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Edmund Stevens papers, 1939-1992

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Abstract

Edmund Stevens (1910-1992) was an American journalist who worked as a foreign correspondent in the Soviet Union from the 1930s until the early 1990s. He won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting in 1950. The papers include articles, book materials, correspondence, travel notes, reporter notebooks, and photographs.

At a Glance

Call No.: MS#1574
Bib ID 8721554 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Stevens, Edmund
Title Edmund Stevens papers, 1939-1992
Physical Description 16 linear feet (15 record cartons 1 1/2 document box and 1 card box)
Language(s) The material is primarily in English, with some material in Russian and Italian.
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Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in five series and several subseries.

Description

Summary

Correspondence, articles, travel notes, reporter notebooks, and photographs from Stevens provide a compelling perspective into mid-20th century journalism and war reporting, as well as an extended look at political and social affairs of the Soviet Union from the 1940s through the 1980s. The collection contains many articles that Stevens wrote for a range of newspapers and magazines: covered topics include media censorship, persecution of political dissidents, and daily life in the Soviet Union. These articles also cover his early career reporting on military engagements in Europe (1939-1940) and East and North Africa (1940-1942). The correspondence is predominately with editors, and includes significant information about the status of journalists in the Soviet Union, as well as information about specific events.

  • Series I: Correspondence, 1940-1990

    Stevens' correspondence is primarily with editors, and pertains to articles in progress, as well as logistical concerns (housing, reimbursement, travel plans, etc.). There are also several folders of personal correspondence, which include letters from Stevens to his wife, and are almost entirely in Russian. The series is organized alphabetically.

  • Series II: Articles & Writings, 1939-1990

    This series contains a very large number of Stevens' articles. Some are grouped by subject (topics include GK Zahukov, Churchill in Russia, Pasternak, Artists and Writers, Destalinisation, Finland, Desert War, etc.) but the majority are organized by publication and year. The subseries of articles is organized alphabetically. The collection also includes materials collected for Stevens' books, as well as transcripts of radio news reports and mailers.

  • Series III: Address Books, Appointment Books, and Reporter Notebooks, 1950-1984

    This collection contains approximately 100 reporter notebooks used by Stevens; they are written primarily in English, though many are also in shorthand and have portions in Russian. This series also includes several address books and day planners.

  • Series IV: Personal, 1950-1992

    Records pertaining to Stevens' personal life are somewhat limited, and the bulk of information comes from the drafts of his unpublished memoir. The memoir manuscript includes information about his childhood, time at Columbia, and initial move to Russia. The collection also includes a number of certificates and awards.

  • Series V: Photographs, 1940-1980

    This collection contains a number of photographs in various formats including prints, negatives, and slides. The majority are of the photographs are of different locations (Marrakech, Romania, Tripoli, Tunisia, Crimea, etc.) and are labeled, but few include dates or whether Stevens was the photographer. There are several folders of portraits of Stevens, photographs from family trips, and photographs of business meetings and events.

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You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located off-site. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies 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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Edmund Stevens Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

A copy of Steven's Pulitzer Prize winning article series is available in the Pulitzer Prize Collection, Box 109, in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Accrual

No additional material is expected

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

2010-2011-M168: Source of acquisition--Edmund Stevens, Jr. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--6/16/2011.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed by Brianna Nofil (GSAS) 2015.

Finding aid written by Brianna Nofil (GSAS) September 2015.

Revision Description

2015-09-30 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

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Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
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Time, inc Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Journalists Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
World War, 1939-1945 -- Soviet Union Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

History

Edmund Stevens, born July 22, 1910, was a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who covered the Soviet Union from the time of Stalin's purges to the reforms of Mikhail S. Gorbachev. Edmund Stevens was an outspoken critic of Soviet censorship and had a vast network of connections throughout the Soviet Union, where he lived for over 40 years. Journalism historians have acknowledged Stevens as the longest-serving American-born correspondent working from the Soviet Union.

