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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6003
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Email: hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu
Collections with online items: 188
Physical collections: 6616
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Abel (Theodore F.) papers

Diaries, other writings, and printed matter related to sociological theory and world politics. Also includes autobiographical sketches (biograms) by members of the Nationalsozialistische deutsche Arbeiter-Partei relating to their reasons for becoming national socialists, collected by Theodore Abel as research material...

Allman (Norwood F.) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, radio broadcast transcripts, memoranda, reports, notes, biographical card files, and clippings relating to conditions in China (especially in Shanghai) before and after 1949, American-Chinese relations, and American intelligence activities in China during World War II. Digital...

Anders (Wladyslaw) collection

Orders, reports, card files, questionnaires, accounts, Soviet government documents and publications, photographs, microfiche, and printed matter, relating to World War II, the Polish Armed Forces in Russia, the Polish 2d Corps in Italy, Polish citizens arrested and deported under German...

Anderson (Frederick L.) papers

Correspondence, diaries, memoranda, reports, studies, notes, manuals, printed matter, motion picture film, photographs, and memorabilia relating primarily to Allied aerial bombardment strategy, tactics, and operations in Europe during World War II.

Andreyev (Leonid) miscellaneous papers

Plays, poems, short stories, letters, and photographs relating to Russian literature and drama, and to conditions in Russia during World War I. Includes diary of Anna Andreeva, wife of Leonid Andreyev. In part, photocopy. Digital copies of select records also...

Armour (Lester) papers

Class notes and correspondence relating to the Naval Air Combat Intelligence Officers School, Quonset Point, Rhode Island, and the Aviation Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Areas; and official orders, reports, correspondence, photographs, and other materials related to the U.S. Navy and...

Arnold (Julean H.) papers

Diary, correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, instructions, and memoranda relating to the American consular service in China, economic and political developments in China, and American commercial and foreign policy in East Asia. Digital copies of select records also available...

Ayres (Leonard Porter) diary

Relates to the work of the Allied Powers Reparation Commission. Digital copy also available at

 
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Baratov (N. N.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, reports, military documents, maps, clippings, and printed matter relating to Russian military activities in Persia and the Caucasus during World War I, and to the Russian Revolution. Digital copies of select records also available at

Barnhart (Edward N.) papers

Correspondence, reports, writings, and research notes, relating to U.S. Army internal security measures during World War II directed against U.S. citizens of Japanese, Italian and German extraction. Used as research material for the book by E. N. Barnhart and Jacobus...

Baumer (William Henry) papers

Diary, memoirs, correspondence, orders, memoranda, reports, and printed matter relating to Allied strategic planning during World War II, especially for the Normandy landings of 1944, wartime diplomacy and Allied conferences, and the Paris Peace Conference. Digital copies of select records...

Beer (F. F.) collection

Sketchbook of drawings of inmates and scenes at the Ruhleben prison camp, Germany, which housed British civilians interned in Germany during World War I. Drawn by various prisoners of the camp. Digital copy also available at

Bendetsen (Karl R.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, speeches, studies, interview transcripts, minutes, statements, orders, printed matter, scrapbooks, and audiovisual materials relating to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, American military organization and military policy during World War II and the Korean...

Bishop (Francis W.) picture film

Depicts the Russian physiologist Ivan Pavlov, scenes at Pavlov's research laboratories, and street scenes in Leningrad. Includes videotape cassette copy.

Bolloten (Burnett) papers

Writings, correspondence, serial issues, clippings, other printed matter, and audiovisual materials, relating to political, military and international aspects of the Spanish Civil War. Includes clippings from the Spanish, French, Italian and British press arranged day-by-day, microfilm of Spanish and foreign...

Boothe (Charles B.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, and clippings relating to the involvement of C. B. Boothe, Homer Lea, and other Americans, with Sun Yat-sen and other Chinese, in schemes to overthrow the Chinese Imperial Government, 1908-1911, and to Laurence Boothe, son of C. B....

Brown (Edmund G.) Edmund G. Brown Press conference recording

Relates to the death of Herbert Hoover. Includes film of the carillon bells of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace in tribute to Herbert Hoover

Buchman (Alexander H.) papers

Correspondence, writings, police reports, printed matter, motion picture film, still photographs, negatives and slides relating to Leon Trotsky and Trotskyism, especially in China and the United States, to the Trotskyist C. Frank Glass, and to Rayna Prohme, revolutionary American journalist...

Burnham (James) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to communism in the United States and abroad, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist movements in the United States and abroad, political conditions in the United States and...

 
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Caldwell (John K.) papers

Memoirs, printed matter, and photographs relating to American foreign relations and commerce with Japan, Russia, Australia, China, and Ethiopia, 1906-1945, and to American participation in international narcotics control agencies; and motion picture film depicting scenes of daily life in China,...

Campbell (W. Glenn) papers

Agenda and minutes of meetings, conference proceedings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, studies, budgets, working papers, press releases, and printed matter relating to free market economics; activities of the National Science Foundation in promoting scientific research and education in the United States;...

