Register of the Frances E. Hilger collection

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Frances E. Hilger collection

Date (inclusive): 1959-1977

Collection Number: 79072

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 21 manuscript boxes (8.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The Frances E. Hilger collection relates to the political activism of Hilger, an opponent of the Vietnam War. A lifelong Quaker, Hilger participated in several peace groups in the New Jersey area. Her collection contains many leaflets, pamphlets, and serial issues published by the anti-war movement, including ephemeral titles. It also contains a number of letters written by Hilger to various politicians, including several United States senators and Congressional representatives.

source: Hilger, Frances E.

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 1979.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Frances E. Hilger collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

1917	Born
1960s-1970s	Active in movement against the Vietnam War
1977	Died

Scope and Content of Collection

The Frances E. Hilger collection relates to the political activism of Hilger, an opponent of the Vietnam War. A lifelong Quaker, Hilger participated in several peace groups in the New Jersey area. Her collection contains many leaflets, pamphlets, and serial issues published by the anti-war movement, including ephemeral titles. It also contains a number of letters written by Hilger to various politicians, including several United States senators and Congressional representatives. In addition, there is correspondence relating to other members of Hilger's peace group.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Vietnam War, 1961-1975

United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989

World politics -- 1945-1989

Hilger, Frances E.

Biographical File 1974-1977

box 1, folder 1

Clipping 1974

box 1, folder 2

Obituary 1977

Correspondence 1967-1977

General 1967-1976

box 1, folder 3

A-F 1970-1976

box 1, folder 4

G-M 1968-1976

box 1, folder 5

N-T 1969-1974

box 1, folder 6

U-Z 1967-1973

box 1, folder 7

Unidentified 1971-1975

box 1, folder 8

Albert, Carl 1974

box 1, folder 9

American Friends Service Committee 1971-1976

box 1, folder 10

Brink, Paul E. 1974

box 1, folder 11

Buckley, James L. 1971

box 1, folder 12

Carroll, Robert 1977

box 1, folder 13

Case, Clifford P. 1970-1976

box 1, folder 14

Church, Frank 1970

box 1, folder 15

Clark, Lindley 1974-1975

box 1, folder 16

Cooper, John Sherman 1971

box 1, folder 17

Courier-News 1972-1975

box 1, folder 18

Cousins, Norman 1967-1971

box 1, folder 19

Dellums, Ronald V. 1973

box 1, folder 20

Eisele, Ronald C.

box 1, folder 21

Ervin, Sam J., Jr. 1973

box 1, folder 22

Fenwick, Millicent 1971-1976

box 2, folder 1

Ford, Gerald R. 1976

box 2, folder 2

Frazier, Howard 1975

box 2, folder 3

Frelinghuysen, Peter H. B. 1970-1974

box 2, folder 4

Friends Committee on National Legislation 1970-1976

box 2, folder 5

Fulbright, J. W. 1972

box 2, folder 6

Gallagher, Cornelius E. 1970

box 2, folder 7

Greer, Germaine 1972

box 2, folder 8

Gurney, Edward J. 1973

box 2, folder 9

Haines, Debby 1975

box 2, folder 10

Hassler, Alfred 1972

box 2, folder 11

Hébert, F. Edward 1971

box 2, folder 12

Helstoski, Henry 1970

box 2, folder 13

Hughes, Harold E. 1972-1973

box 2, folder 14

Kennedy, Edward M. 1974

box 2, folder 15

Kleinhans, Ronnie 1972-1976

box 2, folder 16

Knight Newspapers, Inc. 1972

box 2, folder 17

Long, Ngo Vinh 1972

box 2, folder 18

Mathias, Charles M. 1970-1974

box 2, folder 19

McGovern, George 1971-1972

box 2, folder 20

Meyner, Helen 1975

box 2, folder 21

Miller, Franklin 1974

box 2, folder 22

Monroe, Bill 1971

box 2, folder 23

Muskie, Edmund S. 1972

box 2, folder 24

New York Times (John B. Oakes, James Reston, Kalman Seigel, William Shannon, C. L. Sulzberger) 1969-1974

