Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Stines, Norman Caswell, 1914-1980
- Abstract:
- Letters, printed matter, and photographs, relating to social conditions in Bolivia, Guatemala, Yugoslavia, and the Soviet Union, and to United States Department of State loyalty investigations. Includes letters of the parents of N. C. Stines, Americans in Russia during the Russian Revolution
- Extent:
- 4 manuscript boxes, 14 envelopes (3.1 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Norman C. Stines Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Norman Caswell Stines Date Event 1914, August 6 Born, Stockholm, Sweden1935 A.B., Stanford University1936-38 Journalist, Redwood City Tribune1938-39 Purchasing Agent for mining corporation in La Paz, Bolivia1939-1942 Assistant Manager of electric company in La Paz, Bolivia1942 Junior Economic Analyst in Foreign Service Auxiliary, La Paz, Bolivia1943 Senior Economic Analyst in Foreign Service Auxiliary, La Paz, Bolivia1944 Attache at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala1945-46 Vice Consul, Foreign Service Office, and secretary at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala1947-49 2nd Secretary and Vice Consul at the U.S. Embassy, Belgrade, Yugoslavia1949 Foreign Service training at Columbia University, Russian language and area study1950 2nd Secretary and Consul at the U.S. Embassy, Moscow USSR1950-52 1st Secretary and Consul at the U.S. Embassy, Moscow, USSR1953 Left the U.S. State Department service because of security investigations1980 Died, Cuernavaca, Mexico - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1981.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Internal security -- United States
Diplomats -- United States - Names:
- United States. Department of State
- Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Yugoslavia -- Social conditions
Bolivia -- Social conditions
Guatemala -- Social conditions
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Norman C. Stines Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563