Description
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).
Background
Lieutenant colonel, United States Army; member, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; travel writer.
Extent
8 manuscript boxes
(3.2 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
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.