After graduating from Columbia University in 1934, Stevens traveled to the Soviet Union in hopes of contributing to the Bolshevik cause as a translator and writer for the Publishing Cooperative of Foreign Workers in the Soviet Union. He began his journalism career with the Christian Science Monitor in 1939, where he was the publication's first journalist to cover fighting in World War II, reporting in Latvia, Finland, and Greece, as well as Russia.

In 1950, Stevens won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting for "Russia Uncensored," a 34-part series in the Christian Science Monitor about life under Stalin. After a stint as a war reporter in North Africa, and as the head of the Christian Science Monitor's Mediterranean Bureau in Rome, Stevens returned to Russia (now under the control of Khruschev) in 1956, as a reporter for Look magazine. Stevens wrote in great detail about the process of de-Stalinization, as well as about the growth of the Russian arts and literature scene, led by authors such as Boris Pasternak.

In 1957, Stevens opened the Moscow Bureau for Time, Inc., where his work focused on the fall of Khruschev, with particular attention to the 1961 shooting down of a U-2 spy plane incident and the decline of censorship known as the "Khrushchev thaw." The collection contains a letter written by Stevens to Khrushchev, encouraging him to dismantle the Soviet censorship system, suggesting that it hindered Russia's relationships with other nations. Stevens' had a contentious relationship with the editors at Time, and resigned in 1963.

During the later years of his career, Stevens continued his relationships with the Christian Science Monitor and Manchester Guardian. His work was syndicated in eight other papers in the U.S. and Canada through Newsday until 1982. He wrote sporadically for the Times of London and Sunday Times until his death in 1992.

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Series I: Correspondence, 1940-1990

Stevens' correspondence is primarily with editors, and pertains to articles in progress, as well as logistical concerns (housing, reimbursement, travel plans, etc.). There are also several folders of personal correspondence, which include letters from Stevens to his wife, and are almost entirely in Russian. The series is organized alphabetically.

Subseries I.1: Professional Correspondence, 1940-1990 undated, 1940-1990, undated


Box 1 Correspondence, N.S. Biehstock (Book Agent), 1960-1967

Box 1 Correspondence, Caviar Industry, 1962-1963

Box 1 Correspondence, "Chalford-Stevens Editorial Debate,", 1976-1977

Box 1 Correspondence, Christian Science Monitor, 1954-1960

Box 1 Correspondence, Christian Science Monitor, 1954-1960

Box 1 Correspondence, Christian Science Monitor, 1958-1961

Box 1 Correspondence, Christian Science Monitor, 1958-1961

Box 1 Correspondence, Christian Science Monitor, 1958-1961

Box 1 Correspondence, Die Weltwoche, 1978-1979

Box 1 Correspondence, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1957-1964

Box 1 Correspondence, Encyclopedia Britannica, 1964-1965

Box 1 Correspondence, Evening Star, 1963-1971

Box 1 Correspondence, Evening Star, 1965-1966

Box 1 Correspondence, Foreign Service of the U.S., 1949-1953

Box 1 Correspondence, "Glasnost,", 1985

Box 1 Correspondence, "Gorbachev and Yeltsin,", 1987

Box 1 Correspondence, Harvard Soviet Research, 1983-1988

Box 1 Correspondence, Il Giornale/Italian Press, 1989-1990

Box 1 Correspondence, Il Giornale/Italian Press, 1989-1990

Box 1 Correspondence, Il Giornale/Italian Press, 1990

Box 1 Correspondence, Il Giornale/Italian Press, 1990

Box 1 Correspondence, David Karr, 1975

Box 1 Correspondence, Letter to Khrushchev, 1961

Box 1 Correspondence, London Times, 1967-1971

Box 1 Correspondence, London Times, 1972-1974

Box 1 Correspondence, London Times, 1975-1979

Box 1 Correspondence, Look Magazine, 1956-1957

Box 1 Correspondence, Look Magazine, 1956-1957

Box 1 Correspondence, Look Magazine, 1956-1957

Box 1 Correspondence, Indo Montonelli (Transcribed)

