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Title: George Sokolsky papers
Date (inclusive): 1916-1962
Collection Number: 59004
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
390 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes
(164.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Writings, radio broadcast transcripts, correspondence, printed matter, phonorecords, and photographs, relating to politics,
communism, internal security and anti-communist movements in the United States, and to politics and communism in China and
elsewhere.
Creator:
Sokolsky, George E. (George Ephraim), 1893-1962
Box FH2 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1959.
[Identification of item], George Sokolsky papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
| 1893 September 5 | Born, Utica, New York |
| 1917 | B.A., School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York |
| 1917 | Editor, Russian Daily News, Petrograd |
| 1918 | Assistant Editor, North China Star, Tientsin (T'ien-chin), China |
| 1920-1930 | Political correspondent, North China Star. Shanghai correspondent for New York Evening Post, Philadelphia Public Ledger, New York World, London Daily Express, Japan Advertiser |
| 1922 | Married Rosalind Phang |
| 1927-1930 | Editor, Far Eastern Review |
| 1928 | Author, Outlines of Universal History |
| 1932 | Author, Tinder Box of Asia |
| 1933 | Death of Rosalind Sokolsky |
| 1934 | Author, Labor's Fight for Power |
| 1935 | Author, We Jews. Married Dorothy Fiske |
| 1935-1940 | Contributor, New York Herald Tribune |
| 1938 | Author, Labor Crisis in the United States |
| 1939 | Author, The American Way of Life |
| 1940-1962 | Syndicated newspaper columnist |
| 1948-1961 | Commentator, American Broadcasting Company |
| 1948-1962 | Director, American Jewish League Against Communism |
| 1962 December 12 | Died |
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Anti-communist movements -- United States
Communism -- United States
Subversive activities -- United States
Journalists
Communism
Communism -- China
China -- Politics and government -- 20th century
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
Journalism -- United States
Internal security -- United States
American Jewish League against Communism