Register of the Brian Weinstein papers

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

434 Galvez Mall

Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu

URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives

Title: Brian Weinstein papers

Date (inclusive): 1834-2005

Collection Number: 90039

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 20 manuscript boxes, 1 microfilm box, media (7.8 Linear Feet)

Abstract: The papers of the American political scientist include writings, notes, correspondence, reports, printed matter, and photographs relating to the career of the black French colonial administrator Félix Eboué in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Equatorial Africa; and to the political development of Gabon, especially with reference to the Alar Ayong movement among the Fang people. Used as research material for two books by B. Weinstein, Gabon: Nation-Building on the Ogooué (Cambridge, Mass., 1966), and Éboué (New York, 1972). Includes photocopies of papers of Eboué and of French government records relating to Eboué.

Creator: Weinstein, Brian

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

Box 21 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

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1990.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Brian Weinstein papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Brian Weinstein is an American political scientist and an emeritus professor at Howard University. He is the author of Gabon: Nation-Building on the Ogooué (1966), Eboué (1972), and Haiti: The Failure of Politics (1992).

Scope and Content of Collection

The papers consist largely of research materials compiled by Weinstein for his books, Eboué and Gabon: Nation-Building on the Ogooué. The preponderance of these pertain to the life and career of Félix Eboué, a black French colonial administrator who served in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Equatorial Africa. The Eboué materials contain a large number of copies of official correspondence and reports; they also include personal correspondence and biographical materials. Of note are materials that document Eboué's role in rallying Chad to the cause of Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces in 1941.

The papers contain a significant number of photographs of Eboué. There are also research materials on Gabon and Guinea, as well as a paper written by Brian Weinstein on the Alar Ayang movement in Gabon.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

France -- Colonies

Africa, French-speaking Equatorial

Nationalism -- Gabon

Fang (West African people)

