David J. Dallin papers

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unittitle

{"value"=>"David J. Dallin papers"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1948-1959", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1948/1959"}

physdesc

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date_inclusive_start

1948

date_inclusive_end

1959

origination

{"value"=>"Dallin, David J., 1889-1962", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>David J. Dallin (1889-1962) was a writer and lecturer on Soviet affairs. Born in Russia, he fled to Germany after being imprisoned for anti-tsarist activity. He returned to Russia following the February Revolution of 1917 but left the country again in 1922. Expelled from Germany and then Poland, he finally went to the United States at the outbreak of World War II. For nearly twenty years he was a contributing editor and columnist for the anti-communist paper The New Leader. His writings included books and articles on economic and political subjects. He also was a visiting professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of Dallin's research files used in the preparation of his writings on the Soviet Union. Among these notes is background information for the footnote documentation for two of his books, Soviet Espionage and Soviet Foreign Policy After Stalin. Also, interviews held between 1948 and 1951 with former Soviet political prisoners and notes on primary and secondary sources relevant to the study of Soviet espionage and the NKVD.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"MSS 72M21"}

{"date"=>"1972", "source"=>"Dallin, Lilia and Alexander", "method"=>"Gift", "value"=>"Gift, Dallin, Lilia and Alexander, 1972"}

altformavail

{"value"=>"<p>Key files available on microfilm; New York Public Library</p>"}

langmaterial_code

rus

ger

fre

eng

keydate

1948

langmaterial

{"value"=>"Materials are in Russian, German, French, and English"}

prefercite

{"value"=>"David J. Dallin papers, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library"}

extent_statement

2.8 linear feet (4 boxes)

abstract

{"value"=>"David J. Dallin (1889-1962) was a writer and lecturer on Soviet affairs. Born in Russia, he fled to Germany after being imprisoned for anti-tsarist activity. He returned to Russia following the February Revolution of 1917 but left the country again in 1922. Expelled from Germany and then Poland, he finally went to the United States at the outbreak of World War II. For nearly twenty years he was a contributing editor and columnist for the anti-communist paper The New Leader. His writings included books and articles on economic and political subjects. He also was a visiting professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania. Collection consists of Dallin's research files used in the preparation of his writings on the Soviet Union. Among these notes is background information for the footnote documentation for two of his books, Soviet Espionage and Soviet Foreign Policy After Stalin. Also, interviews held between 1948 and 1951 with former Soviet political prisoners and notes on primary and secondary sources relevant to the study of Soviet espionage and the NKVD.", "generated"=>true}

date_start

1948

date_end

1959

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1. Notes on interviews with former Soviet political prisoners
2. D Papers for Soviet Espionage [3/1]
3. NKVD files [4/1]
4. Three issues of Narodnaya Pravda containing articles by Dallin
5. Auch ich wahlte die Freiheit by Franz Burkard
6. Two typescripts of articles in German
7. D Papers for Soviet Foreign Policy After Stalin [6/1]