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JACOBSSON, Per, 1894-1963, Chairman IMF


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 JACOBSSON

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: JACOBSSON, Per, 1894-1963, Chairman IMF

Date(s): 1911-1962

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 28 volumes

Name of creator(s): Jacobsson, Per, 1894-1963, Swedish Chairman of the IMF

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Per Jacobsson, 1894-1963, was born in Tanum, Sweden, and educated at the High School, Vaesteraas and Upsala University. He left to take up a lectureship in Economics at the High School of Forestry in Stockholm, 1918-1920. He left teaching to become a member of the Economic and Financial Section of the Secretariat of the League of Nations in 1920, a post that he held until 1928. He subsequently became Secretary-General to the Economic Defence Council in Stockholm, 1929-1930. He entered banking in 1931 and was Economic Advisor and Head of the Economic Department of the Bank of International Settlements in Basle, 1931-1956. In 1956 he left the bank to take up his most prestigious appointment, that of Chairman of the Executive Board and Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, a post that he held until 1963.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Photocopies of the diaries of Per Jacobsson, 1911-1962.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged chronologically in 28 volumes:
1. Diaries 1 - 9, 1911-1925.
2. Diaries 10 - 16, 1924-1932.
3. Diaries 19 - 30 and 32, 1933-1940.
4. Diaries 33 - 36, 1941-1943.
5. Diaries 39 - 51, 1942-1945.
6. Diaries 52 - 57, 1945.
7. Diaries 58 - 64, 1946-1947.
8. Diaries 65 - 73, 1947-1948.
9. Diaries 74 - 80, 1948-1950.
10. Diaries 81 - 86, 1950-1951.
11. Diaries 87 - 92, 1952.
12. Diaries 92 - 99, 1953.
13. Diaries 100 - 103, 1954.
14. Diaries 104 - 107, 1955.
15. Diaries 108 - 114, 1956-1957.
16. Diaries 115 - 127, 1957.
17. Diaries 128 - 129, 1958.
18. Diaries 131 - 135, 1958.
19. Diaries 136 - 139, 1958.
20. Diaries 140 - 143, 1959.
21. Diaries 144 - 150, 1959.
22. Diaries 151 - 154, 1959.
23. Diaries 155 - 158, 1960.
24. Diaries 159 - 164, 1960.
25. Diaries 165 - 170, 1960.
26. Diaries 171 - 175, 1961.
27. Diaries 176 - 181, 1961.
28. Diaries 182 - 200, 1962.

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE FAMILY

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Printed handlist available.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The originals are held by the Bank of International Settlements in Basle.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on March 27, 2002

Date(s) of descriptions: 27 Mar 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Banking | Occupations
Banking x Banks
Economics
Finance

Personal names
Jacobsson | Per | 1894-1963 | Swedish Chairman of the IMF

Corporate names
Bank of International Settlements | Basle
Economic Defence Council
International Monetary Fund
League of Nations

Places