Register of the Ernest W. Lefever Papers, 1933-2007
Register of the Ernest W. Lefever Papers, 1933-2007
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- Date Revised:
- 1991
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- James Lake
| 1919 Nov. 12 | Born, York, Pennsylvania |
| 1945-1948 | Field Secretary, World Alliance of Young Mens' Christian Associations, United Kingdom and West Germany |
| 1952-1954 | International affairs specialist, National Council of Churches |
| 1956-1957 | Faculty, Department of Government, University of Maryland |
| 1957 | Author, Ethics and U.S. Foreign Policy |
| 1957-1959 | Research staff, Acting Head, Foreign Affairs Division, Library of Congress |
| 1959-1960 | Foreign affairs staff, Senator Hubert H. Humphrey |
| 1960 | Author, Profile of American Politics |
| 1960-1961 | Research Associate, Washington Center for Foreign Policy Research, Johns Hopkins University |
| 1961-1964 | Senior Staff, Institute of Defense Analyses, Washington |
| 1962 | Editor, Arms and Arms Control |
| 1964-1976 | Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institute |
| 1965 | Author, Crisis in the Congo |
| 1967 | Author, Uncertain Mandate: Politics of the U.N. Congo Operation |
| 1970 | Author, Spear and Scepter: Army, Policy and Politics in Tropical Africa |
| 1972 | Author, Ethics and World Politics |
| 1974 | Author, TV and National Defense: An Analysis of CBS News |
| 1976- | Founder and President, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Washington, D.C. |
| 1977 | Author, Morality and Foreign Policy |
| 1979 | Author,
Amsterdam to Nairobi: The World Council of Churches and the Third World
Author, Nuclear Arms in the Third World: U.S. Policy Dilemma Editor, Will Capitalism Survive? |
| 1980 | Author, The CIA and the American Ethic |
| 1981 | Designate, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs |
| 1982 | Author, The Apocalyptic Premise |
| 1983 | Author, Scholars, Dollars and Public Policy |
Series Description
CORRESPONDENCE, 1945-1986
Additional Note
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1943-1990
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS STAFF, OFFICE OF SENATOR HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, 1959-1960
Additional Note
SUBJECT FILE, 1942-1983
Additional Note
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER, 1974-1989
Additional Note
INCREMENTS
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DECLASSIFIED RECORD 1970
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Container List
CORRESPONDENCE, 1945-1986
General. Relates to post-World War II relief and prisoners aid, 1945-1948
General. Family letters
B-W
Hoover Institution, 1978-1986
SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1943-1990
"Religion at the News Desk," Motive, 1951 Dec. Article and additional material, including letters, mimeographed broadcast transcripts (some co-authored by E. Lefever), schedules, printed articles and memoranda relating to a radio program sponsored by Yale University Divinity School, 1951-1952
You, the Nation and the World. Letters and outline relating to a National Student YMCA-YWCA pamphlet
"Protestants and United States Foreign Policy, 1925-1954: A Study of the Response of National Protestant Leaders to the Issues and Direction of U.S. Foreign Policy and of the Theoretical Assumptions which Underlay that Response," 1956. Draft and final typescript copies
Intercollegian, 1956 Oct. Correspondence, news release, memoranda, background material on the 1956 election, and a typescript copy of an article written by Reinhold Niebuhr for this issue, which was edited by E. Lefever
Ethics and U.S. Foreign Policy, 1957. Multiple drafts, correspondence, and miscellany, 1956-1958
The World Crisis and American Responsiblity: Essays by Reinhold Niebuhr, edited by Ernest Lefever, 1958. Correspondence, outlines and miscellany, 1956-1959
Arms and Arms Control, edited by Ernest Lefever, 1962. Correspondence, introduction, outlines and miscellany, 1961
"National Armaments and International Force," Institute for Defense Analysis, International Studies Division report (with others), 1963 July. Letters, interviews with U.S. military officials, notes, miscellaneous materials relating to trips, mimeographed report (4 vols.)
