Anne Forrester collection, 1955-2006.

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Anne Forrester collection, 1955-2006.

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The Anne Forrester Collection contains a range of personal and professional materials from 1959 to 2006, underlining Forrester's life long pursuits as an Africanist. In the collection there are documents on the various international organizations that Forrester was associated with throughout her career, such as the African Communications Institute (ACI), the Global Rights Organization, the African Development Foundation (ADF), the Association of Black American Ambassadors, TransAfrica and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). The collection also contains Forrester's academic papers, a screenplay and published articles on Africa and African affairs.

2 linear ft. (1 storage carton, 1 flat box)

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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SNAC Resource ID: 8096542

New York Public Library System, NYPL

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Association of Black American Ambassadors

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African Development Foundation (U.S.)

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UNDP Asian Pacific Gender Equality Network

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African Communications Institute

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Forrester, Anne, 1941-2006

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Anne Forrester, activist, political scientist, Africanist, diplomat, and international civil servant, began her career as a pan-African scholar and activist then later turned to diplomacy. She served as the American ambassador to Mali from 1979 to 1981 during the Carter administration. At that time she was the third black woman ever to be appointed to the position. Forrester joined the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in 1985 and remained with the UN until she retired in 2001. ...

United Nations

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In 1945, four individuals who had worked on the Manhattan project-John L. Balderston, Jr., Dieter M. Gruen, W.J. McLean, and David B. Wehmeyer-formed a committee and wrote a letter to 154 public figures asking for their opinions about the possibility of the creation of a world government. Over the next year, as the various public figures responded to the letter, the responses were correlated into a report that was released in 1947. From the guide to the Balderston, John L., Jr. Colle...

TransAfrica (Organization)

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Forrester, Elizabeth J., 1916-1991

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Global Rights (Organization)

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