with applicable revisions and corrections), a report to the First Committee on the work of Negotiating Group 3 (Three), compromise suggestions by the Chairman of Negotiating Group 4 (Four) and other reports, in particular "Reports of the Committees and Negotiating Groups" submitted at the seventh session.

Fifteenth session of the planning council of the International Ocean Institute : [meeting documents]

File contains documents relating to the Session held April 22, 1978 in Divonne-les-Baines, France. Includes correspondence, membership lists, "Report on Meeting with Maxwell Bruce, John Hayward, and Jan van Ettinger, at the RIO Foundation," and "Some Points for Consideration for Pacem in Maribus (PIM) IX."

Correspondence with Clifton Fadiman

File contains correspondence with Fadiman. Much of it concerns Elisabeth Mann Borgese's "The Drama of the Oceans," on which Fadiman provided editorial comments. See also MS-2-744, Box 93, Folder 21 for an additional piece of correspondence between Mann Borgese and Fadiman.

Correspondence with Keith J. Walton

File contains correspondence with Walton, of the Statistical Office of the United Nations. Also includes correspondence with Rosario Lejino concerning the Natural Resources Forum, and a profile on the Forum.

Correspondence with Ramaswamy Mani

File contains one piece of correspondence from Ramaswamy Mani, who was at the Office of the Under-Secretary General at the Department of International Economic and Social Affairs with the United Nations, concerning a funding proposal.

'G' miscellaneous correspondence

FIle contains correspondence with Mark Gerzon (editor of "WorldPaper"), GEO, GAADE, Charles Waas Gerber, Katherine Graham, Jay Goldburg, and Nailma Ganter. Topics of discussion include the television adaption of "The Drama of the Oceans," and the friends of the International Ocean Institute (IOI).

Miscellaneous loose documents [part 3 of 3]

File contains informal suggestions by various countries, "Financial Arrangements of the Authority" (redrafted versions of the relevant articles of the convention), "Financing the Enterprise," meeting minutes (mainly on the protection and preservation of the marine environment), a memorandum of the group of land-locked and geographically disavantaged states "On the Rights of the Land-Locked and Geographically Disadvantaged States in the Economic Zone," and a memorandum by Peru (as co-ordinator of the group of coastal states). Parts 1 and 2 of this file are in MS-2-744, Box 120, File 7 and MS-2-744, Box 120, File 8, respectively.
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