Inventory of the William X. Scheinman papers
Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 2009
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Stanford University
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Title: William X. Scheinman papers
Date (inclusive): 1952-1999
Collection Number: 98036
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
55 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 1 framed poster
(26.1 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, bulletins, serial issues, clippings, photographs, sound recordings, video tapes, and motion
picture film relating to American relations with Africa, the political and economic development of Kenya and other African
countries, assistance to African students in the United States, and especially to the Kenyan political leader Tom Mboya. Includes
correspondence with, writings by, and interviews of, Mboya.
Creator:
Scheinman, William X., 1927-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 59 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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1998.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William X. Scheinman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1927(?) |
Born |
1940s |
Serves in U.S. Navy during World War II |
1950s |
Founds Arnav Aircraft Associates, Inc. |
1956 |
Meets Tom Mboya, Kenyan independence leader |
1958-1961 |
Leading figure in the activities of the African-American Students Foundation, which brings African students to the United
States and arranges for their college education
|
1960s-1990s |
Works as stock broker and investment adviser, publishing the newsletter,
Timings
|
1970 |
Author,
Why Most Investors Are Mostly Wrong Most of the Time
|
1999 May 24 |
Dies, Reno, Nevada |
Scope and Content of Collection
Received at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1999, the William X. Scheinman papers consist primarily of correspondence
and printed matter that reflect Scheinman's lifelong interest in African politics, particularly with respect to Kenya. Having
met the Kenyan independence leader, Tom Mboya, in 1956, Scheinman was to identify himself with African causes, even while
working as a businessman and investment adviser on Wall Street.
An important part of the collection consists of Scheinman's extensive correspondence with Tom Mboya. This exchange of letters,
which was conducted from 1957 until Mboya's assassination in 1969, provides significant information concerning the Kenyan
independence movement and its leading personalities, as well as documenting the first five years of the Kenyatta administration,
in which Mboya served as Minister of Justice. In addition, the collection includes numerous speeches and writings by Mboya
(see Tom Mboya File).
As one of the directors of the African-American Students Foundation, Scheinman was also involved in a program that enabled
African students to attend American colleges and universities. Numerous records of this foundation are contained in the collection
(see African-American Students Foundation File).
In addition, Scheinman collected extensive material about African countries besides Kenya (see Printed Matter and Subject
File) and corresponded with some of the leading figures in the American civil rights movement (see Correspondence). The collection
will be of most interest to African scholars, but it also reflects important aspects of modern American history, especially
in the 1950s and 1960s.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Sound recordings
Motion pictures
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
Kenya -- Politics and government
Educational assistance, American -- Africa
United States -- Relations -- Africa
Africa -- Relations -- United States
Mboya, Tom
African American Students Foundation
American Committee on Africa
Biographical File
1960-1963
Scope and Contents note
Book dedication, brochures, invitations, programs, and souvenirs, and clippings and other printed matter, arranged alphabetically
by physical form
box 1, folder 1
Book dedication from Tom Mboya, photocopy
Subject file - Trip in attendance of Kenyan independence celebrations
1963
box 1, folder 3
General
Scope and Contents note
Includes brochures, commemorative stamps, and souvenirs.
Correspondence
1957-1999
Scope and Contents note
Letters arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
box 2, folder 10
Achieng, Aloys P.
1966-1985
box 2, folder 13
Agency for the Performing Arts, Inc.
1963
box 2, folder 14
Akumu, James Dennis
1960-1961
box 2, folder 17
American Committee on Africa
1958-1991.
Scope and Contents note
See also Houser, George M.
box 2, folder 22
Belafonte, Harry
1963-1991
box 2, folder 23
Borden, Arthur M.
1966-1992
box 2, folder 24
Bowles, Chester
1960-1961
box 2, folder 28
Carson, Clayborne
1998-1999
box 2, folder 29
Cartwright, Marguerite
1961
box 3, folder 1
Chipembere, Henry B. M.
1965-1971
box 3, folder 9
Diggs, Charles C., Jr.
1959-1961
box 4, folder 1
Drake, St. Clair
1960-1989
box 4, folder 5
Fernandez, Arthur E.
1966
box 4, folder 7
Fissiha, Gebayanesh
1960-1983
box 4, folder 8
Fodor, Napoleon
1983-1984
box 4, folder 9
Fredericks, J. Wayne
1961-1966
box 4, folder 10
Fulbright, J. William
1960-1961
box 4, folder 14
Gatheru, R. Mugo and family
1959-1963
box 4, folder 16
Giesen Management, Inc.
