Eugene Lyons Papers

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Register of the Eugene Lyons 85006 1 papers Title: Eugene Lyons papers Date (inclusive): 1919-1981 Collection Number: 85006 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 10 envelopes, 1 album box, 6 phonotapes, 13 phonorecords(10.0 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, writings, notes, pamphlets, other printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings, relating primarily to conditions in the Soviet Union under communism, the international communist movement, and the career of Herbert Hoover. Access The collection is open for research; materials must be requested at least two business days in advance of intended use. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives Acquisition Information Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1985. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Eugene Lyons papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1898, July 1 Born, Uzlian, Russia 1907 Arrived in the United States 1917-18 Student, College City of New York 1918 Private, U.S. Army 1918-19 Student, Columbia University 1919 Naturalized as United States citizen 1920 Employee, Erie Dispatch (Pennsylvania) 1922 Employee, Boston Telegram 1922-23 Editor, Soviet Russia Pictorial 1923-27 Assistant Director, Tass Agency 1927 Author, The Life and Death of Sacco and Vanzetti 1928-1934 United Press correspondent in the Soviet Union 1934 Author, Six Soviet Plays 1935 Author, Moscow Carousel 1935-39 Member, Ames and Norr Public Relations 1937 Author, Assignment in Utopia 1937 Editor, We Cover the World 1939-1944 Editor, The American Mercury 1940 Author, Stalin, Czar of all the Russias 1941 Author, The Red Decade 1944-45 Editor, Pageant 1946-1968 Editor, The Readers Digest 1948 Author, Our Unknown Ex-President, a Portrait of Herbert Hoover 1951-52 President, American Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia 1953 Author, Our Secret Allies: The Peoples of Russia 1959 Author, The Herbert Hoover Story 1964 Author, Herbert Hoover: a Biography 1966 Author, David Sarnoff: a Biography 1967 Author, Workers' Paradise Lost: 50 Years of Soviet Communism: a Balance Sheet 1985, Died, New York City January 10 Scope and Contents Correspondence, writings, notes, pamphlets, other printed matter, photographs, and sound recordings, relating primarily to conditions in the Soviet Union under communism, the international communist movement, and the career of Herbert Hoover.

Register of the Eugene Lyons 85006 2 papers Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Sound recordings Journalists Communism Soviet Union -- History Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1934-1981 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, legal documents, clippings and printed matter, relating to Eugene Lyons' career, financial matters, health, and family.

box 1, folder 1 Addresses, calling cards box 1, folder 2 Awards, certificates box 1, folder 3 Biographical notes box 1, folder 4-5 Clippings box 1, folder 6 Insurance on personal possessions 1970 box 1, folder 7 Lease on Moscow apartment 1934 box 1, folder 8 Lyons, Yetta, medical history 1968-1973 CORRESPONDENCE 1938-1981 Scope and Contents note Letters, including attached reports, memoranda, printed material, notes and clippings. Arranged alphabetically.

General box 1, folder 9-12 Miscellaneous box 1, folder 13 Russian refugees in Carinthia, Austria 1949 box 1, folder 14 Unidentified box 1, folder 15 Adler, Julius 1950 box 1, folder 16 Allilueva, Svetlana 1967, 1969 box 1, folder 17 Alsop, Joseph 1953 box 1, folder 18 American Committee for Liberation 1959 box 1, folder 19 Antin, Anthony 1976 box 1, folder 20 Arlington House Publishers 1976 box 1, folder 21 Aronina, Ida 1977 box 1, folder 22 Ball, George W. 1972 box 1, folder 23 Berger, Ira M. 1976 box 1, folder 24 Bergman, B. A. 1967 box 1, folder 25 Blagowidow, George 1976 box 1, folder 26 Brock, Irene 1978 box 1, folder 27 Brownell, William 1976-77 box 1, folder 28 Buckley, William F. 1968-69, 1976, 1978 box 1, folder 29 Burnham, James 1969 box 1, folder 30 Callaway, Lew L. ( Newsweek) 1967 box 1, folder 31 Canby, Vincent 1971 box 1, folder 32 Center for the Survival of Western Democracies 1979 box 1, folder 33 Chellson, Elizabeth 1978 box 1, folder 34 Colebrook, Joan 1974 box 1, folder 35 Conquest, Robert 1968-69 box 1, folder 36 Corletti, Lawrence A. 1975 box 1, folder 37 Cowles, Gardner 1967 box 1, folder 38 Davis, Jerome 1950 box 1, folder 39 Deal Lake Motel, Asbury Park, New Jersey 1976

