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Title: Herbert F. Weiss papers
Date (inclusive): 1947-2003
Collection Number: 2009C55
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In French and English
Physical Description:
68 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(50.7 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports,
studies, conference materials, and printed matter relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political
conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo:
The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).
Creator:
Weiss, Herbert F.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2009 and 2010.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herbert F. Weiss papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
American political scientist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports,
studies, conference materials, and printed matter relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political
conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo:
The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1965
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1960-1997
Nationalism -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Politics and government -- 1908-1960
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961
Parti solidaire africain (Congo)