Collection ID: MS.0040
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Collection context

Summary

Creator:
Soroka, Stephen S., Murphy, Orville Theodore, and University Archives
Abstract:
Letters written by Stephen Soroka, 1967-1972 and 1980-1981, to State University of New York at Buffalo history professor Orville T. Murphy. Of particular interest are his observations of life and politics in Kenya, Tanzania, and Rhodesia while serving in the Peace Corps. In his personal response to the political concerns of the late 1960's and early 1970's, Soroka is representative of the thinking of a significant segment of the American public of that period.
Extent:
.2 Linear Feet and 1 half manuscript box
Language:
Collection material in English.
Preferred citation:

[Item information and date], Box/Folder #, MS 40, Stephen S. Soroka papers, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

Background

Scope and Content:

Stephen S. Soroka's letters contain lengthy observations on people and

events, as well as on Soroka's own intellectual and personal development. Of

particular interest are his accounts of life and politics in Kenya, Tanzania,

and Rhodesia while serving in the Peace Corps. Throughout the letters, Soroka

is critical of the United States foreign and domestic policy. In his personal

response to the political concerns of the late 1960's and early 1970's, Soroka

is representative of the thinking of a significant segment of the American

public of that period.

Biographical / Historical:

Stephen S. Soroka wrote letters to State University of New York at

Buffalo history professor Orville T. Murphy from 1967-1972, and then again from

1980-1981. The letters were written while Soroka was: training for the Peace

Corps (1967); teaching at Muhono High School in Kuirku, Kenya (1968-1969) and

James Fennimore Cooper Junior High School in the Harlem section of New York

City (Spring 1970); taking graduate courses at the University of California at

Los Angeles (1970-1972); and teaching anthropology at John Abbott College in

St. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec (1972).

Acquisition information:

Collection was donated to the Archives in 1981 by the recipient of

the letters, Orville T. Murphy.

Processing information:

Collection was processed by Archives staff circa 1981.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected to this collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access

RESTRICTIONS:

Stephen S. Soroka papers, 1967-1972, 1980-1981, are open for

research.

TERMS OF ACCESS:

Copyright of papers in the collection may be held by their authors,

or the authors' heirs or assigns. Researchers must obtain the written

permission of the holder(s) of copyright and the University Archives before

publishing quotations from materials in the collection. Most papers may be

copied in accordance with the library's usual procedures unless otherwise

specified.

PREFERRED CITATION:

[Item information and date], Box/Folder #, MS 40, Stephen S. Soroka papers, University Archives, The State University of New York at Buffalo.

See the Archives' preferred citations instructions for additional information.

LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
420 Capen Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260, United States
Link to repository site
CONTACT:
716-645-2916
lib-archives@buffalo.edu