Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Herbert F. Weiss papers
Dates: 1947-2003
Collection Number: 2009C55
Creator: Weiss, Herbert F.
Collection Size:
32 manuscript boxes
(12.8 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports,
studies, conference materials, and printed matter, relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political
conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo:
The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
French
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
Access to sound recordings, video recordings, or motion picture material requires at least two weeks advance notice. Please
contact the Hoover Institution Archives for further information.
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herbert F. Weiss papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2009.
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 Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Biographical/Historical Note
American political scientist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Writings, notes, correspondence, government documents, bulletins and issuances of Congolese political organizations, reports,
studies, conference materials, and printed matter, relating to nationalism in and independence of the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, the Parti Solidaire Africain, Patrice Lumumba, civil war and political opposition groups in the Congo, and political
conditions elsewhere in Africa. Used in part as research material for the book by H. F. Weiss, Political Protest in the Congo:
The Parti Solidaire Africain during the Independence Struggle (Princeton, 1967).
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lumumba, Patrice, 1925-1961.
Parti solidaire africain (Congo)
Nationalism--Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--History--Civil War, 1960-1965.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1908-1960.
Congo (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government--1960-1997.
Africa--Politics and government--1960-