Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Ward Boston papers
Dates: 1956-2008
Collection Number: 2012C9
Creator: Boston, Ward.
Collection Size:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, photocopy of court of inquiry proceedings, and printed matter, relating to the Israeli naval
and air attack on the American naval intelligence ship Liberty on 8 June 1967, and to the subsequent inquiry into the attack.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Administrative Information
Access
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Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ward Boston papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2012.
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 Note
Captain, United States Navy; legal counsel, United States navy court of inquiry into attack on U.S.S. Liberty, 1967.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, writings, notes, photocopy of court of inquiry proceedings, and printed matter, relating to the Israeli naval
and air attack on the American naval intelligence ship Liberty on 8 June 1967, and to the subsequent inquiry into the attack.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Liberty (Ship)
United States. Navy.
Israel-Arab War, 1967--Naval operations.
United States--Armed Forces--Mediterranean Sea.
United States--Foreign relations--Israel.
Israel--Foreign relations--United States.