"The Dilemma of Limited Options," 1963 Sept. Outlines and clippings, primarily relating to the Cuban missile crisis
Crisis in the Congo, 1965. Promotional material and research records, 1963-1969
Speeches and writings relating to the Congo. Typescript and mimeographed copies, 1965-1971
United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo, 1960-1964: An Analysis of Political, Executive and Military Control, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency report (with Wynfred Joshua), 1966
General
ACDA records, 1964-1966
Congo interviews, 1963-1965
Katanga problem. Interviews, notes, printed materials, letters, reports, 1962-1965
Trips
Afro-Asian trip, 1965 Jan.-March. Trip report
Europe-North Africa trip, 1965 June-July. Correspondence and trip report
Printed copy (Vols. 1-4)
"Role of Indigenous Military in Developing Countries," 1966-1970. Multiple drafts, correspondence, and an outline
Uncertain Mandate: Politics of the U.N. Congo Operation, 1967. Letters, promotional material, reviews, and typescript
"The Limits of U.N. Intervention in the Third World," Review of Politics, 1968. Reprint and outline
"Orientation of A.I.D. Trainees at the Washington International Center," 1968 Oct. Mimeographed report
"The Congo: Crisis of Decolonization--1960-1961," in William G. Andrews (ed.), International Crises: Four Case Studies, 1970. Correspondence and typescript, 1968-1970
Spear and Scepter: Army, Policy and Politics in Tropical Africa, 1970
General
General. Primarily lecture materials derived from the book; includes a book review, outlines, clippings, correspondence, a bibliography, and a condensed article published by the Brookings Institute
Advisory Committee
Basic records
Book outline
Correspondence with the Defense Department and William Gutteridge
Interviews
Photographs. Clippings. SEE ALSO: Photo card file
Promotional materials
Study proposal
Drafts
Miscellaneous
Final draft
"Profile of the Critical Foreigner," 1969 April. Schedule, book review, clippings and a letter, 1967-1970
"Impact of Military Assistance on Developing Countries," 1971 Jan. Speech transcript
"Defense and Development: Resource Competitors," 1972 March. Outline
"Aspects of U.S. Military and Public Safety Assistance," 1972 Dec. Outline, notes, memorandum, report and printed article, 1972-1973
"U.S. Public Safety Assistance: An Assessment," U.S. Agency for International Development report, 1973
General
Lefever views, 1972 Nov.
Public Safety field trip, 1972 Sept.-Oct.
Report. Drafts
Report. Drafts and final copy
"The CIA and American Foreign Policy," Lugano Review, 1975. Background materials and photocopy of the article
"A Two-Edged Sword? U.S. Military Training and Advice in the Third World," 1976. Preliminary draft
"A Two-Edged Sword? U.S. Military Training and Advice in the Third World," 1976. Drafts, comments and letters
"The Military Training Assistance Program," Annals of the American Academy, 1976 March. Printed copy, charts, and an outline
Nuclear Arms in the Third World: U.S. Policy Dilemma, 1977. Outline and draft chapters 1 and 3
Nuclear Arms in the Third World: U.S. Policy Dilemma, 1977. Draft chapters 5-8, bibliography, appendices, final draft; also includes a later draft prepared for re-publication by the Ethics and Public Policy Center (?), 1977-1987
Amsterdam to Nairobi: The World Council of Churches and the Third World, 1979. Drafts, proofs, a printed copy and correspondence
Will Capitalism Survive? edited by Ernest Lefever, 1979. Draft and printed copy
The CIA and the American Ethic, 1980. Preliminary materials, draft chapters 1-2
The CIA and the American Ethic, 1980. Draft chapters 3-5 and appendices, printed copy, and letters, 1975-1980
"Space Defense is a Shield, Not a Sword," 1983. Drafts and clippings
Scholars, Dollars and Public Policy: New Frontiers in Corporate Giving (with Raymond English and Robert L. Schuettinger), 1983. Printed article
"Nairobi to Vancouver: The World Council of Churches and World Politics," 1987 June. Typescript
Increment, 1989 Dec. Correspondence, typescripts, printed material and miscellany, 1949-1987
Increment, 1990 Dec. Manuscript copy of Lefever's memoirs, and research papers relating to theology. Notes, outlines, typescripts, and printed material, 1943-1990
FOREIGN AFFAIRS STAFF, OFFICE OF SENATOR HUBERT H. HUMPHREY, 1959-1960
General. Primarily work done by Ernest W. Lefever, with some biographical and administrative material relating to Hubert Humphrey
Biography
Correspondence and memoranda
Letters drafted by E.W. Lefever for Sen. Humphrey
Letters between E.W. Lefever and Sen. Humphrey
Schedules
Speeches and writings. Background materials, drafts and letters relating to work done by E.W. Lefever for Sen. Humphrey
General
General
Congressional Record
Extension of remarks by Humphrey
Legislative Reference Service requests
"Weapons of Free Men"
"Works of Peace"
Americans abroad
Art and politics
Civil rights
Development Loan Fund
Education for Peace
Education in foreign policy
