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Series I: Alger Hiss Materials, 1948-2004

Language of Materials

English.

Scope and Contents

This series contains original Hiss and Hiss family correspondence, biographical information on Alger Hiss and materials pertaining to the Hiss Case, including Haury's handwritten notes and files on Bruce Craig's HUAC research, the Defense Fund for Alger Hiss, the "Pumpkin Papers," the Venona Papers and Gen. Dmitri Volkogonov, the Woodstock typewriter, and the unsealing of 1948-49 Federal Grand Jury records. Among the correspondents represented are Alger and Tony Hiss, John Lowenthal, William A. Reuben, Allen Weinstein, and Bruce Craig. The series also contains materials pertaining to the Agnese M. Lindley Foundation, the Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, the Cold War International History Project, the National Emergency Civil Liberties Foundation, The Nation Institute, the National Security Archive, and the Public Citizen Litigation Group. Note: This series has been microfilmed as part of the Thomson-Gale Publishers collection, "Alger Hiss Papers at the Tamiment Library." Researchers should use the microfilm; consult archives staff for reel numbers.

Agnese N. Lindley Foundation, 1981-1988, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

The Alger Hiss Story: Search for the Truth: Website, 1998-2004, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Aronson, James: WBAI Broadcast on Hiss, Feb 1986

Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Bard College: Alger Hiss Endowed Chair, 1981-2002, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Blumenthal, Joe, 1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Buttenweiser, Helen: Weinstein Case, 1973, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cantwell, Robert, 1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace: James Shotwell, 1948, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chambers, Whittaker, 1975-1976 , 1981 , 1984-1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chervonnaya, Svetlana: Re: Vitaliy Pavlov, Mar 2001-Jun 2002

Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chervonnaya, Svetlana: Re: Vitaliy Pavlov, Aug 2002-Dec 2002

Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chervonnaya, Svetlana: Re: Vitaliy Pavlov, 2003, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Chronology of FBI Relations with Henry Julian Wadleigh, Dec 15, 1976

Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1950 , 1957-1958, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1962, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1972-1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1980-1983, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1984 , 1986-1995, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Clippings: Re: Hiss Case, 1996-1999, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cold War International History Project and National Security Archive: Hiss Project, 1995-2000, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Foundation of Southern Arizona: Correspondence, 2000 , 2002, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, 2001

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cook, Fred, 1977, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1964-1972, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1973-1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1977-1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1980-1983, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1984-1989, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Correspondence, 1990-1999, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Corry, Katherine, 1950, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cowles, Russell, Sep 13, 1956

Box: 1, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Craig, Bruce: "Ales"/Pierce Research, 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Craig, Bruce: Baltimore Documents re: Hiss, Microscopy, 1999, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Craig, Bruce: Chambers-Trotsky Connection, 1998-2000, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Craig, Bruce: Craig v. USA, 1998, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Craig, Bruce: HUAC Research re: Hiss, 1999-2002, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Cross, Claude: Chief Counsel for Hiss's Second Trial, 1974, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Day, Anthony: Los Angeles Times, Editor, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Defense Fund for Alger Hiss, undated, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Defense Fund for Alger Hiss: Contributors, 1949, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Defense Fund for Alger Hiss: Contributors, 1950 , 1952, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Defense Fund for Alger Hiss: Richard Field, 1950, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Draper, Theodore: Review Articles on Hiss Case (New York Review of Books), 1997, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Eddy, George: Correspondence re: Manuscript, 1998, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Eddy, George: Draft of Manuscript (Agnese Nelms Haury copy), 1997

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Emergency Civil Liberties Committee: Alger Hiss Case, Fundraising, 1975-1979, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Field, Richard, undated , 1950 , 1974, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Fish, Hamilton, 1978 , 1987, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request re: Alger Hiss, 1976 , 1996, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

FOIA Requests re: Whittaker Chambers, 1985, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Goodyear, Steve: Harvard Law Record Material, 1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Halsey, Margaret, 1976, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Harvard Law Library, 1968, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hinson, Kathryn, 1974-1975, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Apartment and Care, 1993-1996, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Articles by, 1973 , 1980, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Biographical Information, 1973 , 1981, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Correspondence, 1958 , 1962-1973, inclusive

Box: 1, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Correspondence, 1974-1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Correspondence, 1980-1984 , 1989-1995, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Estate of, 1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Funeral, Nov 1996-Dec 1996

Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Interviews, 1974 , 1978 , 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Letters of Support to Hiss (Copies), Aug 1948

Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Letters to the Editor, 1984 , 1986, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Obituaries, Nov 1996-Dec 1996

Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Recollections of a Life (Comments, etc.), 1988, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Reinstatement to Massachusetts State Bar, 1975, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: Schedule, 1976 , 1979-1980, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Alger: "Yalta," Pocket Book Magazine, Sep 1955

Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Anna, 1950, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: Hand-written Notes, 1973 , 1975-1976, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: "Pumpkin Papers", 1975 , 1986 , 1989-1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: Theater and Television, Mar 1984-Oct 1984

Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: Typewriter, 1952 , 1958 , 1962-1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: Unsealing Federal Grand Jury Records, 1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss Case: Unsealing Federal Grand Jury Records, 1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Donald, 1972-1974 , 1989 , 1996, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Isabel Johnson, 1967 , 1970s , 2000, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Mary, 1950 , 1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Priscilla, 1978 , 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Tony: Alger Hiss Research and Education Project, 1999-2003, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Tony: Articles re: Tony Hiss, undated , 1996, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Tony: Correspondence, 1971 , 1976 , 1982- 2003, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Tony: Correspondence, 1990-1996, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hiss, Tony: "I Call on Alger," Interview with Alger Hiss (Rolling Stone), Sep 13, 1973

Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Hobson, Timothy, 1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Horwitz, Sari, Jan 1997

Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kisseloff, Jeff: "The Hiss Case Revisited", 1977, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kisseloff, Jeff: "New Debate on the Hiss Case", 1978, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Krieger, Sam, 1978-1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Kursh, Harry, Jun 1961-Sep 1961

Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Langer, Elinor: "Witness" (Grand Street, Vol. 3 No. 4), 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Levin, David, 1975-1976 , 1996-1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lowenthal, John, 1975-1976 , 1992-1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lowenthal, John: Correspondence, 1983-2003, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lowenthal, John: Hiss Film Project, Jul 1977-Aug 1977

Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Lowenthal, John: "The Trials of Alger Hiss", 1980-1981 , 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marbury, William: Obituary (New York Times), Mar 7, 1988

Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Marks, Jack A.: Tape Transcript, Jul 1, 1973

Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

McLean, Edward, 1972, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Metzger, Lois, 1984, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 42 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Moore, William, 1987-1988, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 43 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Murphy, Franklin: Los Angeles Times, Chairman, 1976, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 44 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nation Institute: Press Conference re: Alger Hiss, 1992, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 45 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nation Institute: "Press Reactions to the Nation Institute's Cold War Archive Project", 1992-1993, inclusive

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nation Institute: The Alger Hiss Project, 1998-2012, inclusive

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

National Emergency Civil Liberties Foundation: Re: Alger Hiss, 1975-1980 , 1983, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 46 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Navasky, Victor S., 1973 , 1978 , 1997-2001, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 47 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University: Alger Hiss Collection, 2006-2008, inclusive

Box: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

New York University: Hiss Archival Collection and Center for the United States and the Cold War, 2002-2007, inclusive

Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Nixon, Richard: Testimony re: Alger Hiss, Nov 13, 1948

Box: 2, Folder: 48 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Popkin, Richard, 1975, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 49 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Citizen Litigation Group: Alger Hiss Case, 1998-1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 50 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Citizen Litigation Group: Press Conference re: Alger Hiss Grand Jury Records, 1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 51 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Public Citizen Litigation Group: Request for Alger Hiss Grand Jury Records, 1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 52 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rabinowitz, Victor: Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request, etc., 1995-1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 53 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rabinowitz, Victor: FOIA Request, etc., 1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 54 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Rabinowitz, Victor: FOIA Request, etc., 1999-2000, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 55 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Recordings of Interviews and Television Programs, 1978-2002, inclusive

Box: 9, Folder: 1-2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

The box contains 9 VHS tapes, 1 Video Cassette (BETA), and 2 audio cassette tapes.

Reinstatement to Massachusetts Bar, 1975

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Salant, Stephen: "First Crisis, First 'Tapes': Did Nixon Obstruct Justice in the Hiss Case?", 1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 56 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Shepherd, Peter, 1997, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 57 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Smith, John Chabot, 1974-1979 , 1992, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 58 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tanenhaus, Sam, 1992-1999, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 59 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Tiger, Edith: In Re: Alger Hiss (Agnese Haury copy, signed by Tiger and Alger Hiss), 1978

Box: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Transcripts of Road to Middle East Peace Conference, 1989

Box: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Volkogonov, Dmitri, 1992-1995, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 60 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weinstein, Allen, 1973-1979, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 61 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Weinstein, Allen: Perjury, 1978 , 1998, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 62 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Whitman, Alden: New York Times, 1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 63 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Zeligs, Meyer, 1960 , 1967 , 1974, inclusive

Box: 2, Folder: 64 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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