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Robert C. Stever Papers, 1969-1982
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Stever, Robert C., 1933-
- Title
- Robert C. Stever Papers
- Dates
- 1969-1982 (inclusive)19691982
- Quantity
- .63 cubic ft.
- Collection Number
- (Accession No. 5112-001)
- Summary
- Papers of Seattle physician who participated in medical missions to North Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1970s.
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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Open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Robert C. Stever is a Seattle physician who was born December 5, 1933. He was educated at Swarthmore College and the University of Pennsylvania, interned at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle, and served for 26 years on the medical staff at Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound. Stever traveled to northern India and Nepal on a clinical clerkship and worked in Cambodia for two years as a CARE-Medico volunteer. In 1973 he was part of a Quaker medical aid team in Hanoi in Vietnam, and he made a second trip to Cambodia on a Quaker aid team in 1979, after the fall of Pol Pot. His 1990 book, Magic Moments as Paths Cross , describing the above trips to Asia, has had individual chapters published.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The Robert C. Stever papers contain .63 cubic feet of papers spanning the period 1969 to 1982. The bulk is contained in one subgroup, American Friends Service Committee, and concerns his medical missions to North Vietnam and Cambodia in 1973 and 1979. His writings constitute the remainder of the accession.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Personal Papers Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description |
|---|---|
| Box/Folder | |
| 1/1 | Biographical Features |
| 1/2 | Writings |
American Friends Service Committee Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates |
|---|---|---|
Subject Series -- Hanoi |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 1/3 | General Correspondence |
1973-1974 |
| 1/4 | Speeches and Writings |
ca. 1973 |
| 1/5 | Reports -- Others |
1970, 1973, n.d. |
| 1/6 | Press Releases |
1973, 1979 |
| 1/7 | Newsletters |
1973 |
| 1/8 | Photographs |
1973, n.d. |
| 1/9 | Postcards |
|
| 1/10 | Articles |
1969, 1972-1973 |
| 1/11 | Clippings |
1971, 1973 |
| 1/12 | Ephemera |
1972 |
Subject Series -- Cambodia |
||
| Box/Folder | ||
| 2/1 | Historical Features |
|
| 2/2-3 | General Correspondence |
1979-1982 |
| 2/5 | Maps |
|
| 2/6 | Speeches and Writings |
1979, n.d. |
| 2/7 | Speeches and Writings -- Others |
1979-1980, n.d. |
| 2/8 | Reports |
1979 |
| 2/9 | Reports -- Others |
1979-1980 |
| 2/10 | Proposals |
1980 |
| 2/11 | Newsletters |
1980 |
| 2/12 | Press Releases |
1979-1980, n.d. |
| 2/13 | Lists |
1979, n.d. |
| 2/14 | Photographs |
1979, n.d. |
| 2/15 | Slides -- A.F.S.C. Cambodia Show |
1980 |
| 2/16 | Notes |
1979, n.d. |
| 2/17 | Articles |
1979-1980 |
| 2/18 | Clippings |
|
| 2/19 | Ephemera |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Missions, Medical--Cambodia
- Missions, Medical--Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Personal Names
- Stever, Robert C., 1933- --Archives
Corporate Names
- American Friends Service Committee
Geographical Names
- Cambodia
- Hanoi (Vietnam)
- Vietnam (Democratic Republic)
Form or Genre Terms
- Photographs
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Personal Papers/Corporate Records (University of Washington)
