Page 1 of 6 AG-0 Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold 1946-1964 Administrative History Dag Hammarskjold (19-1961), of Sweden, was elected Secretary-General of the United Nations by the General assembly on 7 April 1953, taking the oath of office on April 1953. He was re-elected for a second 5-year term in September 1957. On 18 September 1961 Secretary-General Hammarskjold was killed in an airplane accident during a tour in Congo. Scope and Content Fonds consists of a very small portion of the records of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, those which were left at the Secretariat after selected records were transferred to Andrew Cordier and Sweden. Arranged in the following record series. UN. SECRETARY-GENERAL (1953-1961 : HAMMARSKJOLD) Minutes of the Secretary-General's private meetings with the Under-Secretaries- General 1946-1958 S-47 Miscellaneous administrative records 1948-1964 S-44 Miscellaneous operational records 1953-1961 S-46 Press releases 1953-1961 S-28 Related records: For Congo Mission records (ONUC) which were created by Hammarskjold and subsequent Secretary-General U Thant see S-45 and S-49 (part of the Secretary-General U Thant fonds, AG-0). Most of Secretary-General Hammarksjold's records are held by the Royal Library in Stockholm (approx. 61 linear ft.) and by Columbia University Library in New York (approx. 38 linear ft.). At the Royal Library, Department of Manuscripts, the following Secretary-General's records are held within the Dag Hammarskjold collection: Correspondence and memorabilia, 1953-1961; Country files, 1953-1961; Photographs, 1953-1961; Records related to the Middle East conflict, 1956-1961; Records related to the Congo crisis, 1960-1961; Trip files, 1953-1961. At the Columbia University Library Rare Book and Manuscript Division, the following Secretary-General Hammarskjold records are held within the Andrew Cordier Papers: Trips and trip files, 1953-1961, Miscellaneous, 1953-1961; Subject files, 1946-1961; peacekeeping and crisis files, 1953-1961. S-44 Miscellaneous administrative records 1948-1964 S-44- S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - UN Staff Regulations 1953-1953 00 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - transfer of certain units of the Secretariat to the UN Office in Geneva 1953-1954 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - committees, boards and groups 1953-1954 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - Consultative Committee to the UN Health Service on Mental Hygiene 1953-1953 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - report of the Committee on Contributions 1954-1954 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions 1954-1954 S-44-00- Secretariat - Secretariat matters - UN Health Services - The Clinic - Policy 1964-1964 S-44-00- Secretariat - personnel matters - Mr. Rajeshwar Dayal - Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Congo 1960-1964
Page 2 of 6 S-44-00 S-44-00- Secretariat - personnel matters - application for employment - Mr. Gina Maddalena 1960-1960 S-44-00- Secretariat - personnel matters - application for employment - Mr. Henri Gipoulon 1961-1961 S-44-00- Secretariat - personnel matters - letter to the Secretary-General from Andrew 11 W. Cordier accepting the post of Under-Secretary for General Assembly Affairs 1961-1961 S-44-00- Secretariat - personnel matters - placing of senior UN Staff members to 12 overseas positions 1961-1961 S-44-00- 13 Administrative Tribunal documents 1948-1953 S-44-00- 14 [General Assembly documents - "Opinion of the Commission of Jurists" - "Note by the Secretary-General" and "Corrigendum" thereto] 1952-1952 McCarran Bill [United States "Congressional Record of January 9, 1953, p. 264; 83 Congress-First Session", S. 3] 1953-1953 [United States Government documents - published reports of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and other Internal Security Laws] 1953-1954 ["Note to Correspondents" document, no. 590 - "Text of Memorandum dated 16 January from Secretary-General Trygve Lie to UN staff"] 1953-1953 Secretary-General's report on personnel policy - January 1953 1953-1953 Secretary-General's report on personnel policy - March 1953 1953-1953 Secretary-General's report on personnel policy - ["Introductory statement by the Staff Committee on the Staff Council's statement"] 1953-1953 press articles on the Secretary-General's report on personnel policy 1951-1953 correspondence with the UN Staff Committee 1953-1953 note to correspondents on staff matters 1953-1953 article that appeared in Pravda 1953-1953 S-46 Miscellaneous operational records 1953-1961 S-46- Missions and commissions - UNOGIL - Secretary-General's correspondence 00 with governments participating in UNOGIL 1958-1958 Missions and commissions - UNEF - "buzzing" of UNEF aircraft by Israeli
