Collection consists of U.S. State Department Passport File and an FBI file on American actor Burt Lancaster.

Burton Lancaster (1913-1994) was an American actor and producer. Lancaster along with Harold Hecht, and James Hill, started the production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster, making most of their films in the 1950s. Lancaster won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Elmer Gantry (1960). Lancaster was a vocal supporter of progressive and liberal political causes. He frequently spoke out in support of minorities. As a result, he was often a target of FBI investigations. He was named in President Richard Nixon's 1973 "Enemies List".

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