John P. C. Matthews papers
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Title: John P. C. Matthews papers
Date (inclusive): 1953-2009
Collection Number: 2015C40
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
49 manuscript boxes
(19.6 linear feet)
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, radio scripts, and printed matter, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasting
to Eastern Europe, conditions in Eastern Europe and especially in Hungary, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Includes
research materials used for the books by John P. C. Matthews, Tinderbox: East-Central Europe in the Spring, Summer, and Early
Fall of 1956 (Tucson, 2003) and Explosion: The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (New York, 2007).
Creator:
Matthews, John P. C.
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American journalist and author; Radio Free Europe editor, 1951-1959.
Writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, radio scripts, and printed matter, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasting
to Eastern Europe, conditions in Eastern Europe and especially in Hungary, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. Includes
research materials used for the books by John P. C. Matthews, Tinderbox: East-Central Europe in the Spring, Summer, and Early
Fall of 1956 (Tucson, 2003) and Explosion: The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 (New York, 2007).
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio Free Europe.
Europe, Eastern--Politics and government--1945-
Hungary--History--Revolution, 1956.
Radio broadcasting--Europe, Eastern.