Descriptive Summary
Administrative Information
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Sam Tanenhaus Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1901-1998
Collection number: 97029
Creator:
Tanenhaus, Sam.
Collection Size:
69 manuscript boxes, 4 oversize boxes
32.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Writings, correspondence, trial transcripts, memoranda, notes, and printed matter,
relating to the life of Whittaker Chambers and to the Alger Hiss espionage case. Used as
research material for the book by Sam Tanenhaus,
Whittaker Chambers: A
Biography
(New York, 1997). Includes letters by Chambers.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
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Publication Rights
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sam Tanenhaus Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1997.
Accruals
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.
Access Points
Chambers, Whittaker.
Hiss, Alger.
Espionage, Russian--United States.
Communism--United States.
Communism.
United States--Politics and government.
Soviet Union.
Russia (Federation)