Nicol Smith papers 1900-1994

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Nicol Smith papers 1900-1994

Speeches and writings, correspondence, military orders and dispatches, interview transcripts, printed matter, and photographs, relating to world travel, and to Office of Strategic Services operations in France and Thailand during World War II. Includes research materials collected by Sharon E. Karr for her authorized biography Traveler of the Crossroads: A Biography of Adventurer Nicol Smith (Dorrington, Calif., 1994).

8 manuscript boxes; (3.2 linear feet)

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6660632

Hoover Institution Archives

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United States. Office of Strategic Services

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The special operations Branch, Office of Strategic Services, London was charged with conducting in enemy or enemy-occupied territories of the European Theater, sabotage operations, the support and supply of resistance groups, and guerrilla warfare. From the description of OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch war diaries, 1944, [microfilm]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122640182 ...

Karr, Sharon E.

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Smith, Nicol

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Biographical/Historical Note Lieutenant colonel, United States Army; member, Office of Strategic Services, 1942-1945; travel writer. From the guide to the Nicol Smith papers, 1900-1994, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...