box 2, folder 25

Newsweek (Madeleine Edmondson) 1971

box 2, folder 26

Pell, Clairborne 1970

box 2, folder 27

PEACE 1972-1975

box 2, folder 28

Percy, Charles H. 1974

box 2, folder 29

Phillips, Richard J. 1969

box 2, folder 30

Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc. 1970-1973

box 2, folder 31

Rinaldo, Matthew J. 1976

box 2, folder 32

Rodino, Peter 1974

box 2, folder 33

Rogers, William 1971

box 2, folder 34

Sandman, Charles W., Jr. 1973

box 2, folder 35

SANE (Dorothy Eldridge) 1975

box 2, folder 36

Saxbe, William B.

box 2, folder 37

Somerset County Democratic Party 1973

box 2, folder 38

Stern, Lee 1974

box 2, folder 39

Thompson, Frank, Jr. 1973

box 2, folder 40

Varian, Charles A. 1972-1976

box 2, folder 41

WMCA (Fred Gale, Robert E. Grant, R. Peter Straus) 1971-1972

box 2, folder 42

Williams, Harrison A., Jr. 1970-1976

box 3, folder 1

Wolfe, Peggy 1974-1976

box 3, folder 2

Wolff, Lester L. 1973

box 3, folder 3

Woodward, Peggy 1976-1977

box 3, folder 4

Minutes of meetings 1974-1975

box 3, folder 5

Press releases 1973-1976

Speeches and Writings 1972-1977

box 3, folder 6

Notes and fragments 1972-1977

box 3, folder 7

Announcements and reports 1974-1975

box 3, folder 8

Writing on William F. Buckley 1972

box 3, folder 9

Writing on Friends Committee on National Legislation 1973

box 3, folder 10

Poem 1974

box 3, folder 11

Writing on arms race 1974

box 3, folder 12

Writing on article by Stanley Ellin 1974

box 3, folder 13

Writing on public and information 1974

box 3, folder 14

Writing on Solzhenitsyn 1974

box 3, folder 15

Writing on American flag and peace 1975

box 3, folder 16

Writing on anti-communism 1975

box 3, folder 17

Writing on B-1 bomber 1975

box 3, folder 18

Writing on human rights 1975

box 3, folder 19

Writing on politics and Quaker religion 1975

box 3, folder 20

Writing on the Society of Friends 1975

box 3, folder 21

Writing on William F. Buckley and Daniel Berrigan 1975

Subject File 1959-1977

box 3, folder 22

Abzug, Bella 1972

box 3, folder 23

Afghanistan 1970

box 4, folder 1-9

American Friends Service Committee 1970-1975

box 5, folder 1

American Friends Service Committee 1971-1976

box 5, folder 2

Angola 1975-1976

box 5, folder 3

Another Mother for Peace 1970-1976

box 5, folder 4

Barnet, Richard J. 1974

box 5, folder 5

Brazil 1972

box 5, folder 6

Cambodia 1970-1976

box 5, folder 7

Central Intelligence Agency 1974-1975

box 5, folder 8

Chile 1973-1975

box 5, folder 9

China 1968-1975

box 5, folder 10

Church Women United 1975-1976

box 5, folder 11-12

Coalition for a New Foreign and Military Policy 1973-1977

box 5, folder 13

Committee of Responsibility 1968-1970

box 5, folder 14

Common Cause 1973

box 5, folder 15

Disarmament and arms control 1965-1977

box 6, folder 1

Economy 1976

box 6, folder 2

Eisele, Ronald C. 1970

box 6, folder 3

Farm workers 1972

box 6, folder 4

Fascism 1971

box 6, folder 5

Fellowship of Reconciliation 1970

box 6, folder 6

Food policy and hunger 1975

box 6, folder 7-9

Friends Committee on National Legislation 1969-1977

box 7, folder 1-2

Friends Committee on National Legislation 1971-1977

box 7, folder 3

Fulbright, J. W. 1976

box 7, folder 4

Government surveillance and intelligence agencies 1976

box 7, folder 5

Human rights 1976

box 7, folder 6

India-Pakistan War 1971-1972

box 7, folder 7

Kent State shootings 1975

box 7, folder 8

Korea 1974-1976

box 7, folder 9

Laos 1970-1972

box 7, folder 10

Latin America 1970-1974

Scope and Contents note

See also separate folders for Brazil and Chile.

