Susan Weissman Radio Broadcast Interviews, 1986-2000

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Summary

Creators:
Weissman, Susan and KPFK (Radio station : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Abstract:
Sound recordings on compact sound cassettes relating to contemporary political, social and economic conditions throughout the world, and especially in the Soviet Union and its successor states, from a weekly radio program broadcast on radio station KPFK, Los Angeles.
Extent:
11 oversize boxes (4.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Susan Weissman Radio Broadcast Interviews, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Sound recordings on compact sound cassettes relating to contemporary political, social, and economic conditions throughout the world, and especially in the Soviet Union and its successor states, from a weekly radio program broadcast on radio station KPFK, Los Angeles. The collection also includes program description lists for the years 1995-2000, and an article, which may be found in the last box.

Biographical / historical:

Susan (Suzi) Weissman, a Professor and Chair of Politics at Saint Mary's College of California, sits on the editorial boards of Critique and Against the Current. She is the author of Victor Serge: The Course Is Set on Hope (Verso, 2001); and edited Victor Serge: Russia Twenty Years After (Humanities, 1996), and The Ideas of Victor Serge (Critique Books, 1997), as well as many articles on the Soviet Union and Russia. Her research emphasis is on working class and left wing dissent. Weissman has hosted drive-time broadcast public affairs programs on KPFK radio of Los Angeles for more than two decades. During the years of turmoil and disintegration of the Soviet Union, she hosted many special programs and live broadcasts from participants. She began as host of "Portraits of USSR" and "Read All About It" later titled "The New World Disorder" before it morphed into "Beneath the Surface."

Source: Suzi Weissman (about) page, http://suziweissman.com/?q=about accessed 11 August 2010

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1988 with additional increments through the year 2000.
Arrangement:

The cassettes are organized chronologically. Sound recording date, title, and additional information in parentheses were selected from the cassette labels created by Weissman or her staff.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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.

Terms of access:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Susan Weissman Radio Broadcast Interviews, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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