Series 1: Correspondence, 1912-2004
The Correspondence series is composed of Kennan's correspondence with scholars, government officials and the general public, both nationally and internationally. The majority of the correspondence dates from Kennan's tenure at the Institute for Advanced Study, but also includes letters from during his diplomatic service. Please see the subseries descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual subseries.
Divided into three subseries, based on Kennan's original arrangement of the papers: Permanent Correspondence, Chronological Correspondence, and Miscellaneous Correspondence.
Index of Permanent Files, undated
Acheson, Dean, 1950-1992
Adams, Kenneth, 1955-1957
Alfoldi, Andrew, 1958-1973
Allilueva Trust, 1975-1986
Alperovitz, Gar, 1964-1965
Alsop, Joseph, 1950-1991
Altschul, Frank, 1950-1967
American Academy of Diplomacy, 1983-1997
Appert, Antoinette, undated
Arbogast, Stephen, 1976-1980
Armour, Norman, 1958-1976
The Atlantic Monthly, 1956-1974
Bad Nauheim Group, 1986-1996
Bailey, Hebert, 1963-1987
Ball, George W, 1967-1993
Barbour, Walworth, 1951-1958
Barnard, Chester I, 1950-1953
Barrett, Edward W, 1950-1957
Battle, Lucius D, 1950-1965
Beam, Jacob D, 1953-1955, 1970-1973
Bell, Philip W, 1952-1953, 1968
Beloff, Max, 1958-1994
Berberova, Nina, 1980-1982
Bergquist, Mats, 1976-1979
Berlin, Isaiah, Sir, 1950-1989
Bernstein, Marvin H. (Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University), 1965-1967
Berntzen, Arve B, 1981-1992
Blackstock, Paul, 1964-1966
Boisdeffre, 1973-1976
Boorstin, Daniel J, 1956-1993
Bourguina, Anna, 1973
Bowles, Chester, 1954-1968
Boyd, Julian, 1968-1973
Brackman, Roman S, 1981-1989
Braddick, Henderson B, 1963-1969
Bramley, Terrie, 1993-1994
Brandt-Peltier, Louis, 1953-1957
Branting, Georg, 1963-1964
Brement, Marshall, 1977
The British Academy, 1983-1991
Brown, Clarence, 1965-1968
Buckley, William F, 1988-1989
Buffet Foundation, 1982-1984
Bull, Mimi and Neil, 1974-1994
Bundy, McGeorge, 1953-1993
Butler, George H, 1951-1958
Butte, Gerlinde, 1991
Butterworth, Walton, 1952-1975
Caillet, Pierre, 1966-1973
Canfield, Cass, 1964-1969
De Carmoy, Herve, 1975
The Century Association, 1951, 1962-1992
Chavchavadze, David, 1974
Chekhov, Anton, 1985-1988
Cherniss, Harold F, 1956-1973, 1987
Chipman, Norris, 1953-1956
Chotard, Jean-Rene, 1982-1986
Civilian-Military Institute, 1979
Clemen, Wolfgang, 1984-1990
Clinton, William, President, 1997
Clubb, O. Edward, 1951-1953, 1964
Cochran, William P, 1951-1962
Cohen, Stephen F, 1975-1993
Council on Foreign Relations, 1963-1970
Council on Foreign Relations, 1970-1984
Cranston, Alan, Senator, 1981-1992
Crocker, John, 1966-1967, 1995
Crocker, John, Jr, 1980-1996
Cronkite, Walter, 1986-1987
Curtis Brown Limited, 1957-1970
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1988-1996
Danish Archives, 1980-1984
Davenport, Marcia, 1967-1968
Davies, John Paton, Jr, 1951-1998
Davis, Richard H, 1952-1971
De Grazia, Sebastian, 1977
Denison University, 1965-1970
Dix, William S, 1953-1967
Djilas, Milovan, 1968
Djordjevic, Jovan, Doctor, 1966-1967
Dobrski, Astrid, Countess, 1973
Dobrynin, Anatoly, 1964-1965, 1986
Dodds, Harold, Doctor, 1950-1956
Dollard, Charles, 1950-1952
Donhoff, Marion, 1959-2004
Donhoff, Marion, 1959-2004
Draper, Theodore, 1956-1976
Duke University, 1977-1981
Dunn, Roger, 1953-1956
Durbrow, Elbridge, 1950-1982
Dyson, Freeman J, 1979-1991
Eaton, Anne (Mrs. Cyrus), 1981-1992
Eichert, Irene, 1969-1973
Elbrick, C. Burke, 1964-1965
Emeny, Brooks, 1961
Ertman, Eric, 1982
Esalen Institute, 1982-1983
Eudin, Xenia R, 1976-1977
Faber and Faber Limited, 1957
Farnsworth, Elizabeth, 1997
Feis, Herbert (Deceased), 1952-1973
Finletter, Thomas K, 1956-1958
Fischer, John, 1953-1967
Fischer, Louis (Deceased), 1954-1970
Fischer, Ruth, 1953-1960
Fitzpatrick, Peter Bryan (Princeton 1968 Used George Kennan's Files for Thesis), 1968, 1968-1973
Fozard, Lyte T, 1982-1989
Frankfurter, Felix, 1956-1969
Franklin, William M., Doctor (Director, Historical Office, U.S. State Department), 1966-1973
Freund, Gerald, 1955-1973, 1993
Frost, Joseph W. P, 1983-1993
Gaddis, John, 1976-1997
Gaddis, John, 1976-1997
Gaddis, John, 1982-1989
Gaddis, John, 1982-1989
Gaddis, John, 1982, 1999-2000
Galvin, John, General, 1989-2002
Gavrilov, Alexander, 1992-1993
Gilbert, Felix, 1966-1992
Gilliam, James F, 1965
Gilmore, Myron P, 1958-1960
Glad, John, 1985-1996
Gleason, Abbott, 1982-1992
Goheen, Robert F, 1959-1968, 1981
Goldwater, Barry, 1965
Goodman, Constance, 1964-1999
Gordon, Ernest, 1966-1983
Green, Joseph C, 1947-1977
Grimsted, Patricia, 1981-1983
Groton School, 1961-1967
Grumman Corporation, 1977-1978
Haenni, Paul M, 1964
Halle, Louis J, 1954-1996
Hammond, Paul Y, 1955-1960
Harper, John, 1988-1992
Harvard University Eliot House, 1968
Haselton, Norris S, 1963-1976
Hatzfeldt, Hermann, Count, 1969-1999
Hegarty, Thomas, 1965-1970
Heise, Gerhard, 1987-1988
Henderson, Loy, 1952-1985
Henrikson, Alan K, 1979-1986
Herken, Gregg, 1985-1986
Hesburgh, T. M, 1953-1968, 1983-1992
Hessman, Dorothy, 1954-1987
Hiatt, Howard H., Doctor, 1983-1984
Hixon, Walter L, 1982-1987
Holbrook, Edythe, 1982
Homet, Roland, 1985-1990
Hosoya, Chihiro, 1964-1973, 1984
Hughes, Thomas L, 1967-1968
Humelsine, Carlisle H, 1950-1959
Hunter-Gault, Charlayne, 1997
Hutchins, Robert M, 1951-1966
Igarashi, Takeshi, 1980-1981
International Association for Cultural Freedom (Formerly "Congress for Cultural Freedom"), 1959-1969
Interparliamentary Union, 1963
Irex, 1979-1992
Iseman, Peter, 1979-1981
Jackson, C. D, 1953-1954
Jackson, Henry, Senator, 1959-1970
Jacobs, Travis Beal, 1967-1971, 1991
Jakobson, Max, 1990-1997
James, Charles D, 1963-1974
Jameson, Donald (S. P.), 1964-1983
Jelavich, Barbara, 1980-1981
Johns Hopkins University, 1977-1978
Joseph, John L, 1966
Joyce, Robert, 1966-1981
Journal of Modern History, 1955-1957
Joynt, Carey B, 1954-1957
Kajiura, Atsushi, 1992-1993
Kal Flight Incident, 1983
Kalb, Marvin, 1964-1966
Kassebaum, Nancy Landon, undated
Kaysen, Carl, 1966-1975
Kennan Family, 1918-2001
Family Matters, 1988-1995
Relatives Correspondence, 1990-2001
Hotchkiss, Frank, 1987-1991
Hotchkiss, Gene, 1979-1989, 1995
Hotchkiss, Jim, 1990
Kennan, Annelise, 1953-1976, 1993
Kennan, Joanie, 1973-1983
Kennan, Kent (Clippings), 1991-1996
Kennan, Kent (To George), 1992-1997
Vogel, Theodore F, 1981-1993
Kennan, George F., 1973-2004
Awards and Honors, 1973-1975
70th Birthday, 1974
75th Birthday, 1979
80th Birthday, 1984
80th Birthday (Answered), 1984
85th Birthday, 1989
90th Birthday, 1994
90th Birthday (Dinner Remarks), 1994
91st Birthday, 1995
Letters to Grandsons, 1996
Miscellaneous, 1981-1994
Kennedy, John (Deceased), 1959-1963
Kennedy, John F., Library, 1962-1977
Kennedy, Robert, 1964
Kettle, Michael, 1964-1982
Kirchner, Walther, 1976-1987
Kissinger, Henry A, 1956-1990
Knopf, Alfred A, 1954-1958, 1972
Kocher, Eric, 1963-1981
Kohler, Foy D, 1961-1978
Kohn, Hans, 1956-1958
Krepon, Michael, 1981-1989
Kubon and Sagner, 1965
Lacy, William S.B., 1959-1960
Lasky, Melvin J, 1956-1978, 1990
Laukhuff, Perry, 1951-1970
Leopold, Richard, 1957-1974
Les Livres Etrangers, 1965-1975
Lessiovski, Victor M, 1966-1973
Lerner, Max, 1951-1955
Levine, Isaac Don, 1956-1974
Levitas, Samuel M, 1950-1959
Lewis, Flora, 1981
Ley, Francis, 1977, 1990-1992
Life Magazine, 1960, 1971
Lilienthal, David, 1964
Lindbergh, Anne, 1976-1981
Link, Arthur S, 1956-1979
Lipice, Stud, 1966
Lippmann, Walter, 1950-1967
Lisle, Raymond E, 1961-1962
Livingston, Robert Gerald, 1964-1991
Loftus, John, 1982-1983
Logan, Douglas, 1978-1983
Look Magazine, 1963-1964
Lukacs, John, 1953-1998
Lukacs, John, 1953-1998
Lyon, Cecil B, 1952-1968, 1991
MacArthur Foundation, 1983-1992
