Jean Sovatkin Picker papers, 1915-1988

37 (18.5 linear ft.)

Collection number: 121

Abstract:

The Jean Picker papers consist of 18.5 linear feet and are primarily related to her professional and public life, dating from 1968-86. Types of material include correspondence, speeches, photographs, articles, reports, minutes, publicity, transcripts of interviews, invitations, and notes.

Terms of Access and Use:

Restrictions on access:

The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on use:

Copyright to materials authored by Jean Picker is owned by her heirs or assigns. Copyright to materials authored by others is owned by those individuals and organizations. Permission must be obtained to publish reproductions or quotations beyond "fair use." It is the responsibility of the researcher to identify and satisfy the holders of all copyrights.

Sophia Smith Collection
Smith College
Northampton, MA

Biographical Note

Jean Muriel Sovatkin was born on March 7, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York to Edward J. and Frances Sklar Sovatkin. Edward J. Sovatkin (originally naturalized under the name Sovatsky), an immigrant from Russia, joined his future father-in-law's surgical instruments manufacturing company as an office boy in 1902 and eventually worked his way up to president. He held several patents for surgical devices. Jean prepared for college at Packer Collegiate Institute. After her graduation from Smith College in 1942, she worked for Life magazine in London, New York, and Hollywood. She married Edwin de Haven Grosholz in 1943. The relationship did not survive the long separations caused by his navy service during World War II. They divorced in 1946. In 1947 she married Harvey Picker, a businessman who worked in medical manufacturing. Following the birth of their daughters, Frances and Gale, in 1949 and 1950, respectively, Jean began work as Director of Information for the Civil Defense Administration of Westchester, New York, County Government.

In 1953, in order to pursue her interest in international affairs, Picker began volunteering as a lecturer at the United Nations, interpreting U.N. goings-on to visitors. She held this position until 1961. In 1955, she collaborated with Eleanor Roosevelt to produce a booklet, "The United Nations and What You Should Know about It." In 1962, she co-founded the Interchange Foundation with Anna Lord Strauss. The Interchange Foundation produced informational and educational materials about the U.N. In 1973, Jean Picker compiled and published, through Interchange, a book titled Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Day.

In 1967, she was appointed to the United States National Commission for UNESCO. In the fall of 1968, she served as an Alternate United States Representative to the Third Committee of the Twenty-third General Assembly of the United Nations. The Third Committee is responsible for Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural issues. In February 1969, President Richard Nixon appointed Jean Picker United States Representative on the United Nations Commission for Social Development. She was Special Advisor to the United States delegation to numerous sessions of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) as well as the General Assembly. She ceased work in her official U.N. position in 1977, but remained active in civic organizations promoting the U.N.

She was a member of the Committee of Correspondence, a communications network that aimed to bring women's clubs around the world into closer contact. She served on numerous boards, including the Foreign Policy Association, the United Nations Association of the United States and several bank boards. She also served in leadership capacities for several colleges and universities, including Fisk University, Smith College, Friends World College, Columbia University, Colgate University, and Hampshire College. Among other awards, she was given the Smith College Medal in 1977. She was the first recipient of the first United Nations Eleanor Roosevelt Leadership Award in 1988 in honor of her commitment to international cooperation.

She resided on Edgewater Point in Mamaroneck, New York for many years. She died at the age of 69 in Camden, Maine in May 1990. Jean Picker endowed Smith College's Jean Picker Semester-in-Washington Program in 1971. The highly competitive program "provides students with an opportunity to study processes by which public policy is made and implemented at the national level." In 1999 Harvey Picker made a gift to Smith College in honor of his late wife to establish the Picker Engineering Program to attract women to the field. It was the first engineering program at a women's college.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
II. CORRESPONDENCE
III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS
IV. SUBJECT FILES
MEMORABILIA
OVERSIZE MATERIALS

The bulk of the papers date from 1968 to 1986 and focus of Picker's career with the United Nations and related supporting organizations. Major topics found throughout these papers include human rights, social development, youth, criminality, refugees and migrant workers, the rights of people with disabilities, multilateral issues, multinational corporations, economic problems, and arms control with the Soviet Union. With the exception of a small amount of correspondence, the papers reveal little about Picker's private life. Notable correspondents include Barbara and George H.W. Bush.

Information on Use

Terms of Access and Use

Restrictions on access:

The Papers are open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection without any additional restrictions.

Restrictions on use:

Preferred Citation

Please use the following format when citing materials from this collection:

Jean Sovatkin Picker papers, Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts.

History of the Collection

Jean Picker donated her Papers to the Sophia Smith Collection between 1984 and her death in 1990. Additional materials were received between 1991 and 2013 from Harvey Picker and his estate.

Processing Information

Processed by Kate Sumner, 2016.

Additional Information

Contact Information

Smith College Special Collections

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Language

English

Sponsor

Processing of the Jean Picker Papers was made possible with the generous support of the

Series Descriptions

SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS	(1953-1997)	1 linear ft.
This series provides an overview of the career and public life of Jean Picker. Newspaper articles, dating from 1943 to 1983, and autobiographical sketches (1968-83) document Picker's many positions and achievements. This series also documents Jean Picker's travel to China, awards, some general speeches, and charitable donations. Included is a copy of a Columbia University oral history transcript and a small number of photographs.

SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE	(1945-1986)	1.5 linear ft.
The bulk of this series is general correspondence, primarily professional in nature, dating from 1968-85. It is arranged chronologically. A small amount of personal correspondence includes exchanges with several family members and friends including Emily Grosholz and long-time friend Rita Silberstein (Mrs. Alan Raphael).

SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS	(1952-1986)	15 linear ft.
This series, which comprises the bulk of the Papers, consists of materials relating to the organizations and institutions that Jean Picker served. They are arranged alphabetically by organization. Types of materials include meeting minutes, educational publications, journal articles, correspondence, notes, speeches, and published reports. A significant amount of material can be found here relating to Picker's involvement with the Committee of Correspondence, Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA), United Nations, and the United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA).

SERIES IV. SUBJECT FILES	(1950-1985)	.5 linear ft.
This series consists of material compiled by Jean Picker primarily early in her tenure as a U.S. Representative to the United Nations. Picker's file names were retained and reflect the language of their time. The topics predominantly relate to social issues, such as crime, adoption, development, and youth. They are arranged alphabetically.

MEMORABILIA	(1968-1986)	.25 linear ft.

OVERSIZE MATERIALS	(1936-1987)	.25 linear ft.

Contents List

SERIES I. BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL

Notes by Jean Picker regarding her papers,	n.d.	Box 1: folder 1

Address lists,	1977-81, n.d.	Box 1: folder 2

Appointment books, planners, and calendars

	1968-81	Box 1: folder 3-19

	1982-84	Box 2: folder 1-6

Awards

General,	1980-88	Box 2: folder 7

Honorary Doctor of Laws degree, The Medical College of Pennsylvania,	1982	Box 2: folder 8

Biographical sketches, resumes, and news clippings,	1943-83	Box 2: folder 9

Harvey Picker,	2008-12	Box 2: folder 9a

Charitable donations,	1972-83	Box 2: folder 10

Oral History, Columbia University,	1983-84	Box 2: folder 11-13

Memorabilia,	1953-97, n.d.	Box 2: folder 14

Speeches

Packer Collegiate Institute Founder's Day,	9 Nov 1961	Box 2: folder 15

"Instant Diplomat,"	Mar 1969	Box 2: folder 16

Texas Woman's University,	26 Mar 1971	Box 2: folder 17

Surprise birthday party,	4 Mar 1956	Box 2: folder 18

Travel

China

General,	1975	Box 2: folder 19

Articles,	1972-78	Box 2: folder 20

Speeches,	1976	Box 2: folder 21-22

Photo exhibition,	1976-77	Box 2: folder 23

Soviet Union

Guidebooks,	1963-64	Box 2: folder 24

Report by Jean Picker,	1963	Box 3: folder 1

Photographs,	1946-77, n.d.	Box 3: folder 2

SERIES II. CORRESPONDENCE

General

	1968-76	Box 3: folder 3-19

	1977-80	Box 4: folder 1-20

	1980-85	Box 5: folder 1-20

Family,	1972-80, n.d.	Box 6: folder 1

Emily Grosholz,	1981-83	Box 6: folder 2

Rita (Silberstein) Stone [later Mrs. Alan Raphael],	1945-86, n.d.	Box 6: folder 3-4

Smith College,	1954-95	Box 6: folder 5

Greeting cards,	1968-78, n.d.	Box 6: folder 6-8

Invitations,	1968-75	Box 6: folder 9-10

Third party,	1968-76	Box 6: folder 11

SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

African-American Institute: annual report,	1977	Box 6: folder 12

American Friends Service Committee,	1982	Box 6: folder 13

American Stock Exchange,	1977-78	Box 6: folder 14-17

Bank of New York,	1977-80	Box 6: folder 18

Coalition for Women in International Development,	1982	Box 6: folder 19

Committee of Correspondence

Administration

General,	1953-67	Box 6: folder 20-22

Mailing lists,	1967	Box 6: folder 23

Minutes,	Sep-Oct 1968	Box 7: folder 1

Correspondence

General,	1952-63	Box 7: folder 2-9

General (after closing),	1970-72	Box 7: folder 10

Africa,	1966-67	Box 7: folder 11-12

Latin America,	1967-68	Box 7: folder 13

Special Mailings,	Jan 1964-69	Box 7: folder 14-20

United States,	1967-70	Box 7: folder 21

Jacqueline van Voris,	1988	Box 7: folder 22

Publicity,	1959-61, n.d.	Box 7: folder 23

Publications: Meeting Community Needs

	1965-66	Box 7: folder 24

	1966-68	Box 8: folder 1-4

Cosmopolitan Club, Board of Governors,	1970-71	Box 8: folder 5

Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA)

Statement of Purpose and bylaws,	1915-74	Box 8: folder 6

Legal, Internal Revenue Service,	1976	Box 8: folder 7

Correspondence and financial contributions,	1973-78	Box 8: folder 8

Notes,	1973-77	Box 8: folder 9

Financial,	1972-77	Box 8: folder 10

Board of Trustees

Members,	1973-75	Box 8: folder 11

Annual and semi-annual meetings,	Jun 1973-Jan 1978	Box 8: folder 12-23

Executive committee: minutes,	1974-76	Box 9: folder 1

Program committee: minutes,	1974-77	Box 9: folder 2-3

Worldview Symposium: "Restructuring Patriotism Today,"	Jan 1974	Box 9: folder 4

Reports and articles evaluating CRIA,	1973	Box 9: folder 5

Division of Educational Programs, Continuing education, and Ministry,	1974-77	Box 9: folder 6

