Register to the Paul Hollander papers
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Title: Paul Hollander papers
Date (inclusive): 1961-2006
Collection Number: 2007C23
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
23 manuscript boxes
(6.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, curricular materials, and questionnaires, relating mainly to attitudes of American intellectuals
toward communist countries and of American visitors to communist countries.
Creator:
Hollander, Paul, 1932-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Paul Hollander papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
| 1932 |
Born, Budapest, Hungary |
| 1956 |
Left Hungary, taking up residence in Great Britain and then the United States |
| 1959 |
B.A., London School of Economics |
| 1960 |
M.A., University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana |
| 1963 |
Ph.D., Princeton University |
| 1963-1968 |
Assistant professor, Department of Social Relations, Harvard University |
| 1968-2000 |
Associate professor and professor, Department of Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| 1973 |
Author,
Soviet and American Society: A Comparison
|
| 1981 |
Author,
Political Pilgrims: Travels of Western Intellectuals in the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, 1928-1978
|
| 1983 |
Author,
The Many Faces of Socialism: Comparative Sociology and Politics
|
| 1988 |
Author,
The Survival of the Adversary Culture: Social Criticism and Political Escapism in American Society
|
| 1992 |
Author,
Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990
|
| 1992 |
Author,
Decline and Discontent: Communism and the West Today
|
| 1999 |
Author,
Political Will and Personal Belief: The Decline and Fall of Soviet Communism
|
| 2002 |
Author,
Discontents: Postmodern and Postcommunist
|
| 2006 |
Author,
The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality
|
| 2009 |
Author,
The Only Superpower: Reflections on Strength, Weakness, and Anti-Americanism
|
| 2011 |
Author,
Extravagant Expectations: New Ways to Find Romantic Love in America
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The Paul Hollander Papers in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives consist of materials donated by Hollander in 2007,
with subsequent increments. They document only a portion of Hollander's work as a sociologist and author. This work concentrated
on the study of the political commitment of intellectuals, Western fellow travelers of the Soviet Union and other Communist
bloc countries, sources of anti-Americanism within the United States and abroad, and leftist disillusionment in the wake of
the collapse of Communist regimes in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.
The largest volume of material in the collection is in the Research Projects and Proposals series. This series is especially
notable because of its inclusion of much sociological raw data, accumulated and used by Hollander in some of his books, but
susceptible to further analysis and use. Substantial data from five projects are included in the collection. The most voluminous
data are in the form of questionnaire responses by American visitors to the Soviet Union in 1966. Hollander made use of this
data in his book Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990 (1992) and in a journal article in Society (2007).
A second bloc of questionnaire responses on attitudes toward the United States was submitted by Canadian academics in 1989.
A third bloc of questionnaire responses on political attitudes was made by members of the conservative National Association
of Scholars in 1995.
In 1994 Hollander elicited free-form written replies from readers of an ad he placed in The Nation. American supporters of
the Soviet Union or other Communist bloc countries were invited to describe the sources of their political commitment and
how they had modified or reassessed it in the light of world events. Hollander drew upon these replies, present in the collection,
in his book The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality (2006). Another group of transcripts
and summaries of interviews of intellectuals from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe was made about the same time, dealt
with the same questions, and is also present in the collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sociology
Intellectuals -- United States
Communism and intellectuals
Americans -- Communist countries
Communist countries -- Social conditions
Correspondence
1967-2007.
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence arranged alphabetically by correspondent
box 1, folder 2
Ethics and Public Policy Center (Ernest W. Lefever)
1985-1989.
Scope and Contents note
Includes proposal for publication on the Institute for Policy Studies and related correspondence
box 1, folder 3
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace
1984-1986
box 1, folder 4
Horowitz, Irving Louis (Transaction Books)
1987-2003
box 1, folder 5
John M. Olin Foundation
1982-1989
Events File
1985-1998.
Scope and Contents note
Conference papers, programs, correspondence and press coverage, arranged chronologically by event
box 1, folder 6
Moral Equivalence: False Images of Soviet and U.S. Values: Seminar, Washington, D.C.
1985 May 1-2.
Scope and Contents note
Conference papers and abstract
box 1, folder 7
Interdisciplinary Social Science Conference of Hungarian and Hungarian-Born Political Scientists and Sociologists, Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Budapest
1988 May 15-20.
Scope and Contents note
Program and correspondence
box 1, folder 8
Marxismen, Historien og de Intellektuelle: Conference, Roskilde Universitetscenter, Denmark
1997 November 24-26.
Scope and Contents note
Program, correspondence and press coverage
box 1, folder 9
Late Cold-War Perception Roundtable (Rand Corporation), Washington, D.C.
1998 July 9-10.
Scope and Contents note
Letter and list of participants
Speeches and Writings
1973-2008.
Scope and Contents note
Typescripts, with associated correspondence and reviews, arranged chronologically
box 2, folder 1
Soviet and American Society: A Comparison, Publisher correspondence
1973
Political Pilgrims: Travels of Western Intellectuals to the Soviet Union, China, and Cuba, 1928-1978,
1981
box 2, folder 2
Correspondence. Includes publisher correspondence, reactions of readers, and reactions to reviews
box 2, folder 3
Preface. Typescript (in English) and correspondence
box 2, folder 4
Reviews (in Italian, with some English translations). Includes some correspondence
box 2, folder 5-7
The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality, Typescript
2006
box 2, folder 8
Hungary under Communism
2008
Scope and Contents note
(Internet Global Museum on Communism contribution). Typescript and correspondence
Academic Course Materials
1961-1999.