Ethics and foreign policy
Farm policy
Food for Peace
Foreign affairs
Foreign economic policy
Foreign information program
Foreign policy
Foreign Service Club
Government operations
Health for Peace
Humphrey Committee
Humphrey for President
Humphrey Panel
Immigration
Intercultural relations
International economic development
International organization
Labor
Legislative program
Moscow exhibition, 1959
Moscow festival
Mutual security
National defense
National economy
National security
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Political creed of Humphrey
Political leadership
Relations with the U.S.S.R. and military matters
Science and technology
United Nations
Vienna Youth Festival, 1959
World Court
World Refugee Year
World trade
World's Fair, 1964
SUBJECT FILE, 1942-1983
Africa
African airlines and airports
Congo, Republic of (Zaire)
Belgian assistance
Belgian policies before independence
Belgian position toward
Dodd, Sen. Thomas J., statements and positions
Education
Elisabethville
Katanga secession
Miscellaneous clippings
National Congolese Army (A.N.C.)
O.N.U.C. telephone directory
Police, 1960-1968
United Nations atrocities
United States military aid
United States position toward
Soviet policy
Dahomey
East African states
Ethiopia
General
Eritrean separatism
Military, 1961-1969
Military and political aid to
Miscellaneous clippings
Ghana
Guinea
Kenya
Libya
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
United Arab Republic
Zambia
Maryland. Reports, minutes, letters, pamphlet and miscellany relating to the Values Education Commission and the Social Studies Project, 1979-1983
Nuclear Proliferation
General
General Primarily printed reports and articles, 1974-1977
Clippings
1974-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977
1977-1978
Advisory Committee
Defense Department
Egypt
Israel
South Africa
Religion
Christian Action International Affairs Committee
Christianity in Communist China
Church Peace Union
Church under fire, 1917-1938
Communists and civil liberties
Conscientious objectors
Conscientious objectors in prison
Council on Religion in Higher Education
Czechoslovakia
Flank attack against Christianity, 1939-1950
German opinion
Hungary
Labor and religion
Labor and Religious Associates of the National Citizens Political Action Committee
McCarthyism
Protestant magazine
Race situation, 1943-1950
Rand Corporation correspondence
Religion and Labor Foundation
Religion in Germany
Religious News Service
Social Science Research Council
Soviet Union - Religion
U.S.S.R. policy in Germany
United Student Christian Council
Y.M.C.A. Social Education Committee
United States International Communication Agency
General. Printed and non-printed reports, memoranda, notes, clippings, newsletters, book lists, charts, and letters, 1980-1983
General
Advisory Committee on Ethical Values. Letters, minutes and miscellany, 1982-1983
Advisory Committee on Policy Organizations. Letters, clippings, agenda and minutes, 1981-1982
Advisory Committee on Public Policy Foundations. Letters, memoranda, minutes and agenda, 1981-1983
United States - Military aid
General
Monographs
Notes, 1968-1970
Advisory Committee
Africa
Civic action
Military pacts
Military sales
Political impact
Title IX
United States - Public safety assistance
Congressional interviews
Country evaluation forms
Criticism in the field
Evaluation of assistance program, 1972
International Police Academy
Latin American Assistant Secretaries of State
Mitrione, Daniel
Kidnapping and murder
Man and work
Notes and manuscript
Personal
Personnel security regulations
Police ethics
Policemen's "working personality"
Public safety aid study, 1971-1972
Public safety review
Purpose and philosophy
State of Siege (movie)
Background
Follow-up meeting, 1973 April 24
Promotion
Reviews
Technical investigation course
"The Thin Blue Line"
Torture issues
Tupamaros by Arturo C. Prozecanski
Uruguay
Varieties of civil violence
World War II
German prisoners of war. Correspondence, reports, minutes, memoranda, clippings, pamphlets, and other printed matter relating to YMCA participation in rehabilitation efforts in Germany after the war, 1946-1948
Pacifism - United States. Correspondence, reports, and memoranda relating to the activities of American religious pacifist groups during the war, especially in work camps, 1939-1948. Includes material relating to the American Friends Service Commitee, the Church of the Brethern, and the Fellowship of Reconciliation
ETHICS AND PUBLIC POLICY CENTER, 1974-1987
General. Primarily administrative material. Letters, clipping, memoranda, notes, flyer and miscellany, 1982-1987
Conference and meeting materials
General. Schedules, flyers, notes, speech transcripts by Ronald Reagan and others, and miscellany, 1982-1987
Salute to Lech Walesa dinner, 1983 Oct. Correspondence with Edwin Meese, Caspar Weinberger, Max Kampelman, Lech Walesa and others, memoranda, schedules, lists, press releases, notes and miscellany, 1983-1986
Conference and meeting materials (Contd.)