Magerovsky, L. (Curator, Archive of Russian and East European History and Culture), 1973-1975
Marcy, Carl, 1983-1989
Marshall, Charles Burton, 1978
Mattersdorf, Gunter H, 1957-1958
Matteson, Robert E, 1958-1959
Matthews, H. Freeman, 1952-1961
Matthews, Thomas S, 1952-1959, 1985
Maury, John M., Jr, 1953-1959
Mautner, Karl and Martha, 1956-1957
Mayers, David, 1981-1991
McCarthy, Eugene J., Senator, 1967
McCloy, John J, 1952-1953, 1971-1977
McGovern, George, Senator, 1966-1981
McIntosh, Mavis, 1953-1954
McSweeney, John M, 1952-1953
Mehnert, Klaus, 1949-1982
Meiss, Millard, 1956-1988
Melby, John F, 1952-1953
Menninger, Catherine, 1981-1987
Meritt, Benjamin D, 1957-1960
Messersmith, George S, 1951-1953
Meyer, Agnes (Deceased), 1965-1969
Mikoyan Visit, 1964-1966
Miscamble, Wilson D, 1977-1992
Der Monat, 1959
Morgenthau, Hans J, 1951-1966
Mosely, Philip E, 1951-1972
Mott, Stewart, 1984
Mulcahy, Kathleen, 1977-1978
Murphy, Kenneth, 1986-1991
Murphy, Robert D, 1952-1957, 1977
Muste, A.J., 1964-1966
Myrdal, Gunnar, Professor, 1968
Nabokov, Nicolas, 1951-1978
Nassau Club, 1968-1973
National War College, 1963-1990
Neal, Fred Warner, 1956-1989
Nebolsine, Arcadi, 1978-1989
Neu, Charles, 1986-1989
New Review (Novy Zhurnal), 1973-1990
New York Public Library, 1985-1991
Nielsen, Waldemar A, 1967
Nitze, Paul H, 1950-1960, 1977, 1993
Noble, Bernard G, 1953-1960
No First Use Project, 1982-1988
Nuclear Groups, 1981-1983
General, 1981
Organizations, Foreign, B, 1981
Organizations, Foreign, I, 1981
Organizations, Foreign, L, 1981
Organizations, Foreign, M, 1982
Organizations, Foreign, N, 1981
Organizations, Foreign, S, 1982-1983
Organizations, Foreign, W, 1982
Nuclear Issue, 1981-1985
Individuals, Foreign, 1981-1982
Individuals, A, 1982
Individuals, B, 1981-1984
Individuals, C, 1981-1982
Individuals, D, 1982-1985
Individuals, E, 1981-1982
Individuals, F, 1981-1983
Individuals, G, 1981-1983
Individuals, H, 1981-1984
Individuals, J, 1985
Individuals, K, 1982
Individuals, L, 1981-1983
Individuals, M, 1981-1982
Individuals, O, 1981
Individuals, P, 1981-1983
Individuals, R, 1983-1985
Individuals, S, 1981-1983
Individuals, T, 1981-1982
Individuals, V, 1982
Individuals, W, 1981-1983
Individuals, Y, 1982
Individuals, Z, 1981-1983
Nuclear Topics, 1981-1986
"Build Down Resolution", 1983
Chernobyl Incident, 1986
Freeze, Nuclear, 1982-1985
Obenlenski, Dmitri, 1986
Oceanic Society, 1972
O'Flaherty, Dennis M, 1969-1973
O'Shaughnessy, Elim, 1952-1960
Palmer, R.R., 1965-1966
Pechatnov, Vladimir, 1990-1992
Perkins, Dexter, Professor, 1968
Perlmann, Moshe, 1980-1982
Peters, Lana, 1975-2000
Pierson, George W, 1959-1976
Pipes, Richard, 1955-1978
Planned Parenthood, 1963-1966
Por, Frieda, M.D., 1955-1990
Powell, Colin, 2001
Powers, Richard J, 1967-1972
Pozen, Walter, 1979-1991
Princeton University, 1925-1993
General, 1955-1993
Class of, 1925, 1989-1992
Mudd Manuscript Library, 1968-1992
Princeton University Press, 1950-1992
Putnam, Carleton, 1974-1984
Rabinowitch, Eugene, 1956-1959
Regnery, Henry, 1975-1994
Reinstein, Jacques J, 1964
Reiss, Jurgen, 1956-1958
Reston, James, 1978-1986
The Review of Politics, 1950-1958
Riesman, David, 1958-1987
Riley, Bill and Laura, 1989-1996
Ripon College, 1963-1985
Roberts, Ian, 1988-1992
Roberts, Walter, 1963-1978
Rockefeller, David, 1974-1995
Root Lectures, 1963
Rostow, Eugene V, 1968-1971
Rostow, W.W., 1962, 1980
Rothschild, Guy de, Baron, 1977
Rudenstine, Neil, 1991-1992
Ruhle, Josef and Christel, 1954
Ruhm von Oppen, Beate, 1966-1991
Rusk, Dean, 1951-1971
Sagan, Carl, 1982-1988
Salisbury, Harrison E, 1963-1988
Satterthwaite, Livingston, 1954-1958
Saturday Evening Post, 1963
Saturday Review, 1964-1974
Schiffrin, Andre, 1982-1992
Schlesinger, Arthur S., Jr, 1952-1999
Schram, Stuart R, 1956-1960
Setton, Kenneth M, 1968-1982
Sharp, Gene, 1967-1989
Shriver, Sargent, 1981-1985
Shulman, Marshall D, 1979-1992
Slavic Review, 1967-1992
Smith, Edward Ellis, 1966-1969
Smith, Gerald, 1952-1992
Smith, Janet, 1968-1993
Smith, Janet, 1968-1993
Smith, W. Bedell, General, 1951-1953
Snow, Conrad E, 1950-1951
Snyder, Richard C, 1957-1960
Soerensen, Einar, 1957-1981
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr, 1978-1983
Starkey, George and Bisi, 1990-1993
Starobin, Joseph, 1956-1972
State, Department of, 1975-1989
Stephanson, Anders, 1981-1991
Stern, Frederick M, 1958-1969
Stern, Fritz, 1972-1975
Sternard, Liz, 1983-1993
Stewart, Robert Burgess, 1956
Stoessel, Walter J., Jr, 1954-1955
Stone, Jeremy J, 1981-1992
Stone, Shepard, 1953-1967
Strakhovsky, Leonid I, 1956-1960
Strang, William, Lord, 1955-1959
Straus, Donald B, 1971-1989
Struck, Constance, 1963-1964
Strunsky, Robert, 1952-1961
Sturmer, Michael, 1977-1982
Subscriptions, 1968-1974
Sullivan, William C, 1963-1971
Sulzberger, C.L., 1991
Talbott, Strobe, 1993-1997
Tamarchenko, Grigory, 1980-1984
Taquey, Charles and Kitty, 1952-1998
Thant, U, 1966
Thompson, Homer A, 1957-1968
Thompson, John M, 1964-1967
Trenton State College, 1963
Truman, Harry S., Library, 1966-1969
Tschebotarioff, Gregory P, 1961-1981
Tucker, Robert C, 1965-1998
Tyler, William B, 1962-1974
Ullman, Richard, 1958-1994
Union Theological Seminary, 1982
University Magazine, 1963-1966
Urban, G.R., 1964-1981
D. Van Nostrand Co., Inc, 1958-1974
Veale, Douglas, Sir, 1957-1958
Velbinger, Hartmut, 1974-1982
Villa Serbelloni, 1973
Wagner, Helmut, Professor, 1980-1983
Wales, Jane (Security Options), 1988
Walworth, Arthur, 1956-1959, 1974
Warburg, James P, 1954-1959
Wasson, R. Gordon, 1950-1971
Watson, Adam, 1950-1998
Watson, Thomas J., Jr, 1981-1993
Weeks, Edward, 1953-1989
Wellesley College, 1963-1966
Wentland, Veronica, 1955-1961
Wettig, Gerhard, Doctor, 1963-1967
White, Morton, Professor, 1970-1971
The White Rose Foundation, 1988
Wiesner, Jerome, 1982-1984
Wilbur, Brayton, 1956-1957
Wiley, John C, 1951-1952
Williams, William Appleman, 1952
Winters, Francis X., Professor, 1990
Wolfensohn, James, 1991-1998
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation (Sponsors the Committee for Woodrow Wilson's Papers and Letters), 1960
Woolf, Harry, 1979-1982
World Youth Forum, 1964-1965
Yakolev, Alexander, 1990-1991
Zablocki, Clement J, 1965
Zawodny, J.K., 1975-1993
Zernova, Sophia, 1967
Zhukov, Konstantin, 1997
1912, 1912
1922, 1922
1923, 1923
1924, 1924
1930, 1930
1931, 1931
1934, 1934
1937, 1937
1938, 1938
1955, 1955
1956, 1956
1957, 1957
1957, 1957
1957-1958, 1957-1958
1958, 1958
1959, 1959
1959, 1959
1960, 1960
1961, 1961
1962, 1962
1963, 1963
1964, 1964
1964, 1964
1965, 1965
1966, 1966
1967, 1967
1967, 1967
1969 January-June, 1969 January-June
1969 January-June, 1969 January-June
1969 July-December, 1969 July-December
1970 January-June, 1970 January-June
1970 January-June, 1970 January-June
1970 July-December, 1970 July-December
1971 January-June, 1971 January-June
1971 July-December, 1971 July-December
1972 January-June, 1972 January-June
1972 January-June, 1972 January-June
1972 July-December, 1972 July-December
1973 January-June, 1973 January-June
1973 January-June, 1973 January-June
1973 July-December, 1973 July-December
1974 January-June, 1974 January-June
1974 July-December, 1974 July-December
1975, 1975
1976, 1976
1977, 1977
1978, 1978
1978, 1978
1979, 1979
1980, 1980
1980, 1980
1981, 1981
1982 January-July, 1982 January-July
1983 January-May, 1983 January-May
1983 June-December, 1983 June-December
1984 January-June, 1984 January-June
1984 January-June, 1984 January-June
1984 July-December, 1984 July-December
1985 January-June, 1985 January-June
1985 July-December, 1985 July-December
1986 January-June, 1986 January-June
1986 July-December, 1986 July-December
1987 January-June, 1987 January-June
1988, 1988
1989 January-June, 1989 January-June
1989 July-December, 1989 July-December
