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International Labour Office (ILO) - Oral History Project

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/century/information_resources/oral_history_pro...

The International Labour Office leads a bank of oral histories, drawing on the knowledge and memories of former ILO staff and constituents on the ILO and its work. Key figures who worked with/for the ILO will be interviewed and the outcomes transcribed and made available in a central data base.

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Publisher: 
International Labour Organization
Type: 
online
Lang: 
English
French
Country: 
Switzerland
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application/pdf - *.pdf - AdobePDFfiles
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free of costs
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12.05.2010
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International Labour Office (ILO) - Historical Archives
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International Labour Office (ILO) - Historical Archives

http://www.ilo.org/public/english/century/information_resources/ilo_archives.htm
Characteristics
History

The International Labour Organization (ILO), founded in 1919, is the tripartite UN agency. It operates internationally with the aim to promote the social justice and to protect the human rights and labour rights. The International Labour Office (ILO), as a constant secretariat of the organisation, disposes of a documentation center.

Publications

The ILO allocates different publications online (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/century/information_resources/papers_a...). Online available is also "Seeking Peace by Cultivating Justice: A photographic history of the ILO" (http://www.ilo.org/public/english/century/history_in_photos/download/eph...).

Inventory

The Historical Archives consist of about 70,000 pre-war and wartime files (1919-1947), 200,000 post-war files (1948-1978), together with a number of special collections, including the ILO Directors and Directors-General Archives - Albert Thomas (1920-1932), Harold Butler (1932-1938), John G. Winant (1939-1941), Edward Phelan (1941-1948), David A. Morse (1948-1970) and C. Wilfred Jenks (1970-1973); C. Wilfred Jenks’ private papers (1920-1973); the records of the International Labour Office (Basel, 1890-1919) and photographic and audiovisual collections.
The ILO maintains also a library with a database.

Remarks: 

Opening hours:
Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon; 2 to 5 p.m. (by appointment only).

Postal address
4, route des Morillons
1211
Genève
Switzerland
Contact
archives@ilo.org
Phone number: 
+41 22 799 81 06
Fax: 
+41 22 798 86 85
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12.05.2010
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International research centre about anarchism (CIRA) Online-Catalog

http://www.cira.ch/catalogue/?lang=fr

By the Online-Catalogue can investigated in the holdings of the library and the archives of the International research centre about anarchism (CIRA).

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Publisher: 
International research centre about anarchism (CIRA)
Type: 
online
Lang: 
English
French
German
Italian
Country: 
Switzerland
Format: 
text/html - *.htm*.html*.shtml - HTMLfiles
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Access: 
free of costs
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Review Date: 
17.06.2010
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International research centre about anarchism (CIRA)

http://www.cira.ch/home
Characteristics
History

Fondation 1957 in Geneva.

Publications

CIRA's bulletin is published since 1959 and its abstracts are online available (http://serials.labourhistory.net/serials/serial_143.asp).

Research

The CIRA library collects, preserves and makes available a collection of books, periodicals and documents in all languages concerning the anarchist movement, its history and ideas.
The collections concerne the international anarchistic movement.

Inventory

The collection includes 18'000 books and pamphlets, 4'000 periodicals titles, audio and video recordings, an iconographic collection (postcards, posters and other pictures), documentary dossiers as well as collections of pamphlets and other short-lived publications. The additional archives contain holdings of organisations and groups, persons, iconographic collections and documentary files.
Some holdings and their descriptions are online available.
Online researches in the holdings of the CIRA are possible by a catalogue.

Remarks: 

Opening hours:
Monday-Friday: 16.00-19.00, Saturday: by appointment.

Postal address
24, avenue de Beaumont
1012
Lausanne
Switzerland
Contact
http://www.cira.ch/contact-en
cira@plusloin.org
Phone number: 
+41 21 550 18 04
Staff
Statistics
Review Date: 
17.06.2010
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International research centre about anarchism (CIRA) Online-Catalog

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