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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.

    Use

    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