1990 January-June, 1990 January-June
1990 July-December, 1990 July-December
1991 January-June, 1991 January-June
1991 July-December, 1991 July-December
1992 January-June, 1992 January-June
1993 January-May, 1993 January-May
1993 June-December, 1993 June-December
1994 January-August, 1994 January-August
1996, 1996
1997, 1997
1998, 1998
1999-2000, 1999-2000
2004, 2004
2003, 2003
2002, 2002
A-G, undated
H-R, dates not examined
S-Z, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
Religion Letter, dates not examined
2001, 2001
A-G, undated
H-R, dates not examined
S-Z, dates not examined
Clippings, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
2000, 2000
1999, 1999
A-D, undated
E-J, dates not examined
K-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Clippings, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
1998, 1998
A-C, undated
D-J, dates not examined
K-P, dates not examined
Q-Z, dates not examined
Clippings, dates not examined
Visit from John Schall and Frank Carlucci regarding the Foreign Service, dates not examined
1997, 1997
A-C, undated
D-H, dates not examined
I-O, dates not examined
Q-Z, dates not examined
Clippings, dates not examined
1996, 1996
A-E, undated
F-I, dates not examined
J-M, dates not examined
N-T, dates not examined
Clippings, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
1995, 1995
A-B, undated
C-G, dates not examined
H-K, dates not examined
L-P, dates not examined
P-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
1994, 1994
A, undated
B-D, dates not examined
E-I, dates not examined
J-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Q-R, dates not examined
S, dates not examined
T-Y, dates not examined
Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1993, 1993
A-B, undated
C-D, dates not examined
E-H, dates not examined
I-L, dates not examined
M-N, dates not examined
O-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1992, 1992
A-C, undated
D-G, dates not examined
H-K, dates not examined
L, dates not examined
L-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-V, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1991, 1991
A-B, undated
C-E, dates not examined
F, dates not examined
G-J, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
Milwaukee Forum, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-W, dates not examined
X-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1990, 1990
A-B, undated
C, dates not examined
D-G, dates not examined
H-J, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
Milwaukee Trip, dates not examined
N, dates not examined
NHK Television, dates not examined
O-P, dates not examined
R, dates not examined
S, dates not examined
"Z" Article, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1989, 1989
A-B, undated
C, dates not examined
Chang, Gordon H., dates not examined
D-F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
I-M, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-V, dates not examined
W, dates not examined
X-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
1988, 1988
A-C, undated
D-H, dates not examined
I-K, dates not examined
L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Floppies, dates not examined
Invitations Declined, dates not examined
1987, 1987
A-C, undated
D-G, dates not examined
I-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Invitations Declined, dates not examined
1986, 1986
A-B, undated
C, dates not examined
D-F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
Helsinki Trip, dates not examined
Hungary Trip, dates not examined
I-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Q-U, dates not examined
V-W, dates not examined
X-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Generic, dates not examined
Invitations Declined, dates not examined
1985, 1985
A-C, undated
D-G, dates not examined
H-L, dates not examined
M-N, dates not examined
O-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Invitations Declined, dates not examined
Travel Expenses, dates not examined
1984, 1984
A, undated
B-C, dates not examined
D-G, dates not examined
H-K, dates not examined
L-M, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
Q-R, dates not examined
Regents Medal, dates not examined
Russia Trip, dates not examined
S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Diary, dates not examined
Travel Records, dates not examined
1983, 1983
A-B, undated
C, dates not examined
Clark University, dates not examined
D-F, dates not examined
G-J, dates not examined
K-L, dates not examined
M-N, dates not examined
P-R, dates not examined
S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Travel Records, dates not examined
Vouchers, dates not examined
1982, 1982
A-C, undated
D-F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
I-L, dates not examined
M-O, dates not examined
P-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Travel Records, dates not examined
Generic, dates not examined
1981, 1981
A, undated
B, dates not examined
C-E, dates not examined
F-G, dates not examined
H-J, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-V, dates not examined
W-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
1980, 1980
A-B, undated
C-D, dates not examined
E-I, dates not examined
J-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
1979, 1979
A-D, undated
E-J, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-Z, dates not examined
Book Orders, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1978, 1978
A-B, undated
C-D, dates not examined
E-H, dates not examined
I, dates not examined
J-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
1977, 1977
A-B, undated
C-D, dates not examined
E-H, dates not examined
I-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-U, dates not examined
V-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1976, 1976
A-D, undated
De Santis, Hugh, dates not examined
E-I, dates not examined
J-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-U, dates not examined
V-Y, dates not examined
Yugoslavia Trip, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1975, 1975
A-B, undated
Bull, Mimi, dates not examined
C, dates not examined
Chekhov Document, dates not examined
D-H, dates not examined
Horton, Berry, dates not examined
I-L, dates not examined
M, dates not examined
Miami Conference, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
Q-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1974, 1974
A-D, undated
E-H, dates not examined
I-K, dates not examined
L-M, dates not examined
N-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1973, 1973
A-D, undated
E-H, dates not examined
I-K, dates not examined
L-M, dates not examined
Meeting with Democratic Study Group Task Force of the House of Representatives, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1972, 1972
A-D, undated
E-H, dates not examined
I-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-Z, dates not examined
Unidentified, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1971, 1971
A-B, undated
C-F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
I-N, dates not examined
O-R, dates not examined
S, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1970, 1970
A-B, undated
C-D, dates not examined
E-F, dates not examined
G-H, dates not examined
I-M, dates not examined
N-P, dates not examined
Q-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1969, 1969
A-B, undated
C-F, dates not examined
G-J, dates not examined
K-L, dates not examined
M-O, dates not examined
P-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1968, 1968
A-C, undated
D-F, dates not examined
G-I, dates not examined
J-L, dates not examined
M-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1967, 1967
