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Harold B. Hoskins Papers

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Hoskins

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.

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.

MC221

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.

Scott Rodman approved the gifting to Mudd on behalf of the Hoskins family in November 2007 (accession number ML.2007.037). Grania Ackley donated eight rolls of 16mm safety film and a file of correspondence in May 2012 (accession number ML.2012.020). The materials that comprise Series 3 were donated by John and Binti Ackley in 2014 (accession number ML.2014.029).

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A preliminary inventory list, MARC record and collection-level description were created in 2007. The April 2011 accession was incorporated into the collection and was processed by Kate Dundon in 2011. The finding aid was revised by Kate Dundon in July 2011. Materials from the May 2012 accession were incorporated into Series 2 and the finding aid was updated at this time. The finding aid was updated by Rachel Van Unen in October 2014 to reflect the materials from the 2014 accession.

Two boxes of books were separated during processing in 2007. No materials were separated from Series 3.

Publisher
Public Policy Papers
Finding Aid Author
Kate Dundon
Finding Aid Date
2007
Sponsor
These papers were processed with the generous support of the John Foster and Janet Avery Dulles Fund.
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

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Collection Inventory

Scope and Contents

The U.S. Diplomacy Career series largely focuses on Hoskins' work in Middle Eastern diplomacy, including his years as Director of the Foreign Service Institute in Beirut, and features correspondence, speeches, diaries, maps, notes, reports, publications, and reel-to-reel tapes.

Arrangement

No further arrangement after division into series.

Physical Description

6 boxes

United States Foreign Service Institute, 1900-1975. 3 folders.
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3 folders

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1 box

National War College, 1949 November 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Council on Foreign Relations, 1950 January 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

National War College, 1950 December 5. 2 folders.
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2 folders

"The Near and Middle East Economic Evolution", 1950 December 6. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"The United States and the Problem with the Middle East", 1951 November 15. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Middle East Oil", 1951 November 15. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Council on World Affairs, 1951 December 1. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Council on Foreign Relations, 1952 January 31. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"How Policy is Developed", 1952 February 29. 1 folder.
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1 folder

World Order Week, 1952 July 22. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Policy Association, Worcester MA Branch, 1952 March 19. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Service Institute, 1953 June 23. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cold Spring Project, 1953 August 6. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cold Spring Project, 1953 August 13. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cold Spring Project, 1953 August 27. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Dutchess County Council on World Affairs, 1953 November 17. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Branch of Council on Foreign Relations, Charlottesville, VA, 1953 December 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Vassar Club, Washington, D.C., 1953 October 10. 1 folder.
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1 folder

School of Advanced International Studies, 1953 February 24. 1 folder.
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1 folder

American Association of University Women, College Park Branch, 1954 January 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

The Middle East as World Center of Oil, 1953 August 21. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cosmopolitan Club, New York, 1954 February 18. 2 folders.
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2 folders

"The Ugly American Furor", 1960 February. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letters from Feisal, Palestine and State Department, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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State Department, 1942-1944. 9 folders.
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9 folders

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"The Present Situation in the Near East", 1943 April 20. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Standard Oil Reports and Memoranda, 1947-1950. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Bennett College, 1961 August. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Overseas Education Study, 1954 November. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Overseas Education Study, 1954 November. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Office of Strategic Services, 1942 July 20-November 13, 1942 July. 2 folders.
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2 folders

The Middle East as a Center of the World Oil, 1953. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Operations Coordinating Board, 1954. 1 folder.
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1 folder

American University of Beirut, 1957. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Service Institute, 1952-1958. 6 folders.
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6 folders

Publications, 1949-1967. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Names and Gifts, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Address Lists, 1966-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Maps, undated. 7 folders.
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7 folders

"Trucking Through France" Manuscript, 1917 September. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Turko-Italian War Paper, circa 1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Loose Notes, 1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Service Institute, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Service Institute, 1957-1958. 1 folder.
Scope and Contents

Includes memo to Hoskins from John Foster Dulles.

