Records of the Office of the Historian

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST
• Fonds
• 1946 - 1999 (predominant 1989 - 1998)
• 1946 - 1999 (predominant 1989 - 1998)

Because of the broad scope of the work of the office, which was essentially the entire history of the Bank, the records are extremely varied. They include: written reminiscences, solicited or volunteered, by former Bank staff members; drafts of va...

Office of the Historian

Records of the World Bank History Project

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01
• Subfonds
• 1951 - 1997 (predominant 1989 - 1997)
• 1951 - 1997 (predominant 1989 - 1997)
• Records of the Office of the Historian

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 ...

Administrative files

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-01
• Series
• 1989 - 1996
• 1989 - 1996
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

This series contains basic information on the establishment and progress of the World Bank History Project. Most of the documents are printouts of routine email messages, with the exception of the records in the project structure file, which are i...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Administrative Chron (admin; archives; brookings; computer; data) - 1v

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• 1994-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• 1994-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Administrative files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Correspondence with Archives - 1v

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• 1991-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1991-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Administrative files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Project structure, status and background - 1v

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• 1989-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1989-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Administrative files

Chronological files

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-02
• Series
• 1990 - 1997
• 1990 - 1997
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

This chronological series contains both incoming and outgoing correspondence transmitted through email, postal mail, or fax. Some handwritten notes between the three co-authors are included. There is no general chronological file between August 1,...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team Files - Chron Records - Volume 1

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• 1990-05-22 - 1991-07-31
• 1990-05-22 - 1991-07-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team Files - Chronological Records - Volume 2 - July 1994 - May 1995

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• 1994-07-01 - 1995-05-30
• 1994-07-01 - 1995-05-30
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team Files - Chronological Records - Volume 3 - July 1995 - January 1997

• 01516236
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• 1995-07-21 - 1997-01-14
• 1995-07-21 - 1997-01-14
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brooking World Bank History Project Team files - Devesh Kapur - Research correspondence - 1v

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• 1991-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• 1991-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team Files - Sidney Dell letter / Relations between the Bank & other international organizations / World Bank and debt crisis - 1v

• 01516389
• Folder
• 1990-06-20 - ?
• 1990-06-20
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - John Lewis Chron files

• 30190200
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• 1994-01-24 - 1996-01-26
• 1994-01-24 - 1996-01-26
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Brookings World Bank History Project Team Files - Peter Wright letter / Country Economic and Sector Work

• 30190305
• Folder
• 1992-10-09 - ?
• 1992-10-09
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Chronological files

Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-03
• Series
• 1990
• 1990
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

In February, 1990, John Lewis and Richard Webb sent approximately 700 letters to senior Bank staff, followed by hundreds more letters on March 5, 1990, to Bank alumni, present and former Executive Directors of the Bank, and present and former memb...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - General

• 01516304
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - ?
• 1990-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - Replies (A-F)

• 01516305
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - ?
• 1990-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - Replies (G-K)

• 01516306
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• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - Replies (L-O)

• 01516307
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - Replies (P-S)

• 01516308
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - March 5, 1990 letter to Executive Directors and staff - Replies (T-Z)

• 01516309
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1990-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence - March 5, 1990, letter

Correspondence with Volume II authors

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-04
• Series
• 1992 - 1995
• 1992 - 1995
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

The World Bank History Project commissioned essays for the second volume of the history. This series contains the correspondence between the project staff and the essay authors and some correspondence between readers of draft essays and the projec...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Correspondence : Vol. 2 (Authors) - 1

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• 1992-06-04 - 1993-12-29
• 1992-06-04 - 1993-12-29
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence with Volume II authors

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Correspondence : Vol. 2 (Authors) - 2

• 01516240
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• 1994-01-01 - 1994-12-22
• 1994-01-01 - 1994-12-22
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence with Volume II authors

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Correspondence : Vol. 2 (Authors) - 3 - and Vol. 2 Status Reports

• 01516241
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• 1995-01-02 - 1995-08-10
• 1995-01-02 - 1995-08-10
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Correspondence with Volume II authors

Volume I drafts and related writings

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-05
• Series
• 1992 - 1996
• 1992 - 1996
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

This series is a fragment of the files that must have been created during the drafting of the chapters in Volume 1 of The World Bank: Its First Half Century. The files are of three types: comments on drafts by the three authors; background reports...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Chapters - Policy base lending - 1v

• 01516395
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• 1994-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• 1994-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Chapter - Agricultural & rural development - 1v

• 01516399
• Folder
• 1994-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1994-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Chapter - International Development Association - 1v

• 01516400
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - ?
• 1992-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Reports & country reviews (David Brindley) - 1v

• 01516401
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Sustainable Development and country reports (Laura Powell) - 1v

• 01516402
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1992-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - The Political Economy of Policy Reform (Richard Webb) - 1v

• 01516403
• Folder
• 1993-01-01 - ?
• 1993-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - The Evolution of the Multilateral Development Banks (Devesh Kapur & Richard Webb) - 1v

• 01516404
• Folder
• 1994-01-01 - ?
• 1994-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Multilateral Development Banks, The North South Institute (Lewis) - 1v

• 01516405
• Folder
• 1993-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1993-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Chapter - External Relations

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• 1994-01-24 - 1994-12-31
• 1994-01-24 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Early Table of Contents (Vol. 1 and 2)

• 30190449
• Folder
• 1992-01-24 - ?
• 1992-01-24
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume I drafts and related writings

Volume II drafts

• WB IBRD/IDA HIST-01-06
• Series
• 1990 - 1996
• 1990 - 1996
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project

The authors conceived Volume II of The World Bank: Its First Half Century as a series of essays that would look at the Bank from outside vantage points, including the points of view of borrowers, lenders, the economics profession,and political ana...

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Potential authors

• 01516366
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• 1990-01-01 - ?
• 1990-01-01
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Abddlatif Al Hamad & Goran Ohlin

• 01516367
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Ojetunji Aboyade

• 01516368
• Folder
• 1991-01-01 - 1992-12-31
• 1991-01-01 - 1992-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Luiz Carlos Bresser Pereira

• 01516369
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Alex Duncan

• 01516370
• Folder
• 1991-01-01 - 1995-12-31
• 1991-01-01 - 1995-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - John Fleming

• 01516371
• Folder
• 1995-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• 1995-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Catherine Gwin 1

• 01516372
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Toyoo Gyohten

• 01516373
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - S. Guhan

• 01516374
• Folder
• 1991-01-01 - 1992-12-31
• 1991-01-01 - 1992-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Hilmar Kopper

• 01516375
• Folder
• 1994-01-01 - 1995-12-31
• 1994-01-01 - 1995-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Carol Lancaster & Philip Ndegwa

• 01516376
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1996-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Mahbub Ul Haq

• 01516377
• Folder
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• 1992-01-01 - 1994-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts

Brookings World Bank History Project Team files - Authors (Vol.2) - Mahn-Je Kim

• 01516378
• Folder
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• 1990-01-01 - 1993-12-31
• Records of the Office of the Historian
• Records of the World Bank History Project
• Volume II drafts