Capp (Robert L.) papers

Sound recording of interview, photographs, and miscellany, relating to the American occupation of Japan and aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Also includes photographs of victims of the Kanto (Tokyo) earthquake of 1923. Digital copies of select records also...

Carter (William) slides

Depicts Kurdish rebel soldiers in Iraq. Includes slides of the Kurdish leader Mustafa Barzani, and a printed article by William Carter relating to Kurdish resistance to the Iraqi government. Digital copies of select records also available at

Casey (William J.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, diaries, memoranda, reports, hearing transcripts, legal and financial papers, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia relating to American domestic and foreign policy, especially during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Ronald Reagan; American intelligence operations...

Chen (Jiaxian) papers

Diaries, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating mainly to Chinese émigré affairs, especially in Trinidad. Digital copies of select records also available at

Chen (Lifu) typescript

The collection includes drafts, working materials, and correspondence associated with the translation, editing, and publication of Lifu's memoir. Edited and compiled by Sidney H. Chang and Ramon H. Myers and published by the Hoover Institution Press, the memoir and collection...

Cherny (Robert) collection

Stereoscopic cards depicting scenes from the Russo-Japanese War and World War I.

Chinese subject collection

Reports, memoranda, correspondence, pamphlets, clippings, bulletins, messages, appeals, questionnaires, press releases, maps, silk embroidered portraits, memorabilia, and sound recordings relating to political, social, and economic conditions in China, especially during the period of the Civil War, and to the Tiananmen...

Citizens for Reagan records

Correspondence, position papers, press releases, memoranda, public opinion polling data, financial records, sound recordings, and video tapes relating to the campaign of Ronald Reagan for the Republican Party presidential nomination in 1976. Includes a few post-1976 records of Citizens for...

Commonwealth Club of California records

Minutes, correspondence, reports, studies, speech transcripts, membership and financial records, printed matter, and sound and videotape recordings relating to international, national, state and local public issues. Digital copies of select records also available at

Cooke (Charles M.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, dispatches, memoranda, and photographs relating to American naval operations in World War II, inter-Allied diplomacy in World War II, the defenses of Taiwan, and American domestic and foreign policy. Digital copies of select records also...

Currie (Lauchlin B.) papers

Correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, and summaries of interviews relating to American aid to China during World War II, conditions in China, and military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater. Digital copies of select records also available at

 
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Dallin (Alexander) papers

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, interview transcripts, notes, and printed matter, relating to the German occupation of areas of the Soviet Union during World War II, the Vlasov movement, and Soviet collaborators and partisans. Includes photocopies of German military documents....

Dam (Kenneth W.) diaries

Relates to American foreign policy during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan.

Dark (Robert) papers

Orders, correspondence, speeches, clippings, and photographs, relating to the U.S. Army in the Philippines, 1931-1932, the activities of the 321st Infantry Regiment in the Pacific Theater, 1942-1946, and the invasion of Angaur and Peleliu Island, 1944. Digital copies of select...

Darling (William Lafayette) diary

Relates to the Russian railway system. Also available on microfilm (1 reel). Digital copy also available at

Das Jahr 1937 photograph album

Depicts the German national socialist leader Julius Streicher. Digital copy available at

Donovan (James B.) papers

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, drafts of book manuscripts, scrapbooks, notes, photographs, and printed matter relating to the United States Office of Scientific Research and Development and the Office of Strategic Services during World War II, the Nuremberg war crime trials,...

Dozer (Donald M.) papers

Correspondence, writings, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and audio-visual material, relating to American foreign policy during World War II; postwar loyalty-security programs; government secrecy in the State Department; American foreign policy in Latin America; various aspects of Latin American history and...

 
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Easterbrook (Ernest Fred) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, orders, reports, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia relating to American military operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II, military operations during the Korean War, American military assistance to Thailand, and American army aviation. Includes...

Eifler (Carl Frederick) papers

Orders, reports, personnel records, correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, and motion picture film relating to Office of Strategic Services sabotage and espionage operations in the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Digital copies of select records also available at

Eiler (Keith E.)

Correspondence, notes, collected writings, photocopies of military records and collected correspondence, printed matter, and photographs related to the career of General Albert C. Wedemeyer, commander of American forces in China during World War II. Used as research material for the...

Emmet (Christopher Temple) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, press releases, writings, recordings of radio broadcasts, and photographs, relating to anti-Nazi and anti-communist movements in the U.S., U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, and U.S.-German relations. Digital copies of select records also available at

Eurich (Nell) papers

The collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, studies, reports, and printed matter related to international and comparative education, higher education in the United States, adult education and literacy, career and job training, and corporate involvement in education. Digital copies...

Eveland (Wilbur) papers

The papers contain drafts and galleys of the book by Wilbur C. Eveland, (New York, 1980), relating to the role of the Central Intelligence Agency in American diplomacy in the Middle East, and photocopies of personnel records and correspondence with...

 
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Fellers (Bonner Frank) papers

Speeches and writings, studies, reports, correspondence, memoranda, orders, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American propaganda and military activities in the Pacific Theater during World War II, the occupation of Japan, and postwar conservative political organizations in the United States,...

