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Latin America and the Caribbean Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Haiti Collections

Drew (Gerald Augustin) papers

Correspondence, dispatches, reports, diaries, certificates, and photographs relating to American foreign relations, especially with Jordan, Bolivia and Haiti.

Photo: Gerald Augustin Drew papers, Box 4, Folder 4, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Materials

Beach (Edward L.) typescript

     1941

Relates to American naval operations, including the battle of Manila Bay in 1898; American intervention in Mexico (1914), Haiti (1915), and the Dominican Republic (1916); and operations in the Atlantic Ocean during World War I. Also includes translations of letters to E. L. Beach from President Sudre Dartiguenave and future President Louis Borno of Haiti, 1916, relating to Beach's activities in Haiti.

Dartigue (Esther) typescript

     1988

Relates to the career of Maurice Dartigue as minister of education in Haiti (1941-1945), and as an official of the United Nations Trusteeship Department (1946-1956) and of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (1956-1968), in promoting education in Haiti and elsewhere in Latin America, and in the Congo and elsewhere in Africa. Photocopy.

Drew (Gerald Augustin) papers

     1895-1999

Correspondence, dispatches, reports, diaries, certificates, and photographs relating to American foreign relations, especially with Jordan, Bolivia and Haiti.

Grey (Ben) papers

     1919-1979

Correspondence, memoranda, writings, clippings, printed matter, photographs, and motion picture film, relating to miscellaneous aspects of American politics and foreign relations with Latin American, especially Haiti.

Multi-country newspaper collection

     1905-2007

 The Multi-Country newspaper collection consists of forty-four unique titles from thirty different countries: Algeria, Angola, Brazil, Burma, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ethiopia, French West Africa, Guatemala, Haiti, Hong Kong, Indochina, Indonesia, Jamaica, Jordan, Kurdistan, Lebanon, Mali, Madagascar, Manchuria, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, San Marino, Sarawak, South Africa, Tanganyika, Thailand and Vietnam. Some titles are available on microfilm. Microfilm availability and further analyzed title information can be found in Stanford's Library catalog.

Rockwood (Lawrence Peck) papers

     1981-2000

Trial records, legal documents, correspondence, writings, reports, and printed matter, relating to the court-martial of Lawrence Peck Rockwood for an unauthorized attempt to investigate human rights conditions in Haiti, and to issues of American military obligations regarding human rights.

Thezan (Emmanuel) campaign platform

     1930

Relates to Haitian political conditions and the American occupation of Haiti.