A Guide to the William A. McRae Papers
Finding aid prepared by Dept. Staff
University of Florida Smathers Libraries - Special and Area Studies Collections
March 2005
Descriptive Summary |
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| Provenance: | McRae, William A. | |
| Title: | William A. McRae Papers | |
| Dates: | 1945 | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence of military officers regarding the United Nations Security Council. | |
| Extent: | 2 Folders | |
| Identification: | Ms Group 112 1/2-3 | |
Biographical/Historical Note
Colonel William A. McRae Jr. of the United States Army Air Corps served as one of several U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff military advisers to the San Francisco Conference held in June of 1945 to coordinate an international organization, which later took the title United Nations, and draft a charter. McRae's primary responsibility was to ensure that the U.N. charter was consistent with the Inter-American defensive structure, an arrangement made among the American Republics during the Second World War for the purposes of discouraging non-American nations from intervening in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
Scope and Content
The collection contains letters to and from several military figures, including U. S. Admiral A. P. Hepburn and Brigadier General A. J. McFarland, daily progress reports of the meetings of the Security Council to determine rules and procedures, journals and pamphlets passed out during the conference, and drafts of the charter itself with editorial commentary.
Access or Use Restrictions
Access
Collection is open for research.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William A. McRae Papers, Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
Selected Subjects and Access Points |
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| The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog: | ||
| Organizations: | ||
| United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) | ||
| Personal Names: | ||
| Hepburn, A. P. | ||
| McFarland, A. J. | ||
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