box 1, folder 40 Dodd, Thomas J. 1964 box 1, folder 41 Dodds, Harold W. 1964 box 1, folder 42 Dutch Treat Club 1978 box 1, folder 43 Eastman, Max 1953, 1965 box 1, folder 44 Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1964 box 1, folder 45 Elez, Andrew 1981 box 1, folder 46 Ellender, Allen J. 1958-59 box 1, folder 47 Estabrook, Howard 1969 box 1, folder 48 Forster, Mr. 1962 box 1, folder 49 Geltman, Max 1979 box 1, folder 50 Glenny, Michael 1969 box 1, folder 51 Gotlieb, Howard B. 1965 box 1, folder 52 Granfar, Moosa 1959 box 1, folder 53 Greenwood Press 1977 box 1, folder 54 Grunblatt, David 1979 box 1, folder 55 Hansen, Clifford P. 1967 box 1, folder 56 Harriman, W. Averell 1963 box 1, folder 57 Hatfield, Mark 1979 box 1, folder 58 Henderson, Loy 1974 box 1, folder 59 Hillman, Rita K. 1975 box 1, folder 60 Hook, Sidney 1968 box 1, folder 61 Hoover, Herbert 1959 box 1, folder 62 Hoover, Herbert Jr. 1960, 1963 box 1, folder 63 Human Events 1959 box 1, folder 64 Internal Revenue Service 1979 box 2, folder 1 Johnson, Allen 1979 box 2, folder 2 Johnson, Lyndon B. 1962 box 2, folder 3 Kaganski, Zakhary 1934 box 2, folder 4 Kastner, Alton 1960 box 2, folder 5 Kaufman, Bel 1964, 1966 box 2, folder 6 Kohler, Foy D. 1976 box 2, folder 7 Labin, Suzanne 1970 box 2, folder 8 Lamont, Corliss 1964 box 2, folder 9 Lewis, Hobart 1973 box 2, folder 10 Lewis, Marx 1967 box 2, folder 11 Linville, Dr. 1938 box 2, folder 12 Litante, Judith 1979 box 2, folder 13 Lodge, John Davis 1967 box 2, folder 14 Lofton, John D. 1964 box 2, folder 15 Lovestone, Jay 1967 box 2, folder 16 Lyons, Dan 1976, 1979 box 2, folder 17 Lyons, Gretchen n.d. box 2, folder 18 Marin, Luis Munoz 1960 box 2, folder 19 Matthews, Ruth I. 1979 box 2, folder 20 May, Ronald W. 1959 box 2, folder 21 Methvin, Gene 1967 box 2, folder 22 Montgomery, Robert H. 1958 box 2, folder 23 Munson, Lyle H. 1963 box 2, folder 24 Muntzel, R. J. 1963 box 2, folder 25 Navrozov, Lev 1974 box 2, folder 26 New York Times Magazine 1959 box 2, folder 27 Nixon, Richard M. 1961, 1963, 1968 box 2, folder 28 Norwood, James E. 1968, 1975 box 2, folder 29 Overseas Press Club of America 1979 box 2, folder 30 Possony, Stefan 1975 box 2, folder 31 Raynes, Julius 1971 box 2, folder 32 Reagan, Ronald 1966 box 2, folder 33 Reid, Helen 1953

