Register of the Elie Abel Papers, 1941-1978
Register of the Elie Abel Papers, 1941-1978
Hoover Institution ArchivesStanford University
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- D. Kincaid
- Date Completed:
- 1987
1920, Oct. 17 | Born, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
1941 | Reporter, Windsor (Ontario) Star |
1945-1946 | Assistant City Editor, Montreal Gazette |
1946-1947 | Foreign Correspondent, North American Newspaper Alliance, Berlin, Germany |
1947-1949 | United Nations Correspondent, Overseas News Agency |
1949-1959 | Washington Correspondent and Foreign Correspondent, New York Times |
1959-1961 | Washington Bureau Chief, Detroit News |
1965-1967 | London Bureau Chief, NBC |
1966 | Author, The Missile Crisis |
1967-1969 | Diplomatic Correspondent, NBC News, Washington |
1969-1979 | Godfrey Lowell Cabot Professor, Columbia University, N.Y.C.
Dean, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, N.Y.C. |
1971 | Author (with Marvin Kalb), Roots of Involvement: The U.S. in Asia, 1784-1971 |
1975 | Author (with Averell Harriman), Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1941-1946 |
1979- | Harry and Norman Chandler Professor, Stanford University, California |
Container List
BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1955-1977
Scope and Content Note
Clippings, 1955-1977
Inventory and appraisal of Abel manuscript materials and correspondence, 1969
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1952-1978
Scope and Content Note
General. Clippings, photocopies of others' writings, handwritten notes, most likely used in the drafting of speeches. Topics restricted to freedom of speech, academia
Draft for article or speech, n.d. Relates to Robert McNamara. Typescript
Notes for article or speech, n.d. Relates to John Foster Dulles background session, Geneva, November 2, 1955. Typescript
Speech, n.d. Relates to postwar Britain, and Common Market. Typescript. Fragment?
Speeches, n.d. Typescript and handwritten notes on index cards. Fragments?
Valparaiso Law Day Speech, n.d. Typescript
Tank Output Lags 6 Months; 2 New Types 'Unacceptable', New York Times, January 6, 1952. Printed copy
Defective Tanks Pile Up in Depots, New York Times, January 7, 1952. Printed copy
Portrait of 'Decontrol Charlie' Wilson, New York Times Magazine, December 14, 1952. Printed copy
U.S. Short of Artillery Shells To Sustain Big Korea Drive, New York Times, February 21, 1953. Printed copy
Army Overcoming Dearth of Shells, New York Times, February 22, 1953. Printed copy
U.N. Still Too Short of Shells to Start Korea Drive, Detroit Free Press, February 22, 1953. Printed copy
What Can We Expect From the Next Summit Conference?, speech, The Economic Club of Detroit, November 16, 1959. Typescript. Includes printed copy of Detroit News announcement, review of speech and letter to editor, November 16, 17, 1959. Includes program
Speech, Windsor Rotary Club, January 8, 1960. Typescript
World at the Summit, Detroit News, May 15, 1960. Printed copy
Kennedy After 8 Months is Tempered by Adversity, Detroit News?, 1961? Printed copy. Includes telex copy, September 19, 1961; correspondence with Muller, C., 1961?
Review of Milovan Djilas, Montenegro, Reporter, November 7, 1963. Printed copy
The Missile Crisis, 1966
General. Handwritten and typewritten notes. Printed matter by others. Notes of W. Averell Harriman and Eugene McCarthy talk
Abel vs ABC et al.
Clippings, 1974-1975
Correspondence, 1974-1978
Abel
Covington & Burling, 1976
Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Howley, 1975-1978. Includes photocopy of opinion for Meeropol vs Nizer et al.; J.B. Lippincott Co. royalty statements 1966-1972
Other, arranged by sender
Paul R. Reynolds, Inc., 1974-1975
Hall, Dickler, Lawler, Kent & Howley, 1976
Clippings, 1966-1968
Correspondence, 1968-1977
Paul R. Reynolds, Inc., 1968, 1977. Includes photocopy of copyright registration
Wisch, Steve, 1975
Reviews and promotional material, 1966
English. Printed copies
French. Printed copy
German. Printed copy
The Press at Bay, 1970, Guild Memorial Lecture, University of Minnesota, October 15, 1970. Typescript. Includes photocopy with annotations
Speech, University of Deleware, January 12, 1971. Letter of thanks, and review only
Ferris Lecture, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, April 6, 1971. Typescript. Fragment?
Roots of Involvement: The U.S. in Asia, 1784-1971, 1971
Clipping, n.d.
