Inventory of the David Fowler collection

Finding aid prepared by Sarah Cassone
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: David Fowler collection
Date (inclusive): 1989-1991
Collection Number: 89031
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box (1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Newswire stories on computer disks, video tapes of television news broadcasts, and printed miscellany, relating to the Tiananmen Square incident in China, American military intervention in Panama, and the fall of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime in Romania.
source: Fowler, David
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], David Fowler collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and Content of Collection

Newswire stories on computer disks, video tapes of television news broadcasts, and printed miscellany, relating to the Tiananmen Square incident in China, American military intervention in Panama, and the fall of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime in Romania.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Video tapes
China -- History -- Tiananmen Square Incident, 1989
Panama -- History
Romania -- History -- Revolution, 1989
Fowler, David

box 1

Videorecordings related to world events

Physical Description: 10 VHS video cassette tapes

Access

Video recordings related to news coverage of the Tiananmen Square incident in China, the American military intervention in Panama, and the fall of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime in Romania.

Access

Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.
box 1

BBC/CBS coverage of China massacre

Physical Description: 1 audio cassette

Access

Original audiovisual materials are not available until they have been reformatted. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.
box 2

Correspondence, periodicals and newswire reports 1989-1990

Scope and Contents

Periodicals, correspondence, and newswire reports relating to world events including the massacre in Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Nicolae Ceausescu regime in Romania.
 

Computer disks circa 1989-1991

onsite digital

Digital newswire stories 1989

Physical Description: 0.25 digital_files

Scope and Contents note

Reports by Associated Press and other news service reporters about events in China, Panama, and Romania. Primarily in English, some in Spanish. There are often multiple, shorter stories combined in a single digital file. These digital files were recovered from disks 11 and 13; efforts in 2011 to recover data from the other disks were unsuccessful.
box 3

Computer disks relating to newswire stories circa 1989

Physical Description: 22 3.5 inch floppy disks

Access

Digital files recovered from disks 11 and 13 are available in our reading room (see 'Digital newswire stories'.)
Material from the other 19 disks are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.
Please note that efforts were made in 2011 to retrieve the data from these disks and was unsuccessful.
box 3

Computer disks relating to the Gulf War and other world events circa 1989-1991

Physical Description: 30 3.5-inch floppy disks.

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.