box 2, folder 34 Robinson, Ione 1976 box 2, folder 35 Roche, John P. 1968 box 2, folder 36 Russell, Mr. 1961 box 2, folder 37 Samuel French, Inc. 1980 box 2, folder 38 Sargent, Wyn 1968 box 2, folder 39 Sarnoff, David 1952, 1965 box 2, folder 40 Scott, John 1976 box 2, folder 41 Seversky Electronatom Corporation 1975 box 2, folder 42 Smith, Harrison 1952 box 2, folder 43 Sourwine, J. G. 1974 box 2, folder 44 Spivak, Lawrence 1977 box 2, folder 45 Sulzberger, Mr. 1950 box 2, folder 46 Sutton, Anthony 1968 box 2, folder 47 Thayer, Peter J. 1978 box 2, folder 48 Thomas, Lowell 1967 box 2, folder 49 Truman, Harry S. 1964 box 2, folder 50 Tyrmand, Mr. 1968 box 2, folder 51 U.S. Information Agency 1966-67 box 2, folder 52 University of Oregon Library 1966, 1980 box 2, folder 53 Voice Publishing Company (Seoul, Korea) 1971 box 2, folder 54 Wallace, De Witt 1959, 1971, 1976 box 2, folder 55 Welch, Robert 1959 box 2, folder 56 Whitehill, F. S. n.d. box 2, folder 57 Wick, James L. 1964 box 2, folder 58 Wiley, Charles 1960 box 2, folder 59 Wolfe, Bertram D. 1973 box 2, folder 60 Yoken, Mel B. 1976 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1919-1976 Scope and Contents note Typescript and printed copies, with related notes and source materials, reviews, memoranda, press releases, clippings, correspondence, and miscellany. Arranged chronologically.

General box 2, Undated articles, drafts, notes folder 61-62 box 3, folder 1-4 Undated articles, drafts, notes box 3, folder 5 1919-1945 box 3, folder 6 1946-1954 box 3, folder 7 1946-1955 box 3, folder 8 1956-58 box 3, folder 9 1956-1964 box 4, folder 1 1956-1976 box 4, folder 2 1959-1963 box 4, folder 3 1959-1974 box 4, folder 4 1966-1974 box 4, folder 5 Correspondence relating to various articles and books 1937-39 Research notes and clippings box 4, folder 6 Khrushchev, Nikita S., research notes Lenin, Vladimir I. Research notes, clippings. box 4, folder 7-8 General box 4, folder 9 After 1905 box 4, folder 10 Armand, Inessa box 4, folder 11 Character, personality box 5, folder 1 Chernyshevsky and other influences box 5, folder 2 Childhood, youth box 5, folder 3 Death and embalment box 5, folder 4 German funding

