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Glen McCreary Photographs of United Nations Conference on International Organization 1945 SFP 80
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SFP 80.1

Scope and Content

This item is a leather bound photo album, measuring 11 x 8.5 inches in size, and containing 55 photographs. Subjects of significance include: President Harry S. Truman (addressing the Plenary session, signing the U.N. Charter, greeting soldiers, etc.); US Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr.; Soviet Representative Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov; British Prime Minister Clement Richard Atlee; and others in various group photographs. Also depicted are H.R.H. Amir Faisal of Saudi Arabia signing the U.N. Charter; Plenary sessions and other meetings; Sir Ramaswami Mudaliar of India. Also included in the album are depictions of administrative personnel, including Admission Group, Navy and Army reception committee, and press corps, among others. There is also a photograph of Glen McCreary. Many photos are have handwritten labels inserted later on slip sheets between the album pages.
 

SFP 80.2

Scope and Content

This item is a string bound photo album with missing string, measuring 10.5 x 13 inches in size, and containing 11 photographs. Depicted are additional views of the subjects described in SFP 80.1. Highlights include: Plenary sessions in the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House; the empty Charter signing desk in the adjacent Herbst Theater; President Truman looking on as another individual signs the Charter. Also included are several commendations that were presented to Glen McCreary for his work at the conference, as well as a hand-written page from him entitled "How I got there," which provides some biographical information about his service during World War II.
 

SFP 80.3

Scope and Content

This item consists of one folder containing 16 photographs, each 9.25 x 7.5 inches or the reverse. Some are hand-labeled on the reverse in pencil. Depicted are additional views of the subjects described in SFP 80.1. Highlights include: Convocation at Greek Theater, U.C. Berkeley on May 4, 1945 where leaders of the United Kingdom, United States, China, and Soviet Union delegations received honorary degrees; Governor Earl Warren addressing the opening session; high angle view of the War Memorial Opera House and Veterans Building in San Francisco Civic Center, and the site of the Conference sessions and Charter signing.
 

SFP 80.4

Scope and Content

This item consists of one folder containing 21 photographs, each 9.25 x 7.5 inches or the reverse. Many photographs are hand-labeled on the reverse in pencil. Depicted are additional views of the subjects described in SFP 80.1. Highlights include: members of the Ethiopian and Philippines delegations; site of a barbecue for delegates held in Glen Ellen; Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov addressing the Plenary session.
 

SFP 80.5

Scope and Content

This item consists of one folder containing 24 photographs, each 4.5 x 3.5 inches or the reverse plus two negatives of the same size. Many photographs are hand-labeled on the reverse in pencil. Depicted are additional views of the subjects described in SFP 80.1. Highlights include individual as well as group photos of delegates engaged in various activities; meetings, addressing the Plenary, among others.
 

SFP 80.6

Scope and Content

This item consists of a printed booklet entitled "A Pictorial Record of the Delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organization" which contains photographs of each of the 50 country delegations. Delegates are mostly seen in group photos, with each delegate's name listed in the captions. There are also general activity photographs of Plenary sessions, meetings, working press, press conferences, and international secretariat.