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Title: Elie Abel papers
Date (inclusive): 1941-1978
Collection Number: 84035
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
8 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box
(3.75 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, radio and television broadcast transcripts, correspondence, and printed matter, relating to world politics
and to the press. Includes photocopies of drafts of and correspondence relating to the book by E. Abel,
The Missile Crisis (1966). Also includes drafts of the book by E. Abel and W. Averell Harriman,
Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946 (1975); letters and memoranda by Harriman; and photocopies of wartime dispatches to Harriman, all used in writing the book.
Creator:
Abel, Elie
Creator:
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
[Identification of item], Elie Abel Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1920, Oct. 17 | Born, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| 1941 | Reporter, Windsor (Ontario) Star |
| 1945-1946 | Assistant City Editor, Montreal Gazette |
| 1946-1947 | Foreign Correspondent, North American Newspaper Alliance, Berlin, Germany |
| 1947-1949 | United Nations Correspondent, Overseas News Agency |
| 1949-1959 | Washington Correspondent and Foreign Correspondent, New York Times |
| 1959-1961 | Washington Bureau Chief, Detroit News |
| 1965-1967 | London Bureau Chief, NBC |
| 1966 | Author, The Missile Crisis |
| 1967-1969 | Diplomatic Correspondent, NBC News, Washington |
| 1969-1979 | Godfrey Lowell Cabot Professor, Columbia University, N.Y.C.
Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, N.Y.C. |
| 1971 | Author (with Marvin Kalb), Roots of Involvement: The U.S. in Asia, 1784-1971 |
| 1975 | Author (with Averell Harriman), Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946 |
| 1979- | Harry and Norman Chandler Professor, Stanford University, California |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
World War, 1939-1945 -- Diplomatic history
World War, 1939-1945 -- United States
Journalism -- United States
World politics -- 1945-1989
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962