Field (Herbert Haviland) papers

Diary and reports relating to political and economic conditions in Bavaria. Digital copies also available at

Firing Line (Television Program) broadcast records

The Firing Line broadcast records include videotapes from the television show, as well as sound recordings, administrative and speaker files, program research files, photographs, transcripts, and other materials from the show. The types of program research materials available for each...

Friedman (Milton) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, statistics, printed matter, sound recordings, videotapes, and photographs relating to economic theory, economic conditions in the United States, and governmental economic policy. Digitized copies of many of the sound and video recordings in this collection,...

Frillmann (Paul W.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, orders, notes, and photographs relating to activities of the American Volunteer Group in China during World War II, American foreign relations with China, 1946-1950, and conditions in China during the Civil War. Digital copies of select records also...

Fuchida (Mitsuo) papers

Fuchida Mitsuo was a famed carrier bomber pilot who, in his capacity as commander of the Akagi air group and concurrently as senior air officer of the First Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy, led the aerial attack on...

 
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Gay (Edwin Francis) papers

Correspondence, diary, reports, memoranda, and writings, relating to American economic mobilization and government control of the economy during World War I, and to activities of the Central Bureau of Planning and Statistics, War Industries Board, War Trade Board, Shipping Board,...

Gibson (Hugh S.) papers

Diaries, writings, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, photographs, and printed matter relating to American foreign relations, international disarmament, the League of Nations, and relief work in Europe during World Wars I and II. Diaries from 1918 also available on microfilm...

Goldman (Jack) medal collection

Approximately 520 medals, from 121 countries. Digital copies of select records also available at

Goodfellow (Millard P.) papers

Correspondence, reports, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Office of Strategic Services operations in North Africa and the Far East during World War II, and to postwar reconstruction in Korea. Digital copies of select records also available at

Governor and the Students videotape series

Videotape cassettes and selected transcripts of broadcasts of a televised series of question-and-answer sessions with high school students conducted by Ronald Reagan as governor of California relating to California state political issues. Produced by JRH and Associates, Inc.

Green (Marshall) papers

The Marshall Green papers consist of speeches and writings, correspondence, dispatches, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter relating to American foreign policy in East Asia, especially with regard to China, Korea, and Japan; American foreign relations with Indonesia and Australia;...

 
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Hall (Charles L.) papers

Photographs and memorabilia, relating to famine conditions and American Relief Administration work in Orenburg and Samara, Russia.

Herbits (Stephen E.) papers

Correspondence, writings, reports, memoranda, notes, and printed matter, relating to proposals for an all-volunteer armed force, Congressional action on the proposals, and evaluation of the new volunteer system in operation. Digital copies of select records also available at

Herz (Martin Florian) collection

North Vietnamese and Viet Cong propaganda directed at American soldiers in Vietnam. Digital copies also available at

Hill (Charles) papers

Collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, memorabilia, and photographs relating to international relations and diplomacy, United States foreign policy during the presidential administration of Ronald Reagan, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Also contains speeches...

Hill (Robert Charles) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings relating to conditions in and American relations with Latin America and Spain, American foreign policy and domestic politics, and the Republican Party. Digital copies...

Hillhouse (Joseph Newton) photograph collection

Depicts activities of the American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Digital copy also available at

Himmler (Heinrich) papers

Diaries (1914-1924); photographs; photocopies and microfilm of correspondence, reports, and memoranda from the office files of the personal staff of Heinrich Himmler (1942-1944); and recordings of speeches by Himmler (1940-1944) relating to national socialism in Germany, and activities of the...

Hitselberger (James F.) collection

Broadsides, flyers, leaflets, serial issues, and sound recordings, relating to political conditions in Iran under the reign of the Shah, the Iranian political opposition, the revolution of 1979, post-revolutionary conditions in Iran, and political opposition to the new Iranian regime....

Holland (Kenneth) papers

The papers contain materials that largely relate to the subject of international education, with a special emphasis on the role played in this field by American institutions in the period after World War II. As the long-time head of the...

Hoover (Herbert) subject collection

Correspondence, writings, printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings, relating to the career of Herbert Hoover as president of the United States and as relief administrator during World Wars I and II. Sound use copies of sound recordings...

Hoover (Lou Henry) miscellaneous papers

Passport, 1913; war zone passes, 1918; sketch of Lou Henry Hoover, 1931; portfolio of reproductions of drawings of Spanish missions in California, 1933; and sketches of the White House, Capitol Building, Washington Monument, and Mount Vernon.

Hungarian subject collection

Pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, serial issues, bulletins, press releases, studies, election campaign literature, and other printed matter relating to various aspects of Hungarian history, including the Revolution of 1918-1919; the Revolution of 1956; Hungarian minorities in other countries; and political, social,...

 
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Iklé (Fred Charles) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, testimony, schedules, appointment books, telephone logs, and printed matter relating to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks and other arms control issues, the 1980 presidential campaign of Ronald Reagan, and American defense policy during the...

