Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection
Scope and Contents
The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s. The bulk of the collection is from the mid-1960s to the early 1980s. The collection is arranged in three series: I. Political Issues, II. Non-Political Ephemera, and III. Letterhead.
Within each series, the collection is arranged thematically. In the first series, which contains political ephemera, topics include Black power, socialism, campaigns and elections, civil and human rights, issues of economic justice and equality, energy and environmental issues, Jewish concerns, the Vietnam Conflict, international left-wing political movements, and peace issues. The second series includes miscellaneous materials including reviews of and pamphlets pertaining to published books, poetry and flyers and assorted materials relating to the theater and other performance art. The third series contains blank letterhead from airlines, cruises, and hotels from around the world.
There are also materials relating to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which include a review of Sir Joseph Gold’s book, Interpretations: the IMF and International Law, and uncirculated banknotes from the former USSR and the New Eastern Block.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1996
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1960-1970
Creator
- Gold, Joseph, 1912- (Collector, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials primarily in English. Some materials in French, Greek, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and German.
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. Please contact Special Collections Department, University of Delaware Library, https://library.udel.edu/static/purl.php?askspec
Biographical / Historical
The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000 in Bethesda, Maryland. Gold was educated at the University of London, LLB (Bachelor of Laws), 1935, and LLM (Master of Law), 1936, and Harvard University (SJD, 1942).
As an attorney, Gold spent most of his career working for the International Monetary Fund’s legal department. Prior to his work with the IMF, Sir Joseph worked as secretary to the British Seaman’s Welfare Board and legal advisor to the British Merchant Shipping Mission. He joined the IMF in 1946 as counselor; in 1960 he became director of the IMF’s legal department, and was appointed general counsel. He retired in 1979, but served as senior counsel until shortly before his death. He also continued to write on the international monetary system framed by the IMF. In 1980 Joseph Gold was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions as an international civil servant.
A prolific scholar on monetary law, Gold was the lead author on the First Amendment of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement. During his life, he published over 20 volumes and 100 articles on the legal aspect of international monetary policy. Gold also worked as a lecturer at several universities, including Southern Methodist University, University of Michigan, Columbia School of Law, and Creighton University. Gold’s scholarly work was well respected by the legal and academic communities and he served on the advisory board of the George Washington University Journal of International Law and Economics, the advisory board of law and policy in international business at Georgetown University; he was also a founding member of the editorial committee of The Modern Law Review.
The Complete Marquis Who's Who TM. Marquis Who's Who, 2001. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: The Gale Group. 2001. (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/BioRC)Joseph Gold obituary. Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2000/03/04/joseph-gold-87/913c7495-ed83-40db-9fbf-8184248703a8/?utm_term=.c26a1f50b8fd (accessed January 2018).“Sir Joseph Gold Is Memorialized as Authority on International Law.” IMF Survey. 6 March 2000. Page 66. (accessed January 2018).
Extent
0.6 linear foot (2 boxes)
1 oversize removal (poster)
Abstract
The attorney and author Joseph Gold was born in London, England, on July 12, 1912; he died on February 22, 2000, in Bethesda, Maryland. The Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection comprises .67 linear feet of newsletters, pamphlets, posters, blank letterhead, and typed pages from the 1960s through the 1990s.
Arrangement
Items in this collection are arranged thematically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Richard Gold, 1999.
Shelving Summary
Boxes 1-2: Shelved in SPEC MSS manuscript boxes (3 inch)
Removals: Shelved in SPEC MSS oversize mapcases
OCLC Number
Processing Information
Processed by Elizabeth Crosman, 2003. Encoded by Katherine Riley, January 2018.
Subject
- International Monetary Fund (Organization)
- Black Panther Party (Organization)
- Muir, John (Person)
- Harvard College (1780- ) (Organization)
- Socialist Workers Party (Organization)
- Graham, Bill, 1931-1991 (Person)
- Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978 (Person)
- X, Malcolm, 1925-1965 (Person)
- McGovern, George S. (George Stanley), 1922-2012 (Person)
- Carter, Jimmy, 1924- (Person)
- Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 (Person)
- Reagan, Ronald (Person)
- Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969 (Person)
- McCarthy, Eugene J., 1916-2005 (Person)
- Oxfam (Organization)
- Pan Am Corporation (Organization)
- Cummins Limited (Organization)
- San Francisco Mime Troupe (Organization)
- United Farm Workers of America (Organization)
- British Airways (Organization)
- Hell's Angels (Organization)
- Free Speech Movement (Berkeley, Calif.) (Organization)
Genre / Form
- Broadsides (notices)
- Fliers (printed matter)
- Letterheads
- Newsletters
- Paper money
- Postcards
- Posters
- Printed ephemera
- Programs (documents)
- Reports
Geographic
- Berkeley (Calif.)
- France--History--20th century
- Greece--History--20th century
- Italy--History--20th century
- Mexico--History--20th century
- San Francisco (Calif.)--History--20th century
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century
- Scandinavia--History--20th century
- Washington (D.C.)--History--20th century
Topical
- Apartheid--South Africa--History--20th century
- Black power--United States--History--20th century
- Concorde (Jet transports)
- Drug legalization--United States
- Feminism--United States--History--20th century
- Pamphlets--United States--History--20th century
- Peace movements--History--20th century
- Peace movements--United States--History--20th century
- Political campaigns
- Protest movements--United States--History--20th century
- Social justice--History--20th century
- Student movements--United States--History--20th century
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--United States
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Veterans--United States
- Title
- Finding aid for Sir Joseph Gold political and miscellaneous ephemera collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 16 January 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository