Inventory of the Ahmet Emin Yalman papers
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Title: Ahmet Emin Yalman papers
Date (inclusive): 1912-1992
Collection Number: 82089
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Turkish, English, German and French
Physical Description:
25 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(10.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, memoirs, other writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Turkish politics, foreign
policy, and journalism.
Creator:
Yalman, Ahmet Emin, 1888-1973
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Ahmet Emin Yalman papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
Turkish journalist; editor, Vakit, 1917-1922; Vatan, 1922-1926 and 1940-1961; and Tan, 1936-1939.
Scope and Content of Collection
Correspondence, memoirs, other writings, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Turkish politics, foreign
policy, and journalism.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Journalists
Turkey -- Politics and government -- 1909-
Turkey -- Foreign relations
Tan.
Vakit.
Vatan.
Journalism -- Turkey
box 1
East European Free Europe Committee, New York
1965-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes a variety of documents describing various social functions such as Institute of International Education 1967 luncheon;
United Nations International House Alumni Reception, April 13, 1967; Seventeenth annual luncheon of American Turkish Society,
March 23, 1967 in New York. Includes two undated Turkish telegrams; a letter from January 5, 1955 from Yalman to Chkao Honda
(President of the Mainichi Newspaper in Tokyo Japan); and a small brochure: Churchill Digest, 1965.
box 1
Letters, clippings, agenda book
1942-1971, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes clippings from Milwaukee, Jan. 26, 1947; Journalism Newsletter, spring 1960; The Daily Telegraph; Morning Post, September
29, 1942; Citizen News of April 23, 1957; San Francisco Examiner, Apr. 26, 1957
Inlucdes a picture of Yalman in a Turkish newspaper; interview with Ferruh Bozbeyli, the new minister of young and neutral
(noncommittal) states; letter from Hugh A. Crumpler, Nov. 2, 1954, enclosing interview with Robert T. Hartmann of the Los
Angeles Times; Basin Dunyasi from 1971. Includes an agenda book from 1968.
box 1
Publication of Gorduklerim ve Gecirdiklerim
1970
box 1
Correspondence
1929-1950s
Scope and Contents
Contains family correspondence, especially with Yalman's son Tunc and nephew Nur.
box 1
Correspondence and clippings
1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Includes family correspondence, including letters to Marshall on book publication and to Yalman's son.
box 2
Strasbourg and the Council of Europe Salzburg Programme
1956-1968
box 2
Toynbee correspondence
1940s-1960s
box 2
Book manuscript and various reports
box 3
Democracy papers
1930s-1940s
box 3
Articles and correspondence
1959-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes "My Would Be Murderer," which was submitted to Reader's Digest in 1964 and "The Most Exciting Event in My Press Life"
(1971).
box 4
Reports for Britannica yearly book on Turkey and correspondence with John Armitage
box 6
Writings by Yalman
Scope and Contents
Includes "Bir Altin Devrin Olumu," "Tarihin en Buyuk haksizligi," "A State of Alarm," "Yunanistanda eski hastalik," and various
articles in English and Turkish.
box 7
Democrat Party and cases of Hangen and Gulek (journalists being persecuted under Menderes's regime in 1950s)
1950s
box 8
Photographs, business cards, obituaries, article on Yassiada trials
box 9
Correspondence and articles
1950s-1960s
Scope and Contents
Includes articles on 1960 imprisonment and letters regarding Islam and Turkey, and the arrest of Yalcin in early 1950s and
Yalman's response.
box 10
Articles on Ataturk and book manuscript
box 10
Association for Liberal Ideas
1940s
box 10
International Press Institute
box 11
Correspondence and printed matter
1958-1960s
Scope and Contents
Includes details regarding a trip to the United States, an article on Turkish-American partnership, a letter from Karamanoglu,
Subat (1958), and prtined matter related to geography/the Mediterranean region.
box 12
List of addresses, business cards, clippings
Scope and Contents
Includes a clipping on the Turkish Press following the 1960 revolution.
box 13
Correspondence, clippings, and reports
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes handwritten response to "federalist" movement of 1950; 1960s correspondence on fall of Menderes; 1958 report;, well
wishes from 1960 when Yalman was imprisoned by Menderes; 1971 news clippings; correspondence with L.F. Tijmstra; letter from
Athanassoglou on fall of Menderes; correspondence with Pulliam, October 20, 1958.
box 14
Photographs and photograph albums
box 16
Condolences on the death of Yalman's sister
1959
box 17
Correspondence and writings by Yalman
1950s
box 17
Correspondence and articles
1913-1914
Scope and Contents
Includes Talcott Willams letter (1914) and Toynbee letters.
