Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, 1936-2002

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Summary

Creators:
Lilienthal, Alfred M.
Abstract:
Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region. Partially available on microfilm (157 reels).
Extent:
203 manuscript boxes, 2 cubic foot boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 11 audio boxes, 1 card file box, 189 envelopes, 2 motion picture film reels (107.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
In English and Arabic
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
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.
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1982.
Processing information:

In 2018 Archivist David Jacobs partially processed the 2018 increment of materials. In 2023 Archivist Devin McGeehan Muchmore completed the final arrangement and description of the series.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged at the series level. The additional incremental materials were arranged to mirror the original arrangement.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box 221 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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