box 5, folder 5 Last years box 5, folder 6 Petersburg and Siberian exile box 5, folder 7 Sealed train and arrival in Petrograd Soviet Union. Research notes, clippings. box 5, folder 8-9 Authors, poets, and the Kremlin box 5, Fiftieth anniversary 1967 folder 10-11 box 5, folder 12 U.S. foreign relations 1961. box 5, folder 13 "The Apotheosis of Lenin: Stalin's Revenge," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 1 "Chassidism," Typescript and handwritten draft. n.d. box 6, folder 2 "A Clinical Study in Political Hypocricy," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 3 "Detente: A Dangerous Western Fantasy," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 4 "Detente: The Great Hoax or the Appeasements That Failed," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 5 "Education a la Carte," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 6 "Epitaph for Anna Louise," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 7 "The Ferments in Soviet Youth," Typewritten draft with annotations. n.d. box 6, folder 8 "Former People," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 9 "Hard to Take 'Naked Truth'," radio broadcast, "Opinioncasts," Broadcast Editorial Reports (NY), Printed copy. n.d. box 6, folder 10 "Is Dulles Fit to Be Secretary of State," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 11 "Law," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 12 "The Man Who Quarreled With His Ghosts," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 13 "Peace Symbol - A Kremlin Football," radio broadcast, "Opinioncasts," Broadcast Editorial Reports (NY), Printed copy. n.d. box 6, folder 14 "The Poet and the Commissars," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 15 "A Ready-Made Reputation," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 16 "The Red Nightmare," speech, Chicago, Typescript with annotations. n.d. box 6, folder 17 "The Red Sell," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 18 Response to critical article by Moishe Nadir, Typescript. Included is a clipping in Hebrew. n.d. box 6, folder 19 "Scoreboard of Soviet Promises," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 20 "Soviet Russia: Its Regime and Its People," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 21 Stalin interview, notes on, Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 22 "A Strategy Against Communism," Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 23 "The Vlasov Movement," Parts I-III, North American Alliance, Typescript. n.d. box 6, folder 24 "Second Generation Aliens," The Nation, Printed copy. April 25, 1923. box 6, folder 25 "A Code of Conduct for Soviet Youth," Literary Digest, Printed copy. February 17, 1934. box 6, folder 26 "Farewell to Moscow," New Outlook, Printed copy. March 1934. box 6, folder 27 "Moscow Romance," Typescript. June 23, 1934. box 6, Assignment in Utopia, 1937. Correspondence relating to 1937-38 folder 28-29 box 7, folder 1 Letter to the Editor, Freethinker, Typescript. March 18, 1938. box 7, folder 2 "The Menace of Totalitarianism," an address before The Catholic League, New York, Printed copy. April 21, 1940. box 7, folder 3 The Red Decade, Correspondence relating to, 1941. 1941. box 7, folder 4 "An Open Letter to Vice President Wallace," American Mercury, Printed copy. January 1943. box 7, folder 5 "Cooperating With Russia," American Mercury, Printed copy. May 1943. box 7, folder 6 "The Progress of Stalin Worship," American Mercury, Printed copy. June 1943. box 7, folder 7 "A Letter to American Liberals," American Mercury, Printed copy. May 1944. box 7, folder 8-11 If This Be Treason: An Autogiography by Victor Kravchenko (As Told to Eugene Lyons), Typescript. 1946. box 7, folder 12 "Youth Wants to Know," radio broadcast, NBC, Printed copy. March 7, 1954. box 7, folder 13 "Grandparents," Typescript. April 1954. box 7, folder 14 "A Call to Anger," American Mercury, Printed copy. December 1954. box 7, folder 15 "Can We Outlaw War?" radio broadcast discussion, "The American Forum," NBC, Printed copy. May 8, 1955.

