Shjeflo (Walter E.) papers, 1950-1985

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Title:: Walter E. Shjeflo papers
Dates:: 1950-1985
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:: [Identification of item], Walter E. Shjeflo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Scope and content:: 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:: 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

Subjects:: Prisoners of war
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Missing in action
Places:: United States -- Armed Forces -- Vietnam

Collection Guide Author:: Finding aid prepared by Loralee Sepsey
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-04-28 15:55:07.272916

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Restrictions:: 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:: For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Walter E. Shjeflo papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:: Hoover Institution

Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US