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Kaltenborn interviews Herbert Hoover about the Hoover Institution 1957 May 24

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Herbert Hoover details the beginnings of the Hoover Institution. The conversation focuses on the logistics of how he delegated collecting duties to others and coordinated the effort into a library at Stanford University.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008115.
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Program 1 1957 March 13

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A host interviews Jan Triska and Robert Slusser about their work at the Hoover Institution on the behavior of the Soviet Union, especially as it applies to its relationship with other communist states.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008116.
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Program 2 1957 March 20

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A host interviews Ruth Perry, the curator of African collections for the Hoover Institution, and a visiting, African economics student about the African collections at the Hoover Institution.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008117.
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Program 3 1957 March 27

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A host interviews Eugene Wu, assistant curator of Asian collections at the Hoover Institution, and Mr. Chiu (sp?) of Stanford University about the Asian collections at the Hoover Institution.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008120.
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Program 4 1957 April 3

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A host interviews an assistant director of the Hoover Institution about the Institution's Russian collections, especially as it applies to slave labor.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008121.
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Program 5 1957 April 10

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This program concerns Japan, the United States' strategic interests, and the relevant work at the Hoover Institution.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008122.
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Program 6 1957 April 24

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A host interviews C. Easton Rothwell, director of the Hoover Institution, and Thomas Thaucan (sp?), the archivist for the Hoover Institution. The program concerns the Hoover Library and Archives, especially Herbert Hoover's personal papers and archives of food relief programs.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008123.
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Program 7 1957 May 1

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The host interviews a Jordanian graduate student and a Turkish graduate student about the situation, history, and future of Turkey and the Middle East.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008126.
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Program 8 1957 May 8

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This program focuses on the Russian revolutions of 1917. The guest is Robert P. Browder, professor of history at the University of Colorado.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008127.
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Program 9 1957 May 15

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This program concerns China, including both Communist and Nationalist China and the Hoover Institution's collections on both. The guests are Mary Wright, curator of the Chinese collection, and Claude Buss, professor of history at Stanford University.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008128.
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Program 10 1957 May 22

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This program is about underground movements throughout Europe and the relevant collections of the Hoover Institution. The guests are Agnes Peterson, area associate for Central and Western European collections, and Vernor Varnbrum, foreign student adviser at Stanford University.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008129.
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Program 11 1957 May 29

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This program concerns the Arab world and the relevant collections at the Hoover Institution. The guests are professor Christina Harris, curator of Middle Eastern collections, and Graham H. Stuart, former professor of political science and director of the Hoover Library.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008130.
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Program 12 1957 May 29

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This program is about foreign visitors to the Hoover Institution and Library. The guests are Mrs. Inez Richardson, coordinator for foreign visitors to Stanford University, and Hildagard Behringer, program officer in Stanford's office for foreign visitors.

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Use copy reference number: 57031_a_0008133.