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Title: Charles Hill papers
Date (inclusive): 1898-2021
Collection Number: 89004
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
158 manuscript boxes, 6 oversize boxes, 9 card file boxes, 1 cubic foot box, 1 reel box, 1 oversize folder, 2 envelopes, digital
media
(71.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, memorabilia,
and photographs relating to international relations and diplomacy, United States foreign policy during the presidential administration
of Ronald Reagan, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Also contains speeches and writings of Secretary of State George Shultz.
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Creator:
Shultz, George Pratt, 1920-2021
Creator:
Hill, Charles, 1936-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 39-51 closed. Boxes 174, OCM1, and OCM10 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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives between 1989 and 2011.
[Identification of item], Charles Hill papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Digital copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
| 1936, April 28 | Born, Bridgeton, New Jersey |
| 1957 | A.B., Brown University |
| 1960 | J.D., University of Pennsylvania |
| 1961 | M.A., University of Pennsylvania |
| 1963 | Vice Consul, Zurich |
| 1964 | Chinese Language Officer, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 1966-1969 | Political Officer, Hong Kong |
| 1970 | Fellow, East Asia Center, Harvard University |
| 1971 | Author, The Cultural Revolution in the Provinces |
| 1971-1973 | Mission Coordinator, American Embassy, Saigon, Vietnam |
| 1974 | Policy Planning Staff, Department of State |
| 1978 | Deputy Director, Israel Desk, Department of State |
| 1979 | Political Counselor, American Embassy, Tel Aviv, Israel |
| 1981 | Director, Israel and Arab-Israeli Affairs, Department of State |
| 1982 | Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Middle East |
| 1983 | Executive Secretary, Department of State |
| 1984-1989 | Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State |
| 1989-1992 | Diplomat-in-Residence, Stanford University |
| 1989- | Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace |
| 1992- | Diplomat-in-Residence and Lecturer in International Studies and Directed Studies, Yale University |
| 1992-1996 | Special Advisor to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, United Nations |
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection includes correspondence, speeches and writings, dispatches, memoranda, reports, notes, printed matter, memorabilia,
and photographs relating to international relations and diplomacy, United States foreign policy during the presidential administration
of Ronald Reagan, and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Also contains speeches and writings of Secretary of State George Shultz
and biographical information about Charles Hill.
The collection is organized into series: Biographical File, Correspondence, Speeches and Writings, Subject File, Oversize
File, Card File, Stanford Years File, Increments, and Declassified government records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989
China -- History -- Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976
Diplomats -- United States
International relations
United States. Department of State
Reagan, Ronald