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Record Unit 7165
International Whaling Commission
International Whaling Conference and International Whaling Commission, Records, 1930-1968
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
| Creator: | International Whaling Commission |
| Title: | International Whaling Conference and International Whaling Commission, Records |
| Dates: | 1930-1968 |
| Quantity: | 14 cu. ft. (28 document boxes) |
| Collection: | Record Unit 7165 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | These records are the files of Kellogg which he accumulated in connection with his duties relating to the regulation of whaling. Previously, Kellogg had been the United States delegate to the Berlin conference of experts on whaling matters held under the auspices of the League of Nations in 1930. Kellogg later was named the State Department representative to the 1937 International Conference on Whaling held in London. In 1946 Kellogg chaired the Washington Conference which formulated the International Convention providing for the establishment of the International Whaling Commission. From 1947 to 1967, Kellogg served as United States Commissioner on the IWC. From 1952 to 1954 he also served as Chairperson. Kellogg was succeeded as U. S. Commissioner by John Laurence McHugh. These records document the participation of A. Remington Kellogg in various international whaling conferences, 1930-1946, as well as his participation in the IWC meetings, 1947-1967. Also included are reports on the IWC meetings made to the Secretary of State; copies of treaties; whaling statistics and reports; and correspondence relative to each meeting of the IWC. |
Historical Note
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) was established in accordance with the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling which was signed December 2, 1946, and which entered into force November 10, 1948. Signatories for the United States included A. Remington Kellogg, Ira N. Gabrielson, and William E. A. Flory. Previously, Kellogg had been the U. S. delegate to the Berlin conference of experts on whaling matters held under the auspices of the League of Nations in 1930. Kellogg was later named the State Department representative to the 1937 International Conference on Whaling held in London. In 1946 Kellogg chaired the Washington Conference which formulated the International Whaling Commission. For twenty years (1947-1967) Kellogg served as United States Commissioner on the IWC. From 1952-1954 he also served as chairperson. Kellogg was succeeded as U. S. Commissioner by J. L. McHugh who served from 1967 to 1973.
The IWC, permanently based in London, has fifteen member nations. It is the responsibility of the IWC, as conditions warrant, to amend the provisions of the Schedule annexed to the 1946 Convention, which are, in effect, the regulations governing the conduct of whaling by the contracting governments. Regulations adopted as an integral part of the 1946 Convention included a prohibition on the commercial taking of gray whales and all right whales, as well as an established catch quota for the Antarctic. Catch of humpback whales was prohibited in the Antarctic starting in 1963/1964 and catch of blue whales was prohibited in 1964/1965.
Introduction
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Descriptive Entry
These records document the participation of A. Remington Kellogg in various international whaling conferences (1930-1946), as well as his participation in the IWC meetings (1947-1967). Also included are reports on the IWC meetings made to the Secretary of State; copies of treaties, whaling statistics, and reports; and correspondence relative to each meeting of the IWC.
See also Record Unit 7170, the Remington Kellogg Papers, for further information.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Flory, William E.S. (William Evans Sherlock), 1914-
- Gabrielson, Ira Noel, 1889-1977
- International Conference on Whaling
- International Convention on the Regulation of Whaling
- Kellogg, Remington, 1892-1969
- League of Nations
- McHugh, J. L. (John Laurence), 1911-1999
- United States. Department of State
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7165, International Whaling Conference and International Whaling Commission, Records
Container List
Series 1
INTERNATIONAL WHALING CONFERENCES RECORDS, 1876-1953. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 1
Folder 1 Whaling Companies, ca. 1934-1938
Folder 2 Whaling "Factory Ships," ca. 1935-1945
Folder 3 Whaling "Factory Ships:" descriptions, 1937
Folder 4 Miscellaneous Whaling Correspondence, 1936-1938
Folders 5-7 Laws, Treaties, etc. relating to marine mammals, ca. 1929-1941
Box 2
Folders 1-3 Laws, Treaties, etc. relating to marine mammals, ca. 1934-1944
Folder 4 Congressional Record, 1932-1937; Federal Register, 1936
Folders 5-6 Whaling Statistical Data, ca. 1876-1938
Box 3
Folders 1-3 Whaling Statistical Data, ca. 1921-1938
Folder 4 Berlin-Whaling Conference under auspices of League of Nations, 1930-1931
Folders 5-6 London-International Whaling Conference, 1937
Box 4
Folders 1-2 London-International Whaling Conference, 1937
Folder 3 London-International Whaling Conference, 1937. Contains "Agreement for the Regulation of the Industry of Whaling."
