McCreary (Glen) Photographs of United Nations Conference on International Organization, 1945

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Summary

Title:
Glen McCreary Photographs of United Nations Conference on International Organization
Dates:
1945
Creators:
McCreary, Glen
Abstract:
This collection consists of two albums along with loose photographs for a total of 127 black and white gelatin silver prints taken of the U.N. Organizing Conference held in San Francisco from April 25 through June 26, 1945. All photographs were taken by Glen McCreary, a U.S. Army photographer assigned to cover the conference or by his associates. Also included is a printed booklet entitled "A Pictorial Record of the Delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organization".
Extent:
1 manuscript box (o.5 cubic feet)
Language:
Collection materials are in English .
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Glen McCreary Photographs of United Nations Conference on International Organization (SFP 80), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of two albums along with loose photographs for a total of 127 black and white gelatin silver prints taken of the U.N. Organizing Conference held in San Francisco from April 25 through June 26, 1945. Subjects of significance include heads of state and delegates of the participating countries such as President Harry S. Truman, US Secretary of State Edward R. Stettinius Jr., British Prime Minister Clement Richard Atlee, and Soviet Representative Vyacheslav Mikhaylovich Molotov, among others. Also depicted are views of the conference, including Plenary sessions in the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House and the empty Charter signing desk in the adjacent Herbst Theater. Loose photographs, in addition to the aforementioned subjects, depict members of other delegations and moments of the conference. Some photographs have handwritten labels in pencil on their reverse. Also included is 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, often in group photos.

Biographical / historical:

Glen E. McCreary was born on June 23rd, 1914 in Portland, Oregon. He enlisted with the United States Army in 1940, and was an US Army photographer active during World War II, serving as a Signal Corps Photographer in Alaska from June 1941 until March 1945. After the war he was assigned to the Photo Lab in the San Francisco Presidio, and was subsequently loaned to the State Department to work at the United Nations Conference on International Organization along with other Army and Navy photographers. As a member of the photographic pool he and his colleagues covered the various events and activities of the U.N. Conference. He married Mary Elizabeth Cleary on June 24th, 1953 and they had two children, Paula Jean McCreary Kelly and Scott Thane McCreary. Glen passed away on January 9th, 2010.

Acquisition information:
Gift from Glen McCreary in August, 1995.
Arrangement:

This collection is arranged into two bound albums followed by three folders of loose prints and one printed booklet.

Physical location:
The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid composed by Norman Yee.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-02-05 19:10:06 +0000 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for use during Photo Desk hours. Collections that are stored offsite should be requested 48 hours in advance.

Terms of access:

All requests for permission to publish from photographs must be submitted in writing to the Photo Curator. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Francisco Public Library as the owner of the physical items.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Glen McCreary Photographs of United Nations Conference on International Organization (SFP 80), San Francisco History Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
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