Frank Snowden Hopkins Notes (MS270)
Content Description
This collection contains the family history research notes and manuscripts of Frank Snowden Hopkins. The focus is on his mother’s (Selina Lloyd Hepburn Hopkins) family.
Dates
- 1968-1974
Biographical / Historical
Frank Snowden Hopkins (Journalist, author, and philosopher) was born in Gloucester county, Virginia, to Selina Lloyd Hepburn and Nicholas Snowden Hopkins in 1908. A Neiman Fellow at Harvard, Frank went on to become a reporter for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and the Baltimore Sun. From 1945-1951, he served as the Deputy Director of the Foreign Service Institute. From 1951-1975, he worked as a foreign service agent. From 1975 to his death, he served as vice president of the World Future Society.
Extent
.16 Linear Feet (1 box)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged by manuscript, to which there are 2, plus a single folder of miscellaneous notes by the author.
- Title
- Frank Snowden Hopkins Notes Finding Aid
- Date
- 1995-08
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Local History and Special Collections Branch, Alexandria Library Repository