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Title: Eugene Frederick Quinn papers
Date (bulk): 1960-1970
Collection Number: 72099
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In French, English, and German
Physical Description:
18 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels, 2 envelopes, 1 expanding folder, 4 sound tape reels
(7.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Research notes and drafts, lists, writings, interviews, copies of government documents, printed matter, tapes of tribal chants,
memorabilia, and photographs relating to the Beti society of Cameroon. Many of these documents were used by E. F. Quinn as
research material for his dissertation, entitled "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" (University of California, Los Angeles,
1970). Entire collection also available on microfilm (7 reels).
Creator:
Quinn, Eugene Frederick
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.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1972.
[Identification of item], Eugene Frederick Quinn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Collection is also available on microfilm (7 reels).
| 1935 September 16 | Born, Oil City, Pennsylvania |
| 1957 | AB, Allegheny College |
| 1969 | MA, Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1966 | MA, African Studies, University of California, Los Angeles |
| 1974 | Diploma, Theological Studies, Virginia Theological Seminary |
| 1970 | PhD, History, University of California, Los Angeles |
| Author, "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" [PhD dissertation] | |
| 1958-1959 | Information officer, U.S. Information Agency, American Embassy, Rabat, Morocco |
| 1961-1963 | Country public affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta |
| 1959-1961 | Cultural affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, |
| 1964-1966 | Field representative, U.S. Information Agency, Joint United States Affairs Office, Saigon, Vietnam |
| 1966-1968 | Country public affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, American Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon |
| 1969-1970 | Chairman, State Department Task Force Working Group on Recruitment, Examination and Employment |
| Deputy Examiner, Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service, Washington, D.C. | |
| 1975-1978 | Counselor, Embassy for Press and Cultural Affairs, Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| 1981-1983 | Director, foreign service personnel, Voice of America, Washington, D.C. |
| 1981 | Appointed career member with class of counselor, Senior Foreign Service |
| 1985-1986 | Director, Office of Public Affairs, Voice of America |
| 1983-1985 | Deputy assistant secretary, public affairs, Department of Transportation |
| 1975 | Ordained to ministry, Episcopal Church |
| 1986 | Appointed career member with class of minister-counselor, Senior Foreign Service |
| 1986-1991 | International coordinator for the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Director's Office, United States Information Agency |
| 1992- | Consultant, international affairs |
| 1993 | Author, The Federalist Papers Reader |
| 1994 | Author, To Heal the Earth: A Theology of Ecology |
| 1993-1995 | Director, Rule of Law programs, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Warsaw |
| 1999 | Author, Human Rights and You: A Guide for the States of the Former Soviet Union and Central Europe |
| 1998 | Author, Democracy at Dawn: Notes from Poland and Points East |
| 2001 | Author, To Be A Pilgrim: The Anglican Ethos in History |
| 2000 | Author, The French Overseas Empire |
| 2002 | Author, The Courthouse at Indian Creek: The First Five Years of the Greenbelt Maryland Federal Courthouse |
| 2002 | Author, African Saints: Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People from the Continent of Africa |
| 2004 | Author, Building the "Goodly Fellowship of Faith": A History of the Episcopal Church in Utah, 1867-1996 |
| 2003 | Co-author, Pride, Faith, and Fear: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| 2008 | Author, The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought |
| 2006 | Author, In Search of Salt: Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960 |
| 2012 | Author, Welcoming the Interfaith Future: Religious Pluralism in a Global Age |
Scope and Contents of Collection
Research notes and drafts, lists, writings, interviews, copies of government documents, printed matter, tapes of tribal chants,
memorabilia, and photographs relating to the Beti society of Cameroon. Many of these documents were used by E. F. Quinn as
research material for his dissertation, entitled "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" (University of California, Los Angeles,
1970).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Cameroon -- History
Beti (African people)
Ethnology -- Cameroon
Cameroon -- Social life and customs