Frank Snowden Hopkins Papers, 1951-1993.

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440

Summary

Creator:
Frank Snowden Hopkins.
Abstract:
Written works, published and unpublished, of Frank Snowden Hopkins, journalist, diplomat, and vice-president of the World Future Society.
Language:
English

Background

Scope and content:

Written works, published and unpublished, of Frank Snowden Hopkins, journalist, diplomat, and vice-president of the World Future Society. The collection contains articles written about the Foreign Service, policy papers written for the United States State Department, articles written for the World Future Society, family histories and biographies, a reminiscence of the College of William and Mary in the 1920's, and an unpublished manuscript of a novel promoting the goals and principles of the World Future Society.

Biographical / historical:

Frank Snowden Hopkins was born 8 March 1908 in Gloucester County, Virginia, the son of Nicholas Snowden Hopkins and Selina Lloyd (Hepburn) Hopkins. He graduated with an B. A. from the College of William and Mary and received his M. A. from Columbia University. Hopkins worked for newspapers as a reporter, personnel and labor relations director and for the Maryland Drydock Company. Hopkins entered the U. S. State Department in 1945.

Biography Timeline
Date Event
1908 Born to Nicholas Snowden and Selina Lloyd (Hepburn)in Gloucester County, Virginia
1927 Graduated (B. A.) from College of William and Mary;Phi Beta Kappa
1928 Received M. A. from Columbia University
1929 Editorial Assistant for D. Appleton and Company
1930- 31 Reporter for Minneapolis Star
1933- 36 Reporter for Richmond Times-Dispatch
1934 20 October, Married Ruth Hazen
1936-38 Reporter for the Baltimore Sun
1939 Nieman Fellowship to Harvard
1941- 45 Personnel and Labor Relations Director, Maryland Drydock Company
1945 Enters State Department
1946 Moved to Washington, D. C.
1947-51 Assistant Director, Foreign Service Institute
1951 Faculty member, Army War College
1952-55 Public Relations Officer, Stuttgart, West Germany
1956-58 Deputy Director, UNESCO Relations Staff
1958- 60 Consul, Martinique, French West Indies
1960-63 U. S. Consul General, Melbourne, Australia
1963-64 Speech Writer, State Department-Board of Examiners for Foreign Service
1964-67 Director of Fulbright Exchange Program, State Department Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
1967-68 Consultant on long- range foreign policy, Policy Planning Council
1968 Retired from Government Service
1968-70 Joined World Future Society
1970-78 Coordinator of Chapter Affairs, World Future Society
1975-84 Vice President of World Future Society
1995 Died

Acquisition information:
Acc. No. 84-36; Gift: 25 items, July 1984. Acc. No. 86-15; Gift: 1 item, April 1986. Acc. No. 89-38; Gift: 1 item, September 1989. Acc. No. 89.55; Gift: 1 item, 29 November 1989. Acc. No. 1993.48; Gift: 1 item, 19 July 1993. Acc. No. 1994.64A; Gift: ca. 100 items, 22 August 1994. Acc. No. 2000.23; Gift: 1,376 items, 3 June 2000.
Arrangement:
Organization

This collection is organized into eleven series. Series 1 contains family histories and biographies; Series 2 contains speeches by Hopkins; Series 3 contains essays prepared for U.S. State Department; Series 4 contains articles by Hopkins pertaining to the foreign service; Series 5 contains articles by Hopkings pertaining to the World Future Society; and Series 6-11 contain additions to the collection.

Arrangement

The collection is organized by subject.

Physical description:
1,705 items.