1963
box 4, folder 18
Goldsworthy, David
1989-1990
box 5, folder 2
Grob, Stephen and Annette
1967-1989
box 5, folder 3
Hagberg, Gordon
1960-1966
box 5, folder 5
History Book Club, Inc.
1963
box 5, folder 6
Houser, George M.
1958-1998.
Scope and Contents note
See also American Committee on Africa
box 5, folder 7
Humphrey, Hubert H.
1966-1975
box 5, folder 8
Institute of International Education
1960
box 5, folder 13
Kaplan, Richard
1961-1967
box 5, folder 14
Kaunda, Kenneth
1960-1984
box 5, folder 19
King, Martin Luther, Jr.
1960-1966
box 5, folder 20
Kisaka, H. E. Mwambili
1966
box 5, folder 21
Koinange, Mbiyu
1960-1963
box 5, folder 23
Little, Brown and Co.
1963
box 5, folder 26
Marshall, Thurgood
1960-1967
box 5, folder 27
Mathenge, Joseph
1960-1961
box 6, folder 1
Maxwell, John C., Jr.
1985-1986
box 6, folder 2-8
Closed Files moved to box 59
box 9, folder 1
Mboya Okuku, Tom
1984-1990
box 9, folder 3
Moi, Daniel T. Arap
1961-1984
box 9, folder 4
Moikobu, Josephine
1967-1998
box 9, folder 6
Morgan, Lee and Vicki
1988
box 9, folder 8
Murumbi, Joseph and Sheila
1960-1987
box 9, folder 9
Nabwera, H. E. Burudi
1965-1989
box 9, folder 10
Ndiege, Odira and family
1978-1990
box 9, folder 11
Ndiege, Peter P. Okong'o
1960-1968
box 9, folder 12
New York Herald Tribune,
1963
box 9, folder 16
Njiri, Kariuki and Ruth
1959-1977
box 10, folder 2
Ochieng Ochuonye, Willie
1988-1989
box 10, folder 4
Odinga, Ajuma Oginga
1960-1993
box 10, folder 6
Okuku, Alphonse
1960-1969
box 10, folder 7
Operation Crossroads Africa, Inc.
1969
box 10, folder 9
Phelps-Stokes Fund
1960-1975
box 10, folder 13
Roberto, Holden
1960-1962
box 10, folder 16
Sagini, Lawrence G.
1984-1987
box 10, folder 20
Scheinman, Robert
1961-1966
box 10, folder 21
Scheinman, Sidney and Roslyn
1961-1968
box 10, folder 22
Scheinman, William, Jr.
1998
box 10, folder 23
Shriver, Robert Sargent, Jr.
1960
box 10, folder 27
Sontheimer, Morton
1966-1967
box 10, folder 28
Spivak, Lawrence
1960-1969
box 10, folder 29
Springer-Kemp, Maida
1960-1992
box 10, folder 30
Stephens, Robert F.
1987-1994
box 11, folder 1
Sutherland, Efua
1961-1967
box 11, folder 2
Syracuse University
1966-1967
box 11, folder 4
Thompson, Frank, Jr.
1961
box 11, folder 8
Weiss, Peter and Cora
1960-1962
box 11, folder 9
Whitford, Richard L.
1967-1968
Correspondence
1960-1995
Scope and Contents note
Articles, letter to the editor, notes, report, and speech for Tom Mboya, arranged chronologically by title
box 11, folder 16
"Challenge of Development"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 11, folder 17
Speech for Tom Mboya
undated
Scope and Contents note
Holograph and typescript
box 11, folder 18
Letter to the editor,
Sunday Post (Nairobi, Kenya)
1960 April 13.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
"Role of Tourism in Kenya's Developing Economy and a Program for Its Implementation,"
1966 July 31.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 12, folder 1
Final draft, Chapters 1-16
box 12, folder 2
Final draft, Chapters 17-25
box 12, folder 3
"Racism at U.S. Embassy in Nairobi"
1990 July 18.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 12, folder 4
"Whatever Happened to the African-American Dialogue?"
1995 July 4
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
Tom Mboya File
1959-1983
Scope and Contents note
Address lists, articles, biographies, clippings, correspondence, eulogy, invitations, itineraries, printed matter, reports,
and speeches, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 12, folder 5
Address lists of Kenyan government officials and others
1963
box 12, folder 6-8
Articles and clippings about him
1959-1983
box 13, folder 1-6
Articles and clippings (continued)
box 14, folder 1-6
Articles and clippings (continued)
box 15, folder 1-3
Biographical file
1962-1982.
