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  • Title: Donald Marquand Dozer papers
    Date (inclusive): 1893-1981
    Collection Number: 70011
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 145 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 4 card file boxes, 8 envelopes, 1 video cassette, 1 phonorecord, 3 phonotapes (61.5 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, writings, memoranda, notes, printed matter, and audio-visual material, relating to American foreign policy during World War II; postwar loyalty-security programs; government secrecy in the State Department; American foreign policy in Latin America; various aspects of Latin American history and society; and the Panama Canal treaty of 1978. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Dozer, Donald Marquand
    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 1970.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Donald Marquand Dozer Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note

    1905 June 7 Born, Zanesville, Ohio
    1941-1943 Research analyst, Latin American Branch, Office of Strategic Services
    1943-1944 Liaison officer, Office of Lend-Lease Administration
    1944 Foreign trade analyst, Foreign Economic Administration
    1944-1947 Research analyst and Assistant Chief, Analysis Section, Division of American Republics, Department of State
    1947-1949 Acting Chief, Division of Research for American Republics, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
    1948 Jan. State Department representative to the Second Latin American Intelligence Conference, Panama Canal Zone
    1948 March-April Assistant Technical Secretary, United States delegation, Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogota, Colombia
    1949-1951 Coordinator, special intelligence project involving Latin America area for Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of Intelligence Research, Department of State
    1949-1951 Lecturer, Strategic Intelligence School, National Military Establishment, Washington, D.C.
    1950-1951 Consultant on Latin America, Brookings Institute
    1951-1956 Assistant to Chief, Division of Historical Policy Research, Office of Public Affairs, State Department
    1956-1959 Lecturer, Department of History, University of Maryland and Montgomery Jr. College
    1959-1964 Associate Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
    1964-1972 Professor of History, University of California, Santa Barbara
    1971 Fulbright Lecturer to Argentina
    1972 Received Alberdi-Sarmiento Prize, Argentina
    1968-1977 Vice Chairman, American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of California
    1980, Aug. 4 Died, Santa Barbara, California

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Video tapes
    Sound recordings
    World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
    World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
    Panama Canal (Panama)
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
    Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States
    Internal security -- United States
    Official secrets -- United States
    Latin America -- History
    United States. Department of State