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Title: Alfred M. Lilienthal papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1999
Collection Number: 82070
Contributing Institution:
Hoover Institution Archives
Language of Material:
English and
Arabic
Physical Description:
260 manuscript boxes, 2 cubic foot boxes, 9 oversize boxes, 1 card file box, 189 envelopes, 2 motion picture film reels
(129.2 linear feet)
Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies,
clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Arab-Israeli
relations, and American foreign policy in the region. Also available on microfilm (157 reels).
Creator:
Lilienthal, Alfred M.
Collection is open for research.
Use copies of some sound recordings and motion picture film in this collection are available for immediate access. To listen
to other sound recordings or to view videos during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before
your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all
audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1982.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Also available on microfilm (157 reels).
| 1913 December 25 | Born, New York City |
| 1934 | B.A. Cornell University |
| 1938 | LL.B. Columbia University |
| Admitted to New York Bar | |
| 1939-1941 | With Bennet, House and Counts, New York City |
| 1940 | President, Republican First Voters League |
| 1941 | Fusion party candidate for New York City Counci; actively opposed American Youth Congress |
| 1942-43, 1945-48 | With the State Department, Division of Defense Materials |
| 1943-1945 | Served with the U.S. Army in the Middle East |
| 1945 | Consultant to the U.S. Delegation at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco |
| 1947-1950 | In administrative practice |
| 1947-1952 | Counsel, American Council for Judaism, Washington Chapter |
| 1949-1950 | Secretary, Holyland Emergency Liaison Program, Inc. (H.E.L.P.) |
| 1951- | Lecturer; TV and radio commentator; author of magazine articles and syndicated newspieces; frequent traveller to the Middle East |
| 1953 | Author, What Price Israel? |
| 1956 | Founder and chairman, National Committee for Security and Justice in the Middle East |
| 1957 | Author, There Goes the Middle East |
| 1958 April-August | Middle East columnist, Nashville Banner (Tennessee) and Arizona Daily Star |
| 1958-1959 | Assistant photographer and editor, 16mm documentary color film "The Turbulent Middle East," for lecture use, 1959-1973 |
| 1960-1965 | Founder and counsel, American Arab Association for Commerce and Industry |
| 1965 | Author, The Other Side of the Coin |
| 1968-1985 | Editor and publisher of the monthly newsletter Middle East Perspective |
| 1969 | J.D. Columbia University |
| 1976-1977 | Political columnist, daily Al Qabas, Kuwait |
| 1978 | Author, The Zionist Connection |
| 2008 October 6 | Died, Washington, D.C. |
Scope and Content of Collection
Speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies,
clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Arab-Israeli
relations, and American foreign policy in the region.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Middle East Perspective.Jewish-Arab relations.
Zionism.
Israel.
Middle East--Foreign relations--United States.
Middle East.
United States--Foreign relations--Middle East.
Journalists.
Audiotapes.
Video tapes.
Motion pictures.