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Tom Killion Papers http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8vt1xx6 No online items Register of the Tom Killion papers Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2017 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Tom Killion papers 2017C40 1 Title: Tom Killion papers Date (inclusive): 1868-1997 Collection Number: 2017C40 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In English, Tigrinya, Amharic, French, and Arabic Physical Description: 25 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 4 oversize boxes(14.8 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, government documents, bulletins, serial issues, printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings relating to the history of Ethiopia and Eritrea, especially to labor and nationalist movements in those countries. Creator: Killion, Tom Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2017. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Tom Killion papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Biographical Note Tom Killion was born on November 28, 1953, and was raised in Marin County, California. In 1975 he received his B.A. in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz. He went on to receive a Ph.D in African history with a dissertation on the Ethiopian/Eritrean labor movement from Stanford University in 1985. From 1987 to 1988 Killion worked as an administrator for medical programs in three refugee camps in Eastern Sudan near Showak. In March of 1988 he travelled in the liberated zone of Eritrea with the Eritrean People's Liberation Front, witnessing the battle of Afabet and reporting on it for the Los Angeles Times. From 1990 to 1995 Killion was an Assistant Professor of African History at Bowdoin College. Between 1993 and 1994 Killion was a Fulbright Professor at Asmara University in Eritrea. He later taught courses at Stanford and from 1995 to 2001 was a guest lecturer in the Humanities Department at San Francisco State University. In the early 1990s, Killion helped found the Eritrean Studies Association and organized the first Eritrean Studies Conference at San Francisco State University. His Historical Dictionary of Eritrea remains a notable resource in the field. Killion is also a nationally recognized woodcut printmaker, for which he has received many awards and participated in many exhibitions, as well as the 2009 PBS-TV documentary, Craft in America: Process. He owns Quail Press, which he founded in 1977. Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence, dissertation and research notes, reports, flyers, pamphlets, and other printed matter relating to political, economic, cultural, and social affairs in the Horn of Africa, in general, and in Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Sudan, in particular. Subjects and Indexing Terms Eritrea -- History Labor movement -- Ethiopia Labor movement -- Eritrea Ethiopia -- History box 1 Office File 1980-1991 Scope and Contents Contains business and invitation cards, and invoices. box 1, folder 1 Contacts and business cards 1980s box 1, folder 2 Copying, 1990s box 1, folder 3 Invitation to a reception (50th anniversary of Victory Days) 1991 Register of the Tom Killion papers 2017C40 2 Office File 1980-1991 box 1, folder 4 Invoices and packing slip, 1983-1984 Correspondence 1964-1997 Scope and Contents Comprised of personal and organizational letters. box 1, folder 5 Adolff, Richard, 1982 box 1, folder 6 Africa World Press (AWP)/Red Sea Press (RSP) 1997 box 1, folder 7 African American Labor Center, 1982 box 1, folder 8 AMMAR, Woldeyesus 1995-1996 box 1, folder 9 Anfray, Francis 1994 box 1, folder 10 Auriol, Mm J., 1982 box 1, folder 11 Blane, John, 1982 box 1, folder 12 Buffier, Jean Joseph 1982 box 1, folder 13 Cacqueray, Henri de, 1982 box 1, folder 14 Cochat, René 1982 box 1, folder 15 Connell, Dan, 1996 box 1, folder 16 Deflandre, M. R., 1982 box 1, folder 17 Department of Commerce (U.S.), 1982 box 1, folder 18 De Marinis, Paul, 1986 box 1, folder 19 Eritreans for Liberation in North America (EFLNA), 1979 box 1, folder 20 Estifanos 1981 box 1, folder 21 Ethiopian Internal Security, 1981 Language of Material: Amharic. box 1, folder 22 Gebreselassie and Mesfin, 1964 box 1, folder 23 Gebrehiwet, Hagos, 1992 box 1, folder 24 Grey, Robert D. 1991 box 1, folder 25 Gueleh, Idris Omar, 1983 box 1, folder 26 Guiraud, R., 1982 box 1, folder 27 Habteselassie, Bereket, 1992 box 1, folder 28 Hendrie, Barbara, 1996 box 1, folder 29 Hodgin, Peter, 1995 box 1, folder 30 Iyob, Ruth, 1991 box 1, folder 31 Jackson, Kennell Jr. 1992 box 1, folder 32 Kane, Thomas L., 1994 box 1, folder 33 Lebegue, Yves, 1982 box 1, folder 34 Lino, James George, 1996 box 1, folder 35 Looram, Matthew, 1982 box 1, folder 36 Manspeizer, Ilyssa, 1995 box 1, folder 37 Marchal, Roland, undated