Roy Pateman papers, 1954-2016

Collection context

Summary

Creators:
Pateman, Roy
Abstract:
Speeches and writings, correspondence, printed matter, photographs, videorecordings, and sound recordings relating mainly to political conditions in Eritrea and the history of Eritrea.
Extent:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 audio cassette box, 1 card file box (3.29 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English, French, Italian, and Tigrinya
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

The Roy Pateman papers document forty-seven years of Pateman's professional career, from 1954 through 2016. The collection includes correspondence, notes, reports, pamphlets, transcriptions of radio broadcasts relating to Africa, syllabi, other printed matter, photographs, videorecordings, and sound recordings relating mainly to political conditions in Eritrea and the history of Eritrea.

Biographical / historical:

Roy Pateman, a British political scientist, was born in England on August 15, 1935. After receiving his Bachelor of Science from the University of Nottingham in 1958, he continued his graduate studies at London and Reading Universities, graduating in 1967 and 1971, respectively. He was also a counter-intelligence operative of the British Army in Kenya and the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1965.

Pateman is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), after many years of teaching, research, and administrative experience at Princeton University; University of Sydney, Australia; University of California, Los Angeles; the Hoover Institution; and the University of Asmara, Eritrea.

Pateman spent twenty-five years working voluntarily for the Eritrean Relief Association (ERA) in Australia, Sweden, the US, the UK, Eritrea, and Sudan. He also has considerable experience working with the media, television, and radio broadcasting in the United States, Great Britain, Australia, and Eritrea.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2016.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

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

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563