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Elliot (Iain and Elisabeth) papers
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Title: Iain and Elisabeth Elliot papers
Date (inclusive): 1963-2017
Collection Number: 2019C85
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English
Physical Description:
15 manuscript boxes, 31 videocassette boxes, 1 audio cassette box, 2 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(30.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Iain Elliot was director of Radio Liberty (RL); Elisabeth Robson-Elliot was the former Head of the BBC Russian Service. The
collection includes VHS tapes of Soviet and post-Soviet TV news, many of NTV, the first Russian independent TV station. Also
includes documents related to election monitoring.
Creator:
Elliot, Iain F.
Creator:
Robson-Elliot, Elisabeth
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2022.
[Identification of item], Iain and Elisabeth Elliot papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Iain Elliot was the former Associate Director of Radio Liberty and former Deputy Director of the RFE/RL Research Institute.
Elisabeth Robson-Elliot was the former Head of the BBC Russian Service.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection includes material on Radio Liberty, election monitoring in the USSR, and VHS tapes of Soviet and post-Soviet
TV news (many of NTV, the first Russian independent TV station), later taken over by a pro-Putin oligarch and completely overhauled.
RFE/RL Corporate records and RFE/RL Broadcast records.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television broadcasting of news
Television and politics
Election monitoring
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1985-1991
Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991-
Soviet Union
Russia (Federation)
Video recordings
RFE/RL Research Institute
Radio Liberty
NTV (Television channel)