Register of the I. William Zartman collection

Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
2015
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu


Title: I. William Zartman collection
Date (inclusive): 1956-1970
Collection Number: 94018
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and French
Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes (4.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The I. William Zartman collection consists of research materials on Africa compiled by Zartman in the 1950s and 1960s. Comprised of clippings, news dispatches, and serial issues, the collection documents political developments and economic conditions in a number of African states, especially those in West and Central Africa.
source: Zartman, I. William
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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.

Use

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1994.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], I. William Zartman collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical / Historical

Biographical note

1952 M.A., Johns Hopkins University
1956 Ph.D, Yale University
1960-1965 Professor, University of South Carolina
1963 Author, Government and Politics in Northern Africa
1964 Author, Morocco: Problems of New Power
1965-1980 Professor, New York University
1966 Author, International Relations in the New Africa
1973 Author, Man, State, and Society in the Contemporary Maghrib
1980- Professor, Johns Hopkins University
1982 Author, The Practical Negotiator
1985 Author, Ripe for Resolution: Conflict and Intervention in Africa
2008 Author, Negotiation and Conflict Management: Essays on Theory and Practice
2010 Author, Understanding Life in the Borderlands: Boundaries in Depth and in Motion

Scope and Content of Collection

The I. William Zartman collection consists of research materials on Africa compiled by Zartman in the 1950s and 1960s. Comprised of clippings, news dispatches, and serial issues, the collection documents political developments and economic conditions in a number of African states, especially those in West and Central Africa. There is a considerable amount of information in the collection about the Nigerian civil war in the 1960s, which involved conflict between the Nigerian government and the breakaway state of Biafra. There are also significant materials on Cameroon; Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa/Léopoldville); and the role of the United Nations in Africa. The materials are in English and French.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Africa -- Politics and government
Africa -- Economic conditions
Africa -- Social conditions
Zartman, I. William

 

Research materials relating to Africa 1956-1970

 

Burundi 1962-1969

box 1, folder 1

1962-1969

box 1, folder 2

1965-1967

 

Cameroon 1956-1969

box 1, folder 3

1956-1968

box 1, folder 4

1958

box 1, folder 5

1959

box 1, folder 6-9

1960

box 1, folder 10-11

1961

box 1, folder 12

1964

box 2, folder 1

1965

box 2, folder 2-3

1966

box 2, folder 4

1967

 

Central African Republic 1958-1969

box 2, folder 6

1958

box 2, folder 8-9

1960

box 2, folder 10

1961

box 2, folder 11

1964-1965

box 2, folder 12

1965-1969

box 3, folder 1

1966

box 3, folder 2

1967-1969

 

Commerce and agriculture 1960-1968

box 3, folder 3

1960

box 3, folder 4

1961

box 3, folder 5

1964-1965

box 3, folder 6

1966

box 3, folder 7

1967

box 3, folder 8

1968

 

Communications and transportation 1960-1968

box 3, folder 9

1960-1961

box 3, folder 10

1960-1968

box 3, folder 11

1964-1965

box 3, folder 12

1966

box 3, folder 13

1967-1968

 

Communism 1956-1968

box 4, folder 1

1956-1963

box 4, folder 2

1958-1964

box 4, folder 3

1964-1965

box 4, folder 4

1965-1967

box 4, folder 5

1966-1968

 

Conferences and regional organizations 1958-1968

box 4, folder 6

1958-1961

box 4, folder 7

1959-1963

box 4, folder 8

1964-1968

box 4, folder 9

1965-1966

box 4, folder 10

1967-1968

 

Congo (Brazzaville) 1958-1969

box 4, folder 11

1958-1962

box 4, folder 12

1959-1965

box 5, folder 1

1960

box 5, folder 2

1961-1964

box 5, folder 3

1965

box 5, folder 4

1966

box 5, folder 5

1966-1968

box 5, folder 6

1966-1969

box 5, folder 7

1967

 

Congo (Kinshasa/Léopoldville) 1961-1969

box 5, folder 8

1961-1964

box 5, folder 9

1962-1969

box 5, folder 10-12

1965

box 6, folder 1-4

1966

box 6, folder 5

1967

box 6, folder 6

1968-1969

box 6, folder 7

Dahomey 1960

box 6, folder 8

Equatorial Guinea 1960-1968

 

Gabon 1958-1968

box 6, folder 9

1958-1960

box 6, folder 10

1958-1968

box 6, folder 11

1960

box 7, folder 1

1961

box 7, folder 2

1961-1962

box 7, folder 3

1964-1965

box 7, folder 4

1966

box 7, folder 5

1967-1968

 

Liberia 1958-1967

box 7, folder 6

1958-1967

box 7, folder 7

1961-1966

box 7, folder 8

1965-1967

 

Nigeria 1956-1969

box 7, folder 9

1956-1959

box 7, folder 10

1959-1960

box 7, folder 11

1960-1962

box 7, folder 12

1960-1969

box 7, folder 13

1963-1965

box 7, folder 14

1965

box 7, folder 15-16

1966

box 8, folder 1-2

1966

box 8, folder 3-5

1967

box 8, folder 6

1967-1968

box 8, folder 7-11

1968

box 9, folder 1-3

1969

 

Oil 1955-1968

box 9, folder 4

1955-1963

box 9, folder 5

1961-1968

box 9, folder 6

1964-1968

 

Relations between Africa and Asia 1960-1968

box 9, folder 7

1960-1964

box 9, folder 8-9

1965

box 9, folder 10

1966-1968

box 9, folder 11

Rwanda 1961-1965

 

Sierra Leone 1957-1968

box 9, folder 12

1957-1968

box 9, folder 13

1960-1968

box 10, folder 1

Students 1959-1963

 

Togo 1956-1968

box 10, folder 2

1956-1966

box 10, folder 3-4

1960

box 10, folder 5

1961-1964

box 10, folder 6

1965

box 10, folder 7

1966

box 10, folder 8

1967-1968

 

United Nations 1960-1969

box 10, folder 9-10

1960

box 10, folder 11

1961

box 10, folder 12

1962-1969

box 10, folder 13

1964

box 10, folder 14

1965

box 11, folder 1

1965

box 11, folder 2-4

1966

box 11, folder 5

1967

box 11, folder 6

1968

 

Upper Volta 1958-1969

box 11, folder 7

1958-1959

box 11, folder 8

1959-1960

box 11, folder 9

1959-1969

box 11, folder 10-11

1960

box 11, folder 12

1961-1962

box 12, folder 1

1961-1964

box 12, folder 2

1965

box 12, folder 3

1966

box 12, folder 4

1967-1968

 

Zambia 1964-1970

box 12, folder 5

1964-1970

box 12, folder 6

1965

box 12, folder 7-8

1966

box 12, folder 9

1967-1968