Register of the Martin Dewhirst papers
Finding aid prepared by Anna Knapp
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Martin Dewhirst papers
Date (inclusive): 1960-2019
Collection Number: 2018C6
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and Russian, with some Czech and German
Physical Description:
9 manuscript boxes
(3.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Martin Dewhirst papers (1960-2019) consists of correspondence, writings, lists, printed matter, photographs, and ephemera
related to Russian secret service activities and dissident life.
Creator:
Dewhirst, Martin
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 3 and 9 closed until 2050 January 1. Box 4 closed until 2038 April 18. 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
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2017.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Martin Dewhirst papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Martin Dewhirst. British writer, translator, and scholar of Russia and the Soviet Union.
Scope and Content of Collection
Collection consists of correspondence, writings, lists, printed matter, photographs, and ephemera related to Russian secret
service activities and dissident life. Includes copies of Soviet government orders regarding censorship; draft writings of
Oleg Gordievsky including books reviews on titles related to the Soviet Union such as The Matrokhin Archive; and correspondence
with prominent ex-Soviet dissidents such as Vladimir Bukovsky.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Secret service -- Soviet Union
Secret service -- Russia (Federation)
Underground literature -- Soviet Union
Materials relating to Soviet censorship
1969-1984, undated
Arrangement
Series is arranged according to Dewhirst's original order which is derived from the inventory in Box 1 Folder 1.
Scope and Contents
Files in this series include Dewhirst's transciptions and summaries as well as Soviet copies of government orders. All materials
in Russian.
box 1, folder 1
Order from head of General Directorate for the Protection of State Secrets in the Press (Glavlit)
1976 August 13
Scope and Contents
Includes Dewhirst's inventory of materials in this series.
box 1, folder 2
List of samizdat documents with known circulation in Ukraine
1969 August 27
box 1, folder 3
List of ideologically harmful materials published abroad
undated
box 1, folder 4
List of ideologically harmful materials published abroad
undated
box 1, folder 5
List of ideologically harmful materials published abroad
1983 April 28
box 1, folder 6
List of ideologically harmful materials published abroad
undated
box 1, folder 7
List of publications deemed anti-soviet
1982 August 9
box 1, folder 8
List of publications deemed anti-soviet
undated
box 1, folder 9
List of songs and poems by Vladimir Vysotsky
undated
box 1, folder 9
Document on the confiscation of records by Vysotsky
undated
box 1, folder 9
List of books of a revanchist nature published in the Federal Republic of Germany
undated
Scope and Contents
File includes photocopies of pages in a magazine which show the books in question.
box 1, folder 10
List of pornographic video films
undated
box 1, folder 10
List of American films dubbed in Russian
undated
box 1, folder 11
Document on the detention of objects having foreign or imporal content
undated
box 1, folder 11
Instruction on prcessing of foreign objects in luggage and mail
1984 December 18
box 1, folder 12
On the guidebook for participants in the Geological Congress
1984
box 1, folder 13
Instruction on procedures for dispatch of non-secret materials
undated
box 1, folder 14
Instruction for controlling materials conveyed across the border
1981-1984
box 1, folder 14
Procedures for passage of video equipment across the border
1982-1983
Scope and Contents
Includes other instructions dated 1984 February 6 and a memo.
box 1, folder 15
Miscellaneous
1941-1971
Scope and Contents
File includes ephemera and photocopies of other censorship orders from Glavlit and KGB.
Oleg Gordievsky file
1985-2015, undated
box 2, folder 1
Articles about and interviews with Gordievsky
1985-1991
Scope and Contents
File consists of newspaper clippings and printouts. Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 2
Articles about and interviews with Gordievsky
1992-1997
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 3
Articles about and interviews with Gordievsky
1997-2010, 2015
Scope and Contents
Includes photograph of Dewhirst (2007), holiday card from Sergei Cristo with photo of Gordievsky and Margaret Thatcher, newspaper
and magazine clippings, as well as printouts. Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 4
Letters and articles in the media written by Gordievsky
1990-2010
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings and printouts. Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 5
Published book reviews
1990-2015
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper and magazine clippings as well as printed versions of texts. Includes review of The Matrokhin Archive (1985).
Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 6
Book reviews sent to Dewhirst for translation
1999, 2004, 2005, 2011, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Dewhirst and Gordievksy regarding translations as well as drafts of Gordievsky's writings.
Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 7
Book reviews sent to Dewhirst for translation
2003, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Dewhirst and Gordievksy regarding translations as well as drafts of Gordievsky's writings.
Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 8
Book reviews sent to Dewhirst for translation
undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Dewhirst and Gordievksy regarding translations as well as drafts of Gordievsky's writings.
Materials in English and Russian.
box 2, folder 9
Book reviews sent to Dewhirst for translation
1999, 2000, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Dewhirst and Gordievksy regarding translations as well as drafts of Gordievsky's writings.
Materials in English and Russian.
Alexander Litvinenko file
2002-2016
box 5, folder 1
Litvinenko open sources
2002-2007
Scope and Contents
File includes newspaper clippings, articles, and email correspondence about Alexander Litvinenko and primarily, speculation
about his death. Materials in English and Russian.
box 5, folder 2
Litvinenko open sources
2002-2007
Scope and Contents
File includes newspaper clippings, articles, and email correspondence about Alexander Litvinenko and primarily, speculation
about his death. Materials in English and Russian.
box 5, folder 3
Litvinenko open sources
2008-2016
Scope and Contents
File includes newspaper clippings, articles, and email correspondence about Alexander Litvinenko and primarily, speculation
about his death. Materials in English and Russian.
box 5, folder 4
Litvinenko open sources
2008-2016
Scope and Contents
File includes newspaper clippings and about Alexander Litvinenko and primarily, speculation about his death. Materials in
English and Russian.
box 5, folder 5
Pasternak subject file
1960-2012, undated
Scope and Contents
File includes correspondence with members of the Pasternak family, articles about Boris Pasternak, correpsondence with Lazar
Fleishmann, an autobiography of Albina Tasparova, and correspondence with Guy de Mallac. Materials in Russian, English, and
German.
box 5, folder 6
Telnikoff vs. Matusevich subject file
1972-1989, undated
Correspondence
1962-2018, undated
American correspondence
1963-2017, undated
box 6, folder 1
Blake, Patricia
1963-1971, 1979-1980
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 2
Brumberg, Abraham
1969-1978
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 3
Cohen, Stephen
1979, 1989
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 4
Dunlop, John
1977-1979
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 5
Feshbach, Murray
1985
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 6
Johnson, Priscilla
1964, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 7
Kline, Edward
1977, 1984-1996, 2017
Scope and Contents
Includes obituary and program from Kline's funeral. Materials in English.
box 6, folder 8
Pipes, Richard
1977, 1983
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 9
Yanov, Alexander
1970, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 10
Unidentified
1984, 1986
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
Czech correspondence
1966-2005, undated
box 6, folder 11
Franek, Jiri
1970
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 12
Morkovin, Vadim
1969-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes invitation to Morkovin's funeral. Materials in Russian and Czech.
box 6, folder 13
Novikova, Anka
1970-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes Dewhirst's description of the Czech correspondence series. Materials in Russian and Czech.
box 6, folder 14
Zadrazilova, Miluse
1972, 2005
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 15
Unidentified
1969-1972, undated
Scope and Contents
Arranged by correspondent. Archivist could not make out names of correspondents. Materials in Russian.
General correspondence
1960-2018, undated
box 6, folder 16
Achminow, Herman
1975, 1977
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 17
Agursky, Mikhail
1975-1976, 1985, 1987
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 18
Amalrik, Andrei
1977
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 19
Belinkov, Arkadiy and Belinkova, Natalia
1969-1992
Scope and Contents
Includes newspaper clippings by and about the Belinkovs. Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 20
Belotserkovsky, Vadim
1973-1975, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 21
Berg, Raisa
1987
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 22
Birman, Igor
1985
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 23
Bukovsky, Vladimir
1978-2001, 2012, 2014
Scope and Contents
Includes articles about Bukovsky and a Christmas card from Sergei Cristo printed with a photo of Bukovsky. Materials in English
and Russian.
