The Inventory of the Ira Hirschmann Collection #1029 Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center Hirschmann, Ira #1029 4/12/85 Preliminary Listing Note: UNRRA = United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency. UNRWA = United Nations Relief and Works Agency. UNWRA = United Nations War Refugee Agency. I. Subject Files. Material in files in date order where possible. A. AAllen, George.@ [George Allen was U. S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Middle East and Near East.] [F. 1] 1. Saturday Review of Literature, Nov. 23, 1944; includes review of IH=s book LIFELINE TO A PROMISED LAND by Robert St. John. [Pages in very poor condition.] 2. AAllen Warns Middle East Is Open to Red Persuasion,@ clipping from the New York Herald Tribune, Jan. 23, 1955. 3. AMemorandum of Conversation with Assistant Secretary of State George V. Allen, Washington, D. C., Feb. 18, 1955,@ CTS, 9 p., Feb. 23, 1955; 2 copies, 1 missing final 2 pages. 4. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 3/29/55. 5. TL from George Allen to IH, 1 p., 4/7/55; includes comments of Harry N. Howard on IH=s MS ASoviet Somersaults,@ TS, 3 p.; also includes 5 photocopies of letter. 6. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 4/20/55, 2 copies. 7. AMemorandum of a Report of a Conversation with ... George V. Allen, May 19, 1955,@ CTS, 3 p., 2 copies, 5/23/55. 8. AReport of Conversation with George V. Allen, May 19, 1955,@ CTS, 2 p., 3 copies, 5/24/55. 9. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 6/1/55, includes: itinerary for IH (2 copies); CTL from IH to Donald C. Bergus, U. S. Dept of State.] 10. TLS from Donald C. Bergus to IH, 1 p., 6/7/55. 11. CTL from IH to Donald C. Bergus, 1 p., 6/8/55. 12. CTL from IH to Donald C. Bergus, 1 p., 7/19/55. 13. CTL from IH to George Allen, 2 p., 7/26/55. 14. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 8/16/55. 15. CTLS from George Allen to IH, 1 p., 8/25/55; includes 2 unsigned copies. 16. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 7/18/56. 17. AMeeting with ... George V. Allen, Aug. 22, 1956,@ CTS, 7 p., 8/24/56, 3 copies. 18. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 9/5/56; includes CTL from IH Hirschmann, Ira (4/12/85) Page 1 of 46 to A. C. Sedgewick, 1 p., 9/5/56. 19. TLS from George Allen to IH, 1 p., 11/22/57. 20. CTL to George Allen, 1 p., 5/4/60. 21. ABiographical Data, Ira Hirschmann,@ CTS, 1 p., 8/25/60. 22. CTL from IH to George Allen, 1 p., 5/17/66. 23. ALS from George Allen to IH, 1 p., 5/20/66; includes envelope. 24. TLS photocopy from Sidney W. Dean, Jr. To AFriends and Business Associates,@ 1 p., 11/9/70; includes1 printed page re: AAmerican Business Briefing@ TV show. 25. AA Generation That Recovered its Land,@ by Ben G. Frank, review of IH=s book THE AWAKENING, TS photocopy, 4 p., ca. 1981. B. AAutobiography.@ [F. 2] 1. AOne of Our Great Men,@ review of IH=s book CAUTION TO THE WINDS, reprinted from The Carolina Israelite, v. 21, n. 1, Jan-Feb. 1963. 2. AHow Pope Aided Jewish Refugees,@ by Drew Pearson, reprinted from unidentified paper, 3 copies. 3. AThe Rebel in the Tight Collar,@ by William Longwood, re: IH, reprinted from the New York World-Telegram and The Sun, 7/5/63. 4. AA Talk with Ira Hirschmann,@ by Jean R. Herschaft, reprinted from The National Jewish Monthly, July-Aug. 1963. 5. APlay to Depict Pope John as Cardinal,@ by Sam Zolotow, The New York Times, 3/16/64; original and 3 copies. 6. AMossinsohn to Dramatize >Caution to the Winds=,@ reprinted from The New York Times, 7/2/64. 7. ARoosevelt=s Action on Jews Defended,@ reprinted from The New York Times, 10/26/67, 2 copies. 8. AIra Hirschmann,@ page from Land and Life, published by the Jewish National Fund, n.d. C. ABiography.@ [F. 3] 1. ABach, Books, Fiorello and FM,@ by Oliver Pilat, re: IH, New York Post, 6/10/43. 2. ABiography,@ CTS, 2 p., ca. mid-1950s. 3. ACurriculum Vitae,@ CTS, 1 p., 1959. 4. Bio of IH, CTS, 1 p., 6/27/60. 5. ABiographical Data,@ CTS, 1 p., 8/25/60. 6. ABiography,@ CTS with holograph corrections, 3 drafts, 2 p. each, ca. early 1960s. 7. AOne of Our Great Men,@ review of IH=s book CAUTION TO THE WINDS, reprinted from The Carolina Israelite, v. 21, n. 1, Jan-Feb. 1963, 2 copies. 