STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance

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STCIRCUS Archive of Tibetan Resistance

2006C8

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Table of contents

STCIRCUS File 1958-2005

Scope and Contents note

Includes partial inventory by Bruce Walker, photographs, clippings, English-Tibetan dictionary, reports, transcripts, and audiovisual material related to a CIA project to train Tibetan guerrilla fighters.

box 1, folder 1

Curriculum vitae of Bruce Walker 2005

box 1, folder 2

Partial inventory, compiled by Bruce Walker 2005

box 1, folder 3

STCIRCUS bibliography 2005

Articles

box 1, folder 4

John Kenneth Knaus, "Official Policies and Covert Programs," 2003

box 1, folder 5

Miscellaneous 1961-1988

box 1, folder 6

Miscellaneous 1991-1997

box 1, folder 7

Miscellaneous 1998-1999

box 1, folder 8

Miscellaneous 2000-2004

box MC21

The Shadow Circus: The CIA in Tibet undated

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

Separated Materials

Formerly Box/Folder 1 : 9.

box 1, folder 10

Reunion of STCIRCUS personnel in Las Vegas 2004

Photographs

Camp Hale, Colorado

box 1, folder 11

General 1961-1964

box StillNegPos Box 2

Slides by Bruce Walker 1961-1964

Scope and Contents note

Formerly Box/Folder 1 : 12.

box 2, folder 1

Black and white prints by Bruce Walker 1961-1964

box 2, folder 2

Black and white prints, miscellaneous 1961-1964

box 2, folder 3

Reproductions by Bruce Walker 1961-1964

box 2, folder 4

Cornell University: Tibetan trainees 1964-1966

Scope and Contents note

By Bruce Walker

box 2, folder 5

Chushi Gangdruk fighters 1958

Scope and Contents note

Photocopies of photographs

box 2, folder 6

Chushi Gangdruk general meeting, New Delhi 1997

Scope and Contents note

Photocopy of photograph

box 2, folder 7

Dhokham Chushi Gangdruk (New York): pamphlets and cover letter from Kalsang Gyatotsang 2004

Propaganda booklets and brochures

box 2, folder 8

Booklets in Tibetan language 1963

Scope and Contents note

Five brochures by Ken Knaus and STRANCH trainees

box 2, folder 9

Brochures in Tibetan language undated

box 2, folder 10

Brochure circa 1963

box 2, folder 11

First-aid brochure in Tibetan language undated

box 2, folder 12

Maps of Tibet region undated

English-Tibetan dictionary

Scope and Contents note

Prepared by Bruce Walker and Tibetan interpreters and trainees at Camp Hale, Colorado

box 2, folder 13

Drafts 1964

box 2, folder 14

Printed version 1964

box 2, folder 15

Drawings and text by Tibetan trainees, Stranch, Nepal undated

box 2, folder 16

Transcript, "The Science of Spying," NBL-TV 1965 May 4

Anthony Poshepny (also known as Tony Poe) file

box 2, folder 17

News articles 1972-2000

box 2, folder 18

Death and funeral 2003

Scope and Contents note

Includes photographs

box 2, folder 19

Report by Sam Curry undated

box 3, folder 1-2

Typescript, "Tears of the Lotus: The Savaging of Tibet" by Roger E. McCarthy 1994

Scope and Contents note

Two copies. Includes correspondence

box 3, folder 3

Sound cassette, Interview of Alan Farley by Ken Knaus, "Orphans of the Cold War" 1999

Incremental Material 1967-2011

Scope and Contents note

Includes materials not listed in Walker's partial inventory of September 2005, such as clippings, video tapes, and correspondence.

box 3, folder 4

Articles 2008-2009

box 3, folder 5

Booklet on Archangel aircraft 2007

box 4, folder 1

Correspondence and articles 1994-2006, undated

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence about "Tears of the Lotus" manuscript

box 4, folder 2

Materials received in 2008 1998-2008, undated

box 4, folder 3

Materials received in 2011 1967-2011

Scope and Contents note

Includes articles, maps, and STCIRCUS bibliography

box MC24

Meeting with the Dalai Lama 1999 March 22

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

Separated Materials

Originally housed in Box 4

Scope and Contents

Roger E. McCarthy and Mikel Dunham, in Dharamsala. Discussing their books about Tibet, the CIA, STCIRCUS project and the Tibetan resistance.

box MC24

Talk by Roger E. McCarthy at the University of Toronto 1998 October 1

Physical Description: 1 VHS videocassette

Separated Materials

Originally housed in Box 4

Scope and Contents

About CIA, STCIRCUS project, and the Tibetan resistance.

Oversize Material 1961, undated

box 5

Cloth flags undated

Scope and Contents note

Two cotton flags containing the Chushi Gangdruk logo of crossed swords in black on a solid orange background. One flag contains a motto

Access

Box 5 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

art rack

"The Secret PLA Pouch Heads for CIA's K Building, West Tibet," by Keith Woodcock, Framed digital print on canvas 1961 October 25

Conditions Governing Access

May not be used without permission of the Archivist.

map_case

Operational maps of Tibet printed on silk undated

Additional Incremental Material

box 6

Material not yet described.

box 7

Material not yet described.

box 8

Material not yet described.

Digital materials

Access

Digital materials are not available until processed. If interested in accessing these materials, please contact us for more information.

box MC4

Roger McCarthy Interview at the University of Toronto 1998 November

Physical Description: 1 optical disk

box MC4

Roger McCarthy interview undated

Physical Description: 1 DVD

box MC4

Ray Starke - Camp Hale 1959 2010-2013

Physical Description: 5 CDs, digital photographs

box MC3

Ray Starke Camp Hale 1959-1960

Physical Description: 1 optical disk

box MC3

Susie Stapanek "An 'intelligence briefing' on the CIA in Colorado's Back Country" 2009 April 18

Physical Description: 1 optical disk

Collection Contents

STCIRCUS File

Incremental Material

Oversize Material

Additional Incremental Material

Digital materials