COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
This collection contains files and clippings pertaining to Lehrman's career. The first forty-two boxes contain newspaper clippings and articles related to certain aspects (political, economic, militaristic) of specific countries, both Eastern and Western. There is a strong focus on Israel, the Middle East, and “the West.” Most of these clippings are from the 1960s, though some are from before or after this period. Additionally, five more boxes contain documents and correspondences from Overseas Press Club, primarily from the 1960s when Lehrman was president of the club. There are a number of notable items, including documents produced by the Office of War Information, papers on Vietnam marked “confidential” from the Council on Foreign Relations, 28 photos of an Israeli family taken in 1956, a speech given by Charles De Gaulle in 1962, and a “War Atlas for Americans” book from 1944.
Dates
- ca. 1940-1970.
Creator
- Lehrman, Hal. (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Hal Lehrman graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Cornell University in 1932. He began his career as a reporter with the Associated Press in 1934, and went on to work at Newsweek, The Daily News, and The Herald Tribune, as well as doing freelance-writing and book reviewing for The New York Times, The New York Post, The Wall Street Journal and Newsday. He was also a contributor Life magazine, Commentary, Harper’s, and The Reader’s Digest. In 1957, Lehrman won the George Polk Award for Outstanding Foreign Reporting. He became a founding member of the Overseas Press Club in 1939, and was president of it from 1967 to 1970. After retiring, he continued his longtime, active membership with the Council on Foreign Relations of the Rockefeller Foundation. Lehrman passed away in 1988 of a heart attack.
Extent
47 cubic feet. (47 cubic feet.)
Abstract
Files and clippings relating to Hal Lehrman's career.
Physical Description
Correspondence, Newspapers, Printed Materials, Publications
General
- Contact Information:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
- Compiled by:
- Theo Wolf
- Date completed:
- February 2011
- EAD encoding:
- Theo Wolf, February 2011
- Date modified:
- Theo Wolf, February 2011
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Compiled by Theo Wolf
- Date
- February 2011
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
rareref@cornell.edu