Correspondence. W.W. Norton & Co. Inc., 1976. In form of royalty statement for 1975-1976
Reviews, 1971-1972
Speech, The National Association of FM Broadcasters in Chicago, April 8, 1972. Typescript
Special Envoy to Churchill and Stalin, 1975
General
Notes for speech on the writing of Special Envoy, Corcoran Gallery, May 10, 1976
Author resume, book proposals, book outline, photo captions, Random House author's questionnaire, draft of Random House announcement of Special Envoy
Notes, typewritten and handwritten
Research materials not to be found in Harriman correspondence below: photocopies of addresses, classified telegrams, correspondence, recollections, excerpts from books, most of which relevant to Harriman's tenure of 1941-1945
Partial drafts of Chapters II, VIII, XIII, XXI. Typescript
Index, draft and master
Setting copy
Setting copy
Clippings, 1972-1976
Correspondence
Abel
Unidentified, n.d.
Abrahamsen, David, 1975
Balk, Albert, 1975
Berger, Marilyn, 1974
Brennan, Pat, 1975
Bundy, McGeorge, 1976
Bernays, Edward L., 1973
Clurman, Richard M., 1975
Cook, Don, 1976
Erickson, Michael E., 1977
Forrestal, Michael V., 1974, 1975. Includes photocopy of correspondence with Dillon, Clarence, 1974
Graff, Henry F., 1975
Harriman, W. Averell, 1972-1977. These are largely of Harriman recollections and remarks on chapters written. Several contain research materials and photocopies of others' correspondence
n.d. Includes photocopy of printed book review, and Harriman remarks on Chapters I, II
1972. Includes agreement signed by Abel and Harriman with conditions and stipulations of enterprise
1973
1974. Includes correspondence with Berger, Samuel D. (includes photocopy of Berger, Samuel D. and Kerr, Alexander C., Dock Labour Situation in British Ports, May 1942); Manning, Robert
1975. Includes correspondence with Bruce, David; The Century Association, n.d.; Galbraith, John Kenneth; Harriman, Edward Henry, 1909; Harriman, Mary. n.d.; Knopf, Alfred A.; Korbonski, Stefan; Meiklejohn, Robert P., (includes selected diary entries of 1945); McCloy, John J.; TV Guide. Includes photocopy of Shvernik tribute to President Roosevelt at opening of Supreme Soviet, 1945; photocopies of newspaper clippings of Harriman as poloist, 1928
1976. Includes correspondence with Bullard, Julian; Butterton, Meredith L.; Curley, Walter J. P.; Eaker, Ira C. (includes photocopy of Eaker's review); Fedynskyj, Jurij; Hughes-Onslow, Neil; Kahn, Irving; Paul R. Reynolds, Inc., 1977 (includes copy of contract for German publication); Random House; Sherwin, Martin J.; Sinsheimer, Bernard; Van Devander, Charles, 1977; Ward, Geoffrey (includes galley of Mee, Charles L., Jr., The Cold War). Includes photocopies of proposed contract for British publication rights; translation of review in Literaturnaya Gazeta, Jan. 21, 1976; photocopy of review in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 1976
1977. Includes correspondence with Van Devander, Charles
Holbrooke, Richard, 1975
Kalb, Marvin, 1975
Kempner, Marshall S., 1976
Kendall, David W., 1976
Knopf, Alfred A., 1975
Lasky, Melvin J., 1976
Lowenfeld, Andreas F., 1976
Mahoney, Florence, 1975
Manning, Robert, 1972-1974
Meier, Charles S., 1972-1975. Includes memorandum to participants in Harriman Seminar, 1969
Meiklejohn, Robert P., 1975
Murphy, Robert D., 1975
Nicoll, Courtlandt, 1977. Includes copy of UPI report on interview with Harriman
Paul R. Reynolds, Inc., 1973-1978. Includes photocopy of both review and quote from Special Envoy appearing in USA Economics, Politics, Ideology, May 1976
Petrow, R., 1975
Random House, Inc., 1973-1977. Includes correspondence with Eisenhower, John L. D., 1975; Galbraith, John Kenneth, 1975; Lovett, Robert, 1975?; Mortimer, Kathleen (Harriman), 1975; Ridgway, M. B., 1975; Silkenat, James R., 1976 (includes photocopy of Silkenat review); Sulzberger, C.L., 1975; White, Theodore H., 1975. Includes sample layouts for title page, text, advertisement, quote from reviewer David Bruce, and drafts for author resumes
Rossman, Malcolm, 1976
Rusk, Dean, 1975
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 1976
Shore, Ben, 1975
Sulzberger, C. L., 1975
Verlag Fritz Molden, 1976
Ward, Geoffrey C., 1977
Westfeldt, A., 1976
Williams, Franklin H., 1977
Zaremba, Andrew, 1975
Other, arranged by sender
Bundy, McGeorge, 1975
Buttenweiser, Benjamin J., 1973
Kaiser, Robert and Hannah, n.d.
Rusk, Dean, 1973
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr., 1973
Reviews and promotional material, 1972-1977
English. Printed copies
Portuguese. Printed copy
Russian. Printed copy
Incremental Materials
Scope and Content Note