Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers

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Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers

1798-2012

Foreign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, notes, journal extracts, writings, speeches, lectures, testimony, travel files, interview transcripts, press clippings, photographs, family papers, printed matter, and other material relating primarily to Brzezinski's professional life including his tenure as Jimmy Carter's national security advisor.

145,000 items; 417 containers plus 7 classified, 4 oversize, and digital files; 168 linear feet

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