Register of the Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers
Finding aid prepared by Tanya Yule
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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Title: Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers
Date (bulk): 1965-1973
Collection Number: 81084
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
13 manuscript boxes
(5.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, coorespondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes, relating to American prisoners of
war during the Vietnamese War and to their families.
Creator:
Stockdale, Sybil
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
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.
Scope and Content of Collection
The bulk of the collection contains correspondence between Sybil and James Stockdale from the begining of James' capture in
Vietnam in 1965, till his release in 1973. The chronological file series maintains the original order of the creator; diaries,
correspondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes.
An increment of materials was received in 2020 that had been previously seperated from the collection and had been returned.
This material can be found in box 12, folders 1-2, and is directly related to Stockdale's work with the National League of
POW/MIA Families.
For itemized records within each year see the downloadable .pdf file, or the "Inventory of documents: Sybil Stockdale Archives,"
located in box 2. Photographs have been removed and separated to box 13, in chronological order from where they appeared in
the chronological file series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Prisoners of war
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
Navy spouses
National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia
Chronological file
1965-1973
Scope and Contents note
Diaries, correspondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes, relating to American prisoners of
war during the Vietnamese War and to their families.
See "Inventory of documents: Sybil Stockdale Archives," located in box 2, for itemized records within each year. Photographs
have been removed and separated to box 13.
box 2, folder 1
Inventory of documents
1965-1973
box 3
1966 January-1967 February
box 5
1968 January-1969 February
box 11
1972 September-1973 March
box 12, folder 1-2
1969-1973, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials pertaining to the work with the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia.
Includes correspondence with reginal chapters, letter writing campaign templates, and letters received from families of POW/MIA
to Stockdale (1969).
box 11, folder 9
Bridge and Bay Magazine,
1976
box 11, folder 10
CBS News reel requests
1978
box 11, folder 11
Letter received, Clark M. Gammel
1978
box 11, folder 12
Department of Defense research materials,
circa 1970s
box 11, folder 13
In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years book jackets
1985
box 11, folder 14
Letter sent, MacLellan
1989
box 11, folder 15
"Advise to potential prisoner of war families," speech
undated
box 11, folder 16
"My brilliant career," speech
undated
box 11, folder 17
"My philosophy about the prisoner of war studies," speech,
undated
box 11, folder 19
James B. Stockdale, speech, to the Naval officers' wives club,
1977
box 11, folder 20
James B. Stockdale, speech, Abingdon high school dedication,
1978
box 11, folder 21
"1968 - What was changing," speech,
circa 1997
box 11, folder 22
Diary
1965-1970
Scope and Contents note
Annotated copy of original diary pages, the original entries occur within the collection, organized by date.
box 12, folder 3-4
Manuscript duplicate
circa 1980s
box 1
College scrapbook
1942-1946
Access
Box 1 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 12, folder 5
Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler,
1961
box 12, folder 6
Hospital visitation badge
1973
box 13, folder 9
Family portraits
1972 July, December
box 13, folder 10
Sybil Stockdale, portrait
circa 1970s
box 13, folder 11
Color, copy negatives
1970 December
Sound Recordings
1970-1977
cassette cabinet
Sybil Stockdale, KFMB TV Show
1970 February 12
cassette cabinet
Sybil Stockdale, Dick Cavett Show, N.Y.C.
1972 July 4
cassette cabinet
RAdm. James Stockdale, talk to Navy officer's wives
1977 April 13