box 7, folder 16 "They Chose Freedom, But What Are They Getting?" American Friends of Russian Freedom Bulletin, Printed copy. June 1955. box 7, folder 17 "Stalin's Ghost As Scapegoat," Human Events, Printed copy. May 12, 1956. box 7, folder 18 Letter to the Editor, New York Times, Printed copy. June 12, 1957. box 7, folder 19 "Herbert Hoover: Triumph of Integrity," Human Events, Printed copy. August 3, 1957. box 7, folder 20 "Khrushchev - The Killer in the Kremlin," The Reader's Digest, Printed copy. September 1957. box 7, folder 21 "Yugoslav Youth in Revolt," Spokane Review, Printed copy. November 20, 1957. box 7, folder 22 "Negotiating With the Kremlin," The Reader's Digest, Printed copy. April 1958. box 7, folder 23 "The Refugee Residue: A Free World Failure," The Reader's Digest, Printed copy. May 1958. box 7, folder 24 "Soviet Russia: Its Regime and Its People," (?). Typescript with annotations. 1959 box 7, folder 25 Confidential memorandum on the work of Dr. Max Jaccobson, Typescript. January 19, 1959. box 7, folder 26 "Why the United States Should Stand Fast in Berlin, Quemoy, and the Middle East," an address before the Detroit Economic Club, Typescript. February 16, 1959. box 7, folder 27 "Folklore of the Right," National Review, Printed copy. April 11, 1959. box 7, folder 28 "The Crimes of Khrushchev," Part I, testimony before the House of Representatives, Committee on Un-American Activities, Printed copy. September 4, 1959. box 7, folder 29 "Coming: A Red Renaissance in America," American Legion Magazine, Typescript. October 1959. box 7, folder 30 Letter to the Editor, Winston-Salem Journal, Printed copy. October 30, 1959. box 8, folder 1 Remarks at "Know Your America Week," New Bedford, Massachusetts, Typescript. November 28, 1959. box 8, folder 2 "How the Communists Train Cold Warriors," (?). Typewritten draft. 1960 box 8, folder 3 "Russia's Megaton Poem," Midstream, Autumn Printed copy. 1961. box 8, folder 4 Remarks on a trip to the Far East and Middle East, Typescript. May 9, 1961. box 8, folder 5 "Specter of Freedom Over the Kremlin," Typewritten draft with annotations. September 1963. Herbert Hoover: A Biography 1964. box 8, folder 6 Correspondence relating to 1964-65 box 8, folder 7-9 Source materials box 8, folder 10 "Russian Labor Camps-1965," Typescript. May 1965. box 8, folder 11 "Is a New Revolution Brewing in the U.S.S.R.?" The Reader's Digest, Printed copy. October 1965. David Sarnoff: A Biography 1966. box 8, folder 12 Correspondence relating to 1964-66 box 9, folder 1 Preliminary drafts box 9, folder 2 Reviews box 9, folder 3-5 Typescript box 9, folder 6 Fifty Years of Soviet Communism, Typescript. 1967. box 9, folder 7 Operation Suicide, Printed copy. 1967. Workers' Paradise Lost 1967 Correspondence, readers' reactions box 9, folder 8 1967 box 10, folder 1 1967-69 box 10, folder 2 Publicity material box 10, folder 3 Reader's Digest condensation. Printed copy. box 10, folder 4-7 Reviews box 11, folder 1-4 Reviews box 11, folder 5-6 Source materials box 12, folder 1 Speech, University of New Mexico, Typescript. November 7, 1967. box 12, folder 2 Eulogy for Ida Kohlberg, Typewritten draft. February 13, 1968. box 12, folder 3 Review of Special Counsel by William Rusher, National Review, Printed copy. June 18, 1968. box 12, folder 4 Interview with Herbert Hoover Oral History Program, Typescript. October 4, 1968. box 12, folder 5 Radio interview with Dean Manion, Printed transcript. March 21 and 28, 1971.

box 12, folder 6 Response to News Digest International (Australia), Typewritten letter to the editors. June 1973. box 12, folder 7 Statement of Principles, Committee to Unite America - For America, Typescript. September 1973. box 12, folder 8 "Detente: A Western Fantasy," Annotated draft typescript copy. 1974. box 12, folder 9 Untitled article on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. January 3, 1974. box 12, folder 10 "The Gulag Archipelago - Solzhenitsyn May Help West Break Through the Amnesia," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. January 5, 1974. box 12, folder 11 Remarks at a testimonial for David Martin, Washington Hilton Hotel, Typescript. Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. February 6, 1974. February 15, 1974. box 12, folder 11A Untitled article on Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, North American box 12, folder 12 "Solzhenitsyn Defused," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. February 16, 1974. box 12, folder 13 "Panama Canal," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. March 7, 1974. box 12, folder 14 "Trade With Russia: U.S. Still Hasn't Learned," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. March 7, 1974. box 12, folder 15 "Panama Canal," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. March 12, 1974. box 12, folder 16 "'Instant' China Experts: Wrong From the Beginning," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. April 16, 1974. box 12, folder 17 "The War's Unmentionable Footnote: Solzhenitsyn Reminds World of Tragic Vlasov Episode," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. April 20-21, 1974. box 12, folder 18 "Hoover: Achievements Have Withstood the Test of Time," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. August 3/4, 1974. box 12, folder 19 Remarks on Herbert Hoover Centennial, Typewritten draft. August 10, 1974. box 12, folder 20 Untitled article on the American Revolution, North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. February 14, 1975. box 12, folder 21 "Modern 'George Washington' Bear," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. February 18, 1975. box 12, folder 22 "The South Vietnamese Vote With Their Feet," North American Newspaper Alliance, Typescript. March 21, 1975. box 12, folder 23 Allilueva, Svetlana box 12, folder 24 American-Chilean Council 1979 box 12, folder 25 Blacklisting and McCarthyism Captive Nations box 12, folder 26 1959-1971 box 12, folder 27 1963-65 China box 13, folder 1-4 General 1970-76 Foreign relations 1971-74 box 14, folder 1 Cold War 1960-62 Communism box 14, folder 2 Cuba box 14, folder 3 Poland box 14, folder 4 Vietnam box 14, folder 5 Farkas, Zoltan, Farkas, Richard, Jeff-Craig Associates 1975-76 box 14, folder 6 Lazo, Mario box 14, folder 7 "Liberal Papers," 1959-1960 box 14, folder 8 Mano, Keith box 14, folder 9 Moore, Fred H. box 14, folder 10 Overseas Press Club of America, membership directories 1956-57, 1966, 1980 box 14, folder 11 Perwicz, Daniel box 14, folder 12 Rosenberg, Ethel and Julius box 14, folder 13 Sacco-Vanzetti Case box 14, folder 14 Seversky, Alexander P. de box 15, folder 1 Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr box 15, folder 2 Sonnenfeldt, Helmut Soviet Union

