Interparliamentary Union Collected Records
Scope and Contents
Includes materials about the IPU and its annual conferences, and publications; and on the Committee on Economic and Social Questions, 1946.
Dates
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1889-
Creator
- Inter-parliamentary Union (Organization)
Language of Materials
Materials are in English and French.
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
None.
Copyright and Rights Information
None.
Historical note
The Inter-Parliamentary Union was organized in 1889 by Randal Cremer (England) and Frédéric Passy (France) as an association of members of the national legislative bodies of the world. It was established to secure cooperation of countries to work toward peace by means of a universal organization of nations; initially for individual parliamentarians, but since transformed into an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. By 1921 it was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over one hundred national parliaments as members.
Extent
2.0 Linear Feet (24 linear in.)
Overview
The Inter-Parliamentary Union was organized in 1889 by Randal Cremer (England) and Frédéric Passy (France) as an association of members of the national legislative bodies of the world. It was established to secure cooperation of countries to work toward peace by means of a universal organization of nations; initially for individual parliamentarians, but since transformed into an international organization of the parliaments of sovereign states. By 1921 it was headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over one hundred national parliaments as members.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is not the official repository for the records of the Inter-Parliamentary Union.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Materials received from various sources.
Legal Status
Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Processing Information
Processed by SCPC staff; checklist prepared by Anne Yoder, Dec. 1997; revised June 2005; added to September 2016.
Subject
- Inter-parliamentary Union (Organization)
- Inter-parliamentary Union. Committee on Economic and Social Questions (Organization)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Mary Olesnavich in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Tessa Chambers added the notes in Fall 2017.
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