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Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Dec 2019: We are reopening in February! Chiang Ching-kuo, Year in Review

Letter From The Director
Letter From The Director

December 2019: Updates From the Director's Desk

by Eric Wakinvia The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Happy holiday greetings to all of the supporters and friends of the Hoover Library & Archives!

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Our Reading Room Reopens February 3, 2020!

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

In preparation for the construction of the Hoover Institution’s new George Shultz Fellows Building, the Library & Archives has worked over the past year on a project to relocate archival collection material housed in the Lou Henry Hoover (LHH) Building to secure offsite storage.

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Hoover deputy director Eric Wakin (right) moderated the discussion.
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Hoover Hosts Event to Discuss the Life and Legacy of Chiang Ching-kuo, Former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Hoover Library & Archives hosted a special event on December 17, 2019, to discuss the life and legacy of Chiang Ching-kuo and to announce the opening of his diaries at Hoover in February 2020.

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The Year in Review

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The year 2019 was busy and memorable here at Hoover Institution Library & Archives. As we celebrated the centennial year of our founding, the Library & Archives spent 2019 formulating strategies for the future, enhancing capacity for state-of-the-art preservation...

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News and Events

Significant New Materials Added to the Wojciech Jaruzelski Papers

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives have obtained an increment to the papers of Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014)

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Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection
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Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection Goes Global

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Library & Archives is excited to announce that the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection now has global coverage.

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Simon Ertz, Hoover Centennial Librarian for Collection Analysis
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Russian and Slavic Scholars: Welcome to Hoover!

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

For one hundred years, Hoover Library & Archives has been a scholarly hub for the study of Russian, Slavic, and Eurasian history.

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Al-Ahram Newspaper
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Al-Ahram, Egypt's Newspaper of Record, Now Available Online

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Hoover and East View Information Services are pleased to announce the release of the digital archive of Al-Ahram, Egypt’s...

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Congratulations to Hoover Senior Fellow Norman Naimark

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Hoover senior fellow and historian Norman Naimark has been honored by having his latest publication...

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Dirk Wouters (above, left), Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and Belgian consulate affiliate Wim Sohier (right)
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Welcome to the Ambassador of Belgium!

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

This month Dirk Wouters (above, left), Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and Belgian consulate affiliate Wim Sohier (right) visited Hoover Tower.

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Colonel Warren Cook - Jean Cannon and General Jim Mattis
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Happy Birthday, Marines!

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Thursday, December 19, 2019

On November 11, 2019, Library & Archives staff members, patrons, and guests, joined Hoover's National Security Affairs Research Fellows ...

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New Publications Featuring Hoover Collections Thursday, Dec 19, 2019

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In the Galleries

Hoover at 100 Exhibit image

Hoover's centennial exhibition is now open in the Hoover Tower rotunda!

Hoover@100: Ideas Defining A Century  runs through July 31, 2020. The exhibition is free and open every day, 10 am–4 pm. Closed for major holidays, Stanford home football games, and campus winter closure.

In the Media

Listen to Hoover fellow Bertrand M. Patenaude discuss Alexander Kerensky's time at Hoover in this podcast from the Stanford and the Twentieth Century series
A Focus Taiwan news article about Hoover's recently acquired Chiang Ching-kuo diaries

This year has been one of the busiest in L&A history, as staff members moved thousands of newspapers from the Lou Henry Hoover Building to offsite storage. Hoover's holdings have headlines from across the world and in almost every language imaginable. Here are a few fast facts from this year's move:

  • 31,996 items rehoused into 18,980 boxes

  • 18,668 boxes moved

  • 90 countries represented

  • 4,051 titles

  • Dates range from 1850 to 2013

  • Rehousing lasted from September 2018 through October 2019

  • 61 finding aids created

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E.g., 2 / 21 / 2020
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Dec 2019: We are reopening in February! Chiang Ching-kuo, Year in Review

Letter From The Director

December 2019: Updates From the Director's Desk
by Eric Wakin Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Featured Articles

Our Reading Room Reopens February 3, 2020!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Hoover Hosts Event to Discuss the Life and Legacy of Chiang Ching-kuo, Former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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The Year in Review
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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News and Events

Significant New Materials Added to the Wojciech Jaruzelski Papers
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection Goes Global
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Russian and Slavic Scholars: Welcome to Hoover!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
article
Al-Ahram, Egypt's Newspaper of Record, Now Available Online
Thursday, December 19, 2019
article
Congratulations to Hoover Senior Fellow Norman Naimark
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Welcome to the Ambassador of Belgium!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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Happy Birthday, Marines!
Thursday, December 19, 2019
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New Publications Featuring Hoover Collections Thursday, Dec 19, 2019
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Oct 2019: Chernobyl Collections; Conference in Vienna; Ardeshir Zahedi Publication