A-E, undated
F-K, dates not examined
L-P, dates not examined
Q-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1966, 1966
A-D, undated
E-J, dates not examined
K-P, dates not examined
Q-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1965, 1965
A-F, undated
G-M, dates not examined
N-S, dates not examined
T-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1964, 1964
A-C, undated
Christmas Cards, dates not examined
D-J, dates not examined
K-P, dates not examined
Q-Z, dates not examined
Permissions, dates not examined
1963, 1963
A-C, undated
D-I, dates not examined
K-M, dates not examined
N-R, dates not examined
S-T, dates not examined
U-Z, dates not examined
1962, 1962
1961, 1961
1961, 1961
1960, 1960
1959, 1959
1958, 1958
1957-1958, 1957-1958
1957, 1957
1956, 1956
1955, 1955
1954, 1954
1953, 1953
1952, 1952
1951-1952, 1951-1952
1951, 1951
1950, 1950
1949, 1949
1948, 1948
1947, 1947
1946, 1946
1945, 1945
1944, 1944
1942, 1942
1941, 1941
1940, 1940
1939, 1933, 1939, 1933
Series 2: Organizations, 1913-2004
The Organizations series includes materials related to Kennan's involvement in academic organizations, notably the Institute for Advanced Study and the Kennan Institute, as well as groups related to relations between the West and the East. Much of the material is concerned with the administration of these groups, including membership and appointment decisions, correspondence with members, meeting minutes, and fundraising materials, in addition to papers related to the projects and mission of the organizations. Also included are materials which document his work for the State Department, predominantly memoranda, correspondence, and reports he was involved in creating as head of the Policy Planning Staff and as a member of a taskforce on U.S. - U.S.S.R. relations, as well as a small amount of material related to his appointment as Ambassador to Yugoslavia (1961-1963).
Arranged alphabetically by organization and then alphabetically by document type or subject, with oversized at the end.
General, 1976-1978
General, 1979-1987
Amendments, 1965-1973
Award of Merit, Academy, 1969
Correspondence, 1963-1983
Cowley, Malcolm, 1965-1971
Edel, Leon, 1965-1973
Geffen, Felicia, 1964-1978
Geffen, Felicia, 1964-1978
Mills, Margaret M, 1973-1983
Mumford, Lewis, 1965-1970
Nevins, Allan, 1965-1971
Tate, Allen, 1968
Wescott, Glenway, 1964-1976
Gold Medal Awards, 1965-1976
Honorary Memberships, 1964-1984
Honorary Memberships, 1964-1984
Meetings and Social Events, 1963-1973
National Book Awards, 1976
General, 1962-1976
Awards for Literature, 1976-1982
Citation Material, 1948-1973
New Members, 1964-1974
Press Kit, 1976
New Members, 1964-1979
Societe Europeenne de Culture, 1964
Toast to Jacques Barzun and Barbara Tuchman at Dinner of the American Academy, 1979 January 24
General, 1977-1978
General, 1979-1982
General, 1979-1982
Auer-Lewis Proposal, 1985
Deep Cuts Campaign, 1982-1984
Personnel Problems, 1985
1983-1986, 1983-1986
1983-1986, 1983-1986
1987-1989, 1987-1989
1987-1989, 1987-1989
1990-1992, 1990-1992
East European Fund, Inc, 1952-1957
General, 1983-1994
Director's Office, 1957-1997
Professional and Travel, 1987-1993
General, 1962, 1973
Program in Social Sciences, 1969-1974
School of Historical Studies, 1964-1974
School of Mathematics, 1969-1972
Proposed New Building, 1967
Herodotus Fund, 1958-1959
Analysis of the Book, 1993 May 14
Drafts, 1995 September 26-November 30
Drafts, 1995 March 31-April 7
Handouts, 1995 February 27
Introduction, 1995 December 4
Table of Contents, 1995 April 10
Miscellaneous, 1959-1983
Telephone Directories, 1989-2001
Miscellaneous, 1960-1999
Kennan Institute, 1968-2000
Academic Council, 1976-1986
1977 September 9, 1977 September 9
1978 November 11, 1978 November 11
1979 November 30, 1979 November 30
1980 August 25-26, 1980 August 25-26
1981 December 5, 1981 December 5
1982 December 19, 1982 December 19
1983 December 19, 1983 December 19
Conferences, 1972-1982
Correspondence, 1975-2000
General, 1975-1990
General, 1992-2000
Barody, William J., Jr, 1976-1987
Blitzer, Charles, 1988-1995
David, Zdenek, Librarian, 1976-1992
Ellison, Herbert, 1983-1986
Gifford, Prosser, 1983-1988
Glad, John, Professor, 1982-1983
Reddaway, Peter, 1985-1993
Reddaway, Peter, 1985-1993
Ripley, Dillon, 1983-1984
Ruble, Blair, 1980-2000
Sheridan, Patricia, 1976-1977
Starr, S. Frederick, 1976-1993
Starr, S. Frederick, 1976-1993
Stuart, Rosemary, 1982-1983
Trip to Chicago, 1976 March 16-18
Descriptive Memorandum, 1984
Financial Problems, 1993
Financial Problems, 1996
Five-Year Report, 1979
Letters of Commendation, 1976-1980
Memorandum on Kennan Institute, 1992
1977-1991, 1977-1991
1989-1990, 1989-1990
1991, 1991
1992, 1992
1993, 1993
Ten Year Anniversary, 1986-1987
Twenty-Five Year Anniversary, 1999
Visiting Committee, 1992
The Woodrow Wilson Center, 1987-1993
Fellowships, 1976-1993
Fundraising, 1975-1991
Financial Matters, 1975-1983
1983, 1983
1984, 1984
1985, 1985
1986, 1986
1987, 1987
1988, 1988
1989, 1989
Meeting, 1985 April 18
Meeting, 1986 April 23
Meeting, 1986 November 13
Hammer, Armand, 1983-1989
MacArthur Foundation Appeal, 1989
Mellon Foundation Grant, 1987
Nelson, Judith, Fundraiser, 1985
Title Eight Solicitation, 1990
Problems Relating to Finances and Relation to Woodrow Wilson International Center, 1981-1983
Publications, 1977-1991
Pour le Merite, 1976-2002
Correspondence, 1926-1938
Correspondence, 1950-1968
Foreign Service Journal, 1948-1963
Memo, 1932
Memorandum for the Minister, 1939
Memorandum on Adaptation of Foreign Service Training to Post-War Needs, Bad Nauheim, 1942 May 5
Draft of a Letter to Mr. Shaw, 1943
Letter to Mr. Ambassador, 1944 March
Draft Telegram, 1944 December 21
Notes, 1944
Notes on China, 1948 February
Views on the Conclusion of a North Atlantic Defense Pact, For Policy Planning Staff, 1948 April
Notes on China, 1948 November 16
Notes and Miscellaneous Papers Relating to January 21, 1949 Visit to Germany, 1949 March 10
Letter to Mr. Webb, 1949 November 22
Draft Memorandum on Possible Further Danger Points in Light of the Korean Situation, 1950 June 30
Correspondence Concerning Press Report of Kennan's Alleged Views on Policy in Korea, 1950 November
Draft of Line to be Taken, if Opportunity Presented Itself, with Soviet Officials, circa 1952 May
Letter to Mr. H. Freeman Matthews Concerning Motives for Soviet Anti-American Campaign, 1952 June 6
Gist of Statement Given to New York Times and Herald Tribune Correspondents, Bonn, 1952 October 6
Transcript of Remarks, Department of Research and Analysis, State Department, 1953 January 22
Point Four Plan, 1949-1952
Russian Embassy, 1917-1963
Correspondence, 1917-1921
Photographs, undated
Photographs, undated
Poole, Dewitt C. (Remained at American Consul in Russia After the Bolshevik Revolution), 1952
Reports, undated
Telegrams, 1945-1947
Series 3: Personal Files, 1832-2005
The Personal Files series contains materials about Kennan's career, as well as his personal life. The majority of the series is composed of newspaper articles, either clippings or arranged in scrapbooks, about Kennan which cover his entire career at the State Department and at the Institute for Advanced Study, as well as his opinions on current events and his retirement. Also included are recordings of interviews, lectures, conferences, and television programs by or about Kennan, his appointment calendars from 1965 and 1970-2000, papers for classes he taught at Princeton University, and materials he provided to his official biographer John Gaddis, notably the FBI's file on Kennan. Other materials include photographs, awards and honorary degrees, topical files of articles Kennan collected, and files on Kennan's travels.