Consultation reports,	1973-76	Box 9: folder 7

Kenneth Thompson program proposal,	1976	Box 9: folder 8

Speech by Admiral Harry D. Train,	13 Apr 1982	Box 9: folder 9
Note: [see also Foreign Policy Association]
Aspen Institute policy paper: "Human Requirements, Supply Levels, and Outer Bounds: A Framework for Thinking about the Planetary Bargain,"	1975	Box 9: folder 10

Worldview articles for discussion,	Oct 1974- Oct 1975	Box 9: folder 11

Carnegie Center for Transnational Studies

General and correspondence,	1976-77	Box 9: folder 12-13

"The Nation-State and the Multinational Corporation in Lesser Developed Countries: Latin America,"	Sep 1973	Box 9: folder 14

Corporate Consultation Program

Project proposal,	1972-79	Box 9: folder 15

Reports,	1975-78	Box 9: folder 16-17

Meeting,	1977	Box 9: folder 18

Reports on Taxation, Employment, New International Order,	Jul 1976	Box 9: folder 19

"Value Systems and World Food Crisis" meeting,	1976-77	Box 9: folder 20

Eleanor Roosevelt Centennial Observance Initiating Committee,	Jun 1983	Box 9: folder 21

Foreign Policy Association (FPA)

General and miscellaneous,	1971-76	Box 9: folder 22

Correspondence,	1972-77	Box 9: folder 23

Financial

General,	1974-76	Box 9: folder 24-25

Capital campaign,	Jan 1985	Box 10: folder 1-2

Board of Directors: meetings,	1974-79	Box 10: folder 3-8

Publications and papers

At a Glance,	1975-78	Box 10: folder 9-11

"UN at Thirty-Five," Wallace Irwin Jr.,	Oct 1979	Box 10: folder 12

"Dealing with China: An American Dilemma" by Richard Baum,	1978	Box 10: folder 13

"China and America: Past and Future,"	Apr 1977	Box 10: folder 14

"America in International Perspective" by Marina Whitman,	2 Mar 1982	Box 10: folder 15

Admiral Harry D. Train event,	Apr 1982	Box 10: folder 16

Discussion with Henry Kissinger's planning staff,	1975	Box 10: folder 17

Presentation: "The Future of FPA" by Carter Burgess,	Sep 1974	Box 10: folder 18

Proposal: A National Council on Citizen Education in International Relations,	1974	Box 10: folder 19

Foundation for Child Development: meeting of Board of Directors,	3 Mar 1977	Box 10: folder 20-22

Franklin Books Program

Administrative

General,	1968-77, n.d.	Box 10: folder 23

Board of Directors		Box 10

Welcome Packet,	5 Dec 1968	Box 10: folder 24

General

	1974-75	Box 10: folder 25

	1977-78	Box 11: folder 1

Correspondence,	1970-78	Box 11: folder 2

Speech on Iran,	15 Nov 1973	Box 11: folder 3

Reports

History and current projects,	Oct 1972	Box 11: folder 4-5

Annual,	1970-73	Box 11: folder 6-8

Bangladesh printing survey,	Oct-Nov 1972	Box 11: folder 9

Publications: The Franklin Newsletter,	1972-75	Box 11: folder 10

Interchange Foundation

Bylaws,	n.d.	Box 11: folder 11

Insignia,	n.d.	Box 11: folder 12

Legal,	1960-73	Box 11: folder 13-14

Financial,	1963-85	Box 11: folder 15

Minutes,	1963-76	Box 11: folder 16

Correspondence and telephone messages,	1970-81	Box 11: folder 17

Publication: Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Day,	1974

Costs,	1973-74	Box 11: folder 18-19

Agreements,	1972-73	Box 11: folder 20

Correspondence

Orders,	1973	Box 11: folder 21

Publisher,	1973-74	Box 11: folder 22

Response,	1973-74	Box 12: folder 1

Drafts

Foreword by Jean Picker,	1973-74	Box 12: folder 2

Manuscript,	10 Feb 1973	Box 12: folder 3

Acknowledgement and reference material,	1973-74	Box 12: folder 4

Notes,	n.d.	Box 12: folder 5-6

News clippings,	1973-74	Box 12: folder 7

Photographs,	n.d.	Box 12: folder 8-11

Institute for World Order

General,	1974-77	Box 12: folder 12

World Models Project,	1968-72	Box 12: folder 13-15

Media coverage,	1974-76	Box 12: folder 16

Board of Directors

	1974-77	Box 12: folder 17-21

	1978-79	Box 13: folder 1

"Reassessing American Values": public education program proposal,	Sep-Oct 1974	Box 13: folder 2

Correspondence,	1973-79	Box 13: folder 3

Grant Committee,	1972-77	Box 13: folder 4-5

World Order Values workshop,	4-6 Apr 1975

General		Box 13: folder 6

Reading materials		Box 13: folder 7-10

University Centers Program: criteria and progress reports,	1973-74	Box 13: folder 11

