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Title: Charles Hill papers
Dates: 1898-2006
Collection number: 89004
Creator:
Hill, Charles, 1936-
Collection Size:
156 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 9 card file boxes, 1 cubic foot box, 2 envelopes
(70.5 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches,
memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to international
relations and diplomacy, American foreign policy during the presidential administration of Ronald
Reagan, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Also contains speeches and writings of Secretary of
State George Shultz.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Boxes 39-51 closed. Boxes 167-169 closed until 2014 September 10. The remainder of the collection is open for research
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[Identification of item], Charles Hill papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives between 1989 and 2011.
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.
| 1936, April 28 | Born, Bridgeton, New Jersey |
| 1957 | A.B., Brown University |
| 1960 | J.D., University of Pennsylvania |
| 1961 | M.A., University of Pennsylvania |
| 1963 | Vice Consul, Zurich |
| 1964 | Chinese Language Officer, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 1966-1969 | Political Officer, Hong Kong |
| 1970 | Fellow, East Asia Center, Harvard University |
| 1971 | Author, The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces |
| 1971-1973 | Mission Coordinator, American Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam |
| 1974 | Policy Planning Staff, Department of State |
| 1978 | Deputy Director, Israel Desk, Department of State |
| 1979 | Political Counselor, American Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1981 | Director, Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Department of State |
| 1982 | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Middle East |
| 1983 | Executive Secretary, Department of State |
| 1984-1989 | Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State |
| 1989-1992 | Diplomat-in-Residence, Stanford University |
| 1989- | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| 1992- | Diplomat-in-Residence and Lecturer in International Studies and Directed Studies, Yale University |
| 1992-1996 | Special Advisor to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations |
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, memoranda, reports, notes,
printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to international relations and diplomacy, American
foreign policy during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution.
Also contains speeches and writings of Secretary of State George Shultz.
The collection is organized into series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings,
Subject File, Oversize File, Card File, Stanford Years File, Increments, and Declassified government records.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in Stanford
University's online catalog.
International relations
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989
China--History--Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Reagan, Ronald
United States. Dept. of State
Diplomats--United States
Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-