Whitman Bassow
A Register of His Papers in the Library of Congress
Prepared by Laura J. Kells and Karen Stuart
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007111
Title: Whitman Bassow Papers
Span Dates: 1920-1990
ID No.: MSS80832
Creator:
Bassow,
Whitman
Extent: 250 items;
4 containers;
1.6 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Journalist and
foundation official. Transcripts of interviews conducted by Bassow with
journalists who worked in the Soviet Union as foreign correspondents for
various news organizations for his book,
The Moscow Correspondents: Reporting on Russia from the
Revolution to Glasnost (1988) and related correspondence, notes,
clippings, and photographs.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Bassow,
Whitman.
Subjects
Foreign
correspondents--Russia (Federation)--Moscow.
Locations
Soviet
Union--History.
Related Names
Bassow, Whitman. The
Moscow correspondents: reporting on Russia from the revolution to Glasnost
(1988)
Occupations
Journalists.
Provenance:The papers of Whitman Bassow, journalist and foundation official, were
donated to the Library of Congress by Bassow in 1990 and 1992.
Processing History:The papers of Whitman Bassow were arranged and described in 1996. The
finding aid was revised in 2007.
Transfers:Sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture,
Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division where they are identified as part of
the Whitman Bassow Papers.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Whitman Bassow in these
papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of
Congress has been dedicated to the public.
Restrictions:Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication
of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript
Division concerning these restrictions.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Whitman Bassow Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Whitman Bassow (circa 1921- ), a journalist who reported
from Moscow as a United Press International correspondent and as
Newsweek's first bureau chief in the Soviet capital, span
the years 1920-1990. They consist of material collected for his book
The Moscow Correspondents: Reporting on Russia from the Revolution
to Glasnost (1988). The bulk of the collection comprises transcripts of
interviews Bassow conducted with correspondents who related their experiences
working in the Soviet Union for various news organizations. These interview
files, arranged alphabetically by name, also contain Bassow's notes, clippings,
and occasional correspondence with interview subjects. There is also a file of
photographs compiled for this book.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
Interview files are arranged alphabetically by name.
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Interviews |
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Anderson, Raymond,
1983
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Astrachan, Anthony,
1986, n.d.
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Boergholtzer, Frank,
1984
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Branson, Louise,
1984
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Cassidy, Henry C.,
1984
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Chancellor, John,
n.d.
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Chaznov, Mathis,
1984
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Coleman, Fred,
1984
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Conine, Ernest,
1984
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Cronkite, Walter,
n.d.
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Cullen, Robert B.,
n.d.
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Cutler, B. J.,
n.d.
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Daniel, Clifton E.,
n.d.
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Daniloff, Nicholas,
1986
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Doder, Dusko,
1987
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Dunphy, Harry,
1984
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Ensz, Reinhold G.,
1978, 1984-1985
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Ervasti, Roxinne,
n.d.
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Fowle, Farnsworth,
1984
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Friendly, Alfred, Jr.,
n.d.
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Fromson, Murray,
1975, n.d.
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Gallegher, James,
1984
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Garrels, Ann,
n.d.
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Gibson, Robert,
1984
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Grose, Peter Bolton,
n.d.
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Growald, Richard H.,
n.d.
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Jackson, James O.,
1984
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Jaffe, Sam A.,
1985
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Kaiser, Robert,
n.d.
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Kalb, Marvin,
n.d.
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Kinkead, Robin,
1984-1985
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Klensch, Charles H.,
1955-1957, 1985
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Korengold, Robert J.,
1984
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Krause, Alex,
n.d.
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Krimsky, George,
1984
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Lambert, Tom,
1985, n.d.
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Lesueur, Larry,
1985
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Levine, Irving R.,
n.d.
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Loory, Stewart,
1984, n.d.
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Michaels, Joseph,
1984
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Middleton, Drew,
n.d.
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Mosby, Aline,
1984
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Mydens, Seth,
n.d.
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Nagorski, Andrew,
1986
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Natale, Angelo,
1986
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Newman, Joseph,
1985, n.d.
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Ogden, Christopher,
1984
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Osnos, Peter,
1984
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Ramsey, Stewart W.,
1985
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Raymond, Jack,
1985
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Redden, Jack,
n.d.
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Redmont, Bernard S.,
1988
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Saikowski, Charlotte,
n.d.
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Salisbury, Harrison E.,
1985, n.d.
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Schmemann, Serge,
1984
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Schorr, Daniel C.,
n.d.
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Seldes, George,
1984-1985, n.d.
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Shabad, Theodore,
1961-1964, 1975, 1984-1987
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Shapiro, Henry,
1984
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Smale, Alison,
1984
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Smith, Hedrick,
1986
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Sochurek, Howard,
n.d.
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Stevens, Edmund W., Jr.,
1984, n.d.
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Stoneman, William H.,
1984, n.d.
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Sveilis, Emil,
n.d.
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Topping, Seymour,
1986
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Toth, Robert,
n.d.
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Trimborn, Harry,
1984
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Tyner, Howard,
n.d.
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Vicas, George,
1985
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Watson, George H.,
1984
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Whitney, Craig,
1978, 1986
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Whitney, Thomas P.,
n.d.
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Williams, Carol J.,
1984
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Yuenger, James L.,
1984
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Photographs,
1920-1922, 1942-1943, 1956-1957, 1963-1965, 1973-1977,
1983, 1990, n.d.
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