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Oral History Collections at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Middle East Oral Histories

Lilienthal (Alfred M.) papers

Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region. Partially available on microfilm (157 reels).

Photo: Alfred M. Lilienthal papers, Box 7, Folder 8, Hoover Institution Library & Archives, copyright Stanford University. 

Materials

Iranian-American Foreign Policy Oral History Project interviews

     1985-1991

Transcripts of interviews of American diplomats and State Department officials, relating to Iranian-American relations and political and economic conditions in Iran, primarily during the decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Interviews conducted as a project sponsored by the Foundation for Iranian Studies and Columbia University. Photocopy.

Lilienthal (Alfred M.) papers

     1936-2002

Collection includes speeches and writings, correspondence, notes, memoranda, press releases, serial issues, conference papers, interviews, studies, clippings, other printed matter, photographs, motion picture film, video cassettes, and sound recordings relating to the Middle East, Zionism and anti-Zionism, Israel/Palestine, and American foreign policy in the region. Partially available on microfilm (157 reels).

Meyer (Armin H.) interview transcript

     1989

Relates to American foreign policy in the Middle East, and especially to American relations with Lebanon and Iran. Includes an interview segment on Iran conducted by the Columbia University Oral History Research Office. Photocopy.

Mu'assasat al-dhakirah al-'Iraqiyah [Iraq Memory Foundation] records

     2003-2010

File-based videorecordings, videocassettes, optical discs, and transcripts, as well as brochures and legal and financial records relating to political conditions and human rights violations in Iraq under the Ba'th party regime. Includes digitized video testimony of survivors.

Shawa (Izzidine) interview summary

     1946

Relates to political conditions in the Middle East. Interview conducted in Los Angeles, August 29, 1946.

Tehrani (Ahmad) videotapes

     1975-1977, undated

Iranian diplomat. Videorecordings documenting embassy events, trips, and interviews with Ambassador Ardashir Zahidi.