International Conference on Social Welfare,	1972	Box 13: folder 12

International Symposium on Social Welfare Responsibility,	1971	Box 13: folder 13

New York City Commission for the United Nations,	1981	Box 13: folder 14

New York Institute for the Humanities,	1982	Box 13: folder 15

Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development,	Jan-Feb 1971	Box 13: folder 16

United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA)		Box 13

General

Notes,	1972-82	Box 13: folder 17-18

Miscellaneous,	1970-84	Box 13: folder 19-23

Administration

Bylaws and letterhead,	1977	Box 13: folder 24

Directory,	Mar 1983	Box 13: folder 25

Address lists,	1977-82, n.d.	Box 13: folder 26

Board of Directors

Membership,	circa 1972	Box 13: folder 24

Mailings,	1981-83	Box 14: folder 1-13

Meetings

	24 Sep 1971-4 Mar 1974	Box 14: folder 14-21

	17 Nov 1975-17 Nov 1980	Box 15: folder 1-21

	16 Nov 1981-5 Dec 1983	Box 16: folder 1-7

Board of Governors

Minutes and meeting materials

	1972-82	Box 16: folder 8-21

	1983-86	Box 17: folder 1-14

Review Committee,	1980-82	Box 17: folder 15-22

Staff meetings,	1981-82	Box 17: folder 23

Committees		Box 18

Finance and Budget,	1975-86	Box 18: folder 1-5
Note: [see also: oversize]
International Cooperation Year,	1964-65	Box 18: folder 6

Nominating,	1973-83	Box 18: folder 7

Policy Studies

General

Abstracts of UNA-Policy Studies Panels,	1976	Box 18: folder 8

Meetings,	1974-82	Box 18: folder 9-11

Economic Policy Council (EPC)

Publications and press,	1982	Box 18: folder 12

Panels

Illegal Immigration,	1981-82	Box 18: folder 13-14

Industrial Objectives Panel,	May 1982	Box 18: folder 15

International Financial Institutions,	Jan-May 1982	Box 18: folder 16-21

North American Economic Area,	Feb 1981	Box 18: folder 22-23

Parents and Work,	1982-84	Box 18: folder 24

Productivity,	1981-82	Box 19: folder 1-4

US Trade Relations with Japan and Mexico,	Mar-Dec 1982	Box 19: folder 5-8

Parallel Studies Programs

Chinese-American Parallel Studies program

Beijing conference,	May 1982	Box 19: folder 9

China Council of the Asia Society: essays,	1982-84	Box 19: folder 10-13

National Policy Panel to Study US-China relations,	1978	Box 19: folder 14

Policy papers about Taiwan,	1985	Box 19: folder 15

Japanese-American Parallel Studies program

Defense survey,	1981-82	Box 19: folder 16

Memoranda,	1981-82	Box 19: folder 17-23

Conference,	Jan 1982	Box 20: folder 1

The Japanese American Alliance: A Framework for the Future,	1983	Box 20: folder 2

Future of the Global Economy,	Jan-Apr 1985	Box 20: folder 3

Soviet-American Parallel Studies program

Arms Control and Security Panel,	Dec 1982-Mar 1985	Box 20: folder 4-8

Bilateral Global Economic Issues,	Mar 1984-Mar 1985	Box 20: folder 9

Joint conferences,	1982-84	Box 20: folder 10

Economics panel,	Oct 1982-Feb 1985	Box 20: folder 11-19

Funding proposal,	1984	Box 20: folder 20

Articles by Tobi Trister Gati		Box 20

"Soviet and American Behavior in Multilateral Institutions,"	20 Oct 1978	Box 20: folder 21

"The Soviet Union and the North-South Dialogue over a New International Economic Order,"	n.d.	Box 20: folder 22

Other Panels

Major Powers in East Asia,	Oct 1983-Mar 1985	Box 20: folder 23-25

Major Powers in East Asia,	Apr 1985	Box 21: folder 1-3

Multilateral Issues and Institutions

Draft: "American Interest and the UN," Donald J Puchala,	Apr 1982	Box 21: folder 4

Multilateral projects,	1982-85	Box 21: folder 5-6

The Futures Group

"A Handbook for U.S. Participation in Multilateral Diplomacy,"	1981	Box 21: folder 7-8

"Negotiation, Multilateral Diplomacy, and North-South Relations,"	May 1981	Box 21: folder 9

Multilateral Approaches to Arms Control,	Feb-Jul 1982	Box 21: folder 10-12

National Policy Panel on US-Soviet Relations,	Jan 1981	Box 21: folder 13-14

United Nations Capabilities in the	1970s, 1970	Box 21: folder 15

The US, The UN and the Management of Global Change,	Aug 1982	Box 21: folder 16

World Federation of United Nations Associations,	1978-83

Mailings,	1978-83	Box 21: folder 17-19

28th-29th Plenary Assembly,	1981-83	Box 21: folder 20-24

Bulletin,	1981-83	Box 22: folder 1

Publicity		Box 22: folder 2

Correspondence with UNA-USA,	1982-83	Box 22: folder 3

Other materials		Box 22: folder 4-6

Financial materials

Expense account,	Sep 1974-Jan 1986	Box 22: folder 7-10

Fundraising initiatives

General,	1977-82	Box 22: folder 11

Proposal to Exxon,	1980	Box 22: folder 12

Proposal to Carnegie Corporation: "Containing Local Conflict: Rethinking Multilateral Alternatives,"	1984	Box 22: folder 13