Scope and Contents note
Includes published biographies, eulogy, and genealogy. Typescript and printed copies
Speeches and writings
1956-1969
box 15, folder 4
Autobiographical statement
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 15, folder 5
"A Message to the People of Kenya,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, proofs, and printed copy
box 15, folder 6
"My Observations on Recent Political Development,"
undated
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 15, folder 7
The Kenya Question: An African Answer,
1956 September. Printed copy
box 15, folder 8
Kenya Faces the Future
1959
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 15, folder 9
"Tom Mboya: An Autobiography,"
Africa Today,
1959 March-April.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 15, folder 10
Interview, "Meet the Press," NBC
1959 April 12.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 15, folder 11
Speech, Africa Freedom Day celebration
1959 April 15.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 16, folder 1
"The New Africa - And American Responsibilities,"
ADA World,
1959 May.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 16, folder 2
"The Problems of Independence in Africa," speech, World Affairs Council of Northern California, Asilomar, California
1959 May 2.
Scope and Contents note
Program and printed copy
box 16, folder 3
Speech, International Ladies Garment Workers' Union convention, Miami Beach, Florida
1959 May 14.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 16, folder 4
"Africa and the Great American Dream," speech, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
1959 June 5.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and typescript
box 16, folder 5
"Key Questions for Awakening Africa,"
New York Times Magazine,
1959 June 28.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 16, folder 6
Letter to the editor,
New York Times
1959 November 8. Typescript and printed copy
box 16, folder 7
Speech, Kenya Constitutional Conference, London, England
1960 January 25.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 8
"Observations on the Political Situation,"
New East African Standard
1960 May 20.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 16, folder 9
Speech, Third All African Peoples' Conference, Cairo, Egypt
1961
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 10
Election speech, Nairobi, Kenya
1961 February 25.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 11
Open letter to Ian Macleod
1961 April 1.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 12
"Kenya's Political and Constitutional Deadlock,"
1961 April 13.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 13
Speech, Africa Freedom Day celebration
1961 April 17.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 14
"Where Does KANU Stand?"
1961 May 1.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 16, folder 15
"African Higher Education: A Challenge to America,"
New Atlantic Monthly
1961 July.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript, proofs, and printed copy
box 16, folder 16
"Africanization of the Civil Service in Kenya,"
1961 October 28.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
New Freedom and After
1963
box 17, folder 3
"Do White Men Have a Future in Africa?"
New York Times Magazine,
1963 December 8
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 4
"The 50-Year Struggle Which Has Its Climax in Independence,"
East African Standard,
1963 December 12
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 5
"The Role of the Party in Independent Kenya,"
New Pan Africa,
1964 February 21
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 6
"KANU Non-Alignment,"
New Africa Today,
1965 April.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 7
"National Planning and the Government Budget,"
1966
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 17, folder 8
Interview, "Meet the Press," NBC
1966 March 20.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and printed copy
box 17, folder 9
"Realities and Visions," speech, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana
1966 March 23.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript and printed copy
box 17, folder 10
Speech concerning Kenyan development plan
1966 May 5
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 17, folder 11
Speech concerning relations between Africa and the United States
1966 August 15
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and typescript
box 17, folder 12
Speech, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
1967 January 16.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 17, folder 13
"An Escape from Stagnation,"
New Africa Report,
1967 March.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 14
"Back to Africa Movement: An African Viewpoint,"
1969(?).
Scope and Contents note
Typescript
box 17, folder 15
"Preparing for a General Election,"
1969 July.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence and typescript
box 17, folder 16
Rebuttal to article in
New Ebony
1969 July 5.
Scope and Contents note
Printed copy
box 17, folder 17
"The American Negro Cannot Look to Africa for an Escape,"
New York Times Magazine
1969 July 13.
Scope and Contents note
Typescript. For printed copy, see Box 58.
Subject file
1956-1969.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence, invitations, itineraries, printed matter, and reports
box 18, folder 1
File closed, moved to box 59
box 18, folder 2
Films. Descriptions of footage depicting Tom Mboya
box 18, folder 3
Radio and television appearances
African-American Students Foundation File
1958-1963
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, clippings, contracts, correspondence, forms, press releases, printed matter, records, and reports, arranged alphabetically
by physical form
box 18, folder 7-8
General
1960-1961.
