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Title: R. Harris Smith papers
Date (inclusive): 1934-1996
Collection Number: 78019
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes
(5.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence and writings relating to operations of the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II,
and to Allen Dulles and post-war operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Includes research material for
the book by R. H. Smith, entitled
OSS : The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence Agency (Berkeley, 1972); and a draft biography of Allen Dulles, entitled "Spy-Master's Odyssey: The Secret Service of Allen Dulles."
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Smith, Richard Harris, 1946-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978.
[Identification of item], R. Harris Smith papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
American historian.
Scope and Content of Collection
The R. Harris Smith papers are mainly materials regarding his written works about the intelligence community in the United
States, starting with the Office of Strategic Services and continuing on into the era of the Central Intelligence Agency and
National Security Administration. Smith was a writer who did considerable amount of research on intelligence-related topics.
Included in his papers are interviews and correspondence with members of the U.S. intelligence community, correspondence regarding
the research, writing, and publication of his books, and manuscripts for several books, including a published book called
OSS: The Secret History of America's First Central Intelligence and an unpublished biography of Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles, entitled "Spy-Master's Odyssey: The Secret
Service of Allen Dulles."
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Secret service -- United States
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
United States. Office of Strategic Services
Dulles, Allen, 1893-1969