box 15, folder 3 General 1964-1974 box 15, folder 4 Anti-Semitism box 15, folder 5 Dissent box 15, folder 6 Famine 1932-34 box 15, folder 7 Forced labor camps box 15, folder 8 Jewish emigration box 15, folder 9 Politics and government 1967-69 box 15, folder 10 Psychiatry abuse for political repression 1972-74 box 15, folder 11 Religion 1971 box 15, folder 12 U.S. foreign relations with communist countries 1959-1973 U.S. - Soviet relations General box 15, folder 13 1955-1964 box 16, folder 1 1959-1973 box 16, folder 2 Exchange of technology and trade 1966-1963 box 16, folder 3 Trade 1967-1974 box 16, folder 4 Witkin, Zara Miscellaneous box 16, folder 5 General box 16, folder 6-7 Kataev, Valentin, Squaring the Circle, Includes correspondence 1931. 1935-37 box 16, folder 8 Navrozov, Lev, "The Invisible War," 1975 box 16, folder 9 Zoffer, Gerald, "It's Everybody's Business," n.d. PAMPHLET FILE 1929-1976 Scope and Contents note Pamphlets arranged alphabetically by author or issuing agency.

General America's Future, Inc. box 16, folder 10 "Communism - A Plan for World Conquest," 1976 box 16, folder 11 "Readings for Liberty," 1976 box 16, folder 12 American-Asian Educational Exchange, "Mao - War or Peace," 1970 box 16, folder 13 Bales, James D., "Senator Fulbright's Secret Memorandum," 1962 box 16, folder 14 "Bob Considine," 1975 box 17, folder 1 Flynn, John T., "While You Slept - Our Tragedy in Asia and Who Made It," Devin-Adair Company, New York 1958 National Strategy Information Center box 17, folder 2 "Problems of Strategy in the Pacific and Indian Oceans," 1970 box 17, folder 3 Soviet Policy Warfare Techniques 1972 box 17, folder 4 Reader's Digest The Eisenhower Essays 1969 box 17, folder 5 Redemption! Jewish Freedom Letters From Russia, American Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry 1972 box 17, folder 6 Truth About Cuba Committee, "Cuba Disproves the Myth That Poverty is the Cause of Communism," January 1963 box 17, folder 7 Young, Patricia, The Death Peddlers: Communist China's Opium War on the West 1969 Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) box 17, folder 8 The Communist Position on the Negro Question n.d. box 17, folder 9 Foster, William Z., Questions and Answers on the Piatakov-Radek Trial, Workers Library Publishers, New York 1937 box 17, folder 10 Olgin, M. J., Trotskyism: Counter-Revolution in Disguise, World Library Publishers, New York 1935 box 17, folder 11 Piatnitsky, O., The World Economic Crisis, World Library Publishers, New York n.d. Stalin, Joseph box 17, folder 12 Foundations of Leninism, International Publishers, New York 1932 box 17, folder 13 Mastering Bolshevism, Workers Library Publishers, New York 1937 box 17, folder 14 The Stakhanov Movement in the Soviet Union, Workers Library Publishers, New York 1935

