Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-2021 and Hill, Charles, 1936-
- Abstract:
- 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 and writings of Secretary of State George Shultz. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
- Extent:
- 158 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 9 card file boxes, 1 cubic foot box, 1 reel box, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes, digital media (71.2 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles Hill papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Background
- Scope and content:
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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 and writings of Secretary of State George Shultz and biographical information about Charles Hill.
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1936, April 28 Born, Bridgeton, New Jersey1957 A.B., Brown University1960 J.D., University of Pennsylvania1961 M.A., University of Pennsylvania1963 Vice Consul, Zurich1964 Chinese Language Officer, Taichung, Taiwan1966-1969 Political Officer, Hong Kong1970 Fellow, East Asia Center, Harvard University1971 Author, The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces1971-1973 Mission Coordinator, American Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam1974 Policy Planning Staff, Department of State1978 Deputy Director, Israel Desk, Department of State1979 Political Counselor, American Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel1981 Director, Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Department of State1982 Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Middle East1983 Executive Secretary, Department of State1984-1989 Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State1989-1992 Diplomat-in-Residence, Stanford University1989- Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace1992- Diplomat-in-Residence and Lecturer in International Studies and Directed Studies, Yale University1992-1996 Special Advisor to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations - Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives between 1989 and 2011.
- Arrangement:
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The collection is organized into series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Subject File, Oversize File, Card File, Stanford Years File, Increments, and Declassified government records.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Boxes 39-51 closed. Boxes 174, OCM1, and OCM10 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Charles Hill papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563