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1 folder

Trips to Middle East, 1948-1950. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trip to Middle East, 1948 September-October. 1 folder.
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1 folder

State Department, 1951-1952. 2 folders.
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2 folders

United States Information Agency Training, 1954-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

France Trip, 1967. 1 folder.
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1 folder

France Trip, 1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Signed Photograph of King Ibn Saud, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

"Zionism and the American Jew", 1964. 1 folder.
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1 folder

"Tales of UNRRA", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

1939-1949, 1939-1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1943, undated, 1943. 1 folder.
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1 folder

1944-1955, 1944-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Pamphlets and Other Printed Material, dates not examined. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Report to Standard Oil Company, 1949. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Trip to Europe, 1963. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Report to the Operations Coordinating Board on United States Overseas Education Programs, 1954 November 9. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Report to the Operations Coordinating Board on United States Overseas Education Programs, 1954 November 9. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Speech, "The Celestial Bed", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Obituary, 1977 April 25. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Newspaper Clippings, 1920-1969. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Periodicals, 1953-1978. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Department of State Transportation Service Coin, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Annotated "Liste du Corps Diplomatique", 1944. 1 box.
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1 box

Books in Arabic, dates not examined. 1 box.
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1 box

Transcript of "Notes"- Harold B. Hoskins Trip, 1949 March-April. 1 box.
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1 box

Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry: Report to the United States Government and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, 1946 April 20. 1 box.
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1 box

Annual Reports Board of Managers: Syrian Protestant College, 1866-1902. 1 box.
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1 box

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1 box

U.S. Foreign Service Institute, Spoken German, undated. 3 folders.
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3 folders

U.S. Foreign Service Institute, 1943-1966. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Pamphlets and Printed Material, 1947-1966. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Le Blan, Emile, 1933. 5 folders.
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5 folders

W.C. Eberle Overseas Corporation, 1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

American University of Beirut, 1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Europe Trip, 1971. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Cooke, Goodwin and France Trip, 1971-1972. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Concerning Franklin E. Hoskins' book, "Nile to the Nebo", 1913. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Weizman, Chaim, 1943 June 12. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Foreign Service Institute Senior Officer Graduation Ceremonies, undated. 1 item.
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1 itemreel-to-reel tape

Unidentified Audio, undated. 1 item.
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1 itemreel-to-reel tape

Scope and Contents

The Personal Papers series includes correspondence, notes, diaries, photographs, and other materials relating to Hoskins travels, his time at Hill School and Princeton, and his service in both World Wars. Also included are correspondence, diaries, photographs, and scrapbooks that document several members of the Hoskins family, including his parents, Franklin Evans Hoskins and Harriet E. Hoskins, and their time as missionaries in Syria in the late 19th through early 20th century.

Arrangement

No further arrangement after division into series.

Physical Description

8 boxes

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3 boxes

Eddy, Mary P., New Testament Miniature Book, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Harold B. Hoskins Diaries, 1899-1965. 1 box.
Scope and Contents

School years, World War II and travels.

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1 box

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Rev. Franklin E. Hoskins Princeton Diary, 1882-1883. 1 box.
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1 box

1929, 1931-1964, 1929. 1 box.
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1 box

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1965-1982, 1965-1982. 1 box.
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1 box

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3 boxes

World War I, 1915-1918. 4 folders.
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4 folders

Marine Corps, 1918-1920. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Hoskins, Grania O'Malley, 1927-1928. 5 folders.
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5 folders

Hoskins, Franklin E, 1888-1920. 6 folders.
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6 folders

Hoskins, Harriette E, 1929-1930. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Grania O'Malley, 1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Grania O'Malley, 1977. 3 folders.
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3 folders

General, 1923-1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Franklin E, 1884-1897. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Hoskins, Harriette to family, 1928. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Harriette. to Hoskins, Harold, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

General, 1956-1971. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Condit, A. to Condit, Harriett W, 1822 January. 1 folder.
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1 folder

To "Mother" from "Tuchey", 1882 October 20. 1 folder.
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1 folder

From Hill School, circa 1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Nigeria Visit, 1965. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Letter from County Cork, Ireland, 1940 September 18. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Family Letters and Postcards, 1875-1974. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins to Mr. and Mrs. O'Malley Knott, 1944-1945. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Eddy, Mary P, 1893-1927. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Hoskins Genealogy, 1924. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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Hoskins, Franklin E. and Hoskins, Harriette B, 1918-1923. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hill School Records, circa 1910. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Princeton, 1913-1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

