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Title: Arnold Beichman papers
Date (inclusive): 1932-2006
Collection Number: 91030
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
113 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize
(45.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The papers are comprised of writings, correspondence, and research materials relating to Arnold Beichman's career as a political
journalist and author. The collection contains numerous articles and columns published in
The Washington Times, as well as drafts of several books written by Beichman. The research materials consist of articles, clippings, and other
printed matter largely pertaining to communism, the Soviet Union, and politics in the United States and Great Britain.
Creator:
Beichman, Arnold
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1991.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arnold Beichman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
American journalist and author.
1913 |
Born, New York City |
1934 |
Received B.A. degree, Columbia University |
1940s |
Editor,
PM magazine
|
1950s-1960s |
Freelance journalist, wrote for
Newsweek and other publications
|
1968 |
Author,
The Other State Department: The United States Mission to the United Nations
|
1972 |
Author,
Nine Lies about America
|
1973 |
Awarded Ph.D. degree, Columbia University |
1970s-1980s |
Taught at the University of Massachusetts, the University of British Columbia, the University of Calgary, and Georgetown University |
1982 |
Research fellow and visiting scholar, Hoover Institution |
1983 |
Author,
Andropov: New Challenge to the West
|
1984 |
Author,
Herman Wouk: The Novelist as Social Historian
|
1986-2010 |
Columnist and reviewer,
The Washington Times
|
1991 |
Author,
The Long Pretense: Soviet Treaty Diplomacy from Lenin to Gorbachev
|
2010 |
Died |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers are comprised of writings, correspondence, and research materials relating to Arnold Beichman's career as a political
journalist and author. The collection contains numerous articles and columns published in The Washington Times, as well as
drafts of several books written by Beichman. The research materials consist of articles, clippings, and other printed matter
largely pertaining to communism, the Soviet Union, and politics in the United States and Great Britain.
There is a substantial correspondence series at the end of the collection; correspondence is also interspersed among the research
materials. These letters include exchanges with a number of personalities associated with anti-communist politics in the United
States and Great Britain.
The collection also contains photocopies of decoded Soviet espionage transmissions, intercepted by American intelligence agencies
during the Venona program.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Communism -- United States
Communism
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
Espionage, Russian
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Treaties
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th century