Scope and Contents note
Course outlines, reading lists, examination questions, lecture notes and student papers, arranged alphabetically by course
Political Sociology courses
box 3, folder 1
Course outlines and reading lists
box 3, folder 4
Social Problems courses. Course outlines, examination questions and lecture notes
box 3, folder 5
Sociology of Crime and Deviance courses. Course outlines and examination questions
Sociology of Literature and Mass Culture courses
box 3, folder 6
Course outlines and reading lists
box 4, folder 2-3
Course outlines and reading lists
Research Projects and Proposals
1966-2001.
Scope and Contents note
Proposals, correspondence, questionnaire responses, interview transcripts and summaries, and other written responses, regarding
social science research projects, arranged chronologically
Soviet Travel Project
1966
Scope and Contents note
In this project Hollander asked American travelers to the Soviet Union to fill out questionnaires assessing their knowledge
of and attitude toward the Soviet Union and their attitude toward the United States before and after their trips. The questionnaires
were distributed to two groups of travelers, one to participants in a person-to-person exchange program sponsored by the Citizen
Exchange Corps, and the other to members of the American Mathematical Society attending an international conference in Moscow.
Hollander made use of the responses in his book
Anti-Americanism: Critiques at Home and Abroad, 1965-1990 (1992) and in a
Society journal article (2007)
box 5, folder 2
American Mathematical Society
box 5, folder 4
Background material regarding social science surveys in general and regarding travelers to the Soviet Union in general
box 5, folder 5
Preparatory material. Notes, questionnaire drafts and coding materials, and lists of survey participants
box 5, folder 7
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants before trip
box 6, folder 1-4
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants before trip (contd.)
box 7, folder 1-4
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants before trip (contd.)
box 8, folder 1-2
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants before trip (contd.)
box 8, folder 3-4
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants after trip
box 9, folder 1-4
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants after trip (contd.)
box 10, folder 1-2
Questionnaire responses by Citizen Exchange Corps group participants after trip (contd.)
box 10, folder 3-4
Questionnaire responses by American Mathematical Society group participants before trip
box 11, folder 1-3
Questionnaire responses by American Mathematical Society group participants before trip (contd.)
box 11, folder 4
Questionnaire responses by American Mathematical Society group participants after trip
box 12, folder 1-2
Questionnaire responses by American Mathematical Society group partipants after trip (contd.)
box 12, folder 3
Questionnaire responses flagged by Hollander as exemplifying positive assessments of the United States
box 12, folder 4
Questionnaire responses flagged by Hollander as exemplifying moderately negative assessments of the United States
box 12, folder 5
Questionnaire responses flagged by Hollander as exemplifying strongly negative assessments of the United States
box 13, folder 1
Blank questionnaires (contd.)
box 13, folder 3
Cult of Personality in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Project Proposal
1975
Scope and Contents note
Proposals and correspondence
box 13, folder 4
Anti-Americanism Study Project Proposal
1979-1984.
Scope and Contents note
Proposals and correspondence
Canadian Academic Survey Project
1989
Scope and Contents note
In this project Hollander asked faculty members of Canadian universities to fill out questionnaires assessing their attitudes
toward the United States
box 13, folder 5
General. Correspondence and coding data
box 14, folder 1-2
Questionnaire responses (contd.)
Disillusionment with Communist Systems Project
1991-1995.
Scope and Contents note
Project to interview intellectuals and former party or government officials in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe regarding
disillusionment with communism
box 14, folder 5
General. Proposals and correspondence
box 14, folder 6
Interview transcripts and summaries
Political Commitment Project
1994-1995.
Scope and Contents note
Project to solicit free-form written responses (letters or essays) from American leftists regarding their political commitments
and reassessments of commitments. Hollander made use of the responses in his book
The End of Commitment: Intellectuals, Revolutionaries and Political Morality (2006)
box 15, folder 1
General. Notes, proposals and correspondence
box 15, folder 2
Responses flagged by Hollander as indicating change of attitude
Responses flagged by Hollander as indicating modified commitment
box 15, folder 4
Amery, Al. Lengthy memoir regarding experiences as a member of the Communist Party, U.S.A. and as a member of the International
Brigades in the Spanish Civil War
box 15, folder 5
Responses flagged by Hollander as indicating no change of attitude
National Association of Scholars Project
1995
Scope and Contents note
In this project, commissioned by the National Association of Scholars, Hollander asked members of the association to fill
out questionnaires assessing their political attitudes and reasons for joining the association
box 15, folder 6
Correspondence and background material
box 16, folder 1-2
Questionnaire responses (contd.)
box 16, folder 4
The Social and the Personal: Novels and the Ends of Our Lives Project Proposal
2001
Scope and Contents note
Correspondence regarding proposed book on literature and society
box 17
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box 18
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box 19
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