box 17
Articles on education and Ataturk
box 18
Correspondence
circa 1910s
box 18
War correspondence from Germany (World War II)
box 18
Correspondence, Columbia
1914
box 18
Press conference report and letter fragment
1950 September 6
box 18
Obituaries and Vatan brochure
box 19
Correspondence with Huseyin Uzmuz (who tried to assassinate Yalman)
box 19
Correspondence
1950s
Scope and Contents
Includes letters following the 1952 assassination attempt of Yalman.
box 19
Columbia University School of Journalism
1912-1913
Scope and Contents
Includes notes.
box 19
Correspondence with family when Yalman was a prisoner in Malta
box 20
Correspondence, Vatan pamphlets, financial reports
1950-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes university correspondence and letter to Huseyin Bey (1964).
box 20
Book in Arabic
Scope and Contents
Possibly a diary.
box 20
Correspondence, newspapers, and book in Arabic
1926-1962
Scope and Contents
Includes letter from Floyd Nesslein. Book in Arabic is possibly a diary.
box 20
Correspondence
Before 1922
box 20
Correspondence and articles
1941-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes 1966 article on Ziya Gokalp.
box 20
"Alie Mektublar," family correspondence, postcards
1960s-1970s
Scope and Contents
Mostly letters to Yalman's wife and son.
box 21
Monographs by Yalman
1938-1957
Scope and Contents
Contains Dunyadan haber cilt II (1944-1945); Berrakliga Dogru, 1957; Yarinin Turkiyesine Seyahat, 1944; Havalarda 5000 Kilometre
Seyahat; Gerceklesen Ruya, 1938.
box 21
"I Have a Story to Tell," manuscript
1951
box 21
Yeni Sabah-Vatan newspapers
1953
box 21
Letter from Toynbee, copy
1971
box 21
"I Become the Victim of a Secret Plot" and bound manuscript of "I Have a Story to Tell"
box 22
Letters with new government
1945, 1971-1972
Scope and Contents
Includes letters to Nihad Erim and Cihat Alpan, Turkish article from 1971 on Ataturk, and Peter Edson article from 1945.
box 22
"Turkey in My Time," contracts, correspondence, reviews
Scope and Contents
Includes 1939 rejections of manuscript idea, contracts from 1950s, reviews, correspondence with Eleanor Bisbee, her suggestions,
discussion of title, contact with various publishers, and news of Bisbee's death.
box 22
Correspondence, clippings, biography of Yalman, photographs, itinerary
1959-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes Turkish letter from Bogazici University, English bio of Yalman post-1961, news clippings from 1960s, English correspondence
dated 1966 and 1959, photographs, 1966 itinerary.
box 22
Dossier on Idries Shah and letters
1970s
box 22
Articles
1968
Scope and Contents
Includes 1968 article on US press freedom, two Turkish articles by Yalman on World press.
box 23
Correspondence and clippings
1970s
Scope and Contents
Includes Dogruya Dogru article, 1970s Turkish correspondence, articles on Ataturk, English bio of Yalman post-1961.
box 23
Correspondence with Amil Beyefenci
1971
box 23
Correspondence, press card, medical report, miscellaneous documents
1923-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes 1967 English correspondence, 1960 medical report (Turkish), 1940 press card, 1960 Foreign Press Awards programme,
1966 letter to Pulliam, English bio of Yalman, EKG dated 28 June 1955 done by Dr. Berker, German and French documents from
1923, 1961 Columbia University letter.
box 23
English biographies of Yalman
box 23
"Epilogue 61," writings
1961
Scope and Contents
Includes article on world affairs, Cold War.
box 23
Includes chronology of Yalman's life, correspondence, telegrams, press cards, visa application, and tickets
1946-1967
Scope and Contents
Includes a 1962 letter from Turk Embassy in Ethiopia and a letter to Robert Crawford at Rockfeller Foundation.
box 23
Correspondence, photographs, clippings
1971
box 23
Correspondence, speech, biography of Yalman by R. Harris, Professional Journalists Society Directory
1967-1971
Scope and Contents
Includes 1971 letters in English on publication of memoirs and trip to US, 1967 Professional Journalists Society Directory,
1967 letter from Amer-Turkish Society with speech Yalman gave at luncheon.
box 23
Summary of memoirs, bibliography, clippings, pamphlet, notes
Scope and Contents
Includes 1971 Turkish newspaper clipping, bio of Yalman in Turkish, handwritten notes, summary of memoirs in English, pamphlet
entitled Kirtasiyecilikten Davam Var by Yalman, list of his published works in English.
box 23
IPI, correspondence and photographs
1950-1966
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with journalists.
box 24
Gorduklerim ve Gecirdiklerim, 4 volumes
box 24
Letters from Malta when prisoner of war
box 24
Photographs, Ottoman period
Scope and Contents
Possibly photographs of relatives.
box 24
Photo album, Turkish delegation to India
1952
box 25
Material not yet described
box 26
Material not yet described
box 27
Material not yet described
box 28
Material not yet described