Intra-office memoranda

General,	1973-84	Box 22: folder 14

From Jean Picker,	1974-80	Box 22: folder 15

Correspondence from Jean Picker,	1970-86	Box 22: folder 16-17

Field Office

Memoranda,	1981-82	Box 22: folder 18

Council of Organizations, National Business Woman,	1979	Box 22: folder 19

Corporate Council for International Policy,	1982-83	Box 22: folder 20

Council of Chapter and Division Presidents

Correspondence,	1981-82	Box 22: folder 21-22

"War and Peace in Iowa,"	Oct 1982	Box 22: folder 23

Washington Office

General,	1980-81	Box 22: folder 24

Report: "Congressional Influence on US-UN Relations,"	1978	Box 22: folder 25

Public Relations

Press list,	n.d.	Box 22: folder 26

Promotion of Eleanor Roosevelt: Her Day,	1973-74	Box 22: folder 27

Response to Heritage Foundation,	1982	Box 22: folder 28-29

Publications and Educational materials

General,	1980-83, n.d.	Box 22: folder 3-

"An Assessment of UNA's Accomplishments,"	1978-81	Box 23: folder 1

Draft: "The National Program of UNA-USA,"	1978	Box 23: folder 2

Portfolio of teaching aids,	1975-78	Box 23: folder 3

"The United Nations: In Search of Answers" Vista,	Sep/Oct 1972	Box 23: folder 4

"Teaching about the United Nations,"	Feb 1981	Box 23: folder 5

Fact sheets,	1976	Box 23: folder 6

Educational kits

Decade for Women,	1975	Box 23: folder 7-9
Note: [see also oversize]
"Operation Turning Point: End the Arms Race,"	1977	Box 23: folder 10

A Study and Action Pack for World Development,	circa 1975	Box 23: folder 11
Note: [see also: oversize]
UNAKIT,	1978	Box 23: folder 12-13

International Peacekeeping Program,	1971-72	Box 23: folder 14-15

Environmental program,	1971-72	Box 23: folder 16

Model UN

Guide to Delegate Preparation,	1982-83	Box 23: folder 17

Calendar,	1985-86	Box 23: folder 18

Workshop at UN for UNESCO associated schools,	14-20 Aug 1977	Box 23: folder 19

UN Conference on the Law of the Sea,	1974-75	Box 23: folder 20-21

World Population Conference,	19-30 Aug 1974	Box 23: folder 22

World Food Conference,	5-16 Nov 1974	Box 23: folder 23

Program Planning for UN Day,	1981	Box 23: folder 24

"Time to Lead: Mandate for Action: UN Day Program Manual,"	1983	Box 23: folder 25

"Partnerships in Meeting Basic Needs" with National Education Association,	Nov 1981	Box 23: folder 26

Newsletters: Interdependent, Issues, and Washington Weekly Report,	1980-84	Box 23: folder 27

Issues before the General Assembly,	1977-82	Box 24: folder 1-2

Issues of the 80s fact sheets,	1980-83	Box 24: folder 3

Annual Program Manual,	1978	Box 24: folder 4-5

Manual of Chapter Operations,	Apr 1980	Box 24: folder 6-11

Editor's Guide to the UN,	1978-79	Box 24: folder 12-13

"Toward a World without Hunger,"	1980	Box 24: folder 14

"Shaping the Global Agenda: Priorities for US Policy in International Organizations,"	1983	Box 24: folder 15

"Purposes and Means: A Sensible Guide for Policy on International Organization,"	1983	Box 24: folder 16

"The UN at Thirty" drafts,	1975	Box 24: folder 17

Events and conferences

General,	1975-81	Box 24: folder 18

18th Annual UN Concert and dinner fundraiser,	21 Oct 1978	Box 24: folder 19

National convention,	May 1983	Box 24: folder 20

NATO trips

Notes by Harvey Picker,	1983	Box 24: folder 21

Invited people,	1983-85	Box 24: folder 22-23

Coordination of annual visits,	1983-85	Box 25: folder 1-6

Articles and news clippings,	1981-85	Box 25: folder 7-8

Miscellaneous meetings

Commodity agreements and 7th Special Session,	11 Jun 1975	Box 25: folder 9

Nonproliferation with Hans Blix,	20 May 1983	Box 25: folder 10

Planning group for UN Management and Decision-making Study,	27 Mar 1985	Box 25: folder 11

Affiliated organizations,	1975-82

United States Association for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,	1968-74	Box 25: folder 13

United States Mission to the United Nations

General

General,	1969-78	Box 25: folder 14

Articles about the UN,	1973-75	Box 25: folder 15

Report, "Social Development in the UN,"	circa 1970-77	Box 25: folder 16

Report, "Coordination and Concerted Action in the United Nations System of Organizations," Department of State: Bureau of International Organization Affairs,	1968	Box 25: folder 17

Speeches and statements by Jean Picker,	1968-77, n.d.	Box 25: folder 18-27

Reports by Jean Picker		Box 26

"Prospects for More Effective UN Actions in the Field of Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice,"	6 Jul 1973	Box 26: folder 1

