Overview of the Herbert F. Weiss papers

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Overview of the Herbert F. Weiss papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California
Processed by:
Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:
2009
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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak.
© 2009 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.

Collection Summary

Title: Herbert F. Weiss papers
Dates: 1947-2003
Collection Number: 2009C55
Creator: Weiss, Herbert F.
Collection Size: 32 manuscript boxes (12.8 linear feet)
Repository: Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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).
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: French English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Herbert F. Weiss papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2009.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical 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).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961.
Parti solidaire africain (Congo)
Nationalism--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1908-1960.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1960-1997.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-