Inventory of the Ronald Hilton papers

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Ronald Hilton papers

Date (inclusive): 1929-2006

Collection Number: 80080

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 103 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (54.5 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Writings, correspondence, printed matter, sound recordings, video tapes, and photographs relating to international relations and their study at Stanford University; the history of, and political, social, and economic conditions in, Latin America and Spain; Soviet historiography on Herbert Hoover and American food relief to Russia; and language as a factor in politics in multilingual countries. Includes recordings of interviews of Latin American leaders, and editorial records of World Affairs Report.

Creator: Hilton, Ronald, 1911-2007

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Ronald Hilton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Ronald Hilton was born in England on July 31, 1911 and spent much of his early 20s in Spain during the tumultuous and bloody years leading up to the Spanish Civil War. "I was evacuated [in 1936] during the early days of the civil war, in which some of my best friends were killed on the right or on the left," he once wrote. "I am one of the very few people who lived through the Republican period and who knew most of the leading intellectuals." Hilton wrote a book about his experience called Spain, 1931-36: From Monarchy to Civil War, an Eye Witness Account.

Hilton later returned to England, where he received a master's degree from Oxford University in 1936. He moved to California in 1937 after receiving a Commonwealth Fund Fellowship, which allowed him to study for two years at the University of California-Berkeley.

Hilton began his teaching career at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, where he taught modern languages for two years. He joined Stanford University's faculty in 1942 and became a professor of Romance languages. Hilton shared his passion for international affairs for more than six decades by writing articles, founding journals, starting institutes and organizing conferences. In 1948, Hilton founded the Institute of Hispanic American and Luso-Brazilian Studies at Stanford. The institute published the Hispanic American Report, an independent monthly journal of reports and essays about Spanish-speaking countries. Bill Ratliff, a fellow and curator of the Americas at the Hoover Institution, said the report filled a critical need at the time for information about Latin American countries.

In 1965, Hilton founded the California Institute of International Studies, later known as the World Association of International Studies. He also began editing and publishing the World Affairs Report, a quarterly featuring commentaries on world events, essays, summaries of news accounts from foreign newspapers, foreign editorial cartoons and book reviews. In 1987, Hilton became a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution.

During his lifetime, Hilton edited several books, including the multi-volume Who's Who in Latin America. He also translated The Life of Joachim Nabuco, a biography of Brazil's first ambassador to the United States, from the original Portuguese. He passed away on February 20, 2007.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection consists of writings, correspondence, printed matter, sound recordings, video tapes, and photographs relating to international relations and their study at Stanford University; the history of, and political, social, and economic conditions in, Latin America and Spain; Soviet historiography on Herbert Hoover and American food relief to Russia; and language as a factor in politics in multilingual countries. Includes recordings of interviews of Latin American leaders, and editorial records of World Affairs Report.

Highlights of this collection include biographical information on Valentin M. Berezhkov, assistant to Soviet foreign minister Molotov; an article by Keith Tuber, 1993, relating to Berezhkov's recollections of Soviet diplomatic history during World War II; and a videotape cassette of an interview of Berezhkov conducted by Ronald Hilton in 1993, relating to the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.

Related Archival Materials note

Hilton Latin American collection, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes

Video tapes

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief

International relations

International relief

Latin America -- Social conditions

Latin America -- History

World affairs report.

Language and languages -- Political aspects

Multilingualism

Latin America -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Latin America -- Economic conditions -- 1945-

Spain -- History

Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

American Relief Administration

Stanford University

Biographical File 1931-1967

Scope and Contents

Includes passport, curriculum vitae, list of publications, career papers, photographs, and clippings. See also Photographs and Writings.

box 103

1931-1940

box 99

1938

box 104

1954-1955

Scope and Contents

"Ronald Hilton Photographic Record, 1954-1955," scrapbook.

box 105

1954-1963

Scope and Contents

Includes awards and recognition plaques.

box 103

1967

Correspondence 1938-2005

General 1952-2005

box 48

1952-1990

box 103

1969-1982

box 99

1977-2005

Hilton, Mary 1938-1993

box 86

1938-1993

box 47

1959

box 56

Letters on Hilton's review of Political History of Latin America by Ronald M. Glassman 1969

Mitchel, Harold 1972-1994

box 103

1972-1994

Scope and Contents

Greeting cards.

box 99

1978-1992

box 53

Timoshenko-Goodier, Marina 1986

Writings 1935-2003

General 1935-2000

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with publishers, clippings on Hilton, and other printed matter.

box 69

1935-1986

box 99

1936-1953

box 52

1937-1993

box 92

1937-2000

box 91

1938-1973

box 93

1938-1995

box 97

1947-1993

box 95

1952-1993

box 62

1955-1975

box 75

1958-1979

box 50

1961-1986

box 76

1966-1967

box 52

America Latina de Ayer y de Hoy 1967-1974

Scope and Contents

Includes a proposal for a book, correspondence, research material, and book reviews.

