Subfonds - Records of Robert L. Garner

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WB IBRD/IDA MDS-01

Title

Records of Robert L. Garner

Date(s)

  • 1949, 1968 - 1974 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

0.01 linear feet of textual records

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Archival history

The items were found in two volumes of Garner diaries that were stored in the Bank. The diaries were sent to the Garner family in 1976 and these items were retained.

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Scope and content

Robert L. Garner was Vice President of the World Bank from 1947-1956. The documents in this file concern the trip that Garner made to the Middle East and North Africa on behalf of the Bank in the spring of 1949. Although fragmentary, they convey a sense of the issues Garner discussed with the leaders in the countries visited, particularly in Turkey. The notes of Garner's report to a staff meeting provide an overview of the trip. Also interesting is Garner's report to Bank President John J. McCloy on Garner's visit to Egypt.

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Accruals are not expected.

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Records are arranged chronologically.

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Conditions governing access

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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  • See Records of the Office of the President -- Records of President John J. McCloy (WB IBRD/IDA EXC-01), for personal papers of Robert L. Garner, including Garner's diary from February 13, 1947, through March 31, 1948, at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library.

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Publication note

This is the Way it Was, autobiography by Robert L. Garner, Maryland: Chevy Chase Printing, 1972; chapters 14-16 cover Garner's World Bank service

Publication note

This is the Way it Was, autobiography by Robert L. Garner, Maryland: Chevy Chase Printing, 1972; chapters 14-16 cover Garner's World Bank service

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

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Dates of creation revision deletion

1 August 2003

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