Fisher, Harold H. (Harold Henry), 1890-1975

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American historian; director, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, 1943-1952.

From the description of Harold H. Fisher papers, 1917-1974. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754867077

Biographical Note

  • 1911: A.B., University of Vermont
  • 1917 - 1918 : Captain of field artillery, U.S. Army
  • 1922: Assistant to Herbert Hoover with the American Relief Administration (A.R.A.); chief of history department of A.R.A.
  • 1936: Honorary doctorate of humane letters (L.H.D.), University of Vermont
  • 1943 - 1955 : Director, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace; professor of history, Stanford University
  • 1945: Assistant to former governor Harold E. Stassen of U.S. Delegation to San Francisco Conference
  • 1946 - 1947 : Director, School of Naval Administration, Stanford University
  • 1955 - 1960 : Professor of international relations, San Francisco State College
  • Also: Author of numerous books on the Soviet Union; editorial writer for the Washington Herald; business editor of The New Republic; radio news analyst for CBS and NBC; active in Asian scholarship; former director of Belgian-American Educational Foundation

From the guide to the Harold H. Fisher Papers, 1917-1974, (Hoover Institution Archives)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Stanford University. Dept. of History. Stanford University, Dept. of History, faculty photographs circa 1910-1966. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Beer family. Beer family papers, 1740-1981 (inclusive), 1827-1981 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn Edwards, Paul C. (Paul Carroll), 1882-1962. Paul C. Edwards papers, 1895-1986 (inclusive), 1912-1962 (bulk). Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Kokovt︠s︡ov, Vladimir Nikolaevich, graf. Out of my past : the memoirs of Count Kokovt︠s︡ov : typescript, 1935. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Lewis Corey letter to Harold H. Fisher, 1936 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Leon Trotsky exile papers, 1929-1940. Houghton Library
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
creatorOf Corey, Lewis. Lewis Corey letter, 1936, to Harold H. Fisher. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
creatorOf Stanford University. School of Humanities. Letters, 1942-1962, to Lewis Mumford. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Beer family papers, 1740-1981, 1827-1981 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Homer D. Crotty papers and addenda, 1859-2011 The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Manuscripts Department
creatorOf Fisher, Harold H. (Harold Henry), 1890-1975. Harold H. Fisher papers, 1917-1974. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Chit Chat Club. Chit Chat Club records, 1877-2011. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University. Asian Survey Committee. Asian survey project records, 1951. Stanford university libraries
creatorOf Harold H. Fisher Papers, 1917-1974 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Paul C. Edwards papers, 1895-1986, 1912-1962 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Constantin A. Pertzoff letter to Harold H. Fisher, 1932 Hoover Institution Archives
creatorOf Pertzoff, Constantin A., 1899-. Constantin A. Pertzoff letter, 1932, to Harold H. Fisher. Stanford University, Hoover Institution Library
referencedIn Stanford University, Asian Survey Committee, Asian survey project records, 1951 1951 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University, Department of History, faculty photographs, circa 1910-1966 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn graf Vladimir Nikolaevich Kokovtsov typescript : Out of my past : the memoirs of Count Kokovtsov, 1935 Hoover Institution Archives
referencedIn Emma (Moffat) McLaughlin Papers, 1927- 1967 Bancroft Library
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith American Relief Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith Beer family family
associatedWith Beer family. family
associatedWith Chit Chat Club. corporateBody
associatedWith Corey, Lewis. person
associatedWith Corey, Lewis. person
associatedWith Crotty, Homer D. person
associatedWith Edwards, Paul C. (Paul Carroll), 1882-1962. person
associatedWith Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964. person
associatedWith Kokovt︠s︡ov, Vladimir Nikolaevich, graf. person
associatedWith Kokovtsov, Vladimir Nikolaevich, graf, 1853-1942 person
correspondedWith McLaughlin, Emma Moffat, 1880-1968 person
associatedWith Pertzoff, Constantin A., 1899- person
associatedWith Stanford University. Asian Survey Committee. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. Dept. of History. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. Press. corporateBody
associatedWith Stanford University. School of Humanities. corporateBody
correspondedWith Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940 person
associatedWith United Nations Conference on International Organization (1945 : San Francisco, Calif.) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Spain
Finland
Finland.
United States
Soviet Union.
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation)
Spain.
Subject
International relief
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1914-1918
Occupation
Activity

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Birth 1890

Death 1975

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