Vladimir Dedijer papers 1881-1987 1940-1980

Tito, Josip Broz, 1892-1980

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Josip Broz Tito was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980. During World War II he led the Yugoslav Partisans. Following the establishment of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, he served as its prime minister from 2 November 1944 to 29 June 1963 and president from 14 January 1953 until his death. ...

Chomsky, Noam, 1928-

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Avram Noam Chomsky (1928- ) is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, author, lecturer and political activist. Beginning with his opposition to the Vietnam War, he established himself as a prominent critic of U.S. foreign and domestic policy. Chomsky has become a profoundly influential voice on the left, lecturing widely and publishing numerous books on foreign policy, Mideast politics and related subjects. His self-professed commitment to freedom has ...

Welles, Orson, 1915-1985

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Actor, writer, director, and producer for stage, radio, and film. From the description of Papers, 1930-1959. (Indiana University). WorldCat record id: 31734907 George Orson Welles, named for his parents' friend George Ade, was born on May 6, 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. A child prodigy aided and encouraged by guardian Maurice Bernstein and teacher Roger Hill, Welles had considerable writing and acting experience before the age of twenty. Through the years this multi-talented...

Roosevelt, Eleanor, 1884-1962

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Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was the longest-serving First Lady throughout her husband President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four terms in office (1933-1945). She was an American politician, diplomat, and activist who later served as a United Nations spokeswoman. A shy, awkward child, starved for recognition and love, Eleanor Roosevelt grew into a woman with great sensitivity to the underprivileged of all creeds, races, and nations. Her constant work to improve their lot made her one of the most loved–...

Haley, William 1901-1987

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Epithet: editor of 'The Times' Title: Knight British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000560.0x00022d ...

Djilas, Milovan, 1911-1995

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Yugoslav communist leader; subsequently dissident. From the description of Milovan Djilas writings, 1957-1980. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754871663 Biographical/Historical Note Yugoslav communist leader; subsequently dissident. From the guide to the Milovan Djilas writings, 1957-1980, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

Shirer, William L. (William Lawrence), 1904-1993

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Epithet: US author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000561.0x000063 ...

Dedijer, Vladimir

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Vladimir Dedijer, a Yugoslav author and scholar, was a Visiting Professor of History at the University of Michigan three times during the 1970s. He is known best for his writings on Yugoslav history, most notably his biography of Marshall Josip Broz (Tito) and his war diaries of his experiences as a member of the partisan army during the Yugoslav Revolution. Dedijer was born in Belgrade in 1914 to Jevto and Milica Dedijer. His father was a professor of geography at Belgr...

Sartre, Jean-Paul, 1905-1980

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Sartre, Jean-Paul (1905-1980), existentialist philosopher, dramatist and novelist, author of La Nausée (1938), Huis clos (1943), and L'être et le néant (1943). From the description of Jean-Paul Sartre collection, [ca. 1950-1970]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702138367 The life of Jean-Paul Sartre, French novelist and Existentialist philosopher, has been recounted in numerous books. Of particular relevance to this collection is John Gerassi's own biographical study, Jean...

Dellinger, David T., 1915-2004

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Paris Peace Conference (1946).

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The Paris Peace Conference met from July 29 - October 15, 1946 to discuss peace treaties with Bulgaria, Italy, Finland, Hungary, and Rumania. Treaties had been drafted by the Council of Foreign Ministers, and agreed upon in major part by the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and France. From the description of Records, 1945-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155486317 ...

Lee, Jennie, 1904-....

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Epithet: politician Title: Baroness Lee of Asheridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x00012f ...

Russell, Bertrand, 1872-1970

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Russell was an English logician and philosopher. Marsh edited Russell's Logic and knowledge: essays 1901-1950 and wrote about Russell. From the guide to the Letters to Robert C. (Robert Charles) Marsh, 1950-1959., (Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) Russell, British philosopher and mathematician and the 3rd Earl Russell. From the description of [Letter, 19]44 Dec. 8, Trinity College, Cambridge [to] Dear Sir / Bertrand Russell. (Smith C...

Fast, Howard, 1914-2003

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Popular and prolific novelist Howard Fast was born in New York City. His parents were poor immigrants, and he worked odd jobs as a youth, crediting his love of reading to a job as a page at the New York Public Library. He published his first novel at eighteen, and found early success writing adventures set in America's past. He worked for the Office of War Information during World War II, writing for the radio program Voice of America. A Communist from about 1944-1956, Fast appeared before the H...

Hellman, Lillian, 1905-1984

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Dramatist. From the description of The autumn garden : playscript, undated. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131544 Lillian Hellman (1905-1984), playwright and screenwriter. From the description of These three : (Hellman story), 1935. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702193196 Lillian Hellman, America’s most significant woman playwright of the twentieth century, was born on June 20, 1905, in New Orleans to Max and Julia Newhouse Hellman. Her e...

Deakin, F. W. (Frederick William), 1913-2005

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Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986.

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Cole, G. D. H. (George Douglas Howard), 1889-1959

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Epithet: Professor of Social and Political Theory Oxford University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000410.0x000286 ...

Maclean, Fitzroy, 1911-1996

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Scottish soldier, author, politician, and diplomat; Winston Churchill's personal representative to Tito in Yugoslavia; Conservative M.P.; has been suggested as the model for Ian Fleming's "James Bond." From the description of Papers of Sir Fitzroy Maclean, 1827-1861, 1911-1966. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 49605526 From the description of Desk diaries of Sir Fitzroy Maclean [manuscript], 1976-1996. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647954388 ...

Armstrong, Hamilton Fish, 1893-1973

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Hamilton Fish Armstrong was born April 8, 1893, in the house on West 10th Street in New York City where he lived all his life. Following his Princeton graudation in 1916, he worked for the New Republic until he entered the army during World War I. At war's end, he served as a military attache to Serbia which kindled his lifelong interest in foreign affairs. After leaving the army, Armstrong became a foreign correspondence for the New York Evening Post. In 1922 Armstrong ...

International War Crimes Tribunal

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Two International War Crimes Tribunals were convened by the Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, the first concerned with the Vietnam War and the second with repression in Latin America. The first Tribunal was founded in 1966 by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970, an eminent British philosopher whose contributions to the understanding of the foundations of mathematics were crucial for twentith-century philosophy. Russell was awarded the Order of Merit in 1949 and the Nobel Prize ...

Barnes, Joseph, 1754-1818

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Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987

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Joseph P. Lash (1909-1987), personal friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, was the author of several works on the Roosevelts. He was active in various youth organizations in the 1930s and 1940s, and worked as a United Nations correspondent and assistant editor of the New York Post. In 1972, Lash received the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Eleanor and Franklin, and later wrote the sequel titled The Years Alone. From the description of Lash, Joseph P., 1909-1987 (U.S. National Archives and Record...

Anders, Günther, 1892-1992

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