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Title: Robert H. Lochner papers
Date (inclusive): 1933-2003
Collection Number: 2007C33
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English and German
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 37 digital files (0.081 GB)
(2.2 Linear Feet)
Creator:
Lochner, Robert Hoyer, 1918-2003
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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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.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2007.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Robert H. Lochner Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
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Biography
1918 |
Born, New York |
1923 |
Family moves to Berlin when father, Louis P. Lochner, is appointed bureau chief of Associated Press |
1936 |
Assists father in coverage of Olympic games, then leaves Berlin to begin studies at University of Chicago |
1940 |
Bachelor's degree, political science, University of Chicago |
1941 |
Master's degree, economics, University of Chicago |
1941-1945 |
Worked on German broadcasts over short-wave service, NBC radio, New York |
1945 Summer |
Conducted studies for U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey, Germany, on effects of bombing on civilian morale |
1945-1947 |
Director of news broadcasting for radio in the U.S. occupied zone of Germany, based in Bad Nauheim |
1945-1955 |
Translator and interpreter for Military Governor Lucius D. Clay and High Commissioner John J. McCloy |
1947-1949 |
Chief control officer for Radio Frankfurt |
1949-1952 |
Editor in chief, Neue Zeitung, Frankfurt |
1952-1955 |
Head of the press office of the American High Commission, Bonn |
1954 |
Translator for former President Herbert Hoover on his visit to Germany |
1955-1957 |
Head of the Information Division, U.S. Embassy, Saigon |
1958-1961 |
Head of the European Division, Voice of America, Washington |
1961 |
Translator for Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during his visit to Berlin, after construction of the Berlin Wall |
1961-1968 |
Director, RIAS (Radio in the American Sector), Berlin |
1963 |
Translator for President John F. Kennedy during his visit to Berlin |
1968-1971 |
Press and cultural attaché, American Embassy, Berne |
1971-1996 |
Director, International Institute of Journalism, Berlin |
1972-1989 |
Correspondent in Berlin for American Broadcasting Company (ABC), and Swiss News Agency |
1972-1991 |
Berlin representative, American Chamber of Commerce in Germany |
2003 |
Died, Berlin |
Scope and Content of Collection
The Robert H. Lochner papers consist largely of photographs that Lochner saved over the years, documenting his many activities
as part of the U.S. occupation forces in Germany following World War II, as translator to several high-ranking U.S. officials
and dignitaries who visited Germany during the 1940s through the 1960s, and as head of the RIAS broadcast service, based in
West Berlin, during the 1960s. Lochner was credited with preparing John F. Kennedy for his June 1963 trip to Germany, and
at the president's request, coached him in several German phrases, including "Ich bin ein Berliner." Photos of this trip are
included in this collection. Many of these photos were also used in his 2003 memoir, Ein Berliner unter dem Sternenbanner
[A Berliner under the Stars and Stripes].
Arrangement
Organized into two series, Biographical File and Photographs.
Related Material
Related collections include the papers of his father, Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Louis Paul Lochner, which are located
in several collections at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives in Madison, the Milwaukee Public Library, and the Library
of Congress in Washington, D.C. A further collection, the Louis P. Lochner family papers, is housed at the Concordia Historical
Institute (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) in St. Louis. At the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, a further group of
documents collected by Louis P. Lochner in Germany during and following World War II is available as the Louis Paul Lochner
collection.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Radio broadcasting -- Germany
Propaganda, American -- Germany
Rundfunk im Amerikanischen Sektor (Berlin, Germany)