http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7m3nf1wh No online items Register of the Joan Beecher Eichrodt collection Finding aid prepared by Jill Golden Hoover Institution Library and Archives © 2010 434 Galvez Mall Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6003 [email protected] URL: http://www.hoover.org/library-and-archives Register of the Joan Beecher 2006C62 1 Eichrodt collection Title: Joan Beecher Eichrodt collection Date (inclusive): 1872-2002 Collection Number: 2006C62 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: In Russian and English Physical Description: 33 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 11 oversize boxes(24.5 Linear Feet) Abstract: Sound recordings, transcripts and summaries of interviews, notes, reports, conference proceedings, newspapers, other printed matter, and photographs relating to nationalism and separatism in Chechnia and elsewhere in the Caucasus. Digital copies of selected items available. source: Eichrodt, Joan Beecher Hoover Institution Library & Archives 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 Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Joan Beecher Eichrodt collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1933 Born, Birmingham, Alabama October 31 1959-1961 Senior Translator, Radio Liberty 1961-1966 Policy and Planning Coordinator, U.S. Division, Radio Liberty 1965 BA, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT 1968 MA, History, Columbia University. Thesis: "Orthodoxy, Autocracy, Nationality and Joseph de Maistre" 1975 PhD, History, Columbia University. Dissertation: "Anarchy and Culture: Dmitry Merezhkovsky and the Kairos" 1976-1983 Adjunct Professor, Western Connecticut State College 1977-1983 Columnist, Citizen News, New Fairfield, CT 1983-1984 Program Officer, Harriman Institute for Advanced Study of the Soviet Union, Columbia University 1985-1990s Senior Correspondent and Soviet Affairs Analyst, Voice of America 1994-1995 MacArthur Foundation Grant for Research and Writing 1994-1997 Conducted research and interviews in the Caucasus, primarily in Chechnia 2008 Died, New York January 31 Scope and Content of Collection The Joan Beecher Eichrodt collection consists of sound recordings, transcripts and summaries of interviews, notes, reports, conference proceedings, newspapers, other printed matter, and photographs relating to nationalism and separatism in Chechnia and elsewhere in the Caucasus. As a Voice of America correspondent, Eichrodt made frequent trips to the Soviet Union to cover the Congress of People's Deputies (S"ezd narodnykh deputatov), a democratically elected assembly created by Mikhail Gorbachev in 1989. Through a series of interviews with Congress members, Eichrodt documented the attitudes of Russian officials toward Gorbachev's union treaty and the rights of autonomous republics, audiotapes of which can be found in the Russia subseries of the Sound Recordings series. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Eichrodt was interested primarily in nationalist and separatist groups within the Russian Federation, particularly the North Caucasus. In 1994, she received a MacArthur grant to write a book on the history and contemporary politics of the North Caucasus, the proposal for which can be found in the Personal File. From 1994 to 1996, Eichrodt used her grant to travel extensively in the Caucasus, interviewing hundreds of local government officials, citizens, and refugees on separatist movements and territorial conflicts. These taped interviews are in the Sound Recordings series and grouped by Caucasian republic. Included among Eichrodt's interviewees are Chechen presidents Dzhokhar Dudaev and Aslan Maskhadov, Ingushetian president Ruslan Aushev, opposition leader Zelimkhan Iandarbiev and public figure Ruslan Labazanov. Most of the interviews conducted in Chechnia are on domestic affairs from 1990 to 1997, although some relate to Stalin's 1944 deportations of Chechens and Ingush. The collection includes Register of the Joan Beecher 2006C62 2 Eichrodt collection Interview Transcripts of selected tapes as well as Notebooks maintained by Eichrodt during her interviews and research trips. In addition to the hundreds of recorded interviews, the bulk of the collection consists of Research Materials, Clippings and Newspapers related to Eichrodt's Voice of America reports, as well as her planned book on the Caucasus. Topics include history of the North Caucasian republics, the 1994-1996 war between Russia and Chechnia, ethnic relations, and cross-border conflicts in the Caucasus, particularly between Ingushetia and Ossetia. Related Materials Chechen subject