"Report on Children,"	n.d.	Box 26: folder 2

General Assembly

General

General overview,	1968	Box 26: folder 3

Officers,	1963-72	Box 26: folder 4

Miscellaneous,	1968	Box 26: folder 5

Mission Liaison Officers information notebook,	9 Jun 1971	Box 26: folder 6

Notes,	1968	Box 26: folder 7-14

Schedules,	Sep-Dec 1968	Box 26: folder 15

Speeches and statements by Jean Picker,	1968-76	Box 26: folder 16-18

Position papers and reports,	1968	Box 26: folder 19

News clippings,	Sep-Dec 1968	Box 26: folder 20

Correspondence

Memoranda,	1968-69	Box 26: folder 21

Telegrams to/from Secretary of State and US Mission to UN,	1968	Box 26: folder 22

Telegrams to/from Secretary of State and US Mission to UN,	1968	Box 27: folder 1-2

Third Committee: correspondence and invitations,	Sep-Dec 1968	Box 27: folder 3

23rd Session

Annotated programs, agendas, and telegrams,	1968	Box 27: folder 4

Capital punishment,	1968	Box 27: folder 5-6

Human Rights in Occupied Territories: Picker statement drafts,	5-6 Dec 1968	Box 27: folder 7

International Year for Human Rights

General,	1968	Box 27: folder 8

Annotated publications		Box 27: folder 9-11

Publication: "Human Rights,"	1968	Box 27: folder 12

Memoranda, press release, and draft declaration,	1968	Box 27: folder 13

Speeches by Jean Picker,	1968	Box 27: folder 14-15

Notes,	Nov-Dec 1968	Box 27: folder 16-17

High Commissioner,	1968	Box 27: folder 18

Position papers and state department telegrams,	1968	Box 28: folder 1

Symposium,	1968	Box 28: folder 2

"The Organization of American States and the Protection of Human Rights,"	1968	Box 28: folder 3

Natural Disasters,	1968	Box 28: folder 4

Refugees

General,	1968	Box 28: folder 5

Election of High Commissioner for Refugees,	1968	Box 28: folder 6

War Crimes

General,	1968	Box 28: folder 7

Notes,	8-15 Oct 1968	Box 28: folder 8-9

Statement and drafts by Jean Picker,	1968	Box 28: folder 10

Annotated UN publications,	1968	Box 28: folder 11

World Social Situation

General and statements by Jean Picker,	Oct-Nov 1968	Box 28: folder 12

Notes,	Nov 1968	Box 28: folder 13-14

Annotated draft resolutions,	Oct-Nov 1968	Box 28: folder 15

Youth,	1968-70	Box 28: folder 13-19

24th session

Social Development,	1969-71	Box 28: folder 20

25th session

Elderly and aged,	1970	Box 28: folder 21

28th session

Elderly and aged,	1973	Box 28: folder 22-24

29th session

United States positions (annotated),	1974	Box 29: folder 1

30th session

General,	1975	Box 29: folder 2

Unified Approach to the Analysis of Planning of Development

Draft resolutions,	1975	Box 29: folder 3-4

Correspondence regarding Soviet draft resolution,	Oct-Nov 1975	Box 29: folder 5

31st session

General (including Picker statements),	1976	Box 29: folder 6

Finished items,	1976	Box 29: folder 7

National Experience in Achieving Far-Reaching Social and Economic Changes,	1976	Box 29: folder 8-10

Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

General,	1969-73	Box 29: folder 11

Commission for Social Development (CSD)

General

General,	1970-77	Box 29: folder 12

Margaret Mead's comments on meeting of Panel on Social Development,	1963-64	Box 29: folder 13

Report,	circa May 1969	Box 29: folder 14

Study of CSD,	1969-76	Box 29: folder 15

Report on 21st-24th sessions,	1970-75	Box 29: folder 16

Speeches and statements by Jean Picker,	n.d.	Box 29: folder 17

Membership,	1970-73	Box 29: folder 18

Notes

	1969-73	Box 29: folder 19-22

	1973-77	Box 30: folder 1-3

Correspondence

Memoranda

Outgoing,	1969-77, n.d.	Box 30: folder 4

Incoming,	1968-77	Box 30: folder 5

Third party,	1970-77	Box 30: folder 6

Telegrams: State Department to US Mission to UN,	1969-73	Box 30: folder 7-9

Sessions

19th: annotated report,	1968	Box 30: folder 10

20th

General information,	1969	Box 30: folder 11

Reports and position papers

Position papers,	1969	Box 30: folder 12

Speeches and statements by Picker,	1969	Box 30: folder 13

Report of U.S. delegation: draft,	1969	Box 30: folder 14

Report by Special Rapporteurs on Technical Cooperative Activities in Social Development,	26 Feb 1969	Box 30: folder 15-16

Agenda items

Second UN Development Decade,	1969	Box 30: folder 17

UN Research Institute for Social Development (RISD),	1969	Box 30: folder 18-19

Work Programme,	1969	Box 30: folder 20-21

21st

Position papers and reports,	1970	Box 31: folder 1

"Toward a Set of Social Indicators,"	1969-70	Box 31: folder 2-3

Speeches and statements by Jean Picker,	1970	Box 31: folder 4

Social Policy and Planning

General,	1970	Box 31: folder 5

"Notes on Development of Concept of Social Planning in UN,"	15 May 1969	Box 31: folder 6

Report of meeting of experts in Social Policy and Planning,	Feb 1970	Box 31: folder 7