Letter From The Director

October 2019: Updates From the Director's Desk
by Eric Wakin Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Ardeshir Zahedi Publication Now Available!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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News and Events

Welcome to Heath Lee, author of The League of Wives!
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Hoover Acquires New Papers on the Chernobyl Disaster
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Hoover Leads Panels on WWI Humanitarian Aid at Austrian Symposium
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Hoover Acquires the Papers of Major General Harry L. Gilchrist
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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Hoover Acquires the Paper of Renowned Author and Historian Tang Zhenchang
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
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New Publications Featuring Hoover Collections Monday, Oct 22, 2019
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Sep 2019: Students in the Archives; New Book on WWII; Hoover History in the Tower

Letter From The Director

September 2019: Updates From the Director's Desk
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Hoover Publishes a New Volume on the Navy Seabees in the WWII Pacific Theater
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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New Centennial Exhibition Opening Soon!
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Policy Students and Fellows: Welcome to the Archives!
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Initiating Stanford's New Humanities Research Intensive Course
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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George Garvy Papers Come to Hoover
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Hoover Hosts High School Teachers from Across the State of California
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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New Russian Periodicals Come to Hoover
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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SAL 3 Construction Continues!
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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New Publications Featuring Hoover Collections Monday, Sep 16, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019

July 2019: Li Rui; Women of the Gulag; Renovation News

Letter From The Director

July 2019: Updates From the Director's Desk
by Eric Wakin Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Hoover Panel Discusses the Life and Legacy of Li Rui
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Hoover Library & Archives Featured on C-SPAN
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Hoover Visiting Fellow Publishes Groundbreaking Work on WWI Famine
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Celebrating Forty Years of Service
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Curator Herbert S. Klein Honored in Chile
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Hoover Screens the Award-winning Documentary Women of the Gulag
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Silas Palmer Fellow Dr. Michal Przeperski Wins Award for a Dissertation on Hoover's Rakowski Diaries
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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New Publications by Hoover Archivist Issayas Tesfamariam
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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The Legacy of Tiananmen Square, Thirty Years Later
Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Our Reading Room Reopens February 3, 2020!

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

In preparation for the construction of the Hoover Institution’s new George Shultz Fellows Building, the Library & Archives has worked over the past year on a project to relocate archival collection material housed in the Lou Henry Hoover (LHH) Building to secure offsite storage.

Articles
Hoover deputy director Eric Wakin (right) moderated the discussion.
Featured Articles

Hoover Hosts Event to Discuss the Life and Legacy of Chiang Ching-kuo, Former President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Hoover Library & Archives hosted a special event on December 17, 2019, to discuss the life and legacy of Chiang Ching-kuo and to announce the opening of his diaries at Hoover in February 2020.

Articles
Featured Articles

The Year in Review

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The year 2019 was busy and memorable here at Hoover Institution Library & Archives. As we celebrated the centennial year of our founding, the Library & Archives spent 2019 formulating strategies for the future, enhancing capacity for state-of-the-art preservation...

Articles
News and Events

Significant New Materials Added to the Wojciech Jaruzelski Papers

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Hoover Institution Library & Archives have obtained an increment to the papers of Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923–2014)

Articles
Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection
News and Events

Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection Goes Global

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

The Library & Archives is excited to announce that the Hoji Shinbun Digital Collection now has global coverage.

Articles
Simon Ertz, Hoover Centennial Librarian for Collection Analysis
News and Events

Russian and Slavic Scholars: Welcome to Hoover!

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

For one hundred years, Hoover Library & Archives has been a scholarly hub for the study of Russian, Slavic, and Eurasian history.

Articles
Al-Ahram Newspaper
News and Events

Al-Ahram, Egypt's Newspaper of Record, Now Available Online

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Hoover and East View Information Services are pleased to announce the release of the digital archive of Al-Ahram, Egypt’s...

Articles
News and Events

Congratulations to Hoover Senior Fellow Norman Naimark

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Hoover senior fellow and historian Norman Naimark has been honored by having his latest publication...

Articles
Dirk Wouters (above, left), Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and Belgian consulate affiliate Wim Sohier (right)
News and Events

Welcome to the Ambassador of Belgium!

via The Carillon
Thursday, December 19, 2019

This month Dirk Wouters (above, left), Belgian Ambassador to the United States, and Belgian consulate affiliate Wim Sohier (right) visited Hoover Tower.

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