Institute for Humane Studies miscellaneous records

Collection comprised of sound recordings of lectures by various economists and other speakers delivered at the Institute for Humane Studies, relating to laissez-faire economic and political theory; correspondence, memoranda and financial records, relating to production of the festschrift Toward Liberty...

 
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Japanese children's propaganda collection

Wartime propaganda magazines, playing cards, and ephemera for children in Japan.

Japanese diaspora oral history project records

Digital interview recordings of Japanese Americans relating to immigration to the United States from Japan, internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and the post-war Japanese American community. Interviews conducted by Kaoru Ueda. Includes images of diaries, newsletters, and...

Japanese Hawaiian newspaper collection

Japanese language newspapers published in Hawaii. Digital copies are available at

Japanese woodblock print collection

Japanese woodblock prints (nishiki-e) depicting battle and political scenes, primarily from the late 19th century.

Johnson Thomas H. (Thomas Hawkins) papers

Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, studies, technical reports, journal articles, and other printed matter, relating to physics, nuclear and other energy sources, nuclear weapons, laser technology, the Strategic Defense Initiative, arms control, and scientific policy in the United States during the...

Jones (Howard Palfrey) papers

Writings, correspondence, reports, research files, studies, and printed matter relating to public finance and post-war reconstruction in Germany, 1945-1951, and to American relations with Indonesia and other areas of East Asia. Digital copies of select records also available at

Jones (Jefferson) collection

Photographs, drawings, printed matter, and miscellanea, relating to activities of the Japanese Army in China during World War I, especially to the siege of Tsingtao, 1914; to the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905; and to the palace of Kaiser Wilhelm II...

Judd (Walter H.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, minutes, statements, press releases, notes, printed matter, and audio-visual material relating to American domestic politics and foreign policy, anti-communist movements, the Chinese Civil War, American foreign policy towards China, the question of United States...

Jurika (Stephen) papers

Correspondence, reminiscences, personnel records, orders, memoranda, log books, clippings, photographs, and art objects, relating to American naval aviation, naval operations in the Pacific Theater during World War II, postwar American-Japanese security cooperation, and American national security interests in the Pacific...

 
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Kamishibai collection

Japanese illustrated paper play sheets, intended primarily for children and women at the homefront and dealing with World War II propaganda themes.

Kennedy (Richard T.) papers

Speeches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, transcripts of hearings, and printed matter, relating to nuclear power plants in the U.S., and especially to the Three Mile Island nuclear accident. Digital copies of select records also available at

Kennedy-Minott (Rodney) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the 1967 congressional campaign of Paul McCloskey in California, McCloskey's 1972 Republican presidential primary campaign, the 1976 presidential campaign of Jimmy Carter (especially in California), American foreign policy...

Kitaji (Masuo) papers

Masuo Kitaji was a Japanese American Salvation Army captain. The collection contains English-language printed Bibles (digitized versions available) annotated by Kitaji with Japanese translations and other commentary as well as Japanese WWII internment newspapers and other materials.

Kittredge (Tracy B.) papers

Correspondence, reports, writings, notes, and clippings, relating to the Commission for Relief in Belgium, 1914-1924; the Paris Peace Conference, 1919; the controversy between Admiral W. S. Sims and Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, 1919-1920; the League of Red Cross...

Knapp (J. Burke) papers

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, transcripts of interviews, and memorabilia, relating to activities of the World Bank in funding development programs in Latin American and other developing countries, and to miscellaneous aspects of foreign economic policy of the United States government.

Kohlberg (Alfred) papers

Correspondence, memoirs and other writings, newsletters, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to communism in the United States, China, and other parts of Asia, and to anti-communist movements in the United States.

Kung (H. H.) papers

The H. H. Kung 孔祥熙 papers (1901-1976) consist of speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, conference proceedings, and meeting minutes, relating to political and economic conditions in China and to Chinese diplomatic policy and finances during the Second Sino-Japanese War and...

 
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Levinskaia-Lesman collection

The collection consists of serials, pamphlets, and leaflets issued by nationalist, fascist, and religious organizations in Saint Petersburg, Russia, relating to political conditions in Russia. They were collected by Irina Levinskaia and Iuriĭ Lesman.

Lindsay (Franklin) papers

Reports, memoranda, correspondence, and photocopies of Office of Strategic Services and British government documents relating to resistance movements in Yugoslavia during World War II, Allied relations with them, Office of Strategic Services operations in Yugoslavia and Austria, post-World War II...

Lochner (Robert H.) papers

Printed matter and photographs, relating to American radio broadcasting to Germany. Digital copies of select records also available at

Lodge (John Davis) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, reports, memoranda, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, sound recordings, and motion picture film relating to the Republican Party, national and Connecticut politics, and American foreign relations, especially with Spain, Argentina and Switzerland. Digital copies of...

Lovestone (Jay) papers

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, bulletins, clippings, serial issues, pamphlets, other printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the Communist International, the communist movement in the United States and elsewhere, communist influence in American and foreign trade unions, and organized labor...

Lowman (Myers G.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, pamphlets, photographs, motion picture film, sound recordings, and clippings relating to communism and other leftist movements, the civil rights movement, and anti-communism, primarily in the United States.