Symposium on Social Policy and Planning,	Jun 1970	Box 31: folder 8-10

Preparatory committee for Second UN Development Decade,	1970	Box 31: folder 11

22nd

Position papers,	Mar 1971	Box 31: folder 12

Speeches, statements, and reports by Jean Picker,	1971	Box 31: folder 13

Report: "Social Development in Eastern European Socialist Countries and the Soviet Union,"	1971	Box 31: folder 14

Program proposals,	1970-71	Box 31: folder 15

Notes by Secretary General (annotated),	1971	Box 31: folder 16

Notes and comments,	1971	Box 31: folder 17

Agenda items

Criminality and Social Change,	1970-71	Box 31: folder 18-19

Social Security,	1970	Box 31: folder 20-21

World Social Situation,	1970-71	Box 31: folder 22

World Social Situation,	1970-71	Box 32: folder 1

World Wide Programme of Research and Training in Regional Development,	1971	Box 32: folder 2

23rd

General,	1973	Box 32: folder 3

Position papers, statements, and reports

Position papers,	1973	Box 32: folder 4-5

Speeches, statements and reports by Jean Picker,	1973	Box 32: folder 6

Crime control report,	6 Jul 1973	Box 32: folder 7

Annotated report on Unified Approach,	1973	Box 32: folder 8

Annotated report on 23rd Session,	Feb-Mar 1973	Box 32: folder 9

24th

General

Agenda and list of representatives,	1974-75	Box 32: folder 10

Notes on participants and commission members,	1975	Box 32: folder 11

Provisional summary record of 602nd meeting,	1975	Box 32: folder 12

Corrections to provisional summary records,	Jan-Feb 1975	Box 32: folder 13

Proposed US withdrawal from CSD,	Mar 1975	Box 32: folder 14-15

Position papers,	1974-75	Box 32: folder 16

Correspondence and invitations,	1974-75	Box 32: folder 17

Department of State telegrams,	2 Dec 1974-30 Jan 1975	Box 32: folder 18

Report to U. S. Secretary of State,	1975	Box 32: folder 19

Draft resolutions,	Jan 1975	Box 32: folder 20

Statements on work program by Jean Picker,	1973	Box 32: folder 21

Agenda items

Item 3: World Social Situation

General,	1974-75	Box 32: folder 22

Speech and statements by Jean Picker,	1975	Box 32: folder 23

Annotated report,	1974	Box 32: folder 24

Mid-Term Review and Appraisal,	1975	Box 32: folder 25

Item 4: Social indicators,	1974	Box 32: folder 26-28

Item 6: Unified Approach,	1973-75	Box 33: folder 1-2

Item 7: Crime control and prevention,	1973-75	Box 33: folder 3

Item 8: Popular participation,	1974-75	Box 33: folder 4

Item 9: Statement on Youth and draft resolution by Jean Picker,	8 Jan 1975	Box 33: folder 5

Item 10: Rehabilitation of the disabled,	Aug 1974-75	Box 33: folder 6

Item 11: Programme objectives for Medium Term Plan,	1976-79, 1974-75	Box 33: folder 7-8

Item 12: Research Institute for Social Development (RISD),	1974-75	Box 33: folder 9

Item 13: Migrant workers,	1975	Box 33: folder 10

Item 15: Consideration of provisional agenda,	1975	Box 33: folder 11

Item 16: Adoption of report of CSD to ECOSOC,	1975	Box 33: folder 12

Notes,	1975	Box 33: folder 13

25th

General

Agenda,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 14

Membership,	1977	Box 33: folder 15

Position papers,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 16-17

Correspondence,	1977	Box 33: folder 18

Statements and reports

Statements by Jean Picker,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 19

Statements by others,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 20

Draft resolutions,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 21

US Report on 25th Session,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 22

Agenda items

Item 3: World Social Situation,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 23

Item 4: Review and Appraisal of the International Social Development		Box 33

General,	1969-77	Box 33: folder 24

Annotated reports,	1976-77	Box 33: folder 25-27

Statements by others,	1977	Box 34: folder 1

Item 6: distribution of national income,	1977	Box 34: folder 2

Item 7: outflow of trained personnel from developing to developed countries,	1977	Box 34: folder 3

Item 8: crime prevention and control,	1975	Box 34: folder 4

Item 9: aged and social security,	1977	Box 34: folder 5

Item 10: youth policies,	1976-77	Box 34: folder 6-7

Item 12: Unified Approach,	1976-77	Box 34: folder 8

Item 14: Program objectives for the medium term plan (1978-81) and progress report	1975-76	Box 34: folder 9-10

Notes,	1977	Box 34: folder 11-13

Committee on Review and Appraisal,	1972-73	Box 34: folder 14-20

Social Committee

General,	1971-75	Box 34: folder 21

Statements by Jean Picker,	1972-75	Box 34: folder 22

Notes,	1975	Box 34: folder 23

Social Indicators,	1972-74	Box 34: folder 24-25

Sessions

46th: Position papers, notes,	1969	Box 34: folder 26

56th: National experience in achieving far-reaching social and economic changes for the purpose of social progress,	1974	Box 35: folder 1

