Overview of the Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn speeches and writings
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Title: Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn speeches and writings
Date (inclusive): 1975-1982
Collection Number: 76033
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope, 1 motion picture film reel, 1 phonotape reel, 1 phonotape cassette
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Sound recordings of speeches, and typescript and printed copies of speeches and writings, relating to the literary works of
A. Solzhenitsyn, and to civil rights in the Soviet Union. Includes the text of his Harvard University commencement address,
1978, and clippings reflecting American public reaction to it. Also includes articles, publicity leaflets, clippings, photographs,
and a motion picture film, relating to A. Solzhenitsyn, especially to his visits to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution
and Peace in 1975 and 1976.
Creator:
Solzhenit͡syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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 1976.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn speeches and writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution
Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Russian novelist.
Scope and Content of Collection
Sound recordings of speeches, and typescript and printed copies of speeches and writings, relating to the literary works of
A. Solzhenitsyn, and to civil rights in the Soviet Union. Includes the text of his Harvard University commencement address,
1978, and clippings reflecting American public reaction to it. Also includes articles, publicity leaflets, clippings, photographs,
and a motion picture film, relating to A. Solzhenitsyn, especially to his visits to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution
and Peace in 1975 and 1976.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Audiotapes
Motion pictures
Dissenters -- Soviet Union
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace
box 1, folder 1
Statement by Robert W. Miller, President, Freeom's Foundation at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, at the Presentation of the Foundation's
American Friendship Medal to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
June 1, 1976
box 1, folder 1
"Temoignages Sur L'Oeuvre de Felix Leon" Testimonies of the Work of Felix Leon, includes "Sonnet A Soljenitsyne"
box 1, folder 2
Commencement Address at Harvard University
June 8, 1978
box 1, folder 6
Newspaper Clippings
June 16,1977 - June 28, 1978, undated.
box 1, folder 8
"America, We Beg You to Interfere" Special Report by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn for Church League of America
August 1975
box 1, folder 9
Stanford Publications
April 28, 1976 - May 26, 1976
tape 1
Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn statement to the press
6 June 1975
Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette
Language of Material: English.
Access
Use copy reference number: 76033_a_0010387
tape cabinet, box 2 - U-Matic
1 tape of A. I. Solzhenitsyn's speech at a dinner party in his honor by the Hoover Institution at the Holiday Inn, Palo Alto,
May 24, 1976
reel 1
"One Word of Truth" 16mm film
envelope A
4 photographs depicting Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn on the front steps of the Hoover Institution during his statement to the
press
June 6, 1975