South American Trip, 1925. 1 folder.
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1 folder

General, 1943-1969. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Obituaries, 1977. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Franklin E. and Hoskins, Harriette B, 1915-1929. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Barge Cruise and Europe Trips, 1972-1973. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Franklin E., Princeton Grades, 1882-1883. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Eddy, Mary P, 1900-1904. 1 folder.
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1 folder

General, 1953-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Personal Documentation, 1946-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Travel Itineraries, 1965-1970. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Travel Brochures, 1972. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

Jurisprudence, 1916-1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Chemistry, 1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Legislation, 1916-1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Government, 1916-1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

French Essays and Reports, 1916. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Bric-A-Brac, 1918. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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1 box

By Franklin E. Hoskins, circa 1880s. 4 folders.
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4 folders

"Great Conflicts", undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harriette Hoskins Scrapbook, circa 1885. 1 folder.
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1 folder

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3 boxes

Postcards and Souvenir Photographs, circa 1900. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Franklin E, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins, Harriette E, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins Children, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Hoskins Family, 1871-1904. 3 folders.
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3 folders

Missionary Life, circa 1883. 6 folders.
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6 folders

Glass slides, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Gold Pocket Watch, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Oversize photographs, circa 1980. 1 box.
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1 box

Photographic Negatives of Cairo, Jiddha, Riyadh, Other Locations by Hoskins, circa 1943. 1 box.
Physical Description

1 box16mm safety film

Scope and Contents

The 2014 accession is mainly comprised of photographs of Harold Hoskins's travels in the Middle East and his correspondence to his wife, Grania. To a lesser extent, it contains military documents from Hoskins's service in World War I and other documentation of his travels in the form of journals, postcards, and a map. Hoskins family photographs, personal correspondence related to the birth of Harold and Grania Hoskins's daughter, and a small amount of material on Harold Hoskins's father, Franklin Hoskins, is also included.

Arrangement

No further arrangement after division into series.

Physical Description

4 boxes

Travel journals and memorandum pocketbooks, 1939-1940, 1954-1957. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Franklin E. Hoskins papers, circa 1888-1920. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold B. Hoskins correspondence, 1895, 1918, 1946. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Franklin E. Hoskins letters from Beirut, 1885-1909. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold B. Hoskins correspondence, 1938-1957. 14 folders.
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14 folders

Newspaper Clippings, 1941-1942. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold B. Hoskins correspondence, circa 1941-1950. 2 folders.
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2 folders

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Near East Colleges publicity, 1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold B. Hoskins correspondence and printed material, circa 1948-1951. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Congratulatory letters to Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hoskins, 1946. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Harold B. Hoskins correspondence, circa 1957. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold and Grania Hoskins letters from Tehran, 1944-1945. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of exterior of hospital, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Panoramic photographs, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs from Harold Hoskins trip to Middle East, 1948. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Harold Hoskins in Uniform, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Department of State Photographs, circa 1955-1957. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of Harold Hoskins, circa 1939-1955. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of Hoskins family, circa 1890 - 1917. 1 folder.
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1 folder

German Postcards and Military Personnel Documents, circa 1916-1919. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Trans-Jordan Government map of Kerak, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of young Harold Hoskins and siblings, circa 1896-1917. 2 folders.
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2 folders

Photographs of Harriet Eddy Hoskins, circa 1897 - 1927. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of Harold Hoskins and Grania Hoskins, circa 1942-1944. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of Harold Hoskins with friends outdoors, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Photographs of exteriors of Middle Eastern countries, circa 1944-1956. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Postcards of the Monastery of Mount Sinai and other locations, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Negatives, undated. 1 folder.
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1 folder

Oversize Photographs, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Hamlin Memorial Sanatorium Photograph Album, 1953. 1 box.
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1 box

Foreign Service Institute Scrapbook, 1957-1966. 1 box.
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1 box

Awards and Certificates (rolled), 1913-1919. 1 box.
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1 box

Portraits of Hoskins Family, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Photograph Album, circa 1944. 1 box.
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1 box

Photograph Album, undated. 1 box.
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1 box

Slides of Princeton Reunions and other events, circa 1955-1959. 1 box.
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1 box

Print, Suggest