Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical Note
Scope and Content Note
Indexing Terms
Descriptive Summary
Title: David Stoll collection,
Date (inclusive): 1921-1999
Collection number: 2003C93
Collector:
Stoll, David, 1952-
Extent:
55 manuscript boxes
(22.9 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reports, newsletters, bulletins, writings, notes, printed matter, and sound recordings, relating to evangelical Protestant
missionary activities in Latin America, and to activities of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics
in translating the Bible into languages of indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America. Used as research material for
the books by David Stoll,
Fishers of Men or Founders of Empire? (London, 1982), and
Is Latin America Turning Protestant? (Berkeley, 1990).
Languages:
English,
and Spanish or Castilian.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to audiovisual materials requires at least two weeks advance notice. Audiovisual
materials include sound recordings, video recordings, and motion picture film.
Hoover staff will determine whether use copies of the materials requested can be
made available. Some materials may not be accessible even with advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives Audiovisual Specialist for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], David Stoll collection, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2003.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical Note
David Stoll is the author of
Fishers of Men or Founders of Empire? (London, 1982), and
Is Latin America Turning Protestant? (Berkeley, 1990).
Scope and Content Note
Reports, newsletters, bulletins, writings, notes, printed matter, and sound recordings, relating to evangelical Protestant
missionary activities in Latin America, and to activities of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics
in translating the Bible into languages of indigenous peoples, especially in Latin America. Used as research material for
the books by David Stoll,
Fishers of Men or Founders of Empire? (London, 1982), and
Is Latin America Turning Protestant? (Berkeley, 1990).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.
Subjects
Wycliffe Bible Translators.
Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Bible--Translating.
Missions--Latin America.
Evangelicalism.
Indians--Missions.
Indigenous peoples.
Latin America--Religion.
Genres and Forms of Material
Phonotapes.