Box 1 Correspondence, "Moscow Olympics,", 1979-1980

Box 1 Correspondence, New Chronicle (London), 1957

Box 1 Correspondence, "Nigerian Pipeline,", 1977

Box 1 Correspondence, Random House, 1963-1968

Box 1 Correspondence, "Russian Politics,", 1990

Box 1 Correspondence, San Francisco Chronicle, 1964-1969

Box 1 Correspondence, San Francisco Chronicle, 1964-1969

Box 1 Correspondence, San Francisco Chronicle, 1964-1969

Box 1 Correspondence, Saturday Evening Post, 1959-1964

Box 1 Correspondence, Saturday Evening Post, 1959-1964

Box 1 Correspondence, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-1966

Box 1 Correspondence, Saturday Evening Post, 1967-1969

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1963

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1963-1965

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1963-1967

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1964

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1965-1973

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1966

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967

Box 1 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967-1968


Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967-1968

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967-1968

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1967-1969

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1968

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1968

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1969-1970

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1970-1986

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1970-1986

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1971-1975

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1972-1979

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1972

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974-1982

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974-1982

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1975

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1975

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1975-1976

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1975-1977

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1976-1977

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1976-1979

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1977

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1977

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1977-1982

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1977-1985

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1979

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1979

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1979

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1979-1985

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1979-1985

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1980s

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1980-1985

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1982-1983

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1982-1983

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1983

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1987

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1987

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Boston Globe, 1988-1989

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Boston Globe, 1988-1989

Box 2 Correspondence, Sunday Times/Boston Globe, 1988-1989

Box 2 Correspondence, Time, 1956-1971

Box 2 Correspondence, Time, 1958-1959


Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1958-1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1958-1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1958-1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959-1964

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1959

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1960

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1960

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1960

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1960

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1960

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961-1976

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961-1976

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1961-1976

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1962

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1971-1976

Box 3 Correspondence, Time, 1971-1976

Box 3 Correspondence, Washington Star, 1980

Box 3 Correspondence, "Who's Who in America,", 1980-1990


Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1940-1968

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1940-1968

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1953

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1990

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1968

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1968

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1950-1968

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1954-1959

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1956-1957

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1956-1960

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1957-1959

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1957-1962

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1959

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1959-1964

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1960

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1961-1964

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1964-1978

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1965

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1966-1969

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1969-1989

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1970-1980

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1970-1980

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1970-1980

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1978-1988

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1980

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1980-1981

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1982

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1982

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1982

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1982

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1983

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1987

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, 1987

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 4 Correspondence, Miscellaneous, Undated

Subseries I.2: Personal Correspondence, 1940-1990


Box 5 Correspondence, Nina Stevens, 1940-1946

Box 5 Correspondence, Nina Stevens, 1940-1946

Box 5 Correspondence, Personal, 1960-1973

Box 5 Correspondence, Personal, 1970-1973

Box 5 Correspondence, Personal, 1973-1977

Box 5 Correspondence, Personal, 1978-1990

Series II: Articles & Writings, 1939-1990

This series contains a very large number of Stevens' articles. Some are grouped by subject (topics include GK Zahukov, Churchill in Russia, Pasternak, Artists and Writers, Destalinisation, Finland, Desert War, etc.) but the majority are organized by publication and year. The subseries of articles is organized alphabetically. The collection also includes materials collected for Stevens' books, as well as transcripts of radio news reports and mailers.

Subseries II.1: Articles and Article Drafts, 1939-1990

Box 5 Articles, Balkans, 1943


Box 16 Articles, Include Articles China and Asia, 1962-1969


Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1939-1953

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1939-1941

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1939-1949

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1939-1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1942

