Oscar De Soto Panamanian History collection

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Nombre y localización del repositorio

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Colección

Título

Oscar De Soto Panamanian History collection

Fecha(s)

  • 1977-1992 (Creación)

Extensión

2.75 linear feet (4 document cases and 1 oversized flat archival box)

Nombre del productor

Historia biográfica

Oscar de Soto served for 24 years as a Foreign Service Officer in multiple locations across the world, including Oman, Panama, Albania, Romania, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Australia. In his extensive diplomatic career, he worked as an political and economical counselor, consul general, and embassy deputy.

He obtained most of his education from George Mason University, in Fairfax, VA, including his BA in History and a PhD in Public Policy, from which he graduated in 1982 and 2014, respectively. De Soto also holds a Master’s Degree in Strategic Studies from the U.S. Army College.

De Soto currently works as a senior associate for the IT consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton, in Washington DC. The company specializes in defense technology.

–Vanessa Rodrigues Barcelos da Silva
Graduate Student Assistant for Manuscripts and Archives Management, Summer 2025

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

This collection contains research materials on Panama collection during Oscar De Soto's time working for the Department of State, including handwritten notes, negatives, medica clippings, transcripts, essays, photocopies of articles and publications, reports, and periodicals.

Sistema de arreglo

Condiciones de acceso y uso de los elementos

Condiciones de acceso

This collection is open for research.

Acceso físico

This collection is kept in an off-campus storage facility. Please contact Special Collections at asc.library@miami.edu with the boxes you are interested in prior to your visit, and allow up to 1 week for delivery of materials.

Acceso técnico

Condiciones

University of Miami does not own copyright. It is incumbent on the user to obtain copyright from the original creator.

Idiomas del material

  • inglés
  • español

Escritura(s) de los documentos

  • latín

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Historial de custodia

Origen del ingreso

Gift of Oscar De Soto, 09-25-23.

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Fuentes

Nota del archivista

Finding aid created by Yvette Yurubi, Processing Archivist, 07-26-24.

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