box 17, folder 15 Stalin's Speeches on the American Communist Party, Central Committee of the CPUSA, New York 1929 box 17, folder 16 The World Situation, The Internal and International Position of the Soviet Union, International Publishers, New York 1934 OVERSIZE FILE 1928-1967 Scope and Contents note Scrapbooks, clippings, album, relating to E. Lyons' career, the Soviet Union, and the Spanish Civil War in 1936.

box 18 Look, issue for with series of articles on the Soviet Union. Includes annotations and notes by Eugene Lyons. October 3, 1967, Scrapbook on Eugene Lyons' career, Clippings. 1937-38. box 19 Estampas de la Revolucion Espanola, 19 Julio de 1936, Barcelona, Spain n.d. Scrapbooks on Eugene Lyons' career. Clippings and letters. 1928-1938 1930-1951 MEMORABILIA Scope and Contents note Two plaques and two other items from E. Lyons' career as author and journalist.

box 20 Plaques Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge plaque 1971 Hungarian Freedom Fighters Federation plaque 1966 Horseshoe from the blacksmith shop at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa Nameplate SOUND RECORDINGS (PHONORECORDS) Scope and Contents note 13 phonorecords of speeches by E. Lyons and Daniel Lyons relating to conditions and events in the Soviet Union, 1917-1975. Included is a Radio Liberty program on Boris Pasternak.

13 sound recordings of speeches by E. Lyons and Daniel Lyons relating to conditions and events in the Soviet Union Included is a Radio Liberty program on Boris Pasternak. 1917-1975. onsite digital Speak Up, America! sound recording undated Scope and Contents note Lyons asks Americans to see if they are "one of Stalin's suckers," too tolerate of communist "infiltration" in their society. He says the communists make lies noble means of recruitment, quoting Lenin. He is particularly critical of innocence clubs, such as the American Youth Congress, and other benign-seeming organizations to appeal to "liberals" and "idealists." Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002251

"Radio Liberation Presents Boris Pasternak: Selections from Broadcasts to the Soviet Union," October 1958 October 1958. Scope and Contents Exerpts of Radio Liberation broadcasts from October 23-29, 1958. Includes readings from the diary of Alexander Afinogenov, Boris Pasternak's recollections of Leo Tolstoy and Vladimir Mayakovsky, a review of Pasternak's literary career, and passages from 'Doctor Zhivago'. Radio Liberation's name was changed to Radio Liberty in 1959. Access Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0012375

box 17, folder 17 Letter from Howland H. Sargeant, 9 April 1959 9 April 1959. box 17, folder 18 "Radio Liberation Presents Boris Pasternak," transcript, October 1958 October 1958.

A Radio Liberation Production Scope and Contents 50th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution of 1905 Access Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0012377

onsite digital Sound recording of American Broadcasting Company radio program 1956 February 19 Scope and Contents note Lyons speaks about how communist countries are attempting to reacquire expatriates in the free world and the reaction of Europeans when familiar with both freedom and communism. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002253

onsite digital Sound recording of Eugene Lyons speaking about communism in Hollywood undated Scope and Contents note Eugene Lyons speaks about communist influence in the Hollywood and America. He explains how communists use subversive organizations with liberal names to convert Americans. He further describes how American communists are under the control of Moscow, citing how the words of chants changed during World War II depending on how German-Soviet relations were doing. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002254

onsite digital Sound recording of American Broadcasting Company radio program 1956 March 11 General note Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002255

