Register of the Robert H. Lochner Papers

Processed by: Brad Bauer

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Register of the Robert H. Lochner Papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Brad Bauer
Date Completed:: 2007
Encoded by:: Elizabeth Konzak

Descriptive Summary

Title: Robert H. Lochner Papers

Dates: 1933-2003

Collection number: 2007C33

Creator: Lochner, Robert H., 1918-

Collection Size: 5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (2.2 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Printed matter and photographs, relating to American radio broadcasting to Germany.

Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: Languages represented in the collection: English German

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert H. Lochner Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2007.

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 at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biography

1918	Born, New York
1923	Family moves to Berlin when father, Louis P. Lochner, is appointed bureau chief of Associated Press
1936	Assists father in coverage of Olympic games, then leaves Berlin to begin studies at University of Chicago
1940	Bachelor's degree, political science, University of Chicago
1941	Master's degree, economics, University of Chicago
1941-1945	Worked on German broadcasts over short-wave service, NBC radio, New York
1945 Summer	Conducted studies for U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Germany, on effects of bombing on civilian morale
1945-1947	Director of news broadcasting for radio in the U.S. occupied zone of Germany, based in Bad Nauheim
1945-1955	Translator and interpreter for Military Governor Lucius D. Clay and High Commissioner John J. McCloy
1947-1949	Chief control officer for Radio Frankfurt
1949-1952	Editor in chief, Neue Zeitung, Frankfurt
1952-1955	Head of the press office of the American High Commission, Bonn
1954	Translator for former President Herbert Hoover on his visit to Germany
1955-1957	Head of the Information Division, U.S. Embassy, Saigon
1958-1961	Head of the European Division, Voice of America, Washington
1961	Translator for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to Berlin, after construction of the Berlin Wall
1961-1968	Director, RIAS (Radio in the American Sector), Berlin
1963	Translator for President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Berlin
1968-1971	Press and cultural attaché, American Embassy, Berne
1971-1996	Director, International Institute of Journalism, Berlin
1972-1989	Correspondent in Berlin for American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and Swiss News Agency
1972-1991	Berlin representative, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany
2003	Died, Berlin

Scope and Content of Collection

The Robert H. Lochner papers consist largely of photographs that Lochner saved over the years, documenting his many activities as part of the U.S. occupation forces in Germany following World War II, as translator to several high-ranking U.S. officials and dignitaries who visited Germany during the 1940s through the 1960s, and as head of the RIAS broadcast service, based in West Berlin, during the 1960s. Lochner was credited with preparing John F. Kennedy for his June 1963 trip to Germany, and at the president's request, coached him in several German phrases, including "Ich bin ein Berliner." Photos of this trip are included in this collection. Many of these photos were also used in his 2003 memoir, Ein Berliner unter dem Sternenbanner [A Berliner under the Stars and Stripes].

Arrangement

Organized into two series, Biographical File and Photographs.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Radio broadcasting--Germany.

Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Berlin, Germany)

Related Material

Related collections include the papers of his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Louis Paul Lochner, which are located in several collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in Madison, the Milwaukee Public Library, and the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. A further collection, the Louis P. Lochner family papers, is housed at the Concordia Historical Institute (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) in St. Louis. At the Hoover Institution Archives, a further group of documents collected by Louis P. Lochner in Germany during and following World War II is available as the Louis Paul Lochner collection.

Container List

Biographical File, 1938-2003

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, 1938; memoirs, Ein Berliner unter dem Sternenbanner, 2003; and newspaper clippings, 1998-2003, arranged alphabetically by physical form

Box 1, Folder 1

Correspondence (copies) of Louis P. Lochner, 1938

Scope and Content Note

Relates to seeking permission from Nazi party authorities for son Robert to accompany him as journalistic aide to party rally in Nürnberg

Box 1, Folder 2

Memoirs, Ein Berliner Unter dem Sternenbanner, 2003

Box 1, Folder 3

Newspaper clippings about Lochner, 1998-2003

Photographs, 1933-1968

Scope and Content Note

Photographic prints, originals as well as copy prints, arranged in two groups, dated and undated, thereunder chronologically

Dated

Box 1, Folder 4

Joseph Goebbels addressing gathering of the Carl Schurz Association, Berlin, 1933 October. 1933 October.

