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Frank S. Meyer Collection Arrives at Hoover

The early British Communist leader reinvented himself as a chief architect of the American conservative movement, corresponding with everyone from Barry Goldwater to Joan Didion along the way.

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Hoover Acquires Francis Mading Deng’s Papers

The papers of scholar-diplomat Francis Mading Deng (b. 1938) — some seventy-five cubic feet spanning 1961 to 2025 — document Sudan's modern history, the UN mandates on internal displacement and genocide prevention, and six decades of writing on Dinka life, identity politics, conflict resolution, and nation-building in Africa. 

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Hoover's Library & Archives Strengthens Institutional Partnerships in Taiwan

Director Eric Wakin and Curator Hsiao-ting Lin traveled to Taiwan in October 2026, signing agreements with two of the island's leading research institutions and deepening transpacific ties. The visit advances Hoover's mission to preserve endangered archives and foster new research on history and public policy of shared interest to Taiwan and the United States.

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POW-MIA Vietnam Era Collection Acquired by Hoover

Intimate artifacts survived 1,882 days of captivity in North Vietnam and now, together with related archival material, help to tell the extraordinary story of Andrea Rander and the "League of Wives" who took on the U.S. government to bring their husbands home from war.

Hoover Acquires the Personal Papers of Shih Ming-te, a Revolutionary in Contemporary Taiwan

Twenty-five years in prison, thirteen of which were in solitary confinement. Discover the personal papers of Shih Ming-te, the legendary dissident whose unwavering commitment to democracy helped transform Taiwan from dictatorship to democracy.

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Remarkable Pictorial Archive of Female WWII Photographer Agnes Pickering Comes to Hoover

Over two thousand previously unpublished photographs document female military service throughout World War II. Agnes “Jo” Pickering captured these historic scenes, tracing her journey from California training sites to European Victory in Europe Day festivities.