Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Smith, Nicol and Karr, Sharon E.
- Abstract:
- Speeches and writings, correspondence, military orders and dispatches, interview transcripts, printed matter, and photographs, relating to world travel, and to Office of Strategic Services operations in France and Thailand during World War II. Includes research materials collected by Sharon E. Karr for her authorized biography Traveler of the Crossroads: A Biography of Adventurer Nicol Smith (Dorrington, Calif., 1994).
- Extent:
- 8 manuscript boxes (3.2 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Nicol Smith papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Speeches and writings, correspondence, military orders and dispatches, interview transcripts, printed matter, and photographs, relating to world travel, and to Office of Strategic Services operations in France and Thailand during World War II. Includes research materials collected by Sharon E. Karr for her authorized biography Traveler of the Crossroads: A Biography of Adventurer Nicol Smith (Dorrington, Calif., 1994).
- Biographical / historical:
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Lieutenant colonel, United States Army; member, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; travel writer.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2003.
- 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], Nicol Smith 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