Folder 4 London-International Whaling Conference, 1937. Material (issued to delegates) in connection with the International Whaling Conference.
Folders 5-6 Oslo-Preliminary Whaling Conference, 1938
Box 5
Folder 1 London-International Whaling Conference, 1938. Material (issued to delegates) in connection with the International Whaling Conference; Guidelines for U. S. delegates from Cordell Hull (Secretary of State); Report of delegates to Secretary of State.
Folder 2 London-International Whaling Conference, 1938. U. S. delegation correspondence.
Folders 3-4 London-International Whaling Conference, 1938
Folder 5 London-International Whaling Conference, 1939. Material (issued to delegates) in connection with the International Whaling Conference.
Box 6
Folder 1 London-International Whaling Conference, 1939. Report of Proceedings as Finally Agreed.
Folder 2 London-International Whaling Conference, 1939. Includes International Whaling Agreement.
Folder 3 Japanese Whaling Charts Showing Antarctic Whaling Grounds, 1935-1941
Folder 4 U. S. Coast Guard, 1937-1940. Correspondence and Statistics re: Whaling.
Folder 5 U. S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 1937-1943. Correspondence re: Whaling and issuance of Whaling Licenses.
Box 7
Folders 1-4 U. S. Department of State, ca. 1930-1945. Correspondence and documents.
Folder 5 U. S. Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Intelligence, 1938. Correspondence re: Japanese factory ships.
Folder 6 London-International Whaling Conference, 1944. Includes second amended version of International Whaling Agreement of 1937.
Folder 7 London-International Whaling Conference, 1945. Includes International Overfishing Conference, 1946.
Box 8
Folder 1 London-International Whaling Conference, 1945
Folder 2 London-International Whaling Conference, 1945. Material (issued to delegates) in connection with 1945 Conference.
Folder 3 Washington-Informal Inter-Agency Committee on the Regulation of Whaling (IICRW), ca. July 1946-October 1946 - Minutes
Folder 4 Washington-IICRW, ca. July 1946-October 1946 - Papers
Folder 5 Washington-Informal Inter-Agency Committee on the Regulation of Whaling (IICRW), July 1946-October 1946 - Papers
Folder 6 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Kellogg's information statistics and notes - Includes IICRW material.
Box 9
Folder 1 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Kellogg's information, statistics and notes - Includes IIWRC material; suggestions for revisions of Whaling agreements.
Folder 2 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Kellogg's information, notes and correspondence - Includes instructions to delegates from Acting Secretary of State Acheson.
Folder 3 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Statistical material submitted by the Norwegian Delegation.
Folder 4 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Conference Proceedings.
Folder 5 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Conference Documents #1-45.
Box 10
Folder 1 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Conference Documents #46-65.
Folder 2 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Conference Documents with Kellogg's annotations.
Folder 3 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Administrative Documents.
Folder 4 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Treaty; photographs of signatories.
Folder 5 Washington-International Whaling Conference, 1946. Reports to Secretary of State from American Embassies abroad (1943-1948).
Box 11
Folder 1 U. S. Department of State and Foreign Service Dispatches, ca. 1945-1951
Folder 2 Material pertaining to the 1946 International Whaling Conference; 1946 International Convention for Regulation of Whaling; and Protocol & Supplementary Protocol for the Regulation of Whaling, 1946-1947
Folder 3 Reports from Central Liaison Office (Tokyo) to General Headquarters of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers - Whaling in the Antarctic, 1946-1947
Folder 4 Australian Observer's Report, 1946-1947. Includes Statistical Summary of Japanese Factory Ship, Hashidate Maru.