Tenth Anniversay dinner, 1986 Nov. Speeches, list, and clippings, 1986
Publications
General. Catalog and correspondence with prospective publishers, 1974-1987
Non-printed material. Primarily unpublished manuscripts
Kraemer, Sven, "The Soviet Intelligence War," 1979 March. Typescript
Bethell, Tom, "The New York Times," 1979 April
Benestad, J. Brian, "The Pursuit of a Just Social Order: The Policy Statements of the United States Catholic Bishops, 1966-1980," 1979-1980. Two drafts and a memorandum
Benestad, J. Brian, "The Pursuit of a Just Social Order"
Potter, Gary (ed.), "Pope John Paul II and Revolution," 1982. Typescript drafts, memoranda, printed and non-printed background material and reports
Potter, Gary "Pope John Paul II and Revolution"
Hitchcock, James, "The Jesuits," 1980. Typescript, correspondence, reviews, clippings and miscellany
Lefever, Ernest W. (ed.), "Reinvigorating Our Schools: A Challenge to Parents, Teachers and Policymakers," 1985 April. Excerpts from speeches by William J. Bennett, Ronald Reagan, and Ernest Lefever
Printed material
General. News, Reviews and Comments on the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Clipping collection series
Handleman, Howard, KGB Activities in the United States, n.d. Edited copy
Herz, Martin F., How the Cold War is Taught, 1978. Edited typescript and printed copy
Kennan, George (ed.), Decline of the West?, 1978. Edited typescript, printed copy, and letter
Novak, Michael, Values in an American Government Textbook, 1978. Edited typescript and printed copy
Berman, Ronald (ed.), Solzhenitsyn at Harvard, 1980. Edited typescript and printed copy
Herz, Martin F., The Prestige Press and the Christmas Bombing, 1972: Images and Reality in Viet Nam, 1980. Edited transcript and printed copy
Griffith, Carol F. (ed.), Christianity and Politics: Catholic and Protestant Perspectives, 1981. Edited transcript and printed copy
Hessen, Robert (ed.), Does Big Business Rule America? 1981. Edited transcript and printed copy
Ramsey, James B., The Oil Muddle: Control vs. Competition, 1981. Edited transcript and printed copy
Seabury, Paul, America's Stake in the Pacific, 1981. Edited transcript and printed copy
Friedman, Murray, The Utopian Dilemma: American Judaism and Public Policy, 1985. Typescript
Increment, 1989 June. Correspondence, writings, reports, minutes, appointment books, calendars, and printed matter, relating to the Ethics and Public Policy Center and its conferences or reports on the PLO, Taiwan, and the World Council of Churches
Increment, 1989 Dec. Correspondence, memoranda, schedules, conference material, press releases, typescripts, printed reports, notes, and printed material. Includes material relating to nuclear weapons, religion, Russia, Cambodia, Africa, and the Ethics and Public Policy Center, 1949-1989
Increment, 1990 Dec. Correspondence, typescripts, press releases, and printed material, 1979-1989. Relates to evangelism in America
Increment, 1991 July. Correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, class notes, and videotapes, 1937-1990. Relates to the Ethics and Public Policy Center, religious studies and ethics, and American pacifism during World War II, including the rehabilitation of German prisoners of war in Europe
INCREMENTS
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DECLASSIFIED RECORD 1970
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2011 September release of record 1970 January 13
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PHOTOGRAPHS
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