Description
Diaries, coorespondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes, relating to American prisoners of
war during the Vietnamese War and to their families.
Background
Sybil Bailey Stockdale (1924-2015) was the wife of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, United States Navy, and Prisoner of
war in North Vietnam, 1965-1973. Stockdale was the National coordinator of the National League of Families of American Prisoners
in Southeast Asia, and cowrote the memoir In Love and War: the Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam War with her husband. James and Sybil both graduated with graduate degrees from Stanford University.
Extent
13 manuscript boxes
(5.2 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
Box 1 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.