 
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Malek (Frederic V.) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and notes, relating to domestic politics and administration of the federal government during the presidencies of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. Digital copies of select records also available at

Mardian (Robert Charles) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, proposals, minutes, testimony, legal documents, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to education policy during the presidential administration of Richard M. Nixon, school desegregation, surveillance of radical movements, administration of the Federal Bureau of...

McCloskey (Paul N.) papers

Consists of the congressional papers maintained by Paul (Pete) McCloskey's staff at his Washington, D.C., office and California district office while McCloskey was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1967 to 1983. The papers relate to many...

Meese (Edwin) papers

Speeches, correspondence, memoranda, reports, schedules, press releases, legal documents, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings related to California politics and administration of the California state government during the governorship of Ronald Reagan; and to American domestic policy, Republican Party politics,...

Mikolajczyk (Stanislaw) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, notes, newsletters, clippings, photographs, tape recordings, motion picture film, and printed matter, relating to communism in Eastern Europe and Poland, agriculture in Poland, Polish politics, especially during World War II, Polish-Soviet relations, the International Peasant...

Miles (Milton E.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, reports, memoranda, notes, orders, and photographs relating to the Sino-Japanese Conflict, U.S.- Chinese relations during World War II, post-war military defense in Latin America, Canadian-U.S. joint defense policies, and the Indochina and Korean Wars. Digital copies...

Miller (William P.) papers

The William P. Miller papers (1939-1974) document United States Army Signal Corps operations in North Africa, Germany, Italy, and France during World War II. Includes a letter, biographical information, motion picture film, photographs, and a Nazi flag. Digital copies of...

Mitchell (Anna V.S.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to World War I relief work in France, 1915-1920, and relief work with Russian refugees in Istanbul, 1921-1936.

Miyawaki (Noboru) papers

The collection contains research files and scrapbooks compiled by political science Professor Miyawaki Noboru.

Mont Pèlerin Society records

Correspondence, conference papers, programs, meeting materials, schedules, minutes, financial and membership records, essays, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to economic policy, laissez-faire, and liberty. Digital copies of select records also available at

Moore (John H.) miscellaneous papers

Minutes, reports, studies, memoranda, and correspondence, relating to the activities of the National Science Foundation in furthering scientific research and education in the United States. Includes a report by J. H. Moore on the 11th Conference between Soviet and American...

Murphy (Robert D.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, dispatches, speeches and writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Allied diplomacy during World War II (especially preparatory to the invasion of French North Africa), wartime and postwar diplomatic conferences, administration of occupied Germany, postwar American foreign...

 
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Nagorski (Andrew) interview recordings

Interviews of political leaders, dissidents and others, mainly relating to political and social conditions in Poland, other countries of Eastern Europe, and post-Soviet Russia.

Narodno-trudovoi soiuz samizdat collection

The collection contains novels, poems, and articles submitted for publication, as well as periodicals, pamphlets, speeches and writings, press releases, statements, petitions, photographs, slides, films, and sound recordings, published or circulated by underground and uncensored presses or groups in the...

Nutter (G. Warren) papers

Writings and memoranda relating to the calculation of industrial growth in the Soviet Union and to miscellaneous aspects of American defense policy. Includes drafts of G. Warren Nutter's book, (1962). Digital copies of select records also available at

 
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Olferieff (Fyodor Sergeyevich)

Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff (aka Theodore Olferieff) was a Russian career military officer. The Fyodor Sergeyevich Olferieff papers includes biographical materials on Olferieff and his wife, original manuscript of his memoirs, Soviet Russia in the Orient typscript, photographs depicting members of...

Olney (Warren) motion picture film

Motion picture film of ceremonies held in Hindenburg Park in Los Angeles on German Day, 1936; and of interviews of Dr. Salin, a criminologist, and W. Olney III, United States assistant attorney general, 1953-1957, relating to the incidence of crime...

 
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company motion picture film

Sound recordings and motion picture film of a series of political education programs, featuring campaign presentations by candidates for election to major state political offices in California.

Paderewski (Ignace J.) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating primarily to the establishment of an independent Polish state, the Paris Peace Conference, Polish politics in the interwar period, the occupation of Poland during World War II, and the musical...

Pash (Boris T.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, orders, writings, photographs, motion picture film, and printed matter relating to the naval forces of General Nikolay Yudenich during the Russian Civil War; the Russian refugee camp in Wünsdorf, Germany, in 1922; American military intelligence service activities,...

Pike (M. J. W.) memoirs

Relates to the Gallipoli campaign of 1915 in World War I. Includes maps and drawings from the campaign. Digital copy also available at

Poland. Ambasada (Great Britain) records

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial records, studies, conference proceedings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Anglo-Polish relations, especially relations between Great Britain and the Polish government-in-exile in London during World War II; Anglo-Polish trade; Polish foreign policy and participation in the...