Folder 5 International Statistics of Whaling (Norway), Correspondence, 1947-1948
Folder 6 Birger Bergersen Correspondence, 1947-1953 (Ambassador from Norway to Sweden)
Folder 7 Commonwealth of Australia, Japanese Antarctic Whaling Operations, 1948-1949
Folder 8 Senate Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, 1949. Includes S.2080 (a Bill to give effect to the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling); Kellogg's notes and statistics, ca. 1900-1950.
Series 2
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION MEETINGS, 1949-1966. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 12
Folder 1 London-First International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1949. Conference documents; Kellogg's prepatory notes.
Folder 2 London-First International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1949. Numbered Conference documents.
Folder 3 London-First International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1949. Reports of Plenary Sessions.
Folder 4 London-First International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1949. Proceedings of Scientific and Technical Committee.
Folder 5 London-First International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1949. Statistical Material Submitted by the Norwegian Delegation.
Folder 6 Oslo-Second International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1950. Committee reports, notes, correspondence, clippings, conference documents, etc.
Box 13
Folder 1 Oslo-Second International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1950. Numbered Conference documents, #l-#15.
Folder 2 Oslo-Second International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1950. Statistical Material Submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 3 Cape Town-Third International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1951. Preparatory notes, correspondence, statistics, etc.
Folder 4 Cape Town-Third International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1951. Correspondence, clippings, proceedings, statistics, draft of U. S. Commissioner's report to Secretary of State, etc.
Folder 5 Cape Town-Third International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1951. Numbered conference documents.
Folder 6 Cape Town-Third International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1951. Proceedings and documents with Kellogg's annotations.
Folder 7 Cape Town-Third International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1951. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Box 14
Folder 1 London-Fourth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1952. Instructions, proceedings, correspondence, notes, etc., ca. 1950-1952.
Folder 2 London-Fourth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1952. Conference documents with Kellogg's annotations.
Folder 3 London-Fourth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1952. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 4 International Whaling Commission: Sub-committee on Humpbacks - "Australian Humpback Whales 1952," compiled by the Division of Fisheries, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, February 1953
Folder 5 Norway, Bureau of International Whaling Statistics, February 1953. Antarctic Whaling Statistics for 1937-1952.
Box 15
Folder 1 London-Fifth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1953. Instructions, preparatory material, notes, correspondence, clippings.
Folder 2 London-Fifth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1953. Conference documents.
Folder 3 London-Fifth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1953. Conference documents with revisions.
Folders 4-5 London-Fifth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1953. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 6 Tokyo-Sixth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1954. Correspondence, reports, clippings, preparatory material, photographs, etc.
Folder 7 Tokyo-Sixth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1954. Conference documents.
Box 16
Folders 1-3 Tokyo-Sixth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1954. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 4 Moscow-Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1955. Preparatory material, correspondence, proceedings, Kellogg's notes on sessions, etc.
Folder 5 Moscow-Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1955. Numbered conference documents, #1-20.
Folder 6 Moscow-Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1955. Numbered conference documents, #21-22.
Box 17
Folders 1-2 Moscow-Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1955. Unnumbered documents.
Folder 3 Moscow-Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1955. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 4 London-Eighth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1956. Preparatory material, correspondence, documents, notes, etc.
Folder 5 London-Eighth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1956. Numbered conference documents, #1-19.
Folder 6 London-Eighth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1956. Numbered conference documents, #11-14.
Box 18
Folder 1 London-Eighth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1956. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 2 London-Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1957. Documents, preparatory material, correspondence, reports, notes.
Folder 3 London-Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1957. Numbered conference documents, #1-11.
Folder 4 London-Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1957. Numbered conference documents, #12-16.
Folder 5 London-Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1957. "Synopsis of Data on Whales" by Horacio Rosa, Jr., Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (Rome, June 1957).
Folder 6 London-Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1957. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 7 The Hague-Tenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1958. Preparatory material, unnumbered documents, notes on sessions, photo of commissioners, correspondence, etc.
