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  • Use
  • Acquisition Information
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  • Alternative Form Available
  • Processing Information
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content of Collection
  • Arrangement Statement

  • Title: Alfred M. Lilienthal papers
    Date (inclusive): 1936-2002
    Collection Number: 82070
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In English and Arabic
    Physical Description: 202 manuscript boxes, 2 cubic foot boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 11 audio boxes, 1 card file box, 189 envelopes, 2 motion picture film reels (106.69 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region. Partially available on microfilm (157 reels).
    Creator: Lilienthal, Alfred M.
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Box 221 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.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternative Form Available

    Also available on microfilm (157 reels).

    Processing Information

    In 2018 Archivist David Jacobs partially processed the 2018 increment of materials. In 2023 Archivist Devin McGeehan Muchmore completed the final arrangement and description of the series.

    Biographical Note

    1913 December 25 Born, New York City
    1934 B.A. Cornell University
    1938 Admitted to New York Bar
      LL.B. Columbia University
    1939-1941 With Bennet, House and Counts, New York City
    1940 President, Republican First Voters League
    1941 Fusion party candidate for New York City Counci; actively opposed American Youth Congress
    1942-43, 1945-48 With the State Department, Division of Defense Materials
    1943-1945 Served with the U.S. Army in the Middle East
    1945 Consultant to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco
    1947-1950 In administrative practice
    1947-1952 Counsel, American Council for Judaism, Washington Chapter
    1949-1950 Secretary, Holyland Emergency Liaison Program, Inc. (H.E.L.P.)
    1951- Lecturer; TV and radio commentator; author of magazine articles and syndicated newspieces; frequent traveller to the Middle East
    1953 Author, What Price Israel?
    1956 Founder and chairman, National Committee for Security and Justice in the Middle East
    1957 Author, There Goes the Middle East
    1958 April-August Middle East columnist, Nashville Banner (Tennessee) and Arizona Daily Star
    1958-1959 Assistant photographer and editor, 16mm documentary color film "The Turbulent Middle East," for lecture use, 1959-1973
    1960-1965 Founder and counsel, American Arab Association for Commerce and Industry
    1965 Author, The Other Side of the Coin
    1968-1985 Editor and publisher of the monthly newsletter Middle East Perspective
    1969 J.D. Columbia University
    1976-1977 Political columnist, daily Al Qabas, Kuwait
    1978 Author, The Zionist Connection
    2008 October 6 Died, Washington, D.C.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region.

    Arrangement Statement

    The collection is arranged at the series level. The additional incremental materials were arranged to mirror the original arrangement.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Audiotapes
    Video tapes
    Motion pictures
    Journalists
    Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
    United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
    Zionism
    Jewish-Arab relations
    Israel
    Middle East Perspective.
    Middle East