Eugene Frederick Quinn papers, bulk 1960-1970

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Summary

Creators:
Quinn, Eugene Frederick
Abstract:
Research notes and drafts, lists, writings, interviews, copies of government documents, printed matter, tapes of tribal chants, memorabilia, and photographs relating to the Beti society of Cameroon. Many of these documents were used by E. F. Quinn as research material for his dissertation, entitled "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" (University of California, Los Angeles, 1970). Entire collection also available on microfilm (7 reels).
Extent:
18 manuscript boxes, 3 microfilm reels, 2 envelopes, 1 expanding folder, 4 sound tape reels (7.6 Linear Feet)
Language:
In French, English, and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eugene Frederick Quinn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Research notes and drafts, lists, writings, interviews, copies of government documents, printed matter, tapes of tribal chants, memorabilia, and photographs relating to the Beti society of Cameroon. Many of these documents were used by E. F. Quinn as research material for his dissertation, entitled "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" (University of California, Los Angeles, 1970).

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1935 September 16
Born, Oil City, Pennsylvania
1957
AB, Allegheny College
1969
MA, Modern European History, University of California, Los Angeles
1966
MA, African Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
1974
Diploma, Theological Studies, Virginia Theological Seminary
1970
PhD, History, University of California, Los Angeles
Author, "Changes in Beti Society, 1887-1960" [PhD dissertation]
1958-1959
Information officer, U.S. Information Agency, American Embassy, Rabat, Morocco
1961-1963
Country public affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, Ouagadougou, Upper Volta
1959-1961
Cultural affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, Port-au-Prince, Haiti,
1964-1966
Field representative, U.S. Information Agency, Joint United States Affairs Office, Saigon, Vietnam
1966-1968
Country public affairs officer, U.S. Information Agency, American Embassy, Yaounde, Cameroon
1969-1970
Chairman, State Department Task Force Working Group on Recruitment, Examination and Employment
Deputy Examiner, Board of Examiners of the Foreign Service, Washington, D.C.
1975-1978
Counselor, Embassy for Press and Cultural Affairs, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1981-1983
Director, foreign service personnel, Voice of America, Washington, D.C.
1981
Appointed career member with class of counselor, Senior Foreign Service
1985-1986
Director, Office of Public Affairs, Voice of America
1983-1985
Deputy assistant secretary, public affairs, Department of Transportation
1975
Ordained to ministry, Episcopal Church
1986
Appointed career member with class of minister-counselor, Senior Foreign Service
1986-1991
International coordinator for the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution, Director's Office, United States Information Agency
1992-
Consultant, international affairs
1993
Author, The Federalist Papers Reader
1994
Author, To Heal the Earth: A Theology of Ecology
1993-1995
Director, Rule of Law programs, Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Warsaw
1999
Author, Human Rights and You: A Guide for the States of the Former Soviet Union and Central Europe
1998
Author, Democracy at Dawn: Notes from Poland and Points East
2001
Author, To Be A Pilgrim: The Anglican Ethos in History
2000
Author, The French Overseas Empire
2002
Author, The Courthouse at Indian Creek: The First Five Years of the Greenbelt Maryland Federal Courthouse
2002
Author, African Saints: Saints, Martyrs, and Holy People from the Continent of Africa
2004
Author, Building the "Goodly Fellowship of Faith": A History of the Episcopal Church in Utah, 1867-1996
2003
Co-author, Pride, Faith, and Fear: Islam in Sub-Saharan Africa
2008
Author, The Sum of All Heresies: The Image of Islam in Western Thought
2006
Author, In Search of Salt: Changes in Beti (Cameroon) Society, 1880-1960
2012
Author, Welcoming the Interfaith Future: Religious Pluralism in a Global Age
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1972.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eugene Frederick Quinn Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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