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  • Title: James Burnham papers
    Date (inclusive): 1928-1983
    Collection Number: 88022
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 12 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (5.1 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, notes, memoranda, and printed matter, relating to communism in the United States and abroad, the Congress for Cultural Freedom and other anti-communist movements in the United States and abroad, political conditions in the United States and the world, and conservative political thought. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Burnham, James, 1905-1987
    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 1988.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], James Burnham Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biography

    1905 Nov. 22 Born, Chicago, Illinois
    1929-1942 Professor of Philosophy, New York University
    1929-1933 Co-editor, Symposium
    1931 Co-author (with Philip Wheelwright), Introduction to Philosophical Analysis
    1941 Author, The Managerial Revolution
    1943 Author, The Machiavellians
    1947 Author, The Struggle for the World
    1948 Author, The Case for De Gaulle (with Andre Malraux)
    c. 1949-1953 Consultant, Central Intelligence Agency
    1950 Author, The Coming Defeat of Communism
    1953 Author, Containment or Liberation?
    1954 Author, The Web of Subversion
    1955-1977 Editorial Board, National Review
    1959 Author, Congress and the American Tradition
    1964 Author, Suicide of the West
    1967 Author, The War We Are In
    1987 July 28 Died, Kent, Connecticut

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Anti-communist movements -- United States
    Communism -- United States
    Conservatism
    Journalists
    Communism
    United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1989
    Political science
    Anti-communist movements
    World politics -- 1945-1989
    Congress for Cultural Freedom