George D. Woods papers, 1935-1982

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Series I: Cataloged Material


Subseries I.1: Letters



Box 1 Aga Khan


Box 1 Aiken, George D.


Box 1 Annenberg, Walter


Box 1 Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands


Box 1 Bingham, Jonathan B.


Box 1 Bowles, Chester


Box 1 Bush, Prescott


Box 1 Dreyfuss, Henry


Box 1 Forrestal, James


Box 1 Geddes, Norman Bel


Box 1 Jackson, Barbara Ward, Lady


Box 1 Javits, Jacob K.


Box 1 Johnson, Lyndon Baines


Box 1 Kaunda, H.E.


Box 1 Kenneth, Pres. of Zambia


Box 1 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald


Box 1 Lilienthal, David E.


Box 1 Marcos, Ferdinand E.


Box 1 Mullaney, Thomas E.


Box 1 Park Chung Hee


Box 1 Schuman, William


Box 1 Senghor, Leopold Sedar


Box 1 Sulzberger, Arthur Bays


Box 1 Swope, Herbert Bayard


Box 1 Thant, U


Box 1 Watson, Thomas J., Jr,


Subseries I.2: Documents


Box 1 Rockefeller, Nelson A.


Subseries I.3: Photographs



Box 2 Ayub Khan, Mohammed, 1907-


Box 2 Hassan II, King of Morocco


Box 2 Johnson, Lyndon Baines


Box 2 Kennedy, John Fitzgerald


Box 2 MacAvoy, Edouard


Box 2 Marcos, Ferdinand and Imelda


Box 2 Nasser, Gamal Abdul


Box 2 Sulzberger


Subseries I.4: Manuscripts



Box 3 Rizal, Jose. Noli Me Tangere II Filibusterismo (bound facsimiles signed and inscribed by Ferdinand E. Marcos)

Series II: Correspondence



Box 4 Condolence letters on death of George D. Woods


Miscellaneous arranged correspondence:



Box 5 G.D.Woods return from Army, to First Boston Corp, 10/4/1945


Box 5 Congratulations to GDW, Exec.V.P. of First Boston Corp., 8/1/1946


Box 5 Congratulations to GDW, Chamn, Exec.Com., First Boston Corp., 1/1/1948


Box 5 Southeastern Electric Exchange, Fla., Woods address, 4/9/1948


Box 5 Westinghouse Electric Corp., Woods address, 2/17/1949


Box 5 Kaiser Steel Corp. deal (misc. letters), 1950


Box 5 New York Times article, letters of congratulation, 10/30/1950


Box 5 First Boston Corp., Chairman of Board; congratulations, 5/1/1951


Box 5 Edison Electric Institute convention, 6/4/1951



Box 6 Coronary letters, 1954


Box 6 National Business Conference at Harvard, 6/12/1954


Box 6 40 years in Wall Street (miscellaneous), 1958


Box 6 Congratulations on becoming a Director of New York Times, 5/13/1959


Box 6 Fortune article, correspondence concerning, June 1959


Box 6 Congratulations on retirement, 1968


Box 6 Conference on International Development, 1970


Box 6 Correspondence and documents re: donation of Chines screen to Kansas City Museum, 1977



Box 7 Carbon copies of Woods outgoing letters, 1959-1962



Box 8 Carbon copies of Woods outgoing letters, 1968-1972



Box 9 Carbon copies of Woods outgoing letters, 1972-1979

Series III: World Bank and Other Banks



Box 10 Country Economic Briefs, April 1968. Vol. 1 (copy 3) Africa and Asia

(PERMISSION OF WORLD BANK REQUIRED)



Box 11 Country Economic Briefs, April 1968. Volume 2 (copy 3) Europe, Middle East, North Africa, Western Hemisphere

(PERMISSION OF WORLD BANK REQUIRED)



Box 12 First Boston Corp. Country file, A - Israel



Box 13 First Boston Corp. Country file, Italy - Philippines



Box 14 First Boston Corp. Country file, Poland - Z



Box 15 Foreign Bondholders Protective Council



Box 16 Foreign Bondholders Protective Council.



Box 17 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development. IMF, 1963-1968



Box 18 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.



Box 19 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.



Box 20 International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Series IV: Speeches and Articles



Box 22 3 volumes, 1963-1967

Seris V: Photographs


Honorary degrees:, 1963



Box 23 Notre Dame, 1963


Box 23 Allegheny College, 1966


Box 23 Columbia University, 28 February and 14 March 1968; 1966


Box 23 White House, President Johnson & two others, 1963-1967


Box 23 World Bank


Framed or loose:


Box 23 First Boston Corporation, 8 May 1952


Box 23 World Bank - four presidents, December 1962


Box 23 New York Times Board, 20 December 1962


Box 23 Rio de Janiero, September 1967


Box 23 Marc Wallenberg, Jr., Stockholm, October 1967


Box 23 Ayub Khan and Woods, n.d.


