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Howell, W. Nathaniel (Wilson Nathaniel), 1939-. Papers of W. Nathaniel Howell, 1933-2001.

Title: Papers of W. Nathaniel Howell, 1933-2001.

Papers of U. S. Ambassador W. Nathaniel Howell contain drafts of his dissertation "The Soviet Union and the Kurds" and a typescript of his book "Siege crisis leadership: the survival of the United States Embassy Kuwait" co-authored with Rebecca A. Culbertson. Dissertation research material regarding the "Kurdish Problem, " contains letters, newspapers, audio tapes, videotapes, photographs, publications, journals and other reference materials. The material primarily covers the problems of the Kurds in the Soviet Union (Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia), Iraq, Iran, Turkey, and Syria. There is related material on the history of Iraq, the Soviet Union and the Baath Party. Of interest are 1965 interviews with Ismet Chériff Vanly, translations of T. F. Aristova articles fom "Sovetskaia Etnografiia," and miscellaneous articles on the Kurdish Question from Soviet and French periodicals including issues of Revoliutsionnyi Vostok, Moscow, 1933. Foreign service papers include speeches and public statements, scrapbooks of clippings from Kuwaiti newspapers concerning his tenure as United States Ambassador; a photograph album of a 4th of July Reception in Kuwait, 1989, and photographs of atrocities committed during the Iraqi occupation, 1990-1991. The papers also contain an interview with Howell by Kara Sundlun concerning the potential U. Va campus in Qatar; a Dateline 29 newscast on the U.Va.-Qatar initiative containing a soundbite from the Sundlun interview; a discussion of the UVA-Qatar initiative with Vinay Jain for WTJU; and a videotape [narrated in Arabic?] containing random footage of Washington, D. C. and U. Va., including a lecture on national security given after the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and before the Gulf War. Correspondents include George Bush, Marshall Coleman and Aldous Huxley as well as many foreign service friends and colleagues. The collection also contains his secondary school records including his elementary school report cards and high school diploma.

ArchivalResource: ca. 2150 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57362345 View

Bowles, George. Papers of George Bowles, 1976-1984.

Title: Papers of George Bowles, 1976-1984.

The collection consists of the manuscripts for Bowles' "Richmond correspondent." Almost all discuss Virginia politics although national concerns are mentioned occasionally. Gubernatorial and United States senatorial elections and candidates, party politics, and issues before the General Assembly are the chief topics.

ArchivalResource: 381 items.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32959717 View