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Title: Arch Puddington collection
Date (inclusive): 1947-1999
Collection Number: 2001C73
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
34 manuscript boxes, 5 card file boxes
(15.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, reports, printed matter, and sound recordings, relating to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.
Used as research material for the book by A. Puddington, Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and
Radio Liberty (Lexington, Ky., 2000). Includes records and photocopies of records of RFE/RL.
Creator:
RFE/RL
source:
Puddington, Arch
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.
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arch Puddington collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Biographical Note
1944 February 10 |
Born, Louisville, Kentucky |
1966 |
B.A., University of Missouri, Kansas City |
1966-1968 |
Reporter,
Lebanon Daily News, Pennsylvania
|
1968-1971 |
Political reporter,
Bayonne Times, New Jersey
|
1971-1976 |
Program director, A. Philip Randolph Institute, New York City |
1976-1985 |
Executive director, League for Industrial Democracy, New York City |
1985-1993 |
Assistant director, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, New York office |
1988 |
Author,
Failed Utopias: Methods of Coercion in Communist Regimes
|
1993 |
Senior scholar, Freedom House, New York City |
1994- |
Vice president for research, Freedom House, New York City |
2000 |
Author,
Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty
|
2005 |
Author,
Lane Kirkland: Champion of American Labor
|
Scope and Content of Collection
The Arch Puddington papers, acquired in 2001, consist of correspondence, memoranda, microfiche, photographs, printed matter,
reports, and sound recordings relating to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. They were used as research material for the
book by Arch Puddington,
Broadcasting Freedom: The Cold War Triumph of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (Lexington, Kentucky, 2000). The collection includes records and photocopies of records of RFE/RL.
The bulk of the papers, contained in the Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty File, focus on the history of RFE/RL and its
broadcasting policy. The effectiveness of its programs, as determined by governments and listeners in different countries,
is reflected in Clippings and Printed Matter. Research Materials contains information relating to such issues as the beginnings,
purpose, and future of RFE/RL, waves of internal dissent weakening RFE/RL as an instrument of U.S. policy, the question of
its funding by the Central Intelligence Agency, and the role played by individuals and organizations in the activities of
RFE/RL.
The inclusion of a substantial number of sound recordings complement the series previously mentioned.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into 6 series: Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty File, Clippings and Printed Matter, Research
Materials, Photographs, Microfiche from Congressional Information Service Microfiche Library, and Sound Recordings.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Radio broadcasting -- Soviet Union
Radio broadcasting -- Europe, Eastern
Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe
Puddington, Arch