4079822Ted Berkman papers4079822Rare Book and Manuscript Library
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 Summary

This is a small collection of correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts, teletype and mimeographed copies, clippings, and photostats, reflecting Berkman's reporting and intelligence work during the 1940s. There are radio dispatches from wartime Yugoslavia and from Greece in 1944, Office of Strategic Services (OSS) reports and analysis concerning Greece, Turkey, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East, and a pamphlet reflecting his later work with UNICEF.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known);Ted Berkman papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Blau, Joel. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--09/21/92. Accession number--M-92-09-21.

 Biographical / Historical

Edward O. Berkman (1914-2006) was an intelligence analyst with the O.S.S. and a radio correspondent for the American Broadcasting Company during World War II, and later Educational Director at UNICEF. He was later known as an author and screenwriter.

 Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of Joel Blau, 1992.

 Processing Information

Papers Processed HR 02/23/93.

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Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 Intelligence service Radio broadcasting Reporters and reporting World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements Greece -- History -- Civil War, 1944-1949 Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945 Carbon copies Clippings (Information Artifacts) Dispatches Lists (document genres) Manuscripts (documents) Mimeograph copies Pamphlets Photographic prints Reports Stats (copies) Foreign correspondents Intelligence officers Journalists Politicians Radio journalists Revolutionaries Statesmen War correspondents American Broadcasting Company United Nations -- : Officials and employees UNICEF United States. Office of Strategic Services PapersGreeceIntelligence analysis for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS)circa 1944-19491Scope and Contents

Report on the activities of the Greek guerillas in the Civil War period of 1944-1949.

Radio dispatch1944 March 201Scope and Contents

Photostat of teletype concerning wartime intelligence.

Office of Strategic Services (OSS)--Research and Analysis Reports1943-19461Scope and Contents

Includes list of officials of Eastern European and Middle Eastern countries; Notes on Egypt; "Character and composition of the Turkish press (1939-1944)"; and "Daily report/Foreign radio broadcasts/Far Eastern Section...1946".

Yugoslavia1940sClippings1940s1Scope and Contents

3 American clippings about wartime Yugoslavia.

Radio dispatches1940s1Scope and Contents

Reports from the Partisan forces during World War II.

UNICEF--United Nations Appeal for Children1Scope and Contents

Photostatic pamphlet