onsite digital Sound recording of Eugene Lyons speaking about communism in Hollywood undated Scope and Contents note Content sounds very similar to other sound recording bearing this title. Nola Recording Studios inner label. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002256

onsite digital Sound recording of Air Mail Personal interview with Marjorie Silver undated Scope and Contents note Marjorie Silver interviews Eugene Lyons for Air Mail Personal. They speak about Lyons' history as well as his work with refugee camps in Europe. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002257

onsite digital Sound recording of Eugene Lyons speaking about communism 1948 July 31 Scope and Contents note Lyons recounts the actions of communists in America, including political parties and spying. He believes communists and their unknowing sympathizers hide behind the freedoms of speech and press. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0002805

onsite digital Letter to a Young American Pole sound recording undated Scope and Contents note Lyons addresses a young Pole, Michael, on what a Polish ethnicity means to an American citizen, and how oppressions in both countries are related. 2 discs. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0004366

SOUND RECORDING (CASSETTE TAPE) Scope and Contents note 1 cassette tape of speech by Colonel James E. Norwood entitled "Victory Over Communism: What You Can Do to Make It Happen," March 18, 1971.

onsite digital Sound recording of Colonel James E. Norwood speech: Victory Over Communism: What You Can Do to Make It Happen March 18, 1971 Scope and Contents note Audio cassette 1. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007847

SOUND RECORDINGS (PHONOTAPES) 1963-1968 Scope and Contents note 5 phonotapes of E. Lyons' speeches.

onsite digital Sound recording of Eugene Lyons speech to the Milwaukee Forum undated Scope and Contents note Lyons delivers a speech highly critical of the Soviet Union and communism. He looks at conditions in the nation, why its people are not supportive of it, and why Americans look up to it or apologize for it. Tape 1. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007835

Sound recording of Eugene Lyons speech: Appropriate Attitudes to Allies and Dr. Schwarz speech: The Communist Appeal to the Intellectual October 28, 1963 October 28, 1963 Scope and Contents note Part 1: Lyons "Appropriate Attitudes to Allies and Enemies," Indianapolis. In a prepared speech, Lyons reviews America's relationship with the Soviet Union and communism. He is harshly critical of detente and appeasement, believing that America cannot coexist with the Soviet Union. He believes communism is inherently evil. Part 2: Schwarz "The Communist Appeal to the Intellectual." Schwarz analyzes who is a communist and how they got that way. In doing so, he looks at why communism has an appeal to students. Tape 2. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007836

Sound recording of Herbert Hoover: Biography in Sound June 8, 1964 Scope and Contents note This is a non-English-language biography of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. Tape 3. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007840

Sound recording of the Big Lie radio program April 29, 1967 Scope and Contents note The Mutual Broadcasting System produced this program about Svetlana Alliluyeva. It includes clips of a Svetlana press conference and commentary by Eugene Lyons. It was recorded on 27 April 1967 and broadcast two days later. Tape 4. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007841

Sound recording of the Winter Park University Club pow wow meeting March 8, 1968 Scope and Contents note Eugene Lyons delivers a speech, "Worker's Paradise Lost," to the Winter Park University Club in Winter Park, Florida. Tape 5. Use copy reference number: 85006_a_0007842

PHOTOGRAPHS Scope and Contents note 641 prints / 10 envelopes / 2 albums

card_catalogue A-C 91 prints depicting E. Lyons at various stages of his life, undated

envelope D 6 prints of E. Lyons and his wife, Billy, undated envelope E 30 prints of the Lyons family and friends, undated envelope F 12 prints depicting E. Lyons at various speaking engagements, undated envelope G 14 prints depicting E. Lyons with individuals and groups, undated envelope H 6 prints of E. Lyons' books on display, undated envelope I 10 prints of various individuals and groups, undated envelope J 6 prints of David Sarnoff undated album fK 118 prints of E. Lyons with the Zellerbach Commission on the European Refugee Situation tour of Europe, October 15 - November 1, 1957 album fL 348 prints of E. Lyons, his wife and family, and others, 1920-1980