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Series I: College and Navy
Series II: Germany and the Allied High Commission
Series: IV: Ford Foundation
Series V: The Draper Committee
Series VI: Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
Series VII: The Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Series XI: Later Life
Series XII: Miscellaneous

Joseph Elliott Slater papers, 1929-1996, bulk 1940-1996

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Series X: Volvo North America

2 linear feet

Series X: "Volvo North America" contains material related to Slater's position as the Director of Volvo's Public Issues Review Committee, the Volvo-Renault merger, and Pehr Gyllenhammar, the former CEO and Chairman of Volvo.

Subseries X.1: Volvo general, 1.5 linear feet

Subseries X.1: "Volvo general" primarily holds files related to Volvo's Public Issues Review Committee, of which Slater was the Director, and papers related to Volvo grantees. The subseries also includes Volvo publications including "U.S. Arms Exports: Strategic Trade and Economic Strategy" by David Fado and "Work: A Primer for Students" by Sidney Hyman. Papers related to the Volvo-Renault merger are also housed in this subseries.


Box 22 Folder 1-8 Volvo Public Issues Review Committee, 1988-1992

Box 22 Folder 9-11 Volvo grantee files, 1989-1990

Volvo ECC: A Volvo Environmental Concept Car, undated


Box 23 Folder 1-2 Volvo: Work: A Primer for Students by Sidney Hyman, 1989

Box 23 Folder 3-5 Volvo General, 1988-1990

Box 23 Folder 6 Volvo correspondence, 1988-1989

Box 23 Folder 7 Volvo: U.S. Arms Exports: Strategic Trade and Economic Strategy by David Fado, 1989

Box 23 Folder 8 Volvo Print Material, 1990

Box 23 Folder 9 Volvo-Renault merger, 1990

Box 23 Folder 10 Volvo-Renault merger, 1993-1994

Subseries X.2: Pehr Gyllenhammar, 0.5 linear feet

Subseries X.2: "Pehr Gyllenhammar" contains correspondence and files written by and about Pehr Gyllenhammar. This correspondence includes Gyllenhammar's communication with Lars Schmidt and Vice President Al Gore. The subseries also includes copies of Gyllenhammar's curriculum vitae, and United Nations material collected by Gyllenhammar. Two copies of "Dignity at Work," a book dedicated to Pehr Gyllenhammar, are located in this subseries.

Box 23 Folder 11 United Nations Material for Pehr Gyllenhammar, 1990-1993

Box 23 Folder 12 Pehr Gyllenhammar correspondence w/ Al Gore, 1992-1994

Box 23 Folder 13 Lars Schmidt correspondence, 1994

Box 23 Folder 14-15 Transparency International, 1992-1994

Box 23 Folder 16 Pehr G. Gyllenhammar curriculum vitae, undated

Box 23 Item: Dignity at Work a book dedicated to Pehr Gyllenhammar, 1985

Box 23 Item: Dignity at Work (duplicate), 1985