Arranged alphabetically by document type or subject.
Audio, 1957-1999
Reith Lecture, circa 1957
Master Tape, Spring Concert, 1974
"Daddy - Reading or Speech", undated
"Mr. Kennan", undated
Unidentified, undated
Unidentified, undated
"The Many-Faceted Figure of George F. Kennan," Richard H. Ullman Lunch Talk, 2004 February 20
"The Many-Faceted Figure of George F. Kennan," Richard H. Ullman Lunch Talk, 2004 February 20
The MacNeil/Lehrer News Hour, December 21-23, 1989, George Kennan Parts 1 and 2, 1989 January 27
Awards, 1949-1994
Awards, 1955-2000
Awards, 1976-1985
Awards, 1982-1994
Awards, 1982-2004
Book Purchases, 1965-2001
Calendars, 1965-2000
1965, 1965
1970-1973, 1970-1973
1974-1977, 1974-1977
1978-1980, 1978-1980
1981, 1981
1982-1984, 1982-1984
1985-1986, 1985-1986
1987-1988, 1987-1988
1989-1991, 1989-1991
1992-1994, 1992-1994
1995-1997, 1995-1997
1998-1999, 1998-1999
1999-2000, 1999-2000
Clippings, 1929-2005
1929, undated, 1929
1947-1949, 1947-1949
1950-1953, 1950-1953
1951-1959, 1951-1959
1952, 1952
1952-1958, 1952-1958
1954-1956, 1954-1956
1957-1959, 1957-1959
1960-1963, 1960-1963
1960-1969, 1960-1969
1965-1968, 1965-1968
1970-1977, 1970-1977
1978, 1978
1979, 1979
1980, 1980
1981, 1981
1981, 1981
1982, 1982
1983, 1983
1984, 1984
1984-1990, 1984-1990
1985, 1985
1986, 1986
1987, 1987
1988, 1988
1989, 1989
1990, 1990
1991, 1991
1992, 1992
1993, 1993
1994, 1994
1995, 1995
1996, 1996
2005, 2005
undated, undated
undated, undated
Book Reviews, 1956-1972
Magazine Articles, 1952-1962
To Be Sorted, 1958-1984
Crank File, 1957-1986
Crank File, 1957-1986
Gaddis, John, 1941-2000
Kennan FBI Files for Gaddis, 1953-2000
Papers About Kennan for Gaddis, 1986
Papers of John Gaddis, 1945-1990
Insurance Policy, 1934 October
Letter to Father, 1912 November 5
"My Soldier," a Poem by Kennan, 1913
Passports, 1983
Personal Affairs Charts, Information for Wills, Passports, Health History (current), 1974-1990
Photographs, 1900-1990
1900-1923, 1900-1923
1925, 1925
1926-1927, 1926-1927
1929, 1929
1933, 1933
1934, 1934
1937, 1937
1941, 1941
1943, 1943
1946-1947, 1946-1947
1948, 1948
1950, 1950
1952, 1952
1954, 1954
1956, 1956
1957, 1957
1959, 1959
1961, 1961
1961-1963, 1961-1963
1964, 1964
1965, 1965
1966, 1966
1968, 1968
1970, 1970
1972, 1972
1973, 1973
1975-1979, 1975-1979
1980-1990, 1980-1990
Personal Photos, undated
Portrait of Kennan, 2001-2004
Scrapbooks, 1934-1977
1934-1953, undated, 1934-1953
1947-1948, 1947-1948
1947-1952, 1947-1952
1949-1950, 1949-1950
1950, 1950
1951, 1951
1952, 1952
1952, 1952
1953, 1953
1954, 1954
1955, 1955
1956, 1956
1957, 1957
1958, 1958
1959, 1959
1960, 1960
1961, 1961
1962, 1962
1963, 1963
1964, 1964
1965, 1965
1966, 1966
1967, 1967
1968, 1968
1969, 1969
1970, 1970
1971, 1971
1972, 1972
1973, 1973
1974, 1974
1975, 1975
1976, 1976
1977, 1977
Telephone Log, 1956-1961
Topical Files, 1832-1994
Addresses and Personalia, undated
Arkhiv Uneshnoi Politiki, 1886
Baylen Book, Notes, 1960
Bibliographical Materials, 1972-1973
Calendar, 1890-1901
Dreyfus Materials, 1962
Family Trees, 1972
Finances and Loans, undated
Foreign Ministry, History, 1974
French Press, Bellanger, 1871-1940
Freycinet, Biographical, 1891
Giers, 1976
Hanotaux Gabriel Papers, 1966
Hansen, undated
Hoskier Materials, 1915-1977
Illustrations, 1832-1910
Krasny Arkhiv Xeroxes, 1922-1925
Lamsdorf Diary Indices, 1926
Lobanov-Rostovski, 1897
McKay Paper on Oil Questions, 1980
Naval Statistics, circa 1894
Okhrana Materials, undated
Paleologue Materials, circa 1967
Petit Parisien, Amaury, 1972
Polushkin Document, 1959-1962
Ribot, Eloge d'Alexandre, 1946
Russian Radicals in France, undated
Soviet Union, 1952-1994
Soviet Scholars, undated
Staal Letters, 1885-1886
Sturmer Reprints, 1975
Taquey Documents, 1973-1978
Taquey Material, 1985
Thurston Paper on 1859, 1986
Verstraete, Maurice, 1949
De Vogue Diary, 1880
Witte Papers, 1986
Travel, 1927-1987
Card File, 1927-1932, 1960-1982
Africa, 1962-1968
Japan, 1964
Russia Trip, 1987
South Africa, 1967-1970 May
Will, 1989-1994
Series 4: Writings, 1879-2004
The Writings series is composed of published copies of Kennan's articles, books and speeches, as well as related drafts, correspondence, and notes. The majority date from his tenure at the Institute for Advanced Study, although there are some writings from during his diplomatic service as well. Also included are unpublished works by Kennan and his diaries from most of his professional career and his retirement. Please see the subseries descriptions in the contents list for additional information about individual subseries.
Divided into seven subseries, based on Kennan's original organization of the papers: Bibliographies, Books, Diaries, Major Unused Drafts, Notes, Published Works, and Unpublished Works.
