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Frank Snowden Hopkins Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
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.
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 |
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| 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 | |
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.
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.
ArrangementThe collection is organized by subject.
Cover letter accompanies it.
A family history of the maternal ancestors of his mother, Selina Lloyd Hepburn Hopkins, of Gloucester County, VA, a descendant of the Alexandria merchants Cuthbert Powell (1775-1849) and John Lloyd.
Tracing his career through education, journalism, diplomatic service, and two marriages.
Material contains speeches and essays.
Hopkins' personal account of a Byzantine History class he took at Harvard as a Nieman fellow in 1938.
An essay by Hopkins in which he discusses his humanist philosophy.
A history of the family of Hopkins' father, Nicholas Snowden Hopkins (1877-1937), beginning with Hopkins' great-grandparents.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at the University of Pittsburgh, 20 November 1966.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at the Conference of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education in Chicago, 18 February 1967.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at Valparaiso University, 5 April 1967.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at the Institute on World Affairs, San Diego, California, 8 August 1967.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 26 May 1968.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at Saint Louis University, 18 February 1971.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins to the newspaper publishers of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 18 September 1971.
Text of a speech delivered by Hopkins at the World Future Society's summer conference on Learning for Tomorrow: A Look at Education Futures, George Washington University, 24-25 July 1973.
Manuscript of an article written for publication in which Hopkins lays out a methodology for planning an American foreign policy to cope with foreseeable international problems.
A discussion of global problems and the need for planning to confront such problems.
A discussion of the methodology of future study.
A review of Robert Jastrow's The Enchanted Loom and Morton Hunt's The Universe Within: A New Science Explores the Human Mind.
Hopkins outlines a vision for the role of UNESCO in the future.
A manuscript of review of Douglas Caddy's Exploring America's Future. The review was published in the British journal Futures .
An argument for human history as a process of everything growing closer together and a discussion of the ramifications of such a process.
A largely autobiographical memoir.
A largely autobiographical memoir. Chapter 5 includes reminiscences of William and Mary in the 1920s.
A largely autobiographical memoir.
A largely autobiographical memoir.
Reprinted from The American Sociologist , Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1967.
A history and personal reminiscences of Hopkins' boyhood home in Gloucester County, Virginia. GeHardit Press, Gloucester, Virginia.
A biographical memoir of Hopkins' father, N. Snowden Hopkins (1877-1937).
A family history of the maternal ancestors of Hopkins' mother, Selina Lloyd Hepburn Hopkins (1878-1970).
A review of Chase's The Most Probable World.
A review of Paul Ehrlich's The Population Bomb.
A book of essays on future subjects.
Containing Frank Snowden Hopkins' review on John McHale's The Future of the Future.
Containing Frank Snowden Hopkins' "Eurich Foresees Restructuring of College System. "A review of Alvin Eurich's Reforming American Education.
A review of Georg Picht's Mut zur Utopie: Die Grossen Zukunftsaufgaben.
A review of Victor C. Ferkiss' Technological Man: The Myth and the Reality.
A review of Ossip K. Flechtheim's Futurologie: Der Kampf um die Zukunft.
A review of Roger Walsh's Staying Alive: The Psychology of Human Survival.
Includes essay on "The Background of World Politics "by Dr. William page Maddox.
A report on a project for Asian-American Understanding.