Poland. Ambasada (Italy) Telegrams

Telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish-Italian relations. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Ambasada (U.S.) records

Reports, correspondence, bulletins, communiques, memoranda, dispatches, and instructions, speeches and writings, and printed matter, relating to the establishment of the Republic of Poland; the Polish-Soviet War of 1920; Polish politics and foreign relations; national minorities in Poland; the territorial question...

Poland. Delegacja przy Lidze Narodow Telegrams

Telegrams and logbook transcripts of telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish foreign relations during the interwar period and Polish participation in the League of Nations. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Konsulat Generalny (Dublin, Ireland) records

Correspondence, reports, dispatches, memoranda, press releases, financial records, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to Polish-Irish relations, Polish citizens and consular affairs in Ireland, activities of the Polish Government-in-Exile during World War II, and postwar Polish émigrés and émigré affairs....

Poland. Konsulat Generalny (Lille, France) records

Correspondence, reports, dispatches, memoranda, financial records, passports and passport applications, and printed matter, relating to Franco-Polish relations, Polish citizens and consular affairs in France, and conditions in Poland and France during World War II. A digital copy of this entire...

Poland. Ministerstwo Informacji i Dokumentacji records

Correspondence, reports, bulletins, memoirs, and photographs, relating to conditions in Poland during World War II, deportation of Poles to the Soviet Union, the Katyn Forest Massacre, and activities of Polish armed forces and of the Polish Government-in-Exile. Includes release certificates...

Poland. Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych records

Correspondence, bulletins, memoranda, reports, studies, lists, financial records, and photographs, relating to Polish foreign relations during World War II, the Polish government in exile in London, Allied diplomacy during World War II, conditions in Poland during the war, deportation of...

Poland. Poselstwo (Belgium) records

Correspondence, telegrams, and dispatches, relating to Polish-Belgian relations and to Polish diplomacy during World War II. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Czechoslovakia) records

Correspondence, reports, dispatches, memoranda, bulletins, and printed matter, relating to Polish-Czechoslovak relations, conditions in Poland and Czechoslovakia during World War II, and Allied diplomacy during the war. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Denmark) Telegrams

Logbook transcripts of telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish-Danish relations during the interwar period. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Hungary) Telegrams

Telegrams and logbook transcripts of telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish-Hungarian relations during the interwar period. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Netherlands) records

Telegrams, logbook transcripts of telegrams, and memoranda, relating to Polish-Dutch relations during the interwar period. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Romania) Telegrams

Logbook transcripts of telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish-Romanian relations during the interwar period. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Poland. Poselstwo (Switzerland) Telegrams

Logbook transcripts of telegrams sent and received, relating to Polish-Swiss relations. A digital copy of this entire collection is available at .

Powers (Joshua B.) collection

Correspondence, telegrams, biographies, articles, pamphlets, clippings, writings, photographs, maps, scrapbooks, and memorabilia relating to Homer Lea, military adviser to Sun Yat-sen and author of , and to the revolutionary movement in China, circa 1900-1920. Includes writings and correspondence of Homer...

 
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty broadcast records

American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. Includes sound recordings of broadcasts, as well as documents used for creating broadcasts including scripts, correspondence, and memoranda relating to broadcasts by Radio Free Europe to audiences in Eastern...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty corporate records

The records of the American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) include correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial and legal records, technical specifications, opinion survey data, serial issues, other publications, and microfilm relating to operations of Radio...

Ray (Dixy L.) papers

Correspondence, speeches, reports, studies, printed matter, audiovisual material, and memorabilia, relating primarily to nuclear energy in the United States, and to Washington state politics. Digital copies of select records also available at

Rehnquist (William H.) papers

Documents the Supreme Court terms of William H. Rehnquist, associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and chief justice from 1986 to 2005. Materials include court case files, administrative files, conference files, correspondence, speeches and writings, book manuscripts, invitations, and other...

Reise (Lloyd) photograph collection

Depicts World War I scenes in France, especially aerial operations; and scenes in China, especially of the Russian fleet, during the Russo-Japanese War.

Remer (C. F.) papers

Correspondence, writings, notes, studies, speeches, clippings, and printed matter, relating to the political and economic development of the Far East, especially China. Digital copies of select records also available at

Richardson (Alvin Franklin) papers

Memoranda and reports relating to Allied World War II policy planning for the post-war period. Digital copies of select records also available at

Richardson (Donald Wayne) collection

The Donald Wayne Richardson collection (1935-2000) is composed of two photographic albums, maps (of Bad Reichenhall, Germany and Berchtesgadener Alpen, Austria), a certificate to retain a captured German pistol, a patrol report of the area south of Konigess, and a...

Rounds (Leland L.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, orders, printed matter, and photographs, relating to French and American aerial operations in World War I, and to Allied intelligence operations in North Africa preceding Allied landings in 1942. Digital copies of select records also available at

Rowell (Milo E.) papers

Reports, drafts, and memoranda relating to the writing of the revised Japanese constitution. Digital copies of select records also available at

Russia. Departament politsii. Zagranichnaia agentura (Paris) Okhrana records

Intelligence reports from agents in the field and the Paris office, dispatches, circulars, headquarters studies, correspondence of revolutionaries, and photographs, relating to activities of Russian revolutionists abroad. Collection is available on microfilm (509 reels). Digital copies of select records also...