1938-1990, 1938-1990
1938-1995, 1938-1995
1942-1965, 1942-1965
1947-1974, 1947-1974
Subseries 4B: Books, 1911-2000
Copy Edited Final Manuscript, 2000
Correspondence, 1996-2000
Drafts, undated
Revisions, 2000
Book Reviews, 1993-1994
Contract, 1991 December 9
Correspondence, 1991-1994
1992-1993, 1992-1993
From Readers, 1992-1994
Lamm, Donald, 1992-1993
Wasserman, Harriet, 1991-1992
Drafts, 1990 July 30-1991 May 16
Drafts, 1991 April 30-July 10
Drafts, 1991 April 30-July 10
Drafts, 1991 September 5-1992 January 20
Drafts, 1991 July 10-October 22
Drafts, 1991 July 10-October 22
Drafts, 1991 November 4-1992 April 2
Drafts, undated
Drafts, undated
Drafts, undated
Drafts, undated
Editor's Comments, undated
Index, 1992
New Oxford Press, 1993 June
Publicity and Appearances, 1992-1993
Foreign Publications, 1977-1979
Reactions to the Book, 1977-1981
Reviews and Excerpts, 1977-1978
Acknowledgements, 1978 May 17-24
Armstrong, Christa, 1980-1981
Book Purchases, 1979 April 5
Book Reviews, 1980-1982
Foreign Editions, 1979-1983
Manuscript Pages, undated
Bailey, Herbert, 1976-1980
Brokaw, Miriam, 1977-1979
Oberfranc, Gretchen, 1979-1980
Promotion, 1979-1981
Sparks, Jennifer, 1978-1979
Correspondence, 1968-1973
Foreign Rights, 1968-1969
Weeks, Edward, 1968-1973
Miscellaneous, 1968-1969
Kennan's Handwritten Notes, undated
Source Material Used, 1966-1967
Book Reviews, 1982-1990
Discarded Manuscript Pages, undated
Draft, 1981
Draft, 1982 March
Draft, 1983 March
Draft, 1983 October
Draft, 1989 September
Draft, undated
Draft, undated
Draft, Editor's Comments, undated
Draft, undated
Draft, undated
Epilogue, undated
Foreign Editions, 1986-1990
French Translation, 1990-1991
Permissions, 1983-1984
Photographs, 1983-1985
Ribot, Alexander Research, 1972-1983
Cadot, M. Michael, 1969-1971
From Readers, 1971-1973
Struve, Gleb, Professor, 1969-1971
Vinogradoff, Igor, 1969-1971
Extra Copies of Reviews, 1972-1973
Illustrations, 1970-1971
Index, undated
Permissions, 1970-1974
Miscellaneous, 1969-1971
Correspondence, 1965-1974
Davison, Peter, 1967-1968
Foreign Rights, 1967-1971
From Readers, 1968-1970
From Readers, 1968-1970
Those Containing Substantive Suggestions, Questions and Suggesting Corrections, etc, 1968-1969
Weeks, Edward, 1965-1974
Manuscript Changes, undated
Manuscript of 1969 October From Which Earliest Xerox Copies Were Made, undated, 1969 October
Notes for Autobiography, undated
Permissions, 1966-1967
Reviews, 1967-1968
Chapters 2 and 3, undated
Chapters 2 and 3, Earliest Versions to Be Held and Shown to Mr. Weeks in January 1971, circa 1971
Correspondence, 1952-1975
Foreign Rights, 1972-1973
From Readers, 1972-1975
Weeks, Edward, 1970-1974
Miscellaneous, 1952-1973
First Draft of Chapters, undated
Index, 1972 June 5
Part One of Memoirs II, undated
Part Two of Memoirs II, undated
Permissions, 1950-1973
Preface, undated
Reviews, 1972-1973
Sketches and Outlines, undated
Book Reviews, 1982-1984
Drafts, undated
Fan Mail, 1982-1984
Foreign Editions, 1982-1987
Mailing List Information, 1982-1983
Peck, Jim, 1982-1983
Publicity, undated
Reactions from Readers, 1982-1989
From Prague After Munich. Diplomatic Papers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982, 1966-1973
Foreign Rights, 1968-1972
Letters from Readers, 1968-1973
Miscellaneous, 1966-1971
Realities of American Foreign Policy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1954-1973 December 5
Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin. Boston: Atlantic-Little, Brown and Company, 1957-1982
Comments on Manuscript, 1960
Curtis Brown, LTD, 1958-1972
Film Rights, 1961-1965
Letters, 1961-1980
Reviews, Extra Copies, 1961
Drafts, 1927-1988 September
Corrected First Draft, 1988 May 23
First Edited Draft, 1988 May
1988 September, 1988 September
Early August Revision, undated
Early August Revision, undated
Late August Revision, undated
Earlier Draft, undated
Earlier Version, undated
Earlier Version, undated
Volume 1, 1927-1933
Volume 2, 1936-1945
Volume 3, 1949-1958
Volume 4, 1959-1977
Volume 5, 1978-1987
1964-1966, 1964-1966
undated, undated
Epilogue, 1988
First Compilation, undated
Foreign Editions, 1989-1990
German Translation, 1989
Mail Reacting to Sketches, 1989-1993
Notes, Comments, Lists, undated
Original Text, undated
Pantheon Books Publicity, 1989-1990
Reviews, 1989-1991
Setting Manuscript, undated
Setting Manuscript, undated
Xeroxed Diary Entries, Letters, undated
Galleys, undated
Index, undated
Letters, 1956 August 10-November 27
Letters, 1957 January 4-September 30
Manuscript, undated
Illustrations, 1956-1957
Private Permissions, 1956-1957
Publishers' Permissions, 1957
Reviews, 1960
Correspondence, 1959-1961
Library Data, 1952-1955
Northern Intervention, 1927-1942
Research, 1958-1959
Subseries 4C: Diaries, 1924-2004
undated, undated
1924, 1924
1927, 1927
1928, 1928
1929, 1929
1930, 1930
1931, 1931
1932, 1932
1933, 1933
1934, 1934
1935, 1935
1935, 1935
1936, 1936
1937, 1937
1938, 1938
1939, 1939
1940, 1940
1940, 1940
1941, 1941
1941-1942, 1941-1942
1942, 1942
1942, 1942
1944, 1944
1945, 1945
1946, 1946
1947, 1947
1948, 1948
1949, 1949
1949, 1949
1950, 1950
1951, 1951
1952, 1952
1953, 1953
1954, 1954
1955, 1955
1956, 1956
1957, 1957
1958, 1958
1959, 1959
1960, 1960
1961, 1961
1961, 1961
1962, 1962
1962, 1962
1963, 1963
1963, 1963
1964, 1964
1964, 1964
1964, 1964
1964-1977, 1964-1977
1965, 1965
1965, 1965
1965, 1965
1966, 1966
1967, 1967
1967, 1967
1967, 1967
1968, 1968
1968, 1968
1968, 1968
1968, 1968
1968, 1968
1969, 1969
1969, 1969
1970, 1970
1970-1973, 1970-1973
1971, 1971
1972, 1972
1973, 1973
1974, 1974
1974-1975, 1974-1975
1975, 1975
1976-1977, 1976-1977
1978, 1978
1978-1979, 1978-1979
1980, 1980
1980-1982, 1980-1982
1983-1984, 1983-1984
1985-1987, 1985-1987
1987, 1987
1988-1989, 1988-1989
1990-1993, 1990-1993
1994-1998, 1994-1998
1998-1999, 1998-1999
1999, 1999
1999-2000, 1999-2000
2000-2001, 2000-2001
2002-2004, 2002-2004
Soviet Policy, 1944 September 18
Lend-Lease Aid to Russia, 1945
Notes for German Article, 1949
Introduction to Translation of Trotsky Diary, Harvard University Press (Not Used), 1954 November
Notes for Article on Germany, 1955
Unused Lecture, "Morality and Foreign Policy" (Intended as Reith Lecture Number 3), 1957 June
"Impressions of Poland", 1958 July
Unused Material Intended for Rebuttal of Criticism of 1957 Reith Lectures, 1958 March-September
Statement Prepared for Senate Foreign Relations Committee on February 3, 1959, 1959 January
Draft of Possible Reply to Mr. James Reston on Subject of "Spheres of Influence", 1968 October 30
Subseries 4E: Notes, 1879-1987
Chichele Lectures, undated
Custine's La Russie en 1839, undated
Excerpts, undated
International Affairs, 1974-1979
Microfilm of Bibliographic Cards for Research Completed up until April 5, 1973 and Charts, 1879-1973
Notes I, 1918-1954
Notes II, 1917-1958
Notes III, 1920-1959
Notes for Essays, 1951-1952
Tocqueville, undated
Volume III, undated
Note Cards, undated
Prague Papers, 1938-1940
The Internment and Repatriation of the American Official Group in Germany, 1942 August-September
"Pakistan-United States Relations," Foreign Policy Association Dinner, New York City, 1950 May 8
"Russia and the United States," Russian Institute, Columbia University, New York City, 1950 May 27
"Spanish-American War", 1951 April 9
"The Open Door", 1951 April 11
"The Far East", 1951 April 13
"World War I", 1951 April 16
"World War II", 1951 April 18
"Modern Diplomacy", 1951 April 20
Article in Russian, 1951
Foreign Service Journal, 1953 June
Symposium, "Necessity for International Cultural Exchange," Museum of Modern Art, 1955 May 12
"Survey of International Situation," World Affairs Council of Northern California, 1956 May 11
"Brest-Litovsk I", 1957 October 27
"Brest-Litovsk II", 1957 October 24
"The Polish War", 1957 November 26
"The Famine", 1958 February 25
"Rapallo", 1958 February 27
"Certain World Problems in Christian Perspective," Princeton Theological Seminary, 1959 January 27
Informal Meeting with George Kennan, Hearing, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1959 May 12
"The Experience of Writing History," American Historical Association, Chicago, 1959 December 29
"Pasternak Collaborator's Arrest," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, 1961 January 26
Statement to Senate Subcommittee on National Security Staffing and Operations, 1963 November 3
BBC Lecture "How the 1914 War Started in Russia," Published in The Listener, 1964 July 9, 1914
Article on Khrushchev's Retirement for The Washington Post and The London Times, 1964 October 18
"The United States and the Communist Giants," Princeton University Conference, 1965 February 25
Statement for Hearings on East-West Trade, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1965 February 26
"Kennan States View on Soviet Relations," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, 1965 March 30
"A Policy for the Far East: An Exchange between G. Kennan and A.J. Muste," Liberation, 1965 April
Favorable A-D and Anonymous, 1966
Favorable E-K, 1966
Favorable L-P, 1966
Favorable R-Z, 1966
Antagonistic, 1966
Crank Mail, 1966
Testimony, 1966 February 10
"Kennan Urges War Policy of Moderation," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, 1966 September 25
Statement for Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "The Communist World in 1967", 1967 January 30
