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Poeliu Dai papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0637

Scope and Contents

This collection contains news clippings, pamphlets, reprints, journal articles and other published materials, mostly relating to the United Nations, the United States government, and the Canadian government from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Dates

  • Creation: 1950s-1980s

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is not processed and therefore has not been prepared for research use. Please contact Special Collections for more information.

Conditions Governing Use

Single copies may be made for research purposes. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions. It is not necessary to seek our permission as the owner of the physical work to publish or otherwise use public domain materials that we have made available for use, unless Johns Hopkins University holds the copyright.

Biographical / Historical

Dr. Poeliu Dai was born in China in 1908. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Shanghai in 1929 and his Ph.D in International Law and Relations from Johns Hopkins University in 1934. He taught at multiple universities throughout the 1930s into the late 1940s until becoming the chief secretary of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization. Among many other diplomatic missions on which he served, Dr. Dai was a technical counselor for the Commission on the Peace Treaty with Japan in 1948. He authored numerous articles on international law and diplomacy.

Extent

6.25 Cubic Feet (5 record center cartons)

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Abstract

Poeliu Dai (1908-1992) was a diplomat, and served as a technical counselor for the Commission on the Peace Treaty with Japan in 1948. This collection contains news clippings, pamphlets, reprints, journal articles and other published materials, mostly relating to the United Nations, the United States government, and the Canadian government from the 1950s through the 1980s.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

This collection was donated by the creator's family in 1996.

Processing Information

This collection has not been processed.

Source

Title
Guide to the Poelieu Dai papers
Status
Unprocessed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections Repository

Contact:
The Sheridan Libraries
Special Collections
3400 N Charles St
Baltimore MD 21218 USA