Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Shjeflo, Walter E.
- Abstract:
- This collection contains correspondence, legal records, and printed matter relating to efforts to determine the fate and resolve the legal status of American servicemen captured or missing in action during the Vietnam War. Includes copies of military records and other government documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Extent:
- 33 manuscript boxes (13.2 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Walter E. Shjeflo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, legal records, and printed matter relating to efforts to determine the fate and resolve the legal status of American servicemen captured or missing in action during the Vietnam War. Includes copies of military records and other government documents released under the Freedom of Information Act.
- Biographical / historical:
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American lawyer; attorney for families of American servicemen captured or missing in action in the Vietnamese War.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2004.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Walter E. Shjeflo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], 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