Sermon, 1968 November 17
Correspondence, 1968 November 17
Early Drafts, 1968 November
Commentary on Professor R. Pipes's Paper, American Historical Association Meeting, 1969 December 29
Foreword to Japanese Edition of Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin, 1970 February 4
Notes by Kennan, undated
Aron Raymond and Daniel Lerner, France Defeats E.D.C., 1957 (Reviewed by C. Taquey), circa 1970
Ball, Margaret, NATO and the European Union Movement, 1959 (Reviewed by Kennan), circa 1970
Royal Institute of International Affairs, Atlantic Alliance, 1952 (Reviewed by K. Knorr), circa 1970
Schmidt, Helmut, Defense or Retaliation: A German View, 1962 (Reviewed by Kennan), circa 1970
Trelles, Camilo Barcia, El Pacto del Atlantico, 1950 (Reviewed by P. Davies), circa 1970, 1950, 1970
"Reflection," New Yorker, 1971 May 1
Obituary Article for Sir E. Llewellyn Woodward, The American Historical Review, 1972 February
Review of Helmut von Moltke: A Leader Against Hitler, The New York Review of Books, 1973 March 22
Address to Commemorative Dinner Marking 50th Anniversary of Wilson's Death, 1974 February 3
"Containment of the Kremlin," Kissinger/Kennan Dialogue, The Washington Post, 1976 February 16
Tribute to Walter Lippmann, Read at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, 1976 December 3
Lecture at Bundesinstitut fur Ostwissenschaftliche und Internationale Studien, 1977 June 10
"Needed: A New American View of the U.S.S.R.," Common Sense in U.S.-Soviet Relations, 1978 April
Response to Einstein Speech, 1981 May
Address on Occasion of Receiving the Grenville Clark Prize, Dartmouth, Letters, 1981 November
New Yorker, Letters, 1981 November
"A Christian's View on the Arms Race" Lecture at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1982 April 27
General, 1981-1983
Early Background, 1981
Letters from Readers, 1982
Publicity and Press Coverage, 1982
Publicity and Press Coverage, 1982
"NATO Prerequisite to No First Use," Letters to the Editor, The New York Times, 1982 May 23
Draft Foreword for Publication of Policy Planning Staff Papers by Garland Press, 1983 March 25
Interview with Momocilo Stefanovic, Yugoslav Journalist Writing a Book on Tito, 1984 January 6
"Flashbacks," Fanmail, 1985
"Threat Lies in Arms Race, Not Force," Letter to the Editor, The New York Times, 1985 November 25
Comments on Paper about Peaceful Coexistence Prepared by Arbatov's Institute in Moscow, 1986 May 1
Interview for Aamulehti, Helsinki, Finland, in Conjunction with Honorary Degree, 1986 May 23
"History, Literature and the Road to Peterhof," The New York Times Book Review, 1986 June 29
General, 1985-1987
Bleichroder Correspondence, 1888
Drafts, undated
Cyon Letters, 1889
Cyon Letters, 1887
Draft, 1985
Drafts and Notes, 1981
Draft Pages, 1985 May
Research Materials, 1975-1987
Research Materials, 1964
Research Materials and Notes, 1973
"The Great Debate: Choices about Nuclear Weapons in 1988," PSR National Meeting, 1988 March 2-6
"Obituary for the Cold War," Interview with Nathan Gardels, New Perspectives Quarterly, 1988 July
"The Future of American Foreign Policy: A Phantasmagoria," Stanford University, 1989 March 15
Interview, "George Kennan on the Crisis within the Soviet System," Arms Control Today, 1989 June
Commentaire Project, 1994
"Diplomacy without Diplomats?" Foreign Affairs, September/October Issue, circa 1997 September
Interview for Yeja, 1997 December 10
Republication of "The Experience of Writing History," The Virginia Quarterly Review, 2000 January
Russia's Middle Age, 1942
18th Century in Russia, 1942
Drafts and Notes, 1942
"Structure of International Power in U.S.S.R.," Naval War College, Washington, D.C., 1946 October 10
"Comments on the National Security Problem," National War College, Washington, D.C., 1947 March 28
"Soviet-American Relations Today," Army Information School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1947 May 12
Problems of the Foreign Service, Foreign Service Institute, Washington, D.C., 1947 August 1
Foreign Policy and the Marshall Plan, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, 1948 February 17
"Foreign Policy Aims and Military Requirements," Council on Foreign Relations, New York, 1948 June 4
Remarks Prepared for the Foreign Policy Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1948 September 22
"Contemporary Problems of Foreign Policy," United States Military Academy, 1949 February 20
"The Position of Germany in Soviet-West Relations," Canadian National Defense College, 1949 May 16
"An Estimate of the Current International Situation," Pentagon Orientation Conference, 1949 June 13
"An Estimate of the International Situation," Pentagon Orientation Conference, 1949 September 19
Address at Joint Memorial Celebration of Two Churches in Hampton, Pennsylvania, 1953 May 27
Seminar Series, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 1953 July-August
"Western European Integration," Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1954 December 3
Comments on Resolution by the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party of, 1956 June 30
"Effects of the Russian Revolution on Western Society," DACOR, Washington, D.C., 1957 April 11
Notes for Chatham House Talk, Military Commentators Circle Dinner, London, 1957 December 16
Remarks Concerning Problems of Writing Contemporary History, Swansea University College, 1958 May 2
"Diplomacy, Scholarship and Politics," American Association, Oxford University, 1958 May 13
"Alternate Strategic Concepts and Policies for the U.S.," National War College, 1958 November 26
"The Liquidation of the Wartime Involvement," City College Lecture II, New York City, 1959 March 4
"Dynamics of Soviet Foreign Policy," Politics Department, Princeton University, 1959 May 11
Remarks for Dinner at Conference of the Institute for Strategic Studies, Oxford, 1959 October 2
"The West in the 20th Century: A Personal View," Princeton University History Club, 1960 February 24
"Problems of American Foreign Policy," Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1960 February 29
Harvard Lecture, 1960 March 22
Outline to Address at the Institute of International Politics and Economy, Belgrade, 1960 July 7
"Historical Background of Serbia," International Women's Association, Belgrade, 1963 March 21
"Medieval Serbia from Nemanja to the Turkish Conquest," Historical Paper, Belgrade, 1963 March
Mount Kisco Conference, 1963 June
Talk at International Institute of International Politics and Economics, Belgrade, 1963 July 12
Sermon, Belgrade, 1963 July 21
"The Tsar Himself", 1964 February 5
"The Duma", 1964 April 8
"The End of Tsardom", 1964 May 6
"The Communist State as a Problem in American Foreign Policy," Wooster College, 1966 February 7
Princeton University National Alumni Conference, Pebble Beach, California, 1966 April 14-17
Notes for Informal Lecture "Complexities of the Postwar Period," Lawrenceville School, 1966 May 23
Talk to Members of the American Summer School at Oslo Aboard the "S.S. Oslofjord", 1966 June 21
Notes for Seminar on the Origins of the Cold War, Institute for Advanced Study, 1968 February 15
Notes for Mr. Hinsley's Seminar at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, 1969 February 27
"Three Policies in Search of a Principle," Harvard University International Law Club, 1970 March 17
Seminar on American Foreign Policy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1971 February 25
"Stalin as a Revolutionary," Seminar at Columbia University, Professor Brzezinski, 1971 October 20
Statement to the Press about Conclusions Reached at the Russian Studies Department, 1972 May 14
Notes for Professor Schapiro's Seminar on Soviet Affairs, London School of Economics, 1973 May 22
Speech at the Annual Meeting of the Business Council on Soviet-American Relations, 1977 May 13
"The Future of Soviet Communism," Remarks at the Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington, 1978 February 22
Notes Sent to White House for Possible Inclusion in President's Annapolis Speech, 1978 May 26
Notes for Appearance before the President's Advisory Committee for Arms Control, 1978 September 14
Introduction for Ambassador Troyanovsky at the Council on Foreign Relations, 1979 January 31
Talk at Class of Professor Robert Tucker on Leadership, Princeton University, 1984 April 24
Remarks on U.S.-Soviet Relations, Council on Foreign Relations Dinner, New York, 1984 October 9
Remarks on Receiving the James Madison Award, Princeton University, Whig-Clio Dinner, 1985 April 16
Remarks at the Academy of Arts and Letters upon Presentation of Award to Senator Pell, 1985 May 15
Trinity Church Forum, 1985 June 2
Britannica Award, 1989 February 22
SHAPEX Conference, 1989 May 9-10
"Berlin", 1990 June 8
Remarks at National War College on Establishment of Chair in Kennan's Honor, 1993 September 8
Comments Regarding Institute for Advanced Study Woods at Friends' Meeting, 1996 December 15
"Kosovo", circa 1999
This series is mostly comprised of materials related to George F. Kennan's family history. The materials were collected by Kennan's daughter, Joan. Some of the materials were consulted by John Lewis Gaddis as part of his research for his biography of Kennan prior to the materials' transfer to the Mudd Library. The materials in this series are occasionally annotated by either Joan Kennan or John Lewis Gaddis.
