Summary
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10.5 linear feet, 13 boxes
Abstract
Harold Boies Hoskins was a businessman, diplomat, and educator working in Middle Eastern affairs. This collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notes, photographs, publications, maps, and professional files that document Hoskins' personal and professional activities, as well as the Hoskins family.
Description
Description
The Harold B. Hoskins Papers consist of correspondence, diaries, notes, photographs, publications, maps, and professional files that document Hoskins' personal and professional activities, as well as the Hoskins family. See individual series descriptions for more specific information on each series.
Collection Creator
Biography
Harold Boies Hoskins was a businessman, diplomat, and educator working in Middle Eastern affairs. Born in Beirut and raised by American missionary parents, he graduated from Hill School in 1913 and Princeton in 1917. Hoskins served in both WWI and II, and in 1942, he was commissioned by President Roosevelt to act as a U.S. diplomatic emissary in Palestine. He became a special assistant to the U.S. ambassador in Tehran in 1944, and served as a counselor for economic affairs at the American embassy in Cairo, and for American diplomatic missions in Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Ethiopia over the course of his career. From 1955 until his retirement in 1961, he served as director of the Foreign Service Institute.
Collection History
Acquisition
Scott Rodman approved the gifting to Mudd on behalf of the Hoskins Family in November 2007. Accession number ML.2007.037.
Custodial History
Gifted to the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming by Grania H. Ackley in 1991. The American Heritage Center deaccessioned the papers in November 2007. Transferred from the American Hertitage Center at the University of Wyoming in November 2007.
Archival Appraisal Information
Appraisal has been conducted in accordance with Mudd Library guidelines. Two boxes of books were separated during processing in 2007.
Processing Information
This collection was processed by Kate Dundon in 2011. Finding aid revised by Kate Dundon in July 2011.
Sponsorship
These papers were processed with the generous support of the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
Access and Use
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Use Restrictions
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Public Policy Papers. Researchers are responsible for determining any copyright questions.
Preferred Citation
Harold B. Hoskins Papers; 1822-1982, Public Policy Papers, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
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