58th: position papers, news clippings,	1975	Box 35: folder 2

Working Group on Rationalization,	circa 1973-74	Box 35: folder 3

Events

Conference on Organization and Procedures of the UN,	1970	Box 35: folder 4

Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders,	1970	Box 35: folder 5

Conference on the Human Environment,	1971-84	Box 35: folder 6-8

Conference on Trade and Development,	May 1986	Box 35: folder 9

World Youth Assembly,	1969-73	Box 35: folder 10-11

Miscellaneous committees

Host Country Advisory Committee

General,	1970-73	Box 35: folder 12

Draft: summary overview,	1971	Box 35: folder 13

United Nations Centre for Development, Planning, Projections, and Policy,	1977	Box 35: folder 14

United Nations Centre for Social Development and Humanitarian Affairs: Commission on the Status of Women,	1976	Box 35: folder 15

United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs,	1986	Box 35: folder 16

United Nations Development Program: Jackson Capacity Study,	1969	Box 35: folder 17

United Nations Division for Economic and Social Information,	Apr 1986	Box 35: folder 18

United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights,	1986	Box 35: folder 19

United Nations Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East,	1970-72	Box 35: folder 20

United Nations Economic Committee: International Women's Year Conference,	1973-75	Box 35: folder 21

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,	1968	Box 35: folder 22

United Nations Fund for Population Activities,	May 1986	Box 35: folder 23

United Nations Special Committee on Principles of International Law,	1968	Box 35: folder 24

United States National Commission for UNESCO

General,	1973-74	Box 35: folder 25

Human Rights Task Force,	1972-76	Box 35: folder 26-27

UN Decade for Action to Combat Racism,	1973-74	Box 35: folder 28-30

Women's World Banking,	1981	Box 35: folder 31-32

SERIES IV. SUBJECT FILES

Adoption,	1972	Box 36: folder 1

Crime,	1950-73	Box 36: folder 2-3

Foreign Aid,	1970	Box 36: folder 4

Healthcare,	1971	Box 36: folder 5-6

Housing,	circa 1968	Box 36: folder 7

Land Reform,	1970-71	Box 36: folder 8

Latin America,	1969	Box 36: folder 9

Mentally Retarded,	circa 1968-69	Box 36: folder 10

Nigeria: Biafran conflict,	1968	Box 36: folder 11

Rehabilitation,	1964-69	Box 36: folder 12

Social Planning,	1969	Box 36: folder 13

Social Welfare,	1969	Box 36: folder 14

Volunteers,	1969-85	Box 36: folder 15

Women,	1961-73	Box 36: folder 16-19

World Bank,	1970	Box 36: folder 20

Youth,	1967-76	Box 36: folder 21-24

MEMORABILIA

UN Youth for Peace paperweight,	1970	Box 37

UN Decade for Women pin,	1976-1986	Box 37

UN Commemorative stamps,	circa 1970s	Box 37

Hair Comb enclosed, Nandini Beharry to Jean Picker	31 Oct 1968	Box 37

OVERSIZE MATERIALS

SERIES I. BIOGRAHICAL MATERIALS AND PHOTOGRAPHS

Invitation to White House Conference on International Cooperation,	Nov-Dec 1965	Box 37: folder 1

Photograph, 50th Birthday of Edward J. Sovatkin,	7 Feb 1936	Box 37

"China Trip" poster for photograph exhibition at Smith College Museum of Art,	16 Sep-24 Oct 1976	Box 37

"The Pickers in Peking," Marian Blanchard, The Colgate Scene,	circa 1976	Box 37

SERIES III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS

Committee of Correspondence: pamphlet, n.d.; "Reds' Photographs on Germ Warfare Exposed as Fakes," New York Times,	3 Apr 1952	Box 37: folder 2

Foreign Policy Association: financial report,	1976	Box 37: folder 3

Institute for World Order: financial report,	1974	Box 37

United Nations Association of the USA

Audits and budgets,	1972-87, n.d.	Box 37: folder 4-5

"1971 Tanker Traffic and Oil Flow," map,	1973	Box 37: folder 6

"Study and Action Pack for World Development," posters and postcard set,	1974	Box 37

World Population Year fact sheet,	1974	Box 37: folder 6

International Women's Year poster,	1975	Box 37

"Financing the UN System: Comparative Contributions of Member States," poster	1976	Box 37

"The United Nations and the Law of the Sea," fact sheet,	1976	Box 37

The Diplomatic World Bulletin,	19 Oct 1981	Box 37

Reprint of op-eds on Reaganomics, Fund for Peace,	Mar 1982	Box 37

"Surface Distribution of Ferromanganese Deposits on the Ocean Floor," map,	n.d.	Box 37

United Nations Day poster,	n.d.	Box 37

United States Mission to the United Nations: "Nazi Crimes in Poland, 1939-45" map and booklet,	1968	Box 37: folder 7

"The United Nations and What You Should Know about It," by Jean Picker and Eleanor Roosevelt: galley,	1971	Box 37: folder 8

Chinese newspaper from Jean Picker's trip,	1975	drawer 56

"Study and Action Pack for World Development,"	circa 1974	drawer 56

Poster, UN General Assembly, Second Special Session on Disarmament,	1982	drawer 56

United Nations Development Programme poster,	n.d.	drawer 56

Tables, Law of the Sea,	n.d.	drawer 56

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Subjects

American Association for the United Nations
Committee of Correspondence (New York, N.Y.: 1952-1969)--History--Sources
Council on Religion and International Affairs
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Journalists--United States--Biography--Sources
Peace--Societies, etc.
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Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962
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