box 17

"Burnett Bolloten Autobiography as Recorded by Ronald Hilton," transcript of tape recording 1987

box 99

The Centenary of Emilia Pardo-Bazán 1951-1978

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, photographs, and printed matter.

box 55

"Driver Evaluation: the Problem, the Test and a Solution" 2003

box 55

The Future of the Hovver Insitution: Education 2001-2003

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and clippings.

box 52

Impression of American Universities 1939

"La Légende Noire au 18e siècle (The Black Legend in the 18th century)" circa 2000

box 59

Typescript

box 96

Additional copy and research material

box 69

The Life of Joaquim Nabuco, by Carolina Nabuco, translated and edited by R. Hilton 1950

Scope and Contents

Book reviews and clippings.

"Spain, 1931-36. From Monarchy to Civil War, an Eye Witness Account" circa 1995

box 100

Drafts and research material

box 57

Typescript

box 97

Additional copy and research material

box 76

"Spain and the Americas as Seen From France and Britain" circa 1995

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and research material.

box 52

"The Teaching and Study of International Affairs" 1976

box 52

"Who is Who in Latin America" 1943-1953

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and book reviews.

box 83

Card File circa 1960

Scope and Contents

Contains index cards with notes, biographical data, and reference materials. Maintained in original order.

Subject File 1936-2006

Institute of Hispanic American and Luso-Brazilian Studies, Bolivar House, Stanford University 1955-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, working papers, printed matter and other materials relating to Hilton's academic career.

box 54

1948-1989

box 58

1945-1991

box 83

1951-1988

box 68

1951-1992

box 74

1951-1996

box 77

1952-1977

box 80

1952-1991

box 75

1956-1982

box 104

1966-1981

Scope and Contents

Includes oversize cartoons.

box 100

1996-2002

box 95

1997-2003

box 97

"Letters Concerning my Resignation as Director of the Institute of Hispanic American and Luso-Brazilian Studies of Stanford University and Editor of the Hispanic American Report," by R. Hilton 2003

box 97

"Survey of Graduates in Stanford University's Hispanic American Studies Program Conducted at Bolivar House in June 1962 for Ronald Hilton by D. Scott Palmer" 1962

box 1

Language diversity in nations and religions 1972-1974

Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reports, and printed matter.

box 17

President Mikhail Gorbachev at Stanford University 1990

Scope and Contents

Includes clippings.

box 1

Soviet defamation of President Herbert Hoover 1973-1980

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and printed matter.

box 52

Spanish Civil War 1936

Scope and Contents

Clippings.

box 53

United States-Soviet relations 1976-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes "United States-Soviet Relations in a World Perspective" conference papers.

International Broadcast Station KGEI 1953-1957

Hablan Nuestros Oyentes, The University of the Air 1954-1957

Scope and Contents

Programs conducted by Ronald Hilton.

box 90

Volumes 2-5

box 91

Volume 6

box 91

"The University of the Air KGEI: Press Reports on a Tour of Latin America 1953-1954"

World Association of International Studies (WAIS), Stanford University 1978-1999

Scope and Contents

Includes conference papers, correspondence, and printed matter.

box 76

Application for the challenge grant to the National Endowment for the Humanities 1998-1999

box 86

Correspondence 1991-1995

International Fellowship of Scholars and Experts 1979-1998

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, memos, biographical background, curriculum vitae.

box 76

1979-1994

box 79

1991-1996

box 78

1994-1998

World Affairs Report 1978-1995

Financial and subscription records 1978-1992

box 46

1978-1992

box 44

1981-1990

A series of symposia to mark the tenth anniversary of the World Affairs Report 1980-1985

box 62

1980-1981

box 93

1980-1985

Moscow International Report (magazine design) 1985

box 45

Volumes 1-18

box 63

Volumes 1-19

Conferences File 1948-1996

Scope and Contents

Conferences agenda, list of participants, and working documents.

box 51

General 1973-1996

Scope and Contents

Includes invitations, itineraries. programs, photographs, and printed matter.

box 53

IV Congreso Nacional de Histpria del Peru, Lima, Peru 1967

box 51

"Anglo-American Policies in and towards Latin America," The Ditchley Foundation 1963

box 53

El Decimoquinto Congreso Nacional de Sociología, Tepic, México 1963

box 52

Fifth Caribbean Area Press Seminar 1958

box 51

Meeting of Latin Americanists, Stanford University 1948

box 53

Primer Congreso Bolivariano de Archiveros, Caracas, Venezuela 1967

"The Stanford Conference on Latin America" 1958-1959

box 52

General 1958-1959

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, memoranda, and printed matter.

box 86

Comments 1959

box 77

Photographs 1959

Scope and Contents note