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Title: Harold H. Fisher papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1974
Collection Number: XX235
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
33 manuscript boxes, 44 card file boxes, 5 envelopes, 1 oversize box, l phonorecord
(36.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Clippings, printed matter, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, articles, microfilm, and photographs, relating to the Soviet
Union, the San Francisco Conference organizing the United Nations, the Civil War in Spain, Herbert Hoover and the American
Relief Administration, and the history of Finland.
Creator:
Fisher, Harold H. (Harold Henry), 1890-1975
Creator:
United Nations Conference on International Organization (Location of meeting: San Francisco, Calif. Date of meeting or treaty
signing: 1945.)
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
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Harold H. Fisher papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1911 | A.B., University of Vermont |
| 1917-1918 | Captain of field artillery, U.S. Army |
| 1922 | Assistant to Herbert Hoover with the American Relief Administration (A.R.A.); chief of history department of A.R.A. |
| 1936 | Honorary doctorate of humane letters (L.H.D.), University of Vermont |
| 1943-1955 | Director, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; professor of history, Stanford University |
| 1945 | Assistant to former governor Harold E. Stassen of U.S. Delegation to San Francisco Conference |
| 1946-1947 | Director, School of Naval Administration, Stanford University |
| 1955-1960 | Professor of international relations, San Francisco State College |
| Undated | Also: Author of numerous books on the Soviet Union; editorial writer for the Washington Herald; business editor of The New Republic; radio news analyst for CBS and NBC; active in Asian scholarship; former director of Belgian-American Educational Foundation |
Scope and Content of Collection
Clippings, printed matter, notes, correspondence, pamphlets, articles, microfilm, and photographs, relating to the Soviet
Union, the San Francisco Conference organizing the United Nations, the Civil War in Spain, Herbert Hoover and the American
Relief Administration, and the history of Finland.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
Soviet Union -- History
International relief
Finland -- History
Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
American Relief Administration