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Scope and Content of Collection
Title: Alfred M. Lilienthal papers
Date (inclusive): 1936-1999
Collection Number: 82070
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
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.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternative Form Available
Also available on microfilm (157 reels).
Biographical Note
1913 December 25 |
Born, New York City |
1934 |
B.A. Cornell University |
1938 |
Admitted to New York Bar |
|
LL.B. Columbia University |
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
Audiotapes
Video tapes
Motion pictures
Journalists
Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States
United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
Zionism
Jewish-Arab relations
Israel
Middle East Perspective.
Middle East