Box 19
Folder 1 The Hague-Tenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1958. Numbered conference documents, #1-14.
Folder 2 The Hague-Tenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1958. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 3 London-Eleventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1959. Preparatory material, unnumbered documents, reports, etc.
Folders 4-5 London-Eleventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1959. Numbered conference documents, #1-14.
Folder 6 London-Eleventh International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1959. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 7 London-Twelfth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1960. Unnumbered conference documents, correspondence, notes, etc.
Box 20
Folders 1-2 London-Twelfth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1960. Numbered conference documents, #1-18.
Folder 3 London-Twelfth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1960. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 4 London-Thirteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1961. Unnumbered documents, drafts of agenda, draft of report to Secretary of State, Ad Hoc Scientific committee reports, etc.
Folder 5 London-Thirteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1961. Numbered conference documents, #1-22.
Folder 6 London-Thirteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1961. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 7 London-Fourteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1962. Preparatory material, reports, drafts, notes, correspondence, etc.
Box 21
Folder 1 London-Fourteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1962. Numbered conference documents, #1-14.
Folder 2 London-Fourteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1962. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folders 3-4 London-Fifteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1963. Numbered conference documents, #1-22.
Folder 5 London-Fifteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1963. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 6 Sandefjord-Sixteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1964. Numbered conference documents, #1-14.
Box 22
Folder 1 Sandefjord-Sixteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1964. Numbered conference documents, #15-21.
Folder 2 Sandefjord-Sixteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1964. Statistical material submitted by the Bureau of International Whaling Statistics.
Folder 3 London-Special Meeting of the International Whaling Commission, May 1965. Numbered conference documents, reports, correspondence, etc.
Folder 4 London-Seventeenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1965. Numbered conference documents (incomplete).
Folders 5-6 London-Eighteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting, 1966. Numbered conference documents, #1-18.
Series 3
INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION CORRESPONDENCE, 1949-1968. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 22
Folder 7 First International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1949. Material, ca. 1945-1955.
Box 23
Folders 1-2 Second International Whaling Commission Meeting (Oslo) 1950. Material, ca. 1949-1951.
Folder 3 Third International Whaling Commission Meeting (Cape Town) 1951. Material, ca. 1950-1952.
Folder 4 Fourth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1952. Material, ca. 1951-1953.
Folders 5-6 Fifth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1953. Material, ca. 1952-1954.
Box 24
Folder 1 Sixth International Whaling Commission Meeting (Tokyo) 1954. Material, ca. 1953-1955.
Folders 2-4 Seventh International Whaling Commission Meeting (Moscow) 1955. Material, ca. 1953-1955.
Folders 5-7 Eighth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1956. Material, ca. 1955-1957.
Box 25
Folder 1 Ninth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1957. Material, ca. 1956-1958.
Folder 2 Tenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (The Hague) 1958. Material, ca. 1957-1959.
Folders 3-5 Eleventh International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1959. Material, ca. 1957-1960.
Box 26
Folders 1-2 Twelfth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1960. Material, ca. 1959-1960.
Folder 3 Thirteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1961. Material, ca. 1960-1961.
Folders 4-6 Fourteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1962. Material, ca. 1960-1962.
Box 27
Folder 1 Fifteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1963. Material, ca. 1962-1964.
Folders 2-4 Sixteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (Sandefjord) 1964. Material, ca. 1963-1965.
Folder 5 Special Meeting and Seventeenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1965. Material, ca. 1965-1966.
Folders 6-7 Eighteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1966. Material, ca. 1965-1966.
Box 28
Folders 1-2 Nineteenth International Whaling Commission Meeting (London) 1967. Material, ca. 1966-1967.
Folder 3 Twentieth International Whaling Commission Meeting (Tokyo) 1968. Material, ca. 1968.
Series 4
REPORTS TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE BY THE U. S. COMMISSIONER TO THE INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION, 1949-1968. ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.Box 28
Folders 4-6 Reports for Meetings #1-20, 1949-1968
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