Robert G. Wesson papers, 1936-1991

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Summary

Creators:
Wesson, Robert G.
Abstract:
Correspondence, writings, memoranda, and clippings relating to the Soviet political system, political and economic conditions in Latin America and other parts of the world, and the theory of evolution.
Extent:
18 manuscript boxes (7.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and Spanish
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Robert G. Wesson papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

The papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, memoranda, and clippings relating to the Soviet political system, political and economic conditions in Latin America and other parts of the world, and the theory of evolution.

The papers primarily document Wesson's work as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution from 1978 to his death in 1991. A prolific writer, his many articles and essays on politics and economy in Latin America, communism, international relations, and democracy are included in the collection.

Wesson worked on a number of projects and events, including the Hoover Institution publication series "Politics in Latin America" and a conference on Latin American debt. Articles and correspondence related to these and other projects are included in the Correspondence and Writings by Others series.

Biographical / historical:

Robert G. Wesson was an American political scientist who served as a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution for over a decade. Wesson was interested in natural science and philosophy as well as political science, and as a result, his works, numbering over 30 published books in his career, span topics ranging from debt in Latin America to modern thought on the theory of evolution. Born in Washington D.C. in 1920, Wesson served in the Navy between 1944 and 1946. Wesson served with the Foreign Service in Brazil and Columbia and spent a number of years living in South America. He received his bachelor's degree at the University of Arizona, his master's at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, and his Ph.D. in political science at Columbia University. He taught for thirteen years at the University of California at Santa Barbara before joining the Hoover Institution in 1977. He had eight children and died of cancer in 1991 at 71 years of age.

Sources:

http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/03/obituaries/robert-g-wesson-71-expert-on-soviet-union.html

http://news.stanford.edu/pr/91/910702Arc1265.html

Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1981.
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], Robert G. Wesson 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
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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