Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Biographical/Historical Note
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Richard A. Stratton papers
Dates: 1953-2003
Collection Number: 75044
Creator: Stratton, Richard A., 1931-
Collection Size:
33 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(14 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, interview transcripts, memoranda, conference proceedings, printed matter, and audiovisual
material, relating to American prisoners of war and persons missing in action during the Vietnam War, and to the treatment
of released prisoners in North Vietnam. Includes some papers of Alice M. Stratton, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy
for forces support and family, and wife of R. A. Stratton.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
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], Richard A. Stratton papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1975.
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
Captain, United States Navy; prisoner of war in North Vietnam, 1967-1973.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, speeches and writings, interview transcripts, memoranda, conference proceedings, printed matter, and audiovisual
material, relating to American prisoners of war and persons missing in action during the Vietnam War, and to the treatment
of released prisoners in North Vietnam. Includes some papers of Alice M. Stratton, deputy assistant secretary of the Navy
for forces support and family, and wife of R. A. Stratton.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
United States. Navy--Officers.
United States. Navy--Dept.
Prisoners of war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese.
Stratton, Alice M.