collection, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Kara-kys Dongikovna Arakchaa papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Paul B. Henze papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives Subjects and Indexing Terms Audiotapes Chechni͡a (Russia) -- History Nationalism -- Russia (Federation) -- Chechni͡a Nationalism -- Caucasus, South Caucasus, South -- Politics and government -- 1991- Eichrodt, Joan Beecher box 1 Personal File 1990-1996 Scope and Contents note Resumes, correspondence, and working files relating primarily to Eichrodt's MacArthur grant for research in the Caucasus. Maintained in Eichrodt's original order. box 1, folder 1 Resumes circa 1995 MacArthur grant files 1994-1996 box 1, folder 2 Project description 1994 box 1, folder 3 Project budget 1994 box 1, folder 4 Bibliography 1994 box 1, folder 5 Correspondence 1994-1996 box 1, folder 6-9 Expense reports and receipts 1994-1995 box 1, folder 10 Speech circa 1994 box 1, folder 11 Trip summaries 1995 Contacts files 1990, 1993, undated box 1, General undated folder 12-13 box 1, folder 14 Caucasus undated box 1, folder 15 Dagestan undated box 1, folder 16 Latvia 1990 box 1, folder 17 Russian Federation 1993 box 1 Correspondence 1993-1999 Arrangement note In alphabetical order by correspondent. box 1, folder 18 Akaev, Vakhit 1997 October 22 box 1, folder 19 Balzer, Harley 1995 February 27 box 1, folder 20 Colarusso, John 1994 March 16 box 1, folder 21 Cowan, Geoffrey 1996 May 9 box 1, folder 22 Furman, Sasha 1990s box 1, folder 23 Khadzhiev, Salambek 1995 June 23 box 1, folder 24 Kolt, George 1995 March 1 box 1, folder 25 Maskhadov, Aslan 1998 box 1, folder 26 Mezhdunarodnaia cherkesskaia assotsiatsiia 1993 box 1, folder 27 Nazmutdinov, Mirgaziian Mirgazdinovich 1997 February 21 Register of the Joan Beecher 2006C62 3 Eichrodt collection Correspondence 1993-1999 box 1, folder 28 Putin, Vladimir 1999 November Scope and Contents note Open letter in response to Putin's editorial in The New York Times. box 1, folder 29 Romash, Aleksandr 1995 October 27 box 1, folder 30 Teziev, Oleg after 1991 Voice of America Files 1985-1994 Scope and Contents note Transcripts, notes, and office files from Eichrodt's tenure at the Voice of America. Grouped by format and ordered chronologically. Radio transcripts 1985-1994 Scope and Contents note Reports filed by Eichrodt relating primarily to the war in Afghanistan, U.S.-Soviet relations, Russian domestic politics, and the Caucasus. box 1, folder 31 1985 December 1986 box 1, January-June folder 32-35 box 1, July-September folder 36-38 box 2, folder 1-4 October-December box 2, folder 5-8 1987 box 2, folder 9 1988 box 2, folder 10 1989 box 2, folder 11 1990 box 2, 1991 folder 12-13 box 2, folder 14 1992 box 2, folder 15 1993 box 2, 1994 folder 16-17 box 2, folder 18 Correspondents' reports 1985 box 2, folder 19 Notes 1994 September box 2, folder 20 Proposals for Development Office 1994 Interview Transcripts 1990-1997 Scope and Contents note Full and partial transcripts from interviews conducted by Eichrodt and related materials. Maintained in Eichrodt's original order: by geographical location and then alphabetically by surname. Abkhazia 1993-1994 box 3, folder 1 Achba, Zurab 1993 August 28 box 3, folder 2 Akaba, Natella 1993 August box 3, folder 3 Akhba, [?] 1993 October 22 box 3, folder 4 Goble, Paul 1993 October 22 and 1994 February 8 box 3, folder 5 Gumba, Valeriĭ 1993 October 24 box 3, folder 6 Henze, Paul 1994 January 28 box 3, folder 7 Igrunov, Viacheslav 1994 February 7 box 3, folder 8 Loginov, Viktor Anatolévich 1993 August 29 box 3, folder 9 Ochs, Michael 1994 January 28 and undated box 3, folder 10 Ochs, Michael and Paul Henze undated box 3, folder 11 Shamba, Sergeĭ 1993 October 23 Register of the Joan Beecher 2006C62 4 Eichrodt collection Interview Transcripts 1990-1997 Abkhazia 1993-1994 box 3, folder 12 Slider, Darryl 1993 October 22 Related documents 1993 box 3, folder 13 "Memorandum of Understanding between the Georgian and Abkhaz Sides at the Negotiations in Geneva," 1993 December 1 box 3, folder 14 "Problemy vyvoda gruzinskikh voĭsk iz Abkhazii," 1993 June 7 Chechnia 1991, 1993-1996 box 3, folder 15 Akhmadov, Iavus Zaĭndievich 1994 November 3 December 8-9 1994 box 3, folder 16 Aliroev, Isa 1994 November 3-4 box 3, folder 17 Arsanov, Akhmed 1995 Aslakhanov, Aslambek 1991, 1994-1996 box 3, folder 18 1991 October 13 box 3, folder 19 1994 November 28 box 3, folder 20 1995 January 5 box 3, folder 21 1996 March 31 box 3, folder 22 Avturkhanov, Umar 1994 October box 3, folder 23 Baĭsultanov, Dadash 1993 May 31 box 3, folder 24 Beno, Shamil' 1995 May 5 box 3, folder 25 Bugaev, Abdula