Records of the World Bank History Project
- WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01
- Sous-fonds
- 1951 - 1997 (predominant 1989 - 1997)
This sub-fonds contains records related to the research, writing, and review of the book, The World Bank: Its First Half Century.
Research records include: audio interviews of former bank employees, persons from related institutions, and prominent external observers of the Bank; transcripts of interviews; subject files; and correspondence with Bank alumni, present and former Executive Directors, and present and former members of the Development Committee.
Records relating to the writing of the book include drafts of Volume I written by members of the Brookings Institution project and drafts of Volume II written by external authors. A small amount of background and related reports accompany the latter. Audio recordings from a conference in which many of the authors of Volume II presented their drafts is also included. Records related to the review and verification of the book are also contained in this sub-fonds. This includes correspondence between project staff, Volume II authors, and external reviewers as well as annotated copies of chapter drafts.
Records related to the verification of facts, sources, and citations are included as are records related to the project's three advisory committees.