box 7, folder 11

McGovern, George 1972

box 7, folder 12

McNamara, Robert 1970

box 7, folder 13

Media 1974-1977

box 7, folder 14

Middle East 1974-1976

box 7, folder 15

Moos, Malcolm 1975

box 8, folder 1

National Action/Research on the Military Industrial Complex (NARMIC) 1972-1974

box 8, folder 2

Native Americans 1970

box 8, folder 3

Nixon, Richard M. 1972-1974

box 8, folder 4

Non-violence 1962-1974

box 8, folder 5

Nuclear weapons 1975

box 8, folder 6

Oil 1971

box 8, folder 7

Okinawa 1972

box 8, folder 8-9

Peace and Action Committee 1973-1977

box 8, folder 10

Philippines 1974

box 8, folder 11

Population growth 1968

box 8, folder 12

Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc. 1969-1977

box 9, folder 1

Promoting Enduring Peace, Inc. 1969-1977

box 9, folder 2

Religion 1968-1972

box 9, folder 3-5

SANE 1972-1975

box 9, folder 6

Social welfare 1968-1971

box 9, folder 7

Society of Friends 1971-1977

box 10, folder 1-3

Society of Friends 1969-1977

box 10, folder 4

Taxes 1974

box 10, folder 5-6

United Nations 1959-1977

box 10, folder 7

United States foreign policy 1965-1977

box 11, folder 1-4

United States military 1971-1977

Vietnam War 1967-1977

box 11, folder 5-7

General 1967-1977

box 12, folder 1-7

General 1967-1977

box 12, folder 8

Aftermath 1976-1977

box 13, folder 1-2

Anti-war movement 1967-1976

box 13, folder 3

Draft resistance 1967-1976

box 13, folder 4

Human rights 1970-1977

box 13, folder 5

Prisoners of war 1970-1972

box 13, folder 6

Refugees 1972

box 13, folder 7

War Resisters League 1968-1972

box 13, folder 8

Women Strike for Peace 1971-1975

box 13, folder 9

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom 1971-1976

box 13, folder 10

World peace 1970-1975

Printed Matter 1962-1977

Scope and Contents note

Largely relates to the Vietnam War and anti-war movement.

box 14, folder 1-6

Monographs 1966-1971

Newsletters 1969-1977

box 14, folder 7-8

General 1969-1977

box 15, folder 1

Cornell Mobe 1971

box 15, folder 2

Defense Monitor 1976

box 15, folder 3

Disarmament News and Views 1974-1975

box 15, folder 4

Friends of Children of Vietnam 1974-1975

box 15, folder 5

Homefront 1971-1972

box 15, folder 6

I. F. Stone's Bi-Weekly 1970-1971

box 15, folder 7

Newscene 1973-1974

box 15, folder 8

U.S. and Indochina 1974-1975

box 15, folder 9

US/Indochina Report 1976

box 15, folder 10

Words by Woods 1972-1974

box 16, folder 1-6

Pamphlets 1962-1977

box 17, folder 1-6

Pamphlets 1962-1977

box 18, folder 1-8

Pamphlets 1962-1977

box 18, folder 9

Reports 1973-1974

Serial issues 1968-1977

box 19, folder 1-5

General 1968-1976

box 19, folder 6

CFC 1973

box 19, folder 7

Far East Reporter 1971

box 19, folder 8

Friends Journal

Indochina Chronicle 1971-1977

box 20, folder 1

1971-1973

box 20, folder 2

1974-1977

Indochina Today 1973-1974

box 20, folder 3

1973

box 20, folder 4

1973-1974

box 20, folder 5-7

1974

box 21, folder 1

Long Island Free Press 1970

box 21, folder 2

Pacific Research and World Empire Telegram 1972-1974

box 21, folder 3

Sojourners 1977

box 21, folder 4

Thòi-Báo Gà 1971-1974

box 21, folder 5

U.S. Farm News 1974-1976

box 21, folder 6

Vietnam Report 1974-1975

box 21, folder 7

Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, 1974-1977