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Includes letter from Steve Keros (at Moscow embassy), discussing politics and culture in Russia (“Glasnost is bubbling along, breaking taboos that not too long ago would have been considered impregnable…. It’s amazing what the authorities are permitting…. Growing influence of the mafia.... But Glasnost instead may have already unleashed the ethnic, economic, and nationalist forces which could tear the country apart, and they say it is capitalism which contains the seeds of its own destruction”), 1989 August

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection: This collection contains the entirety of General Samuel Vaughan Wilson's personal and professional papers, as donated to Hampden-Sydney College by his widow in 2019. Topics include the Vietnam and Second World Wars, the development of the United States of America's intelligence and counter-intelligence communities, military strategy, and Wilson's role as president of Hampden-Sydney College from 1992 until 2000.

Dates

  • 1989 August

Access to Materials

Collection is open for research; access requires at least 48 hours advance notice. Because of the nature of certain archival formats, including digital and audio-visual materials, access will require additional advanced notice. Copies of digital files will be provided for use upon request.

Extent

From the Series: 50 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections Repository

Contact:
Hampden-Sydney College
Walter M. Bortz III Library
P.O. Box 7
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943 United States
(434) 223-7225