Sybil Bailey Stockdale Papers

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Register of the Sybil Bailey 81084 1 Stockdale papers Title: Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers Date (bulk): 1965-1973 Collection Number: 81084 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 13 manuscript boxes(5.2 Linear Feet) Abstract: Diaries, coorespondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes, relating to American prisoners of war during the Vietnamese War and to their families. Creator: Stockdale, Sybil 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 1981. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Sybil Bailey Stockdale papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives Biographical Note Sybil Bailey Stockdale (1924-2015) was the wife of Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale, United States Navy, and Prisoner of war in North Vietnam, 1965-1973. Stockdale was the National coordinator of the National League of Families of American Prisoners in Southeast Asia, and cowrote the memoir In Love and War: the Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam War with her husband. James and Sybil both graduated with graduate degrees from Stanford University. Scope and Content of Collection The bulk of the collection contains correspondence between Sybil and James Stockdale from the begining of James' capture in Vietnam in 1965, till his release in 1973. The chronological file series maintains the original order of the creator; diaries, correspondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes. An increment of materials was received in 2020 that had been previously seperated from the collection and had been returned. This material can be found in box 12, folders 1-2, and is directly related to Stockdale's work with the National League of POW/MIA Families. For itemized records within each year see the downloadable .pdf file, or the "Inventory of documents: Sybil Stockdale Archives," located in box 2. Photographs have been removed and separated to box 13, in chronological order from where they appeared in the chronological file series. Subjects and Indexing Terms Prisoners of war Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Prisoners and prisons, North Vietnamese Navy spouses National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia

Chronological file 1965-1973 Scope and Contents note Diaries, correspondence, notes, press releases, clippings, photographs, and phonotapes, relating to American prisoners of war during the Vietnamese War and to their families. See "Inventory of documents: Sybil Stockdale Archives," located in box 2, for itemized records within each year. Photographs have been removed and separated to box 13.

box 2, folder 1 Inventory of documents 1965-1973 Other Finding Aids Downloadable PDF file of "Inventory of documents: Sybil Stockdale Archives"

box 2 1965 February-December box 3 1966 January-1967 February box 4 1967 March-December box 5 1968 January-1969 February box 6 1969 March-October box 7 1969 October-December box 8 1970 January-May box 9 1970 May-1971 June box 10 1971 July-1972 August box 11 1972 September-1973 March box 11, folder 8 Newspaper 1974 box 11, folder 9 Bridge and Bay Magazine, 1976 box 11, folder 10 CBS News reel requests 1978 box 11, folder 11 Letter received, Clark M. Gammel 1978 box 11, folder 12 Department of Defense research materials, circa 1970s box 11, folder 13 In Love and War: The Story of a Family's Ordeal and Sacrifice During the Vietnam Years book jackets 1985 box 11, folder 14 Letter sent, MacLellan 1989 Speeches and Writings

box 11, folder 15 "Advise to potential prisoner of war families," speech undated box 11, folder 16 "My brilliant career," speech undated box 11, folder 17 "My philosophy about the prisoner of war studies," speech, undated box 11, folder 18 "NOW," speech undated box 11, folder 19 James B. Stockdale, speech, to the Naval officers' wives club, 1977 box 11, folder 20 James B. Stockdale, speech, Abingdon high school dedication, 1978 box 11, folder 21 "1968 - What was changing," speech, circa 1997 box 11, folder 22 Diary 1965-1970 Scope and Contents note Annotated copy of original diary pages, the original entries occur within the collection, organized by date.

box 12, folder 3-4 Manuscript duplicate circa 1980s Miscellaneous

box 1 College scrapbook 1942-1946 box 12, folder 5 Darkness at Noon, Arthur Koestler, 1961 box 12, folder 6 Hospital visitation badge 1973 box 12, folder 7 POW Bracelet 1965-1973 Photographs 1965-1970s

box 13, folder 1 1965 box 13, folder 2 1967 November box 13, folder 3 Bob Dole 1969 box 13, folder 4 1969 December box 13, folder 5 POW photographs 1970 box 13, folder 6-8 1970 May box 13, folder 9 Family portraits 1972 July, December box 13, folder 10 Sybil Stockdale, portrait circa 1970s box 13, folder 11 Color, copy negatives 1970 December Sound Recordings 1970-1977

cassette cabinet Sybil Stockdale, KFMB TV Show 1970 February 12

cassette cabinet Sybil Stockdale, Dick Cavett Show, N.Y.C. 1972 July 4

Register of the Sybil Bailey 81084 3 Stockdale papers Sound Recordings 1970-1977 Sybil Stockdale, Dick Cavett Show, N.Y.C. 1972 July 4

cassette cabinet

RAdm. James Stockdale, talk to Navy officer's wives 1977 April 13