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Title: Nicol Smith papers
Date (inclusive): 1900-1994
Collection Number: 2003C71
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, military orders and dispatches, interview transcripts, printed matter, and photographs,
relating to world travel, and to Office of Strategic Services operations in France and Thailand during World War II. Includes
research materials collected by Sharon E. Karr for her authorized biography Traveler of the Crossroads: A Biography of Adventurer
Nicol Smith (Dorrington, Calif., 1994).
Creator:
Smith, Nicol
Creator:
Karr, Sharon E.
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 2003.
[Identification of item], Nicol Smith papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Lieutenant colonel, United States Army; member, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; travel writer.
Scope and Content of Collection
Speeches and writings, correspondence, military orders and dispatches, interview transcripts, printed matter, and photographs,
relating to world travel, and to Office of Strategic Services operations in France and Thailand during World War II. Includes
research materials collected by Sharon E. Karr for her authorized biography Traveler of the Crossroads: A Biography of Adventurer
Nicol Smith (Dorrington, Calif., 1994).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1939-1945 -- France
Secret service -- United States
Voyages and travels
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
World War, 1939-1945 -- Thailand
United States. Office of Strategic Services