Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
Access Points
Biographical Note
Descriptive Summary
Title: Eric Cyril Bellquist papers
Date (inclusive): 1928-1979
Collection number: 81092
Creator:
Bellquist, Eric Cyril, 1904-1979
Extent:
66 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 card file boxes, 9 envelopes, 2 phonotape reels, 3 phonorecords, 1 motion picture film
reel.
(30 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, writings, press releases, printed matter, and
audiovisual material, relating to American propaganda activities during and after World
War II; postwar American foreign policy, especially in Scandinavia; political conditions
in the United States, Sweden, and elsewhere in Europe; and public opinion formation.
Language:
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], Eric Cyril Bellquist papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution
Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1981.
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.
Access Points
United States. Dept. of State.
United States. Office of War Information.
International cooperation.
Propaganda, American.
Propaganda, Anti-communist.
Public opinion.
World War, 1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945--Propaganda.
Scandinavia.
Scandinavia--Politics and government.
United States--Foreign relations.
United States--Foreign relations--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--20th century.
United States--Politics and government.
World War, 1939-1945--United States.
Sweden--Politics and government--1905-
Europe--Politics and government--20th century.
Sweden.
Europe.
Phonotapes.
Phonorecords.
Moving-pictures.
Biographical Note
| 1904, Sept. 22 |
Born, Jersey City, New Jersey |
| 1928 |
M.A., University of California at Berkeley |
| 1932 |
PhD., University of California at Berkeley |
| 1936-1972 |
Professor, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1943-1945 Aug. |
Principal Regional Specialist and Area Chief for Sweden in the Overseas Branch of the Office of War Information |
| 1945 Sept.-Dec. |
Regional Director for Western Europe, Overseas Branch, Office of War Information and for Interim International Information
Division, Department of State
|
| 1946 Jan.-Aug. |
Acting Chief, Area Division I (Europe and the British Commonwealth), Office of International Information and Cutural Affairs |
| 1946 Sept.-Dec. |
Acting Chairman, Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley |
| 1947 Feb.-Aug. |
Chief, Area Division I (Europe and the British Commonwealth), Office of International Information and Cultural Affairs |
| 1949-1951 Aug. |
Public Affairs Officer at the American Embassy in Stockholm and Director of the United States Information Service in Sweden |
| 1979 |
Died |