The World

The Archives offer a unique view of the IMF work, policies, decision making processes and member country relations, covering economic issues of interest: global monetary cooperation, financial stability, sustainable economic growth and other.

Fonds and Collections

• The Executive Board Documents 
• The Institutional Archives which are departmental archives and other fonds and collections.

• These holdings contain records in various formats, including, manuscripts, digital records, photographs, audio recordings and multimedia.

How to access

• The IMF Archives are open to the public only by appointments.
• The Archival holdings of the IMF are accessed at IMF Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Opening Hours

Working Hours

Fonds and Collections:

• The FAO was created in 1945.
• The subjects covered by the Organization are: Agriculture, Food and Nutrition , Rural Development, Plant Production and Protection, Animal Production and Health, Agricultural Machinery, Agro-Industries, Agro-Forestry, Forestry, Fisheries, Sustainable Development, Statistics, Agricultural Economics.
• Historical archives
• Inactive paper records
• Confidential personnel files
• Financial, Personnel records + Contribution files, Conference and Council records
• Audio-visual material

How to access:

• The FAO Archives are available for consultation by researchers of FAO member countries at their request and based on their research priorities.
• The request can be sent at : archives@fao.org
• Please note that typically access to the FAO Archives is for one week.

Opening hours

Monday to Friday, 9.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Fonds and Collections

• Documents Collections (1946-)
• UN Conference on Trade and Employment (1946-1948)
• Interim Commission for the International Trade Organization or ICITO (1947-1998)
• The GATT and the WTO (1994-)

How to access:

• Contact Person: Mme Maria Bressi
• The GATT/WTO Archives is located on the fourth floor of the WTO Library - Room 4002

Opening Hours

• Monday to Friday
• 8h30-13h00/14h00-17h30
• Access limited to authorized users

The CERN Archive contains historical records from the early 1950s up to the present day, covering all aspects of the Organization’s work.

Fonds and Collection

• Cern Fonds: files of letters memos, reports, notes and other documents created or received in the course of their duties by former Directors-General and other senior staff, by the CERN Council and subordinate Committees, by CERN Departments, and by selected Experiments and Committees.
• The Wolfgang Pauli Archive, a collection of correspondence, manuscripts and other material representing the scientific legacy of Wolfgang Pauli (Nobel Laureate, 1945).

How to Access

• By email: anita.hollier@cern.ch

Opening Hours

From 8.30 to 18.00, Monday-Friday

The Archives cover the entire administrative cycle of records and serve as a repository for Headquarters units and Field Offices. The Archives contain correspondence and administrative files transferred from the Registry and decentralized filing stations.

Fonds and Collections

• about 70,000 pre-war and wartime files (1919−1947)
• 200,000 post-war files (1948−1978), t
• Special collections:  These include the ILO Directors and Directors-General Archives: Albert Thomas (1920−1932), Harold Butler (1932−1938), John G. Winant (1939−1941), Edward Phelan (1941−1948), David A. Morse (1948−1970) and C. Wilfred Jenks (1970−1973).  Also archived are C. Wilfred Jenks’ private papers (1920−1973), the records of the International Labour Office (Basel, 1890−1919) and photographic and audiovisual collections. These collections represent a total of more than 7,000 linear meters of occupied shelving.

How to access

By appointment only.
The Reading Room is located on R2-38 (ground floor north, room 38).

Opening Hours

Monday – Friday
09:00−12:00 and 14:00 −17:00
 

The ITU Library and Archives Service acquires, preserves and provides access to a wide range of materials on telecommunications and related topics and on the history of ITU from 1865 to the present day.

Fonds and Collections

• All ITU publications and official printed documents (e.g. Final Acts of all ITU conferences, conference and meeting documents, Recommendations and Reports, manuals and handbooks, regulatory publications, statistics, proceedings of seminars and workshops).
• Books, reports, journals and data, in both paper and electronic format, related to telecommunications.
• Historic archives documenting the activities and administration of ITU.
• A small set of world and regional maps of telecommunications networks prepared by ITU, 1875-1930.

How to Access

• The Reading Room is located on the sixth floor of the Montbrillant building.
• Visitors to ITU must register at the reception desk at the Montbrillant building or the Tower and provide a valid ID with photo.

Opening Hours

Working Hours