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1942

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1943

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1943

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1944

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1945-1946

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1946

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1947

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1947

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1947

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1947

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1947-1949

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1948-1956

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1949

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1949

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1949

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950-1956

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1950-1956

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1951

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1951

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1951

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1952

Box 5 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1952


Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1952

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1952-1960

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1952-1961

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953-1955

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953-1955

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953-1955

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1953-1955

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1954

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1954

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1954

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1954

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1957

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1957

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1957

Box 6 Articles, Christian Science Monitor, 1958-

Box 6 Articles, Churchill in Russia, 1960

Box 6 Articles, Destalinization

Box 6 Articles, Dissidents, 1965-1970

Box 6 Articles, Ecology, 1965-1988

Box 6 Articles, Ecology, 1988

Box 6 Articles, Ecology, 1989

Box 6 Articles, Evening Star, 1966-1969

Box 6 Articles, Evening Star, 1966-1969

Box 6 Articles, Evening Star, 1966-1969

Box 6 Articles, Financial Times, 1972

Box 6 Articles, Finland, 1939-1940

Box 6 Articles, French/German Papers, 1968

Box 6 Articles, Il Giornale, 1979-1980

Box 6 Articles, Il Giornale, 1979-1980

Box 6 Articles, Il Giornale, 1981

Box 6 Articles, Italy, 1955

Box 6 Articles, Italy/Russia, 1956

Box 6 Articles, Kharkov Hearing

Box 6 Articles, Khrushchev in U.S., 1960

Box 6 Articles, Middle East, 1941-1944

Box 6 Articles, Military History--Africa, 1942

Box 6 Articles, Moscow, 1947-1948

Box 6 Articles, Moscow, 1947-1948

Box 6 Articles, Moscow/Italy, 1948

Box 6 Articles, "Moscow Children,", 1977


Box 7 Articles, North Africa, 1952-1955

Box 7 Articles, "Pasternak Funeral,", 1960-1961

Box 7 Articles, Reversal of Rivers, 1983

Box 7 Articles, Russia, 1944

Box 7 Articles, Russia, 1957

Box 7 Articles, Russian Newspapers

Box 7 Articles, Russian Newspapers

Box 7 Articles, Russian Newspapers, 1972-1975

Box 7 Articles, San Francisco Chronicle, 1970-1971

Box 7 Articles, Science, 1990

Box 7 Articles, Security/Militia/KGB, 1964

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1965-1971

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1965-1971

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1968-1969

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1972

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1972

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1972

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1973

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1973

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1973

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Article Drafts, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1974

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1975

Box 7 Articles, Sunday Times/Newsday, 1976-1983

Box 7 Articles, Time, 1962

Box 7 Articles, Tripoli, North Africa, 1942-1943

Box 7 USSR Travel Guide Draft, late, 1970s

Box 7 Articles, Wickie, 1943

Box 7 Articles, World War II, 1942-1943

Box 7 Articles, World War II, 1942-1944

Box 7 Articles, Writers and Intellectuals, 1959-1961

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1962-

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1964-1971

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, Times, 1980

(Not by Stevens)

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1930-1976

(Not by Stevens)

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1960-1973

(Not by Stevens)

Box 7 Articles, Miscellaneous, 1973

(Not by Stevens)