8. AA Talk with Ira Hirschmann,@ by Jean R. Herschaft, reprinted from The National Jewish Monthly, July-Aug. 1963, 2 copies. Hirschmann, Ira (4/12/85) Page 2 of 46 9. ABiography of Ira Hirschmann,@ CTS, 2 p., 8/1/72; includes extra copy of page 1, 4 extra copies of page 2. 10. AIntroduction for Ira Hirschmann,@ various drafts, CTL and TS photocopy, some with holograph corrections, 9 p. total, 1974-1976. 11. ABiography of Ira Hirschmann,@ TS photocopy and CTS, 3 p., 9/30/80, 3 copies; extra copy of page 3. 12. AResume on Ira Hirschmann,@ CTS, 1 p., incomplete, ca. 1980s. 13. ABy Ira Hirschmann,@ book list, CTS, 1 p., ca. 1981, 2 copies. 14. AThe Dynamo that is Ira Hirschmann,@ page from an unidentified magazine. 15. AIra Hirschmann,@ page from Land and Life, published by the Jewish National Fund, n.d. D. ABrand, Joel.@ [Hungarian Jew who worked as an unwilling agent for Adolf Eichmann during World War II.] [F. 4] 1. Printed business card, signed by Joel Brand. 2. TLS from Joel Brand to IH, 2 p., 12/25/46; includes envelope. 3. TLS from Joel Brand to IH, 1 p., 1/22/47. E. AClippings Re: IH B Various.@ [F. 5] 1. Various newspaper clippings re: IH, 1931-1984. [Some are fragile.] 2. TLS from Stephen S. Wise to IH, 1 p., 2/2/32. F. ACorrespondence, Various.@ [F. 6] 1. CTL from Harry N. Howard, U. S. Foreign Service, to IH, 1 p., 6/17/60. 2. TLS from Harry N. Howard to IH, 2 p., 7/21/60. 3. TLS from A. L. Sachar, President of Brandeis University, to IH, 1 p., 12/11/63; includes CTL response from IH, 1 p., 12/16/63. 4. TLS from Michael Elizur, Israel Ministry for Foreign Affairs, to IH, 2 p., 4/1/68. 5. ALS from Tom Brady, reporter for the New York Times, to IH, 1 p., 4/4/68; includes CTL response from IH, 1 p., 4/22/68. 6. CTL from IH to William B. Macomber, Jr., U. S. Assistant Secretary of State, 1 p., 4/6/68; includes ANew Perspectives Toward Refugee Solution Following Upheaval in Middle East,@ report by IH, CTS, 21 p., 4/5/68. 7. TLS photocopy from William B. Macomber, Jr., to IH, 1 p., 10/23/68. 8. TLS from William B. Macomber, Jr., to IH, 1 p., 1/9/69; includes envelope and 5 photocopies. 9. CTL from IH to William B. Macomber, Jr., 1 p., 2/12/69. 10. Fragment of a manuscript re: Ernest Gruening, by IH, CTS, pp. 2-3 of 3, n.d. G. ADavis, John (UNWRA).@ [F. 7] 1. AMemorandum of Conversation with Dr. John Davis at United Nations, Apr. 1, 1960,@ CTS, 2 p., 2 copies. Hirschmann, Ira (4/12/85) Page 3 of 46 2. TLS from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 6/11/60. 3. TLS from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 6/13/60. 4. TLS from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 6/20/60; includes 2 photocopies, one with note attached for IH=s secretary, dated 6/27/60. 5. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 2 p., 6/23/60, 2 copies. 6. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 2 p., 6/29/60. 7. TLS photocopy from John H. Davis to IH, 1p., 7/1/60. 8. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 7/6/60. 9. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 7/13/60. 10. TLS from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 7/25/60; includes draft of the introduction from AAnnual Report of the Director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, 7/1/59 - 6/30/60,@ TS photocopy with holograph notes, 17 p. 11. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 8/10/60, 2 copies. 12. TLS from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 8/10/60; includes 3 carbon copies. 13. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 9/7/60. 14. CTL with holograph notes from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 9/24/60. 15. Editorial page from The New York Times, 10/10/60, with section marked: ARefugees in a Changing World.@ 16. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 10/11/60. 17 . CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 1 p., 10/13/60, 3 copies. 18. CTL from John H. Davis to David A. Shepard, 1 p., 10/14/60. 19. TLS photocopy from John H. Davis to IH, 1 p., 10/18/60. 20. CTL from IH to John H. Davis, 2 p., 10/28/60. 21.