Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961
Variant namesDag Hammarskjöld served as Secretary-General of the United Nations from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in Africa in September 1961.
From the description of Hammarskjöld, Dag, 1905-1961 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580969
Dag Hammarskjöld was born on 29 July 1905, in Jönköping, Sweden, and died 18 Sept. 1961, near Ndola, in Northern Rhodesia. He was a Swedish economist and statesman who served as second secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-61) and enhanced the prestige and effectiveness of the UN. He was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1961.
From the description of Dag Hammarskjöld collection, 1958-1961. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 63052253
Secretary-general of the United Nations, 1953-1961.
From the description of Correspondence to Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1953. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 237003248
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| referencedIn | [Dag Hammarskjold : pamphlet collection] [microform]. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| referencedIn | [Dag Hammarskjold : pamphlet collection]. | Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library | |
| creatorOf | Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962 Aug. 6-. Echoing silence : Nine poems / by Dag Hammarskjöld. | University of Texas at San Antonio, John Peace Library (JPL) | |
| creatorOf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. : Series I., General Correspondence, 1922-1977 (bulk 1946-1966). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series V., Editor Files, 1873-1984 (bulk 1960-1980). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| creatorOf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series VI., Editorial Department Files, 1915-1984 (bulk 1948-1978). | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Andrew Wellington Cordier Papers, 1918-1975 | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Atoms for Peace Awards records | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Libraries | |
| creatorOf | Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. W.H. Auden papers, 1931-1973. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Ayman, Sven. Reminiscences of Sven Ayman : oral history, 1962. | Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Alexander, Elizabeth, 1962 Aug. 6- |
| associatedWith | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. |
| associatedWith | Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. |
| associatedWith | Ayman, Sven. |
| associatedWith | Barnes, Djuna |
| associatedWith | Barnes, Djuna. |
| associatedWith | Barnett, Carol, 1949- |
| correspondedWith | Buber, Martin, 1878-1965 |
| associatedWith | Caniff, Milton Arthur, 1907-1988, |
| associatedWith | Cartwright, Marguerite P. D. (Marguerite Phillips Dorsey), 1914- |
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Birth 1905-07-29
Death 1961-09-18
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