Series - Background material for George D. Woods biography

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WB IBRD/IDA WOODS-01

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Background material for George D. Woods biography

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  • 1935 - 1986 (Creation)

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1.20 linear feet of textual records; 60 photographs

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The background material in this series includes such varied items as a photograph of the Woods on their honeymoon; Louise Woods' card as a volunteer nurses aide in the U.S. Citizens Defense Corps of the City of New York, 1949; Louise Woods' voter registration card for the City of New York 1957; a copy of Life magazine of June 12, 1958, with George Woods on the cover; formal photographic portraits of George D. and Louise Woods, alone and together; copies of photographs from various sources, most with annotations by Oliver; copies of the Columbia University Oral History Research Offices interviews with Louise Woods and Edward Townsend; and two books, As I Went Along, by Alan Pope, President of First Boston Corporation, given to associates at Christmas 1947 and 75 Years of Banking, distributed by the Mellon National Bank in 1944. The bulk of the series is the George D. Woods clippings files, both from his unsuccessful nomination in September 1961 to head the Agency for International Development and his October1962 appointment to the World Bank.

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Accruals are not expected.

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Records are arranged in seven parts:

  • George D. Woods background information

  • Louise Woods background information

  • Clippings AID

  • Clippings January 1962

  • Clippings IBRD

  • Photographs annotated by Oliver

  • Portrait photographs of George D. and Louise Woods

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Records are subject to the World Bank Policy on Access to Information.

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Records are subject to the Copyright Policy of the World Bank Group.

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Internal World Bank Group Archives rules based on ISAD(G).

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Dates of creation revision deletion

11 August 2003

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