box 1, folder 38 Marcus, Harold, 1991-1995 box 1, folder 39 McCann, Jim, 1990 box 1, folder 40 Pasteau, Michel, 1982 box 1, folder 41 Schröder, Günter 1990 box 1, folder 42 Shapird, Martin, undated box 1, folder 43 Stanford University, 1980 box 1, folder 44 Stutz, Robert L., 1982 box 1, folder 45 Taffesse, Yohannes, 1982-1983 box 1, folder 46 Tamrat, Taddesse, 1981 box 1, folder 47 Tekle, Amare 1992 box 1, folder 48 Tholomier, Robert, 1982-1983 box 2, folder 1 Toche 1982 box 2, folder 2 Ullendorff, Edward, 1983 box 2, folder 3 Verbrugge, C. V. 1982 box 2, folder 4 Videau, Daniel, 1982 box 2, folder 5 Villele, Guillaume de, 1982 box 2, folder 6 Wamba-dia-Wamba, Ernest undated Register of the Tom Killion papers 2017C40 3 Correspondence 1964-1997 box 2, folder 7 Wylie, Dean, 1992 box 2, folder 8 Zongo, Opportune 1992 Speeches and Writings, 1970-1997 Scope and Contents Contains dissertation outlines, research notes, lecture notes, and articles. box 2, folder 9 African Adaptive Institution and Labor Unions, undated box 2, folder 10 African Studies Association (ASA) conference, Eritrea notes, 1991 box 2, folder 11 Articles by Tom Killion for Eritrea Profile, 1994 box 2, folder 12 Bibliography, 1980s-1990s undated box 2, folder 13 Biographical sketches of Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) and Eritrean government leaders for Historical Dictionary of Eritrea, 1994-1995 box 2, folder 14 Call for papers on Eritrea for Eritrean Studies Review, 1996 box 2, folder 15 "Capitalization of North and South," chapter one, second draft, 1981 box 2, folder 16 "Class and Nation in Eritrea: Workers' Organization and the Development of Multiethnic Nationalism, 1952-1962," typed essay, undated box 2, folder 17 Comments on Dan Connell's "Focus" on Eritrea, draft 1995 box 2, folder 18 Cultural organizations, handwritten notes, 1994 Dissertation Scope and Contents note Includes typed drafts, notes, and typed chapters from Tom Killion's dissertation and his research at Asmara University. box 2, folder 19 Chapter 1, "Patterns of Uneven Capitalist Penetration and Working Class Formation," 1981 box 2, folder 20 Chapter 1, "Patterns of Uneven Capitalist Penetration and Working Class Formation," various drafts 1981 box 2, folder 21 Notes, 1981 box 2, folder 22 Notes on Franco-Ethiopian Railroad 1981 box 2, folder 23 Research notes, 1981-1996 box 3, folder 1 Research proposal, first draft, 1981 box 3, folder 2 Research proposal, 1981 box 3, folder 3 Research proposal, final draft, 1981 box 3, folder 4 Research proposal, "Organized Labor, Nationalism and Revolution in Ethiopia and Eritrea, 1945-1975," 1981 box 3, folder 5 Revision notes, 1980s box 3, folder 6 "Education and Nation Building," 1993 box 3, folder 7 "Eritrea: Challenges of National Reconstruction," 1994 box 3, folder 8 Eritrea: Early colonial period, 1980s Scope and Contents note Includes handwritten notes and "The Empire of Work in Eritrea 1935-1941," a typed essay. box 3, folder 9 "Eritrea: Heritage of War and the Challenge of National Reconstruction," 1994 box 3, folder 10 Eritrea notes, 1993-1994 box 3, folder 11 "Eritrean Historical Studies: A Review of the Field," 1993 box 3, folder 12 "Eritrean History: A Review of the Literature," 1993-1994 box 3, folder 13 Eritrean Studies Newsletter [Killion, Tom, "The Eritrean Jihad and Repatriation of Refugees"] 1994 box 3, folder 14 "Eritrean Workers' Organization in the Colonial Period: 1890-1991," 1993 box 3, folder 15 "Eritrean Workers' Organization and Early Nationalist Mobilization: 1948-1958," 1997 box 3, folder 16 "Historical Interpretation of Underdevelopment Theory in Africa I: The Problem of the Formation of the West African Colonial Middle Class," 1979 Scope and Contents Tom Killion's third essay from his History 347 class during college. Register of the Tom Killion papers 2017C40 4 Speeches and Writings, 1970-1997 box 3, folder 17 "Historical Interpretation of Underdevelopment Theory in Africa II: The Problems of the Colonial Model of Afro-European Relations," 1979 Scope and Contents note Tom Killion's fourth essay from his History 347 class during college. box 3, folder 18 Ideology, "Why I Joined the Eritrean People's Liberation Front," handwritten notes, 1994 box 3, folder 19 Interviews with Eritrean workers, 1994 box 3, folder 20 "Introduction to Ethiopian Labor History: Workers' Organization in the Modern Sector, 1900-1974," 1981 box 3, folder 21 "Introduction: Workers' Organization and National Consciousness," 1994 box 3, folder 22 Lecture, "National Union of Eritrean Workers," Asmara University, 1994 box 3, folder 23 Labor movement, handwritten notes, 1980s box 4, folder 1 Martyrdom/ideology 1992-1993 box 4, folder 2 "National Service in the Eyes of Professor Tom Killion," interview in Haddas Eritrea/New Eritrea 1994 Language of Material: Tigrinya.
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