Subseries II.2: Book Materials, 1940-1990


Box 8 Book Materials, Churchill., 1942

Box 8 Book Materials, "Collected Stories,", 1960-1990

Box 8 Book Materials, "Collected Stories,", 1960-1990

Box 8 Book Materials, "Collected Stories,", 1960-1990

Box 8 Book Materials, Desert War

Box 8 Book Materials, Ethiopia, 1940

Box 8 Book Materials, Khrushev Era, 1956-1965

Box 8 Book Materials, Moscow

Box 8 Book Materials, Socialist Life, 1960s

Box 8 Book Materials, "Soviet Lifestyle,", 1968-1970

Box 8 Book Materials--"Topical Anecdotes", 1969-1972

Box 8 Book Materials, Travel in Russia, 1964

Box 8 Book Materials, "Young Russians,", 1964

Subseries II.3: Radio Spots, 1957-1973

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1957

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1958

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1959

Box 8 Radio Spots, 1966

Box 8 Radio Spots, 1967

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1971

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1971

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1971

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1972

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1972

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1972

Box 8 NBC News, Radio Spots, 1973

Subseries II.4: Mailers, 1957-1975

Box 8 Mailers, Khrushchev to Power, 1970-1975

Box 8 Mailers, "Soviet Lifestyle,", 1954-1967

Box 8 Mailers, "Soviet Lifestyle,", 1954-1967

Box 8 Mailers, "Soviet Life,", 1957-1970

Box 8 Mailers, 1964

Box 8 Mailers, 1964

Box 8 Mailers, 1964

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1969

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1971

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1971

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1971

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1972

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1972

Box 8 Mailers, 1964-1972

Box 8 Mailers, 1965-1968

Box 8 Mailers, 1965-1969

Box 8 Mailers, 1965-1974

Box 8 Mailers, "Khrushchev,", 1966

Box 8 Mailers, 1966

Box 8 Mailers, 1967

Box 8 Mailers, 1968

Box 8 Mailers, 1968

Box 8 Mailers, 1968-1971

Box 8 Mailers, 1969-1974

Box 8 Mailers, 1971-1972

Series III: Address Books, Appointment Books, and Reporter Notebooks, 1950-1984

This collection contains approximately 100 reporter notebooks used by Stevens; they are written primarily in English, though many are also in shorthand and have portions in Russian. This series also includes several address books and day planners.


Box 9 Notebooks, 1952-1954

Box 9 Notebooks, 1955-1956

Box 9 Notebooks, 1957

Box 9 Notebooks, 1958-1959

Box 9 Notebooks, 1959

Box 9 Notebooks, 1960


Box 10 Notebooks, 1960-1961

Box 10 Notebooks, 1960-1962

Box 10 Notebooks, 1962-1963

Box 10 Notebooks, 1963

Box 10 Notebooks, 1964-1965

Box 10 Notebooks, 1966

Box 10 Notebooks, 1966-1967

Box 10 Notebooks, 1967-1968

Box 10 Notebooks, 1968-1970

Box 10 Notebooks, 1970

Box 10 Notebooks, 1971


Box 11 Notebooks, 1972-1973

Box 11 Notebooks, 1973

Box 11 Notebooks, 1974

Box 11 Notebooks, 1974-1975

Box 11 Notebooks, 1975

Box 11 Notebooks, 1975-1976

Box 11 Notebooks, 1976

Box 11 Notebooks, 1977

Box 11 Notebooks, 1977-1978


Box 12 Notebooks, 1978

Box 12 Notebooks, 1979

Box 12 Notebooks, 1979-1980

Box 12 Notebooks, 1980

Box 12 Notebooks, 1980-1981

Box 12 Notebooks, 1982

Box 12 Notebooks, 1982-1983

Box 12 Notebooks, 1984

Box 12 Notebooks, 1984-1985

Box 12 Notebooks, 1986-1988

Box 12 Notebooks, Undated


Box 13 Notebooks, Undated

Box 13 Day Planner, 1984-1986

Box 13 Day Planner

Box 13 Address Books, Undated


Box 16 Business Cards--Miscellaneous


Box 17 Business Cards--Miscellaneous


Box 13 Press Directory, 1981

Series IV: Personal, 1950-1992

Records pertaining to Stevens' personal life are somewhat limited, and the bulk of information comes from the drafts of his unpublished memoir. The memoir manuscript includes information about his childhood, time at Columbia, and initial move to Russia. The collection also includes a number of certificates and awards.

Box 13 Accounts

Box 13 Biographical Information, 1989

Box 13 Stevens Biographical Articles

Box 13 Book Reviews, "Russia is No Riddle,", 1945

Box 13 Book Reviews, "This is Russia, Uncensored,", 1950-1951

Box 13 Book Reviews, "North African Powder Keg,", 1955


Box 14 Certificate, 1955

Box 14 Certificates, 1976-1992

Box 14 Christmas Cards, 1983

Box 14 Correspondence, Edmund Stevens, Jr., 1985

(Re: Accused KBG connection)

Box 14 Correspondence, Edmund Stevens, Jr., 1983-1995

(Re: Biography projects)

