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  • Title: Herbert F. Weiss papers
    Date (inclusive): 1947-2003
    Collection Number: 2009C55
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In French and English
    Physical Description: 68 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (50.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports, studies, conference materials, and printed matter relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo: The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).
    Creator: Weiss, Herbert F.
    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 2009 and 2010.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Herbert F. Weiss papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    American political scientist.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports, studies, conference materials, and printed matter relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo: The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965
    Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
    Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
    Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997
    Nationalism -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
    Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1908-1960
    Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961
    Parti solidaire africain (Congo)