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Title: H. S. Dakin papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-1988
Collection Number: 91029
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes
(3.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, serial issues, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, and other printed matter relating to the status
of religious freedom in the Soviet Union and other communist countries, and to dissidents in the Soviet Union and other communist
countries. Includes drafts of documentary publications of the Christian Committee for the Defense of Believers' Rights in
the USSR and of the Washington Research Center.
Creator:
Dakin, H. S.
Creator:
Khristianskiĭ komitet zashchity prav verui͡ushchikh v SSSR
Creator:
Washington Research Center (San Francisco, Calif.)
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 1991.
[Identification of item], H. S. Dakin papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
In English and Russian.
Henry Saltonstall Dakin (1936 – 2010) was an American scientist, entrepreneur, publisher, cultural ambassador, peacemaker,
and global communications pioneer.
After graduating from Harvard University in 1958, Dakin did research in health physics at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and
designed a pocket radiation detector that is still in use today. During the 1970s, Dakin's interests in consciousness, parapsychology,
computer technology, and environmental conservation generated leading-edge projects at his Washington Street offices in San
Francisco. His love of printing led him to explore early innovations in desktop publishing and many other publishing ventures.
He wrote a book on Kirlian photography
High-Voltage Photography and also published religious documents smuggled from Soviet political prisons in the
Samizdat Bulletin. Dakin also wrote a major guide to doing business in Moscow.
In 1988 the
New York Times featured two of the many groups he fostered: Center for Citizen Initiatives, which exchanged business delegations of thousands
of Americans and Soviets, and the San Francisco/Moscow Teleport, which introduced e-mail to the Soviet Union and later became
a global telecom company. Dakin also established the San Francisco Waldorf School, which is the largest Waldorf School in
North America.
Scope and Content of Collection
The H. S. Dakin papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, serial issues, bulletins, newsletters, pamphlets, and other
printed matter relating to the status of religious freedom in the Soviet Union and other communist countries, and to dissidents
in the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Includes drafts of documentary publications of the Christian Committee
for the Defense of Believers' Rights in the USSR and of the Washington Research Center.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- Religion
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Communism and religion