An Inventory of the Andrew Meier papers
Processed by Supriya Wronkiewicz.
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
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An Inventory of the Andrew Meier papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
- Processed by:
- Supriya Wronkiewicz
- Date Completed:
- 2010
- Encoded by:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by Elizabeth Konzak and Supriya Wronkiewicz.
© 2010 Hoover Institution Archives. All rights reserved.
Collection Summary
Title: Andrew Meier papers
Dates: 1917-2007
Collection Number: 2010C16
Creator: Meier, Andrew.
Collection Size:
11 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(5.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The collection primarily consists of research materials for Andrew Meier's book
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service (New York, 2008). This research material includes correspondence and notes; photocopies of correspondence and of genealogical
and biographical data; photocopies of investigative, consular and other government documents; and printed matter. The bulk
of the research materials directly relate to Soviet espionage in the United States and elsewhere, and especially to the case
of Isaiah Oggins.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Russian
German
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Andrew Meier papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2010.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog Socrates at
http://library.stanford.edu/webcat . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in Socrates is larger than the number of boxes
listed in this finding aid.
Related Materials
David Dallin papers, Hoover Institution Archives
John Hook papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Herbert Solow papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Sam Tanenhaus papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Biographical/Historical Note
| 1985 |
B.A., Wesleyan University |
| 1989 |
B.A. (M.A.), Russian Language and Literature, Oxford University |
| 1989-1992 |
Freelance writer |
| 1989-Present |
Contributor to periodicals, including
Harper's,
New Republic,
New York Times Magazine,
National Geographic,
Orion,
Outside,
Washington Post,
Wired, and
Time
|
| 1995-1996 |
Contributor, Pacific News Service, San Francisco, California |
| 1996 |
Reported from Afghanistan |
| 1996-2001 |
Moscow correspondent,
Time magazine
|
| 2001-2002 |
Fellow, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. |
| circa 2003-Present |
Writer in residence, Assistant Professor at Eugene Lang College, New York, New York |
| 2003 |
Author,
Black Earth: A Journey through Russia after the Fall (New York: W.W. Norton)
|
| 2005 |
Author,
Chechnya: To the Heart of a Conflict (contains excerpts from
Black Earth) (New York: W.W. Norton)
|
| 2008 |
Author,
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service (New York: W.W. Norton)
|
Honors include Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation Fellow; Dorothy & Lewis B. Cullman Center for Writers & Scholars at the New York
Public Library; National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow; Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Alicia Patterson
Foundation Fellow
Sources:
Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2010. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Gale, 2010. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/BioRC
"Andrew Meier - Assistant Professor" Eugene Lang College Faculty.
The New School for Liberal Arts. n.d. Web. 24 August 2010.
Scope and Content of Collection
The collection primarily consists of research materials for Andrew Meier's book
The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service (New York, 2008). This research material includes correspondence and notes; photocopies of correspondence and of genealogical
and biographical data; photocopies of investigative, consular and other government documents; and printed matter. The bulk
of the research materials directly relate to Soviet espionage in the United States and elsewhere, and especially to the case
of Isaiah Oggins.
Materials of note in the collection include the detailed genealogical and biographical data Meier compiled regarding Isaiah
Oggins and his family (
Oggins family related materials
) as well as Meier's detailed research on Oggins' contemporaries and incidents relating to the Communist Party in the United
States. The original order of the materials has been maintained.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Espionage, Russian.
Espionage, Russian--United States.
Secret service--Soviet Union.
Oggins, Isaiah.
Collection Contents
Box: 1
Oggins family related materials,
circa 1917-2005
Scope and Content Note
Consists of Meier's research specifically pertaining to Isaiah Oggins, his family, and colleagues as well as correspondence
between Meier and Oggins' son Robin and Robin's correspondence regarding Isaiah. Arranged as follows: Correspondence, Family
documents, and Clippings.
