Samuel Chavkin Papers, 1974-1994 (mostly 1974-1979)

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Collection Overview

Creator:

Chavkin, Samuel (1913-1994)

Title:

Samuel Chavkin Papers

Repository:

Manuscripts Division

Permanent URL:

http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/1544bp146

Dates:

1974-1994 (mostly 1974-1979)

Size:

4 boxes and 1.6 linear feet

Storage Note:

ReCAP (scarcpxm): Box 1-4

Language:

English

Abstract: Consists of 59 audio recordings and selected correspondence and articles by American journalist Samuel Chavkin, who covered events in Chile for various publications in the 1970s, primarily after the military junta of 1973.

Collection Description & Creator Information

Scope and Contents

The collection consists of 59 audio recordings and selected correspondence and articles by Chavkin, who covered events in Chile for various publications in the 1970s, primarily after the military junta of 1973. Included are recordings taken from the radio shows, "Radio Habana, Cuba" and "De Chile y Para Chile," of interviews (1974-1978) with Augusto Pinochet, Joan Jara, Carmen Castillo, Laura Allende, Miguel Schweitzer, Beatriz Allende, and others, and many other recordings of interviews conducted by Chavkin with various people discussing Salvador Allende, Pablo Neruda, and the political, social, and economic conditions in Chile. Also present are a typescript of an interview with Harald Edelstam, Swedish Ambassador to Chile; various articles and editorials by Chavkin about Chile; a small amount of correspondence with Ximena de la Barra MacDonald, G. Perotti, Harald Edelstam, and others; photographs of Chile under military rule; and a typescript, with autograph corrections, of an unpublished English translation of Chile: The Executioners (Las Fuerza Armadas de Chile, 1976), by Fernando Rivas Sanchez and Elizabeth Reiman Weigert.

Arrangement

Organized into two series: Series 1: Correspondence, Articles and Editorials, Photographs, and Works of Others and Series 2: Audiorecordings.

Collection Creator Biography:

Chavkin

Samuel Chavkin was an American journalist.

Collection History

Acquisition:: Gift of Sylvia Chavkin. AM 1995-105.
Appraisal: No appraisal information is available.
Processing Information: Folder list prepared by Lisa Yankowitz '13 in 2012. Edited by Hilde Creager (2015) in 2012.

Access & Use

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research use.

Conditions Governing Use

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Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

For preservation reasons, original analog and digital media may not be read or played back in the reading room. Users may visually inspect physical media but may not remove it from its enclosure. All analog audiovisual media must be digitized to preservation-quality standards prior to use. Audiovisual digitization requests are processed by an approved third-party vendor. Please note, the transfer time required can be as little as several weeks to as long as several months and there may be financial costs associated with the process. Requests should be directed through the Ask Us Form.

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