Scope and Contents note
Bulletins, forms, memoranda, and printed matter
box 19, folder 7
Financial records
1960-1961
box 20, folder 2
Student records
1960-1961
African-American Leadership Foundation File
1989-1992
Scope and Contents note
Material relates to proposed film biography of Tom Mboya. Agreements, by-laws, certificate, correspondence, memoranda, proposals,
and reports, arranged alphabetically by physical form
box 20, folder 3
Agreements, by-laws, and certificate of incorporation
1990
Printed Matter
1958-1999
Scope and Contents note
Articles, clippings, and serial issues, and other printed matter, largely relating to African politics, largely arranged chronologically
Subject File
1958-1999
Scope and Contents note
Articles, correspondence, programs, reports, serial issues, statistics, thesis, and clippings and other printed matter, arranged
alphabetically by subject
box 36, folder 6
African Explorations Limited
box 36, folder 8-10
All-African People's Conference, Accra, Ghana
1958
box 36, folder 11
American Committee on Africa
box 37, folder 1-5
American Committee on Africa (continued)
box 38, folder 1
Angola - Politics and government
box 38, folder 3-6
Council for Educational Cooperation with Africa
box 39, folder 1-5
East African student airlifts
1959-1961.
Scope and Contents note
Includes doctoral thesis by Mansfield Irving Smith
box 40, folder 1
Institute of International Education
box 40, folder 2
International Confederation of Free Trade Unions
box 42, folder 1-5
Politics and government (continued)
box 43
Politics and government (continued)
box 44
Politics and government (continued)
box 45
Politics and government (continued)
box 46
Politics and government (continued)
box 47, folder 2-3
Malawi - Politics and government
box 47, folder 6
Operation Crossroads Africa
Photographs
1960-1963
Scope and Contents note
14 envelopes of photographs depicting William Scheinman and his family, John F. Kennedy, Tom Mboya, Alphonse Okuku, East African
student airlift, Kenya constitutional conference, and Kenyan independence celebrations
box 49, folder 1-2
William Scheinman and family
Scope and Contents note
Includes print with Hubert H. Humphrey.
box 49, folder 3
John F. Kennedy with African students
box 49, folder 7-12
East African student airlift
1959
Scope and Contents note
Includes negatives
box 49, folder 13
Kenya constitutional conference, London, England
1960
box 49, folder 14
Kenyan independence celebrations
1963
box 50, folder 3-4
Slides
Scope and Contents note
Two boxes of transparencies depicting William Scheinman, his family, and various other individuals.
box 51, folder 1
Interview of Tom Mboya conducted by Bishop James Pike
1959
box 51, folder 2
"Stop the Violence," documentary on South Africa
undated
Sound Recordings
1959-1966
Scope and Contents note
25 phonotape cassettes, 19 phonotapes, and 18 records of interviews and speeches by Tom Mboya and others, Calypso music, gospel
music, and the Kenyan national anthem.
box 51, folder 3-27
Tom Mboya
1959-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes interviews and speeches
box 52
Phonotapes
1959
Scope and Contents note
18 recordings of speeches by Tom Mboya and 1 recording (box 55) of gospel music.
box 56, folder 1
Phonotapes (continued)
1959
Scope and Contents note
Recording of a speech by Tom Mboya.
box 56, folder 2-16
Speeches by Tom Mboya
1959
box 56, folder 2
Ke Nya is Proud of Tom Mboya
Physical Description: 1.0 discs
Scope and Contents note
Calypso song - Central State College (Wilberforce, Ohio) by: John Holder and Group written by John Holder
The groove of the source disc is worn, resulting in poor audio quality.
Access
Use copy reference number: 98036_a_0013667
box 56, folder 3-4
Barry Gray radio show on WMCA
18 March 1980
Physical Description: 2.0 discs
Access
Use copy reference number: 98036_a_0013668
box 60
Barry Gray radio show on WMCA, disc 2
1980 March 18
Access
Use copy reference number: 98036_a_0013668
box 57
Moving Picture
1959
Scope and Contents note
1 film of an interview with Tom Mboya conducted by Bishop James Pike, 1959
Oversize File
1969, 1990
Scope and Contents note
10 maps of Africa, one calendar depicting South African children's art, 1990, and printed copy of
New York Times Magazine, 1969.
box 58
1990 calendar depicting South African children's art and 1969 issue of
New York Times Magazine
1969, 1990
art rack
Poster
undated
Scope and Contents note
1 framed poster depicting Martin Luther King, Jr.