Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Spencer Edward Davis papers
Dates: 1930-1991
Collection Number: 96019
Creator: Davis, Spencer Edward, 1910-
Collection Size:
100 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(40.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: News dispatches, notes, correspondence, press releases, testimony, clippings, serial issues, other printed matter, photographs,
and sound recordings, relating to American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Vietnamese
War, political and economic conditions in Asia and the Pacific Basin, American foreign relations with countries of those regions,
and the role of American intelligence agencies in foreign policy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Spencer Edward Davis papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1996.
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 at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American journalist; Associated Press correspondent.
Scope and Content of Collection
News dispatches, notes, correspondence, press releases, testimony, clippings, serial issues, other printed matter, photographs,
and sound recordings, relating to American military operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the Vietnamese
War, political and economic conditions in Asia and the Pacific Basin, American foreign relations with countries of those regions,
and the role of American intelligence agencies in foreign policy.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Pacific Ocean.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Secret service--United States.
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Asia--Economic conditions--1945-
United States--Foreign relations--Asia.
Asia--Foreign relations--United States.
Pacific area.
United States--Armed Forces.
Journalists.