Stephen Miles Bouton papers, 1918-1962

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Summary

Creators:
Bouton, S. Miles (Stephen Miles), 1876-
Abstract:
Memoirs, dispatches, newspaper columns, other writings, speeches, and correspondence, relating to the German revolution of 1918, German politics and society from World War I to World War II, interwar European politics, and social conditions and civil liberties in the U.S.
Extent:
6 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (2.5 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and German
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stephen Miles Bouton Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Memoirs, dispatches, newspaper columns, other writings, speeches, and correspondence, relating to the German revolution of 1918, German politics and society from World War I to World War II, interwar European politics, and social conditions and civil liberties in the U.S.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1876, September 24
Born, Blockville, N.Y.
1899
LL.B., Albany Law School Admitted to N.Y. bar; practiced at Jamestown, N.Y.
1903, November 11
Married Frieda Dorothea Kleinsang
1903-1904
On staff, Meadville (Pa.) Star
1904-1905
On staff, Oil City Times
1905-1909
On staff, Buffalo Express
1909-1919
With Associated Press
1911
Transferred to Berlin, Germany
1911-1912, 1925-1927
Studied, University of Berlin
1914-1916
With the German army on various fronts as war correspondent
1916-1919
In charge of Associated Press bureau in Stockholm, Sweden
1917, Summer
In Petrograd
1918, November
First enemy correspondent to enter Berlin after the armistice
1920
Author, And the Kaiser Abdicates
1920-1934
Berlin correspondent, N.Y. World, N.Y. Times, Baltimore Sun
1922
Author, Das Ende der Grossmacht Deutschland
1934, June
Ordered by the Hitler government to leave Germany
1935-1939
Lecturer
1940's-1950's
Chief editorial writer, The Post-Journal, Jamestown, N.Y.
Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1983.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Stephen Miles Bouton 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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