Page 3 of 6 S-46-00 S-46-00 Air Force planes 1960-1960 Missions and commissions - United Kingdom Military Assistance to Jordan - Secretary-General's correspondence 1958-1958 UN agencies and organs - UNRWA - difficulties with Syria - legal opinion 1955-1955 UN agencies and organs - [Advisory Committee to the Conference on Atomic Energy and appointment to United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation] 1955-1960 UN agencies and organs - specialized agencies - Inter-Agency Affairs - report by Mr. Martin Hull 1961-1961 UN agencies and organs - World Refugee Year 1959-1961 - correspondence and reports 1959-1960 UN agencies and organs - World Refugee Year 1959-1961 - correspondence and reports 1960-1961 Government Affairs - meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva - documents Government Affairs - meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva - documents 11 Government Affairs - meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva - documents S-46-00- Government Affairs - meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva - documents S-46-00- Government Affairs - meeting of Foreign Ministers in Geneva - documents S-46-00- Correspondents with governments - USA - with Eisenhower on UN Anniversary and Dulles' death 1955-1959 S-46-00- Political matters - China - Secretary-General's visit to Peking 1954/55 - basic documents - Korean Prisoners of War 1953-1955 S-46-00- Political matters - Korea - UN Military and Korean Prisoners of War - Volume I 1954-1954 S-46-00- Political matters - Korea - UN Military and Korean Prisoners of War - Volume I 1954-1954 S-46-00- Political matters - Korea - UN Military and Korean Prisoners of War - Volume II 1954-1954 S-46-00- Political matters - Korea - UN Military and Korean Prisoners of War - Volume II 1954-1954 S-46-00- Political matters - Hungary - UN Special Committee on the Problem of Hungary - Report 1956-1957 S-46-00- Political matters - Tibet - Secretary-General's correspondence with the Dalai Lama 1960-1960 S-46-00- Union of South Africa - racial discrimination and segregation and Secretary- General's visit to Africa 1960-1961 S-46-00- Union of South Africa - racial discrimination and segregation and Secretary-
Page 4 of 6 S-46-00 General's visit to Africa 1960-1960 S-46-00- Union of South Africa - racial discrimination and segregation and Secretary- General's visit to Africa 1960-1960 S-46-00- Union of South Africa - correspondence with NGOs 1960-1960 S-46-00- Union of South Africa - [report entitled] "Apartheid in South Africa" 1960-1960 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records] - Aide-Memoires re Polish Wawel Treasures 1957-1957 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records] - Consultative Panel on Public Information 1960-1960 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records] - Consultative Panel on Public Information 1959-1959 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records] - Consultative Panel on Public Information 1959-1959 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records] - entertainment 1953-1961 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records received from Brian Urquhart in 1981] - disarmament 1959-1960 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records received from Brian Urquhart in 1981] - personnel 1959-1961 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records received from Brian Urquhart in 1981] - Africa, South Africa and Cyprus 1955-1961 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records received from Brian Urquhart in 1981] - correspondence 1954-1961 S-46-00- [Miscellaneous records received from Brian Urquhart in 1981] - personal correspondence 1953-1961 S-47 Minutes Secretaries-General Trygve Lie and Dag Hammarskjold's private meetings with the Under-Secretaries-General and miscellaneous administrative records 1946-1958 S-47-00 1946-1946 1947-1947 1948-1948 1949-1949 1950-1950 1951-1951 1952-1952
Page 5 of 6 20-1955 1953-1953 1955-1955 S-47-00 S-47-00- 1953-1953 S-47-00- 1954-1954 S-47-00- 1955-1955 S-47-00- 1956-1956 S-47-00- 1957-1957 S-47-00- 1958-1958 S-47-00- [Miscellaneous administrative records] 20-1954 S-47-00- [Miscellaneous administrative records] 1947-1947 S-47-00- [Miscellaneous administrative records] 1953-1953 S-47-00- [Miscellaneous administrative records] 1954-1954 S-28 Press releases 1953-1961 S-28- S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1953-1953 00 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1954-1954 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1955-1955 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1956-1956 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1957-1957 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1958-1958 S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1960-1960
Page 6 of 6 S-28-00- S-28-00- [Secretary-General's press releases] 1961-1961 [Secretary-General's published reports and addresses] 1953-1961