Box/Folder: 1
Correspondence,
2001-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes letters to Meier and Robin Oggins related to Freedom of Information Act requests regarding his father
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Beardsley, Tom,
2001, 2005
Box/Folder: 1
Family documents,
circa 1917-2004
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence to Meier and Robin Oggins's correspondence related to Freedom of Information Act requests regarding
his father
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Oggins, David and Anna,
1917-2004
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
Oggins family related documents,
1930-2001
Scope and Content Note
Also includes Meier's notes and related correspondence
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Oggins family related legal documents,
1919-2005
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Oggins family related copies of photographs,
circa 1910s-1920s, undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 7
Oggins, Robin notebooks and related materials,
1922, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials in Chinese and Russian
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
Isaiah Oggins in United States press,
1992
Box/Folder: 1 : 9
Isaiah Oggins in Russian press,
1992
Scope and Content Note
In Russian
Box: 2-4
Research documents by location,
1917-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes clippings, articles, hand written notes, and correspondence related to Meier's research, arranged by country or repository
of the research materials' origin. The bulk of the materials are photocopies.
Box/Folder: 1 : 10-11
Berlin, Germany,
1930-2004
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-2
Columbia University,
1917-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes related correspondence
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
1943-1957, 2003
Scope and Content Note
Includes information regarding Nerma Oggins
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
France,
1931-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes related correspondence. In French
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Library of Congress
circa 1920s
Box/Folder: 2 : 6-8
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), College Park,
1922-2004
Scope and Content Note
Includes copies of documents from the Moscow consular files, notes, and related correspondence. Includes materials in Russian
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
NARA Index Bureau,
1920-1922
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
NARA, Washington, D.C.,
1995-2003
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and copies of NARA finding aids
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
National Security Agency museum, "Mask Cables,"
1934-1935, undated
Box/Folder: 3 : 4-8
New York Public Library and Yale University,
1917-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes separate notes. Some materials in Russian
Box/Folder: 3 : 9
Russian State Military Archive (Rossiiskii gosudarstvennyi voennyi arkhiv [RGVA]) fond 18444,
1939-1940
Box/Folder: 3 : 10-11
Switzerland,
1931-1955
Scope and Content Note
Some documents in German and French
Box/Folder: 4 : 2
Yale University Archives,
1989-1990
Box: 4-11
Research documents by subject,
1917-2007
Scope and Content Note
Contains clippings, articles, notes, and correspondence related to Meier's research, arranged by subject, author, or title.
The bulk of the materials are photocopies.
Box/Folder: 4 : 4
Arcos Limited raid,
1927, undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 5
Art Student League,
1927-1930
Scope and Content Note
Includes information regarding Irwin Shapiro and Donald McKay
Box/Folder: 4 : 7-8
China and Japan,
1934-2006 undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 9
Communist Party of the Soviet Union,
1991
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials in Russian
Box/Folder: 4 : 10
Crouch, Paul,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box/Folder: 5 : 2
Dallin, David papers,
circa 1924-1954
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and research from the Hoover Institution Archives
Box/Folder: 5 : 3
Dallin, David papers,
1930s, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes materials in Russian and research from New York Public Library
Box/Folder: 5 : 4
Dozenberg, Nicholas,
1921-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and related correspondence
Box/Folder: 5 : 5
Duff, William,
2000
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence collected by Meier
Box/Folder: 5 : 6
Ehrmann, H.M.,
1924-1927, 1990s-2000s
Box/Folder: 5 : 7
Eisler, Gerhart, Ruth Domino, and Angela Haden-Guest,
1947-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes research notes
Box/Folder: 5 : 8
Eitingon, Motty,
1919-1988
Box/Folder: 5 : 9
Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Relations, The Soviet Union 1933-1939,
1952
Box/Folder: 5 : 10
Gottlieb, Edward,
1938-2004
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence
Box/Folder: 5 : 11
Graebner, Walter,
1942
Scope and Content Note
Consists of cablegrams
Box/Folder: 5 : 12
Granich, Max and Grace,
1936-1993
Box/Folder: 5 : 13
Hammerstein, Kurt von,
1933-2006
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents in German
Box/Folder: 5 : 15
Hook, John,
1927-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box/Folder: 6 : 1
Josephson, Matthew and others,
1917-2005
Box/Folder: 6 : 2
"The Faking of Americans" by "Karl,"
undated
Box/Folder: 6 : 3
Kennan, George,
1946, 2001
Box/Folder: 6 : 4
Keynes, John Maynard, undated.
