Robert Bernstein (born 1923) is an American publisher and human rights advocate. He worked in publishing for over 45 years and was the president of Random House between 1966 and 1991. He is the founder of Human Rights Watch and served as the chair of the organization from its founding as Helsinki Watch in 1978 to 1998, and has served as Founding Chair Emeritus since 1998. The Robert Bernstein Papers document Bernstein's work in human rights and publishing; his autobiography, Speaking Freely: My Life in Publishing and Human Rights (2016); and other charitable organizations with which he is associated. Material in the collection documents both Bernstein's work in publishing and human rights, as well as the work of the organizations themselves. The collection dates between 1957 and 2016, with the bulk of the material dating between 1995 and 2010. Materials include correspondence, meeting agendas and minutes, clippings, speeches, pamphlets, article and book drafts, oral history interviews, podcast episodes, print and born-digital photographs, a digital video recording, and scrapbooks.
