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Collection Overview
- Title:
- Shirley Ecker Boskey Papers
- Repository:
- Public Policy Papers
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctt44pz885
- Dates:
- 1944-2012
- Size:
- 10 boxes
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-10
- Language:
- English
Abstract
Shirley Ecker Boskey was an attorney who served as director of the International Relations Department of the World Bank. The Shirley Ecker Boskey Papers consist of reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and publications from Boskey's time at the Department of the Interior and at the World Bank.
Collection Description & Creator Information
- Description:
The Shirley Ecker Boskey Papers consist of reports, correspondence, meeting minutes, and publications from Boskey's time at the Department of the Interior and at the World Bank. Among the World Bank materials, there is a particular emphasis on international investment insurance. Additionally, there are materials related to Boskey's involvement in the 1818 Society, a group for World Bank alumni, and a box of bound publications related to both the Department of the Interior and the World Bank.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Boskey
Shirley Ecker Boskey was an attorney who served as director of the International Relations Department of the World Bank. Boskey was educated at Vassar College and Columbia University, where she earned her law degree. Before her time at the World Bank, Boskey was employed as Assistant Chief Counsel for the Office of Territories of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Boskey began working at the World Bank in 1954, where she supported the creation of economic development organizations. She was promoted to the role of Director of the International Relations Department in 1975, becoming the first woman to head a department at the World Bank. She retired from that position in 1983. After retiring, Boskey was involved with World Bank retiree organizaton the 1818 Society, eventually writing a history of the organization. She was also on the board of directors of Recording For the Blind and Dyslexic of Metropolitan Washington. Boskey died in 1998.
Collection History
- Acquisition:
The collection was donated by Lisa Kahn in 2022. The accession number associated with this donation is ML-2022-003.
- Appraisal
Some publications were separated from this accession.
- Processing Information
The collection was processed by Will Clements in February 2022. Some materials were rehoused in archival folders. The finding aid has been organized into series, but no physical arrangement was done at this time.
Access & Use
- Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. For quotations that are fair use as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission to cite or publish is required. For those few instances beyond fair use, any copyright vested in the donor has passed to Princeton University and researchers are free to move forward with use of materials without anything further from Mudd Library. For materials not created by the donor, where the copyright is not held by the University, researchers are responsible for determining who may hold the copyright and obtaining approval from them. In these instances, researchers do not need anything further from the Mudd Library to move forward with their use.
- Credit this material:
Shirley Ecker Boskey Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctt44pz885
- Location:
-
Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Box 1-10
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- Subject Terms:
- International finance.
- Names:
- United States., Department of the Intérior
