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Title: Eric Cyril Bellquist papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1979
Collection Number: 81092
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
66 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 card file boxes, 9 envelopes, 2 phonotape reels, 3 phonorecords, 1 motion picture film
reel.
(30.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, writings, press releases, printed matter, and audiovisual material, relating to American
propaganda activities during and after World War II; postwar American foreign policy, especially in Scandinavia; political
conditions in the United States, Sweden, and elsewhere in Europe; and public opinion formation.
Creator:
Bellquist, Eric Cyril, 1904-
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Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1981.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Eric Cyril Bellquist papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
1904, Sept. 22 |
Born, Jersey City, New Jersey |
1928 |
M.A., University of California at Berkeley |
1932 |
PhD., University of California at Berkeley |
1936-1972 |
Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
1943-1945 Aug. |
Principal Regional Specialist and Area Chief for Sweden in the Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information |
1945 Sept.-Dec. |
Regional Director for Western Europe, Overseas Branch, Office of War Information and for Interim International Information
Division, Department of State
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1946 Jan.-Aug. |
Acting Chief, Area Division I (Europe and the British Commonwealth), Office of International Information and Cutural Affairs |
1946 Sept.-Dec. |
Acting Chairman, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley |
1947 Feb.-Aug. |
Chief, Area Division I (Europe and the British Commonwealth), Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs |
1949-1951 Aug. |
Public Affairs Officer at the American Embassy in Stockholm and Director of the United States Information Service in Sweden |
1979 |
Died |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Sound recordings
Motion pictures
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Propaganda, American
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
International cooperation
Propaganda, Anti-communist
Europe -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Public opinion
Scandinavia -- Politics and government
Sweden -- Politics and government -- 20th century
United States. Department of State
United States. Office of War Information