Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stockdale, James B. and Stockdale, Sybil
- Abstract:
- Vice admiral, United States Navy; North Vietnamese prisoner of war, 1965-1973. Collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, other writings, personnel records, notes, printed matter, and audiovisual material relating to conditions in North Vietnamese prison camps during the Vietnam War, and to philosophy.
- Extent:
- 94 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 2 motion picture film reels (49 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection consists of correspondence, memoirs, writings, personnel records, notes, printed matter, awards and citations, photographs, and audiovisual materials relating to the life and career of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale.
The correspondence series consists of extensive letters from James B. Stockdale to his parents Vernon and Mabel Stockdale (1933-1965). The letters document James' everyday thoughts on friendships, relationships, philosophy, and career activities over the course of almost thirty years.
The bulk of the correspondence series consists of the correspondence between James and Sybil Stockdale (nÊe Bailey). This material spans from their courtship in 1946, through numerous deployments, and includes a small amount of material from when James was released from Vietnam in 1973. For letters during the time of James' capture in Vietnam, please refer to the Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers (81084).
The remainder of this collection is closed.
- Biographical / historical:
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James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923-July 5, 2005) was a United States Navy vice admiral and aviator. Stockdale was a North Vietnamese prisoner of war from 1965-1973, in which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Stockdale was president of the Naval War College from 1977 to his retirement from the U.S. Navy in 1979. From 1979-1980 Stockdale was the president of the Citadel. Stockdale returned to Stanford University (M.A. class of 1962) and was a Hoover Institution Fellow from 1981â1996. In 1992 Stockdale was a candidate for the vice president of the United States in the 1992 presidential election, on Ross Perot's Independent ticket.
- Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1979.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Boxes 27-102 are closed. 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.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563