Russian pictorial collection

Photographs, postcards, glass plates, and slides, depicting industrial, economic, cultural, religious, and military scenes in imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, scenes of daily life, scenes from notable historical events, especially the Russian Revolution, and prominent personalities from the tsarist...

 
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Sams (Crawford F.) papers

The Crawford F. Sams papers contain correspondence, orders, speeches and writings, research data, printed matter, certificates, and photographs relating to American military medical activities in the Middle East during World War II, American military medical activities in the Korean War,...

Sgovio (Thomas) papers

Memoir, relating to imprisonment in Soviet forced labor camps also known as the gulags; photocopies of Soviet arrest records and summaries of judicial proceedings, and of United States Federal Bureau of Investigation reports on interviews after repatriation; and 44 original...

Sloan (Raymond McKnight) papers

The Raymond McKnight Sloan papers (1920-1926) consists of correspondence, reports, financial records, photographs, and ephemera relating to the American Relief Administration operations in Russia.

Smith (Douglas) miscellaneous papers

Memoir, leaflets, printed matter, and photos and posters related to both research materials on Rasputin as well as the attempted coup in the Soviet Union in 1991.

Smith (Edward Ellis) papers

Writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, bibliographies, and photographs relating to the tsarist Russian secret police, the youth of Joseph Stalin, Roman Malinovskii (Malinovsky), and the history of Soviet espionage. Digital copies of select records also available at

Smith (R. Harris) papers

Correspondence and writings relating to operations of the United States Office of Strategic Services during World War II, and to Allen Dulles and post-war operations of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. Includes research material for the book by R....

Smith (Walter Gifford) papers

Notes, printed news dispatches, book, and photographs, relating to the Sino-Japanese War.

Sokoloff (Boris) photographs

Depicts scenes of daily life in Russia, primarily in Petrograd, during the Russian Revolution, including scenes of economic production under war communism, destroyed buildings, Soviet leaders and delegates to the Communist International, and examples of Soviet art. Includes holograph commentary...

Soong, T. V. (Tzu-wen) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, reports, and photographs relating to political and economic conditions in China during the 1930s and 1940s; Chinese foreign relations, especially with the United States; events in China during World War II; and wartime Chinese diplomacy,...

Stafford (Francis E.) photographs

Photographs of scenes in China, mainly between 1909 and 1915, and 1932 and 1933.

Stanford (Jane Lathrop) miscellaneous papers

Photocopy of letter, 1895, relating to the prospects of Stanford University and to a United States government lawsuit against the estate of Leland Stanford; and 3 photograph albums of scenes in Japan, presented to Mrs. Stanford upon her visit in...

Stanford University 50th anniversary celebration motion picture film

Depicts Herbert Hoover, Ray Lyman Wilbur, and others speaking at the commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Stanford University. Includes VHS videocassette viewing copy. Digital copy also available at

Stephens (Frederick Dorsey) papers

Correspondence, photographs, printed matter, and miscellany, relating to relief activities of the Commission for Relief in Belgium, the American Relief Administration in Russia, and the Finnish Relief Fund.

Stilwell (Joseph Warren) papers

Diaries, correspondence, radiograms, memoranda, reports, military orders, writings, annotated maps, clippings, printed matter, sound recordings, and photographs relating to the political development of China, the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945, and the China-Burma-India Theater during World War II. Includes some subsequent...

Stuart (Charles E.) papers

Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and clippings relating to the fuel industries in the United States during and after World War I, coal mining in the United States and the Soviet Union, and economic planning; and motion picture film of social...

Survey of Race Relations records

An anthropological investigative project sponsored by various private organizations, the Survey of Race Relations records include a report, correspondence, interview transcripts, questionnaires, and printed matter relating to the social and economic status of Chinese, Japanese, other Asian, Mexican, and other...

Sweet (Paul Robinson) papers

Correspondence, writings, notes, and clippings, relating to attitudes of the British and American governments toward publication of captured German documents appearing as Documents on German Foreign Policy, 1918-1945 (Washington and London, 1949-1983), especially in relation to the Duke of Windsor....

 
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Theberge (James Daniel) papers

Correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, memoranda, reports, schedules, printed matter, and photographs, relating to diplomatic relations between the United States and Chile; political, social and economic conditions in Chile; United States foreign policy in Latin America; and communist movements in...

Todd (Oliver J.) papers

Diaries, speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, memoranda, and photographs relating to engineering projects in China, especially river engineering and flood control; famines and relief work in China; and social, economic and political conditions in China. Digital copies of select records...

Toole (John E.) diary

Handwritten pocket diary of John E. Toole, an American physician performing American Relief Administration work in Russia after the Russian Civil War.