Box 14 Excerpt, "This is Russia, Uncensored,", 1950

Box 14 Excerpt, "Russia is No Riddle,", 1945

Box 14 "Il Muro del Silenzio,", 1951

Box 14 Memoir Outlines

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Undated

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Undated

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Stevens' Life, 1910-1934

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Stevens' Life, 1910-1934

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Stevens' Life, 1910-1934

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Stevens' Life, 1934-1943

Box 14 Memoir Drafts, Stevens' Life, 1934-1943

Box 14 Miscellaneous, Art

Box 14 Portraits, Edmund Stevens

Box 14 Portraits, Edmund Stevens

Box 14 Portraits, Edmund Stevens

Box 14 Pulitzer copy (1961), letter to Khrushchev

Box 14 "Soviet Woman: Paragons or Pawns?", 1970

Box 14 Third Draft of Memoir (complete)

Box 14 Third Draft of Memoir

Box 14 Third Draft of Memoir

Box 14 Third Draft of Memoir

Box 14 Travel Notes, 1956-1963

Box 14 Photographs, Daughter's Wedding

Box 14 Photographs, Family in Egypt, 1986

Box 14 Photographs, Family in Egypt, 1986

Box 14 Video Tape, Stevens' 80th Birthday

Series V: Photographs, 1940-1980

This collection contains a number of photographs in various formats including prints, negatives, and slides. The majority are of the photographs are of different locations (Marrakech, Romania, Tripoli, Tunisia, Crimea, etc.) and are labeled, but few include dates or whether Stevens was the photographer. There are several folders of portraits of Stevens, photographs from family trips, and photographs of business meetings and events.


Box 15 Photographs, Abadan, Iran, Look Magazine, 1942

Box 15 Photographs, Algiers/Constantine/Tunisia

Box 15 Photographs, Botosani, Romania

Box 15 Photographs, Casablanca/Noussam/Sattat

Box 15 Photographs, China, Look Magazine, 1956-1957

Box 15 Photographs, Chuchill/Harriman, 1942

Box 15 Photographs, Crimea, 1944

Box 15 Photographs, Crimea, 1944

Box 15 Photographs, Crimea, 1944

Box 15 Photographs, Culia Art, 1963

Box 15 Photographs, Ethiopia, 1941

Box 15 Photographs, Ethiopia/North Africa, 1941

Box 15 Photographs, Fez/Algiers

Box 15 Photographs, Greece, 1940-1941

Box 15 Photographs, Greece, 1940-1941

Box 15 Photographs, Greece, 1940-1941

Box 15 Photographs, Greece, 1940-1941

Box 15 Photographs, Greece with L. Stowe, 1940-1941

Box 15 Photographs, Kharkov Ahreilies Trial, 1943

Box 15 Photographs, Kharkov Hangings, 1943

Box 15 Photographs, Look Magazine, 1957

Box 15 Photographs, Look Magazine, 1957

Box 15 Photographs, Look Magazine, 1958

Box 15 Photographs, Look Magazine, 1958

Box 15 Photographs, Magazines--Nskov

Box 15 Photographs, Marrakech

Box 15 Photographs, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 15 Photographs, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 15 Photographs, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 15 Photographs, Miscellaneous, Undated

Box 15 Photographs, Miscellaneous, 1980

Box 15 Photographs, Moscow Life

Box 15 Photographs, Moscow Life

Box 15 Photographs, Moscow Life, 1980

Box 15 Photographs, North Africa

Box 15 Photographs, Official Functions, 1952-1962

Box 15 Photographs, Official Functions, 1959

Box 15 Photographs, Official Functions, 1980s

Box 15 Photographs, Official Functions -- Italy, 1950s

Box 15 Photographs, Romania, 1944

Box 15 Photographs, Sanberg, Look Magazine, 1956-1957

Box 15 Photographs, Tripoli

Box 15 Photographs, Tunisia

Box 15 Photographs, "Trip to Inkutsk -- Baikal -- Khabarovsk -- Nakhodka,", 1967

Box 15 Photographs, Tripoli, Look Magazine, 1952-1953

Box 15 Photographs, Japan

Box 15 Slides, Miscellaneous

Box 15 Slides, Miscellaneous

Box 15 Slides, Miscellaneous

Box 15 Slides, Miscellaneous

Box 15 Slides, Miscellaneous, Art


Box 16 Miscellaneous Contact Sheets and Negatives, (2 Folders)

The collection included several rolls of undeveloped film; these were developed and contact sheets were created from the negatives.