Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Urbain Joseph Kinet papers
Dates: 1938-1989
Collection Number: 97024
Creator: Kinet, Urbain Joseph, 1909-1999.
Collection Size:
9 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, field notes, reports, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to study of the ethnology,
flora and fauna, mineralogy, geology, meteorology and geography of the Lake Tanganyika and neighboring regions in Africa,
and of Antarctica.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
French
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Urbain Joseph Kinet papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1997.
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/Historical Note
Belgian-American scientist; Uvira, Belgian Congo, station chief, Institut pour la recherche scientifique en Afrique centrale,
1951-1960.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, field notes, reports, correspondence, maps, sound recordings, and photographs, relating to study of the ethnology,
flora and fauna, mineralogy, geology, meteorology and geography of the Lake Tanganyika and neighboring regions in Africa,
and of Antarctica.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Institut pour la recherche scientifique en Afrique centrale.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Research.
Africa--Research.
Tanganyika, Lake.
Antarctica.