Guadeloupe

Martinique

Gabon -- Politics and government

Eboué, Félix, 1884-1944

Correspondence 1967-1972

box 1, folder 1

General 1968-1972

box 1, folder 2

Giles, L. C. 1967-1969

box 1, folder 3

Nixon, E. O. 1967

box 1, folder 4

Pedler, F. J. 1968

box 1, folder 5

Taylor, Laurence W. 1967

Writing 1967

"The Alar Ayong Movement and a Colonial View of It," 1948-1967

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1967

box 1, folder 7-8

Drafts 1967

box 1, folder 9-10

Notes and research materials 1948-1967

Research Materials 1834-2005

Relating to Félix Eboué 1834-2005

box 1, folder 11

Antilleans in Africa 1931-1961

box 1, folder 12

Associations 1927-1963

box 1, folder 13

Bambari 1921-1936

box 1, folder 14

Banda people 1910-1960

box 2, folder 1

Bangassou 1923-1925

box 2, folder 2-6

Bérenger, Henry 1936-1938

box 2, folder 7

Biographical materials 1936-1969

box 2, folder 8

Book of names of individuals associated with Eboué 1967-1968

box 3, folder 1

Boutin, Elionel 1928-1939

box 3, folder 2-3

Candace, Gratien 1937

box 3, folder 4

Catholic church 1924-1944

box 3, folder 5-8

Chad 1935-1940

box 3, folder 9

Chiefs and notables 1903-1960

box 4, folder 1-3

Chiefs and notables 1903-1960

box 4, folder 4

Chronology of Eboué's life 1967-1968

Colonial functionaries 1918-1951

box 4, folder 5

General 1910-1951

box 4, folder 6-7

Of African origin 1918-1944

box 5, folder 1-2

Of African origin 1918-1944

box 5, folder 3-4

Colonial history 1894-1951

box 5, folder 6

Congo-Océan railway 1910-1961

box 5, folder 7

De Gaulle archives 1941-1944

box 5, folder 8-11

Diagne, Blaise 1914-1932

box 5, folder 12

Eboué, Eugénie 1924-1945

box 6, folder 1-8

Eboué, Eugénie 1924-1945

box 6, folder 1-9

École coloniale 1902-1909

box 6, folder 10

Family affairs 1919-1946

box 7, folder 1

Family affairs 1919-1946

box 7, folder 2

Family history 1835-1968

box 7, folder 3

Foreign concessions 1899-1953

box 7, folder 4

Exposition in honor of Eboué 2004-2005

box 7, folder 5-6

Freemasons 1921-1968

box 7, folder 7-8

French African Conference 1944

box 8, folder 1-2

French African Conference 1944

box 8, folder 3-6

French Equatorial Africa 1909-1944

box 8, folder 7

French Guiana 1834-1967

box 9, folder 1

French Guiana 1834-1967

box 9, folder 2

Funeral 1945

box 9, folder 3-11

Guadeloupe 1934-1968

box 10, folder 1

Guinea 1898-1959

box 10, folder 2

Historical calendars 1961-1968

box 10, folder 3

Inspection trips 1924-1925

box 10, folder 4

Interview 1943

box 10, folder 5

Kouango 1916-1968

box 10, folder 6

Lagrosillière, Joseph 1933-1938

box 10, folder 7

Latrille, André 1968

box 10, folder 8

Laurentie, Henri 1939-1943

box 10, folder 9

Lhuerre, Camille 1908-1939

box 10, folder 10

Library of Eboué 1968

box 10, folder 11

Locke, Alan 1924-1931

box 10, folder 12

Louard, Albert 1922-1925

box 10, folder 13

Map of Oualembou river 1912

box 11, folder 1-3

Maran, René 1922-1966

box 11, folder 4-10

Martinique 1924-1968

box 12, folder 1

Memorial tribute 1948

box 12, folder 2

Merwart, Emile 1915-1968

box 12, folder 3-6

Miscellaneous correspondence 1919-1940

box 12, folder 7

Music 1932-1946

box 12, folder 8-9

Notebooks 1913-1932

box 13, folder 1

Notebooks 1913-1932

box 13, folder 2-7

Ouabangui-Chari 1898-1968

box 13, folder 8

Panthéon 1951

box 14, folder 1

Popular Front 1931-1963

box 14, folder 2

Race and religion 1930-1948

box 14, folder 3

Report on French overseas territories 1946

box 14, folder 4

Satineau, Maurice 1937

box 14, folder 5

Song lyrics in honor of Eboué 1939

box 14, folder 6-7

Speeches 1930-1944

box 14, folder 8-10

Sudan 1928-1936

box 14, folder 11-12

Tell, Hippolyte 1922-1929

box 15, folder 1

Secret societies 1928-1930

box 15, folder 2-5

Uses and myth of Eboué 1930-1967

World War II 1940-1967

box 15, folder 6

Administrative problems 1941-1943

box 15, folder 7

Antilles 1941-1943

box 15, folder 8

Boisson, Pierre 1940

box 15, folder 9

Economic affairs 1941-1943

box 15, folder 10

Free French Forces 1940-1967

box 15, folder 11-12

Rallying of Chad to the Free French cause 1940-1968

box 16, folder 1-3

Rallying of Chad to the Free French cause 1940-1967

box 16, folder 4

Relations with foreign powers 1942-1943

box 16, folder 5

Rubber and cotton production 1942-1943

box 16, folder 6

Vichy government 1942

box 16, folder 7-12

Writings by Eboué 1930-1943

Scope and Contents

Includes notes and speeches.

box 17, folder 1-7

Relating to Gabon 1860-1966

box 17, folder 8-9

Relating to Guinea 1897-1967

Subject File 1972-1975

box 17, folder 10

Niger 1975

box 17, folder 11

Senghor, Léopold 1972

Photographs 1870-1970

Eboué, Félix 1884-1944

box 18, folder 1

1884-1919

box 18, folder 2

1920-1929

box 18, folder 3

1930-1939

box 18, folder 4

1940-1944

box 18, folder 5

With Charles de Gaulle 1941

box 18, folder 23

Previously framed images 1941-1944

Scope and Contents note

Includes image with Charles de Gaulle.

box 18, folder 6

Eboué, Charles 1942

box 18, folder 7

Eboué, Ginette 1940

box 18, folder 8

Eboué, Henry 1942

box 18, folder 9

Eboué, Robert 1942

box 18, folder 10

Eboué-Tell, Eugénie 1935-1950

box 18, folder 11

Gaulle, Charles de 1940-1944

box 18, folder 12

Angoulvant, Gabriel 1920

box 18, folder 13

Antonetti, [?] 1925

box 18, folder 14

Bayardelle, André 1940

box 18, folder 15

Dugagneur, [?] 1920

box 18, folder 16

Merlin, [?] 1920

box 18, folder 17

Reste, Jean-François 1920

box 18, folder 18

American military mission, Brazzaville 1942

box 18, folder 19

Cercle amical de Mouila 1940

box 18, folder 20

Grave of Maurice Satineau 1960

box 18, folder 21

Gabon 1950-1970

box 18, folder 22

Unidentified 1870-1944

Sound Recordings 1967-1968

box MC9

One sound tape reel containing an interview with Ulrich Sophie conducted by Brian Weinstein 1967

Scope and Contents

Originally housed in Box 19 : 1

box MC13

One compact sound cassette containing an interview with Eugénie Eboué-Tell conducted by Brian Weinstein 1968

Scope and Contents

Originally housed in Box 18 : 2

Microfilm 1913-1925

box 19

Two reels containing notebooks relating to official trips taken by Félix Eboué 1913-1925

box 19

One reel containing notes made by Félix Eboué undated

Memorabilia 1941-1950

box 20, folder 1

Reproduction of telegram from Colonel Serres 1941

Scope and Contents note

Previously framed. Frame has been removed for preservation purposes.

box 21

Medallions commemorating Félix Eboué and Victor Schoelcher 1950

Access

Box 21 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.

Printed Matter 1931-1972

box 20, folder 2

Monograph 1931

box 20, folder 3-4

Pamphlets 1941-1967

box 20, folder 5

Periodicals 1954 1972