Scope and Content Note
Includes King College's finding aid for the John Maynard Keynes papers
Box/Folder: 6 : 5
Kovno and Lithuania,
1909-2002
Box/Folder: 6 : 7-9
Krivitsky, Walter G.,
1939-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box/Folder: 6 : 10
Lengyel, Tanja,
2000
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence in Hungarian [?]
Box/Folder: 6 : 12
Litton, Frederick S. articles,
1994-2001
Box/Folder: 6 : 13
The Lusk Committee, 1992-2002.
Scope and Content Note
Includes finding aids and background information regarding the Lusk Committee, formally known as the Joint Legislative Committee
to Investigate Seditious Activities, 1919-1920
Box/Folder: 7 : 1-5
The Lusk Committee,
1916-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes information regarding the Rand School
Box/Folder: 7 : 6
Maironski,
1993-2005
Scope and Content Note
In Russian
Box/Folder: 7 : 7
Martin, Charles, and Steinberg, Max,
1931-2007
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence and documents in French and Russian
Box/Folder: 7 : 8
McCargar, James interview,
1995 April 18
Box/Folder: 8 : 1
Naito-Uchimura, Misao,
circa 1990s-2001, undated
Box/Folder: 8 : 2
Narodnyy Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del (People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs),
1939
Scope and Content Note
In Russian
Box/Folder: 8 : 3-4
Nearing, Scott,
1915-1989
Box/Folder: 8 : 5
New York Times,
1922-2003
Box/Folder: 8 : 7-10
Rakov brothers,
1927-1996
Scope and Content Note
Includes documents in German and Russian as well as notes by Markus Wehner regarding the Rakov brothers
Box/Folder: 8 : 11
Rand School,
1919-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence, materials generated by the Rand School and materials regarding the Rand School
Box/Folder: 9 : 1
Rand School, "A History of the Rand School of Social Science, 1906-1956" by Frederic Cornell,
1976
Scope and Content Note
Master's thesis for New York University
Box/Folder: 9 : 2
Robinson case,
1938, undated
Box/Folder: 9 : 3
Rosenberg, Arthur,
undated
Box/Folder: 9 : 4
Rossi, Jacques,
1979-2002
Scope and Content Note
Includes some materials in French
Box/Folder: 9 : 5
The Rote Kapelle: The CIA's History of Soviet Intelligence and Espionage Networks in Western Europe, 1936-1945,
1979
Box/Folder: 9 : 6
Shanghai Municipal Police file,
1933
Box/Folder: 9 : 7
Shapiro, Irwin,
1931-2006
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and correspondence
Box/Folder: 9 : 9-11
Solow, Herbert,
circa 1937-2003, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box/Folder: 9 : 12
Stevens and others,
1951-2005
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence and notes
Box/Folder: 9 : 13
Sudoplatov, Pavel Anatol'evich,
1997-2004, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and documents in Russian
Box/Folder: 10 : 1
Svobodnaia mysl',
1998
Scope and Content Note
In Russian
Box/Folder: 10 : 2-5
Tanenhaus, Sam,
1929-1992, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes and some documents in Russian
Box/Folder: 10 : 6
Task Force on Russia documents,
1937-2007
Box/Folder: 11 : 1
Wallenberg, Raoul,
1946, 2001
Box/Folder: 11 : 2
Weinstein, Allen, "The Hiss Labyrinth: Seven Profiles,"
1997
Box/Folder: 11 : 3
Whitney, Richard Merrill,
1924
Box/Folder: 11 : 4
The Worker and other related documents, 1922-1940
Scope and Content Note
The Worker includes articles written by Nerma Berman, Isaiah Oggin's wife
Box/Folder: 11 : 5
World Tomorrow,1920, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes notes
Box: 12
Oversize file,
1940, undated
Scope and Content Note
Includes a map of Berlin and photocopied research material regarding Walter G. Krivitsky from 1940.
Box/Folder: 12 : 1
Krivitsky, Walter G., related materials,
1940
