Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Solow, Herbert, 1903-1964 and Solow, Sylvia Salmi
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, speeches and writings, memoranda, depositions, clippings, and other printed matter, relating to the communist movement in the United States, the Non-Partisan Defense League, the Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made Against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials, Soviet espionage in the United States, Whittaker Chambers and the Alger Hiss case, Zionism, the Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, 1945-1946, and post-World War II international business enterprises. Includes some papers of Sylvia Salmi Solow, 1964-1976
- Extent:
- 13 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (6.2 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Herbert Solow papers [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Biographical / historical:
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Herbert Solow, 1903-1964 Date Event 1903, November 20 Born, New York City1924 Bachelor of Arts (Phi Beta Kappa), Columbia College1925 Bachelor of Letters, Columbia University, School of Journalism1927-1929 Assistant editor, Menorah Journal1929-1932 Assistant editor, the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences1940-1943 Assistant to the President, New School of Social Research1943-1945 Contributing editor to Time magazine1945- Editor of Fortune magazine1961- Member, board of directors of Fortune1964, November 26 Died - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1977.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Communism -- United States
International business enterprises
World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany
Espionage, Russian -- United States
Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946
War crime trials
Labor movement -- United States
Zionism
Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937 - Names:
- Commission of Inquiry into the Charges Made Against Leon Trotsky in the Moscow Trials, New York, 1937
Non-Partisan Labor Defense
Trotsky, Leon, 1879-1940
Hiss, Alger
Chambers, Whittaker
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Herbert Solow papers [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563