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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