Sylvia Eugene Nilsen photograph collection, 1920s-1970s
Table of Contents
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Sylvia Eugene Nilsen photograph collection
- Dates
- 1920s-1970s (inclusive)19201979
- Quantity
- 66 photographs
- Collection Number
- P0440
- Summary
- The majority of the Sylvia Eugene Nilsen photograph collection consists of photographs of treaty signings and other diplomatic events from the 1950s to 1972. There are some photographs of her childhood and of members of her family.
- Repository
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University of Utah Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library
University of Utah
295 South 1500 East
Salt Lake City, UT
84112-0860
Telephone: 8015818863
special@library.utah.edu - Access Restrictions
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Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.
- Languages
- English
Content Description
Miss Nilsen was an attorney assigned to the Deputy Assistant Legal Advisor at the Office for Treaty Affairs in the U.S. State Department, from 1941-1975. Photographs include her childhood and career. Many notable dignitaries are in this collection, such as presidents Eisenhower and Nixon.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.
Preferred Citation
Collection Name, Collection Number, Box Number, Folder Number. Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, The University of Utah.
Administrative Information
Return to TopDetailed Description of the Collection
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Description: Personal Life
- 1: Sylvia Nilsen, 6 months old.
- 2-4: Dressed in costumes.
- 5: Graduation portrait.
- 6-8: Camp scenes.
- 9: Formal dance.
- 10: Funeral plot with flowers.
- 11: In Greece, next to ruins.
- 12-13: Portraits.
- 14: Cast of school play.
- 15: group portrait
Container: Box 1, Folder 1 -
Description: Group photographs
- 1: Military group.
- 2: Formal dance.
- 3: Genealogy class.
Container: Box 1, Folder 2 -
Description: Career Moments
- 1-2: U.S. Delegation, Great Lakes Fisheries Conference, Washington, December 19, 1952.
- 3: Canadian Delegation, Great Lakes Fisheries Conference, Washington, December 19, 1952
- 4: Great Lakes Fisheries Conference, Washington, September 10, 1954.
- 5: Great Lakes Fisheries Conference, Washington, September 10, 1954.
- 6: Treaty Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation with Germany. Secretary Dulles, Chancellor Adenauer. October 29, 1954.
- 7-8: Unidentified treaty signing.
- 9-10: Signing of treaty of friendship and commerce with Pakistan. November 12, 1959. Secretary of Commerce Fred H. Mueller, Secretary of State Christian A. Herter. Pakistan Minister for Commerce Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and Pakistan Ambassador Aziz Ahmed.
Dates: 1950sContainer: Box 1, Folder 3 -
Description: Career Moments
- 1: Conference on Diplomatic Intercourse and Immunities, Hazlung - Fertsaal, Vienna. March - April, 1961.
- 2: Sylvia Nilsen, April 9, 1963.
- 3: Vienna, Schonbrun reception, March 14, 1963.
- 4: Reception, French Embassy, March 26, 1963.
- 5: Vienna, French reception, March 26, 1963.
- 6: Vienna Opera, March 28, 1963.
- 7: Vienna Conference, 1963.
- 8-13: President Eisenhower at treaty signing.
- 14: Signing Investment Guarantee Agreement between United States and Republic of Togo. Asst. Secy G. Mennen Williams for the U.S. and Hospice Coco, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, for Togo. March 20, 1962.
Dates: 1960sContainer: Box 1, Folder 4 -
Description: Career Moments
- 1-3: Unidentified treaty signings.
- 4: Exchange of ratification of the Brazilian - U.S. Extradition, Washington, D.C. November, 17, 1964. Ambassador Juracy Magashaes and Secretary of State Dean Rush.
- 5: Exchange of ratifications of the Supplementary Extradition Convention with Belgium. Ambassador Scheopien and Secretary of State Dean Rush, November 25, 1964.
- 6: Unidentified conference.
- 7: Committee of Experts on the Administrative Structure of International Cooperation in the Field of Intellectual Property. Geneva, March 22 - April 2, 1965.
- 8-9: Exchange of ratifications, Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with Thailand. May 8, 1968.
- 10-13: Signing of unidentified treaty.
- 14: Fisheries Agreements with USSR, signed January 31, 1969.
Dates: 1960sContainer: Box 1, Folder 5 -
Description: Career Moments
- 1: Signing of extradition treaty between the U.S. - New Zealand. January 12, 1970.
- 2: Signing of Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Seabed and the Ocean Floor in the Subsoil Thereof, Washington, February 11, 1971.
- 3: Deposit of instruments of ratification by the U.S, U.K. and U.S.S.R. of seabed arms control treaty of February 11, 1971.
- 4: Treaty of Extradition with Canada, signed at Washington, December 3, 1971.
- 5-7: Deposit of instruments of ratification of seabed arms control treaty by the U.S., U.K., U.S.S.R., May 18, 1972.
- 8-10: Agreements signed with USSR on October 18, 1972 in John Quincy Adams Room of the Department of State.
- 11: Unidentified conference.
Dates: 1970sContainer: Box 1, Folder 6 -
Description: Oversize
1: Sylvia Nilsen shaking the hand of Maurice H. Staus.
Container: Box 2, Folder 1
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Diplomats--Photographs
Personal Names
- Nilsen, Sylvia Eugenia, 1917-1977--Photographs
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints--1920-1972
- Portrait photographs
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