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Albert William Sherer, Jr. papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1487

Scope and Contents

The papers consist of correspondence, background files, notebooks, photographs, and audio tapes, which document Albert William Sherer's career in the Foreign Service. The papers include the notebooks Sherer kept as ambassador to the Republic of Guinea and numerous files concerning the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Helsinki Accords.

Dates

  • 1947-1988

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

The materials are open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by Albert William Sherer, Jr. has been transferred to Yale University. These materials may be used for non-commercial purposes without seeking permission from Yale University as the copyright holder. For other uses of these materials, please contact mssa.assist@yale.edu.

Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Carroll R. Sherer, 1988.

Arrangement

Materials are arranged chronologically according to Sherer's appointments or positions.

Extent

7 Linear Feet (7 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Catalog Record

A record for this collection is available in Orbis, the Yale University Library catalog

Persistent URL

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1487

Overview

The papers consist of correspondence, background files, notebooks, photographs, and audio tapes, which document Albert William Sherer's career in the Foreign Service. The papers include the notebooks Sherer kept as ambassador to the Republic of Guinea and numerous files concerning the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Helsinki Accords.

Biographical / Historical

Albert William Sherer was born on January 16, 1916, in Wheaton, Illinois. He graduated from Yale University in 1938 and from Harvard Law School in 1941. Sherer joined the Foreign Service in 1946 and served in various assignments in Morocco, Hungary, Poland, Togo, Guinea, and Czechoslovakia. In 1974 Sherer headed the United States delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe and drafted the human rights provisions which were ratified as part of the Helsinki Accords in 1975. Sherer died in Chicago, Illinois, on December 27, 1986.
Title
Guide to the Albert William Sherer, Jr. papers
Status
Under Revision
Author
compiled by Diane E. Kaplan
Date
November 1988
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English.

Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository

Contact:
Yale University Library
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Location

Sterling Memorial Library
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120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511

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