Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Virginia McLean Thompson and Richard Adloff papers
Dates: 1931-1986
Collection Number: XX171
Creator: Thompson, Virginia McLean, 1903-
Collection Size:
26 manuscript boxes, 2 envelopes
(10.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Drafts of books, other writings, research notes, letters, newsletters, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating
to political, social and economic conditions in various African countries, including the Congo (Brazzaville), Madagascar,
Zaire and other French-speaking countries; and in Indochina, Thailand and Burma. Includes joint writings of Virginia Thompson
and Richard Adloff.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
French
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], Virginia McLean Thompson and Richard Adloff papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives.
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 historian.
Scope and Content of Collection
Drafts of books, other writings, research notes, letters, newsletters, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating
to political, social and economic conditions in various African countries, including the Congo (Brazzaville), Madagascar,
Zaire and other French-speaking countries; and in Indochina, Thailand and Burma. Includes joint writings of Virginia Thompson
and Richard Adloff.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Africa.
Congo (Democratic Republic)
Congo (Brazzaville)
Madagascar.
Africa, French-speaking Equatorial.
Africa, French-speaking West.
Burma.
Thailand.
Indochina.
Adloff, Richard.