Tower of Peace radio broadcasts

Relates to the facilities, history, purpose, and activities of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace. Includes interviews with Herbert Hoover and with staff members and researchers at the Hoover Institution. Digital copies also available at

Trubetskoi (Grigorii Nikolaevich) papers

Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs relating to Russian foreign policy, the Russian Civil War, the Russian Orthodox Church, and Russian émigré affairs. Digital copies of select records also available at

 
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United Nations Conference on International Organization proceedings

Sound recordings of conference proceedings recorded by the National Broadcasting Company (NBC), photographs and contact sheets depicting delegates and scenes at the conference, and printed copies of the Charter of the United Nations. Digital copies of select records also available...

United States Army 8th Psychological Operations Battalion (Airborne) issuances

Propaganda leaflets, flyers and broadsides, distributed in Iraq in conjunction with the Iraq War. Digital copies of select records also available at

United States. Civil Affairs Training School records

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, financial and personnel records, handbooks, syllabi, and instructional materials relating to the politics, governments, economies, and cultures of Japan, other areas in the Pacific, and various countries in Europe; and intelligence assessments of the war in the...

United States. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service miscellaneous records

Sound recordings of radio broadcasts, and translations of transcripts of Chinese communist broadcasts from Yenan, China. Digital copies of select records also available at

United States Information Agency radio broadcasts

Sound recordings prepared for broadcast on Voice of America, including a program entitled , 1961, relating to Soviet nuclear test resumption (transcript included); and interviews of W. Glenn Campbell, director of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, and...

 
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Valyiova (Lisa) papers

Letters, memoranda, and broadcast scripts, relating to radio broadcasting to Czechoslovakia, and to United States relations with Czechoslovakia. Digital copies of select records also available at

Vladimirov (Ivan A.) paintings

Depicts scenes of daily life during the Russian Revolution. Digital copies available at

Von Sothen (Margretta) papers

Personnel records, printed matter, and photographs, relating to American naval aviation and intelligence, and to women in the United States Navy. Digital copies of select records also available at

Vrangel' collection

Reports, orders, correspondence, memoranda, dispatches, financial records, minutes, printed matter, maps, and photographs relating to Russian military operations in France during World War I; White Russian diplomatic activities and military operations, especially in southern Russia, during the Russian Revolution and...

Vrangel' (Mariia D.) collection

Correspondence, writings, memoirs, biographical material, pamphlets, periodicals, newspapers, photographs, clippings, and printed matter relating to Russian émigré activities following the Russian Revolution and Civil War, including political, military, veterans', religious, educational, cultural, literary, artistic, and social activities. Includes a few...

 
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Wales (Nym) papers

Personal and collected correspondence, speeches and writings, news dispatches, interviews, reports, memoranda, organizational records, and photographs relating to the Chinese communists; the industrial cooperative movement, student movement, and labor movement in China; the Sian incident, 1936; the Sino-Japanese Conflict; and...

Walker (Esther) collection

Printed matter and photographs relating to the German national socialist leader Heinrich Himmler. Includes autographs by Himmler, photographs of Himmler's house in Bavaria, and a Himmler family photograph album. Digital copies of select records also available at

Warren (Gerald L.) papers

Correspondence, memoranda, reports, notes, press releases, press conference transcripts, press summaries, photographs, clippings, and other printed matter relating to American foreign and domestic policy during the presidential administrations of Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, the Watergate affair, and...

Wohlstetter (Albert J. and Roberta) papers

Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, reports, studies, and printed matter relating to American military and national security policy, nuclear warfare strategic planning, and nuclear proliferation issues. Includes the papers of Roberta Wohlstetter, wife of Albert J. Wohlstetter. Digital copies...

Wolfe (Bertram David) papers

Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, clippings, other printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to Marxism; the international communist movement; communism in the Soviet Union, the United States, and elsewhere; literature and art in the Soviet Union and in Mexico; and the...

Woo (Q. S.) collection

Chinese vases and bowls. Digital copies of all items in this collection available at

Woolf (Paul N.) photograph collection

Depicts people, scenic views, military parades, and captured weapons, in Japan after the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

World War I subject collection

Books, booklets, correspondence, drawings, flyers, forms, leaflets, maps, memorabilia, newspapers and clippings, pamphlets, press releases, sheet music, and other printed matter and ephemera relating to military operations and home front conditions, particularly in Germany and the United States, during World...

World War II pictorial collection

Photographs and postcards depicting a variety of scenes and personalities from World War II. Digital copies of select records also available at

Wraga (Natalie Grant) papers

The papers of the American Foreign Service officer and Sovietologist include writings, notes, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to the Soviet government, foreign policy, espionage and clandestine activities, and especially the use of disinformation as a tactic. Includes photocopies of...

 
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Yamanaka (Hayato) interview summaries

Summaries of interviews of Japanese American residents of Hawaii relating to the Japanese American community in Hawaii. Includes photographs of interviewees. Digital copies of select records also available at

 
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Zborovskii family papers

Correspondence and photographs, relating to conditions of the Russian imperial family in captivity following the Russian Revolution, and to Russian emigre affairs. Includes letters written by the four daughters of Tsar Nicholas II and by the Tsar's sister Grand Duchess...

Ziloti (V. P.) diaries

Diaries relating to Russian émigré affairs.