Box 23 Portraits of George D. Woods and miscellaneous photos



Box 24 Biographical photos of Woods, 1953


Box 24 Trip to India, 1953



Box 25 Annual Meeting of World Bank, Washington, 1963


Box 25 Trips to Pakistan, Nigeria, Germany, Yugoslavia, 1963-1965


Box 25 NASA tour, 1966


Box 25 Washington, 1968



Box 26 Trips to Tokyo, Taiwan, Luxor, Cairo, India. Pakistan, Rome; New York, Washington (Autograph book), 1957-1967



Box 27 World Bank meeting, Washington, 1963


Box 27 Luncheons in Washington, 1964


Box 27 Trips to India, Pakistan, 1964-1964



Box 28 Woods, Pres. of International Bank of Reconstruction and Development


Box 28 Greek Islands, Ghana, 1964



Box 29 Trips to Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, East Africa, 1965-1966



Box 30 Trips to Pakistan, Portugal, Italy, Iran, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Guinea, Poland, 1967-1973

(Autograph book)



Box 31 Louise Woods. Photographs, 1965-1966



Mapcase 107 George D. Woods, 4 photographs



Box 107 Sulzberger, Arthur Hays, inscribed to Woods



Box 105 Annual meetings of World Bank, [v.p.], 1963-1967, 1 album



Cmi Box 96 Visit to Yugoslavia, May 1967, 1 album



Mapcase 14-M-1 George D. Woods Portrait by Gittings , 1959



Flatbox 107 G. Woods Portraits (by Bachrach, Gittings, etc.



Mapcase 107 World Bank and other group photos, 1963-1969

Series VI: Diaries, Calendars, Lists, and Card Files


Itinerary for MSA tour



Box 34 Louise Woods:, 1937-1964


Diaries, date-books and account-books, Louise Woods



Box 35 Appointment Books of George D. Woods:, 1945-1953



Box 36 Appointment books, 1954-1961



Box 37 Appointment books, 1962-1968


Appointment books



Box 38 Appointment Books of Louise T. Woods:, 1957-1960



Box 39 Appointment books, 1963-1970



Box 40 Appointment books, 1971-1972


Box 40 Appointment books, 1963-1968


Social records



Box 41 Phone Lists:



Box 42 Phone lists, 1963-1966



Box 43 Phone lists, 1967-1971



Box 44 Phone lists, 1972-1977



Box 45 Phone lists, 1978-1982


Lists of dinner guests, 1965-1968


Series : Card Files

Note: All 4 Card File Boxes (#95, #96, #97, #98) are stored in 1 Record Carton, numbered Box 95

Names and addresses of people in different countries; often giving datails about their rank and position.



Box 95 Abu Dhabi - Great Britain (P)


Box 95 Great Britain (Q) - Jamaica


Box 95 Japan - Sweden


Box 95 Switzerland - Zambia

Series VII: Albums, Programs, and Scrapbooks



Box 46 4O Years on Wall Street. Collage album honoring George D. Woods, Ca. 1958


Box 46 Rockefeller Foundation Board of Trustees, 3 April 1963


Box 46 Specially bound volumes:


Box 46 Signatures of World Bank staff, March 1968

(With phone directory which serves as a printed index)


Box 46 International Bank Notes, April 1968


Box 46 Honorary Dinner program, 29 March 1968


Box 46 Dinner Program ("Life" cover), 12 June 1958


Scrapbooks:



Cmi Box 97 Scrapbook 1, 1962-1964, 2 volumes



Cmi Box 98 Scrapbook 2, 1964-1965



Cmi Box 99 Scrapbook 3, 1965-1967, 2 volumes



Cmi Box 100 Scrapbooks - Philippines, 1969, 1 volume



Cmi Box 101 Scrapbook 4 , 1967-1968



Box 104 Scrapbook - Trip to Africa, 1966, 1 volume


Box 104 Scrapbook - Life of George D. Woods, 1 volume



Box 105 Scrapbook - Condolence letters re. death of George D. Woods, 1 volume

Series VIII: Documents & Honorary Degrees



Box 47 New York Times - bound statement on Woods' retirement, 29 March 1972


Box 47 World Bank Resolution 439 honoring Woods' work on the Suez Canal, 30 April 1958


Honorary degrees:


Box 47 Allegheny College, 1963


Box 47 Lafayette College, 1964


Documents:



Box 107 Director of NYS Urban Development Corporation, 1969



Flatbox 107 Awards and Honorary Degrees



Flatbox 106 World Bank Appreciation, April 1968


Flatbox 106 Kenyon College Honorary degree, 1968



Oversize Box 108 Academic hoods, 6 hoods

Series IX:Printed Materials:



Box 47 "Reporting to Remember". Washington Post, 1945


Box 47 International Development, June 1968


Box 47 Rockefeller Foundation Reports (3 volumes), 1966


Box 47 Bernal Rafael. Prologue to Philippine History. Manila, 1967


Box 47 Honorary degree commencement programs, 1964-1965



Box 52 Fortune, Oct. 1935, July 1951 (reprint), August 1954 Sept. 1951, Dec. 1951, July 1956, June 1959, July 1959


Box 52 Life, 30 Jan. 1956



Box 107 Life, "40 Years on Wall Street and Elsewhere", June 12, 1958



Box 52 Diario de Noticias. Lisbon, 27 Sept. 1982

(excerpt vith translation)



Box 58 Books, Inscribed and miscellaneous (1983 Gift)



Box 59 Books, Inscribed and miscellaneous (1983 Gift)



Box 60 Books (1984 Gift)



Box 61 Books (1984 Gift)



Box 62 Books, inscribed and signed (1987 Gift)



Box 63 Printed materials. About George D. Woods and the World Bank



Box 64 Printed materials. About George D. Woods and the World Bank



Box 65 Printed materials. About George D. Woods and the World Bank

Series X: Memorabilia



Box 48 Military insignia

(In case)


Box 48 Cross gold-filled desk pen and pencil set, walnut base, with George D. Woods' name engraved on plate

(in case)


Box 48 Cartier gavel with silver band


Box 48 World Bank gavel, 1963-1968

(14 carat gold band, engraved. In case)



Box 49 Legion of Merit medal, 1945

(In case)


Box 49 Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, 1971

(2 medals in cases)


Box 49 Award from Japanese government

(2 medals in cases)


Box 49 Tiffany desk set, engraved with George D. Woods's initials

(7 pieces)



Box 50 Silver cigar box, November 23, 1967

(Commemorating the innauguration of the Indus Basin Project. West Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority)


Box 50 Silver cigarette box, January 1963-March 1968

(Commemorating George D. Woods's presidency of the Inter-American Development Bank)


Box 50 Silver pencil tray from Lloyd's Bank


Box 50 Silver cigar box, 24315

(Presented to George D. Woods on the occasion of his 65th birthday by the World Bank)



Box 51 Silver cigar box, 1943

(Commemorating George D. Woods's membership in the Quarter Century Club of First Boxton Corporation)



Box 51A Sterling silver tray (12")

(Commemorating George D. Woods's service as chairman of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1968-1980. With letter from Edgar F. Kaiser)



Box 51 Glass ash tray. Athletic and Convocation Center, Univ. of Notre Dame


Box 51 Medal on green ribbon. Pakistan, 1967


Box 51 First Cast of Iron from No.3 Blast Furnace. Burnpur, 21529

1987 gift



Box 52 T-shirt with photo of Woods, Nelson and David Rockefeller, Robert S. McNamara and others


Box 52 Louise Woods memorabilia

Series XI: Slides and Films



Box 53 Slides: India, Pakistan, Bangkok, Kashmir



Box 54 Slides: Rhine, Dubrovnik, Europe, U.S.S.R,



Box 55 Slides: Marrakesh, Fez, Switzerland, Brazil, Cairo, China, Tokyo, Rangoon, Honolulu, Murray Bay; People.



Box 56 Slides: Pakistan, Greece, Cyprus, Spain, Disneyland, Miscellaneous



Box 57 Films; memorabilia



Reel 102 Motion picture reel, Egypt, 1958



Reel 103 Motion picture reel, 16mm, Japan , 1957

Series XII: Artworks



Oversize Framed 109 Object 1 Mughal paintings: A group of sadhus engaged in religious discourse (painting by Mansur, Ustad), 5-1/8" x 7", Ca. 1620



Flatbox 109 Object 2 Mughal paintings: Hindu sage seated under a tree with a lion, 7" x 9" , ca. 1660



Box 109 Object 3 Portrait of Nawab Fakar Khan, holding a falcon, 3-3/4" x 7-1/4", Ca. 1635



Oversizebin Art Bin 1 Object 4 Portrait of Louise Woods by Edouard MacAvoy

Gift of the estate of Louise T. Woods (Mrs. George D. Woods), 1987



Oversize Framed Painting No. 5 Village espagnol by Yves Brayer (framed, Oil on canvas, 31" x 39")