Scope and Content Note

Pictured at podium with Robert Lochner

Box 1, Folder 5

Robert Lochner pictured with father, Louis P. Lochner, in front of NBC radio microphone, 1942 July

Box 1, Folder 6

General Lucius Clay pictured with Robert Murphy, John Foster Dulles, Robert Lochner, Bi-Zonal Economic Council, 1947

Box 1, Folder 7

General Lucius Clay with General Brian Robertson, Bi-Zonal Economic Council, 1947

Box 1, Folder 8

General Lucius Clay with Robert Lochner, visited by Christian Stock, Erich Köhler, Hermann Pünder, at farewell gathering for Clay, 1949

Box 1, Folder 9

General Lucius Clay with Robert Lochner, at ceremony of dedication for Freedom Bell, Schöneberg Town Hall, Berlin, 1950 October

Box 1, Folder 10

Dean Acheson with Robert Lochner, at ceremony to lay cornerstone of Amerika Gedenkbibliothek, Berlin-Kreuzberg, 1952

Box 1, Folder 11

Herbert Hoover on visit to Germany (Bonn, Berlin), pictured with Robert Lochner, Konrad Adenauer, James Conant, Theodor Heuss, Carlo Schmidt, 1954

Box 1, Folder 12

John Foster Dulles speaking with Leopold Figl, Austrian State Treaty negotiations, with Robert Lochner, 1955

Box 1, Folder 13

Robert Lochner at microphone, at airport, standing with Walter Hallstein, John Foster Dulles, Ambassador James Conant, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 1955

Box 1, Folder 14

Robert Lochner with Lyndon B. Johnson, on visit to Berlin, with Willy Brandt, 1961

Box 1, Folder 15

Robert F. Kennedy with Edward M. Kennedy, visit to Berlin, with Robert Lochner, RIAS headquarters, 1963

Box 1, Folder 16

John F. Kennedy, visit to Berlin, pictured in various images with Konrad Adenauer, Willy Brandt, Robert Lochner, Dean Rusk, Lucius Clay, Walter Scheel, 1963 June

Box 1, Folder 17

Robert Lochner pictured with Herbert Wehner, RIAS headquarters, Berlin, 1968

Undated

Box 1, Folder 18

Journalists meeting with Adolf Hitler, circa mid-1930s. Includes Karl Von Wiegand, H. V. Kaltenborn, Louis P. Lochner undated

Box 1, Folder 19

Louis P. Lochner pictured with Prince Louis-Ferdinand von Hohenzollern, circa late 1930s

Box 1, Folder 20

Golo Mann working in office at Bad Nauheim, circa 1946

Box 1, Folder 21

Robert Lochner translating for Ludwig Erhard, Erich Köhler, Bi-Zonal Economic Council, circa 1947-1948

Box 1, Folder 22

General Lucius Clay greeting Christian Stock, with Robert Lochner, Erich Köhler, circa 1947-1949

Box 1, Folder 23

Robert Lochner with John McCloy and Dean Acheson, circa early 1950s

Box 1, Folder 24

Robert Lochner standing with John Foster Dulles, with Otto Suhr, Walther Schreiber, seated, circa mid 1950s

Box 1, Folder 25

Robert Lochner with Dean Rusk and Willy Brandt, Berlin, circa early 1960s

Box 1, Folder 26

Set of photographs, described above, digitized by donor, 2006

Scope and Content Note

One 700 MB CD-R

Box 2-5

Unprocessed papers undated

Box 5

Declassified British government record 1944

Scope and Content Note

Formerly security-classified record of the British government, released in full. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover

Box 5

Record released in 2010 1944

Physical Description: One folder containing one document

Box 6

Unprocessed oversize papers undated

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