box 6, folder 24
Chalidze, Valery
1975, 1985
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 25
Chertok, Semyon
1983-1987
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 26
Conquest, Robert
1971, 1975, 1991, 1996, 2005, 2015
Scope and Contents
Includes book review written by Conquest and a russian news article about him. Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 27
Drawicz, Andrzej
1975-1986, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 6, folder 28
Duncan, Michael
1970-1990
Scope and Contents
Includes Dewhirst's decription of correspondence with Duncan. Materials in English.
box 6, folder 29
Finkelstein, Leonid
1966-2018
Scope and Contents
Includes articles written by Finkelstein (Vladimirov). Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 30
Glazov, Yuri
1972
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 6, folder 31
Gorshenin, Vladimir
1986-1988
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 6, folder 32
Grigorenko, Andrei
1983
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 1
Hayward, Max
1963-1980, 1987
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 7, folder 2
Hoover Intitution
1968-1990
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 7, folder 3
Ilina, Emiliya
1977, 1981, 1994, 2003, 2009
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 4
Jofe, Jury
1975, 1981
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 5
Kabo, Vladimir
1997
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 7, folder 6
Kerensky, Oleg
1965, 1970
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 7, folder 7
Kuznetsov, Eduard
1986
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 8
Lyubarsky, Kronid
1979-1981
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 9
Maksimov, Vladimir
1973-1974
Scope and Contents
Letters from Maksimov's sister Yekaterina Breitbart. Materials in Russian.
box 7, folder 10
Matthews, Lyudmila and Mervyn
1960-2002, 2018
Scope and Contents
Includes articles by and about Mervyn Matthews as well as obituaries for Mervyn Matthews. Materials in English and Russian.
box 7, folder 11
Medvedev, Zhores
1973-1994
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and material about Lev Yudovich. Materials in English and Russian.
box 7, folder 12
Medvedev, Zhores
1995-2012
Scope and Contents
Includes articles by Medvedev including a scientific paper on cholesterol. Materials in English and Russian.
box 7, folder 13
Miloradovich, Serafim
1964-1992, 2010s
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Miloradovich's assistants Nina Karsow and Ernest Andrews and others who worked at Overseas Publications
Interchange. Materials in English.
box 7, folder 14
Mitrokhin, Vladimir
2004-2011
Scope and Contents
Discussions about Vasili Mitrokhin's materials and articles about him. Materials in English.
box 7, folder 15
National Alliance of Russian Solidarists (NTS)
1962-1987, 1997, 2004-2011
Scope and Contents
Includes materials on Gerald Brooke case. Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 1
Pavlenkov, Vladlen
1987
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 2
Philby, Kim
1968
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Kim Philby and Trevor Roper. Materials in English.
box 8, folder 3
Piontkovsky, Andrei
2006
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 8, folder 4
Popovsky, Mark
1977-1978
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 5
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1963-1969
Scope and Contents
Includes reports from Institute for the Study of the USSR. Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 6
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1970-1975
Scope and Contents
Includes details of Dewhirst's position as consultant for RL. Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 7
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1976-1984
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 8
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
1985-2017
Scope and Contents
Includes articles about RFE/RL. Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 9
Reznik, Semyon
1985
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 10
Roland, Peter
1978-1998
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.
box 8, folder 11
Rubashov, Lev
1967-1970
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 12
Shtromas, Alex
1975
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 13
Sliwowski, Rene and Victoria
1970-1973
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence between Sliwowskis and others. Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 14
Sliwowski, Rene and Victoria
1974-1990
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 15
Suvorov, Victor
2008
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 16
Volokhonsky, Anri
1975
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 17
Voronel, Aleksandr and Nina
1977-1981
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 18
Voslensky, Michael
1984, 1986
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and German.
box 8, folder 19
Yegides, Petr
1983
Scope and Contents
Materials in Russian.
box 8, folder 20
Zamashchikov, Sergei
1986, undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in English and Russian.
box 8, folder 21
Zinoviev, Alexander
undated
Scope and Contents
Materials in English.