Arranged by document type.
Photographs, 1802-2004
Photograph Descriptions, undated
Photograph Album, 1934
Family Photographs, 1940, 1962-1995
Photographs of Exteriors, undated
GFK and Family, circa 1895
Negatives, undated
Pictures of GFK, 1909-1949
GFK and Family, circa 1952
Dave Farraud, undated
Scans of Photographs, undated
Correspondence, 1861-2005
GFK Letters from Childhood, some to Jeanette from St. John's Military Academy, circa 1912-1921
GFK Letters Home, 1922-1929
GFK Letters Home, 1928-1931
GFK Letters Home, 1931-1940
Letters to GFK, circa 1925-1933
Postcards, circa 1929, 1942-1945
Sketchbooks, undated
Expense Ledger, circa 1931-1935
News Clippings, circa 1981-2004
Printed Material, 1992, 2003-2004
Farm Account Financials, 1971
Farm Records, circa 1950-1964
Diaries, 1916, 1924
Writings, 1924-2003
Research Materials, 1912-2011
Microfilm, 1970
The Kennan Papers were processed in 2008 to integrate a small section of papers (approximately 16 linear feet) that had been open since the 1970s with over 100 linear feet of previously-restricted materials. Wherever possible, Kennan's original organization of both groups of papers was maintained. In most instances, the restricted materials continued the sections established in the open papers. However, correspondence from the open papers was integrated into the Chronological Correspondence and Miscellaneous Correspondence at the item level. A chart that indicates where to find materials from the section that has been open since the 1970s in the new arrangement is available upon request. Another accession (Box 312-326) was integrated into the papers in 2009. The materials that comprise Series 5 (Boxes 327-333) are arranged within the series by document type.
- Scope and Contents
Kennan's papers document his career as a scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study and his time in the Foreign Service, and include his correspondence files, published and unpublished writings, and personal files. Many of the papers are related to his study of Russian history and foreign policy or his critical analysis of American foreign policy.
- Arrangement
The Kennan Papers were processed in 2008 to integrate a small section of papers (approximately 16 linear feet) that had been open since the 1970s with over 100 linear feet of previously-restricted materials. Wherever possible, Kennan's original organization of both groups of papers was maintained. In most instances, the restricted materials continued the sections established in the open papers. However, correspondence from the open papers was integrated into the Chronological Correspondence and Miscellaneous Correspondence at the item level. A chart that indicates where to find materials from the section that has been open since the 1970s in the new arrangement is available upon request. Another accession (Box 312-326) was integrated into the papers in 2009. The materials that comprise Series 5 (Boxes 327-333) are arranged within the series by document type.
- Collection Creator Biography:
Kennan
George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was a diplomat and a historian, noted especially for his influence on United States policy towards the Soviet Union during the Cold War and for his scholarly expertise in the areas of Russian history and foreign policy. While with the Foreign Service, Kennan advocated a policy of "containment" that influenced United States relations with the Soviet Union throughout the Cold War and served in various positions in European embassies, as well as ambassador to the Soviet Union. His career as a historian was spent at the Institute for Advanced Study, where he continued to analyze the history of Russia, Soviet Union and United States foreign policies, and foreign affairs.
Kennan was educated at St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in Delafield, Wisconsin and earned his B.A. degree at Princeton University in 1925, where he studied history with an emphasis on modern European diplomacy. Following graduation, he entered the Foreign Service. His first post was as vice consul in Geneva, and in the next year he was transferred to Hamburg, Germany. In 1928, Kennan entered a training program though the Foreign Service, studying Russian language, history and culture at Berlin University. The United States did not yet have diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, and so Kennan was assigned to "listening posts" around the U.S.S.R. in Tallinn, Estonia (1927) and in Riga, Latvia and Kaunas, Lithuania (1931-1933).
His first assignment in Moscow came in 1933 under William C. Bullitt, the first United States ambassador to the Soviet Union, aiding in the establishment of diplomatic relations between Washington and the Kremlin for the first time since 1917. He held positions as third secretary from 1933 to 1934, second secretary from 1935 to 1936, and from 1944 to 1946, minister-counselor (the second highest rank at the embassy), first under W. Averell Harriman and then under General Walter Bedell Smith. During this period, he was also appointed to positions in Vienna (1935), Prague (1938), Berlin (1939), Lisbon (1942), and London (1944). Kennan was detained in Berlin for five months after United States' entry into World War II.
Kennan rose to prominence in February 1946 when he wrote what became known as the "Long Telegram." Written in response to an inquiry from the U.S. Treasury regarding Moscow's refusal to support the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, the telegram outlined Kennan's assessment of the psychology of the leaders of the Soviet Union and provided principles on which the United States should base policies towards the Soviet Union. Kennan wrote that Stalin was "impervious to the logic of reason but highly sensitive to the logic of force," by which he meant primarily diplomatic and economic force more so than military. The telegram resonated in Washington, D.C.--although the interpretation of the Soviet threat became predominantly described as a military one--and Kennan became an influential figure in the State Department on Soviet affairs. Kennan further developed his views in "The Sources of Soviet Conduct" published under the pseudonym X in Foreign Affairs in July 1947. In this article, he used the term "containment" to describe his philosophy for dealing with the spread of Soviet power and influence. Again, this was interpreted by others in Washington as a military strategy, although Kennan intended it to be primarily achieved through diplomacy, economic sanctions, and covert action--anything short of war. Containment became one of the primary rationales for United States' Cold War policies, including the Marshall Plan, the founding of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) in 1949, the commitment of American forces in Southeast Asia in 1965, and the Reagan administration arms buildup during the 1980s.
In April 1946, Kennan returned to Washington, D.C., where he taught at the National War College, and in 1947, he was appointed director of the Policy Planning Staff in the State Department. In this capacity, he was a principle architect of the Marshall Plan, which sent billions of dollars of aid to help rebuild Western Europe following World War II. When Dean Acheson became Secretary of State in 1949, Kennan remained in the State Department as one of his principal advisors. However, during this period Kennan became increasingly critical of United States policy, especially the military interpretation of containment and the entry of UN troops into North Korea, and so in 1950 Kennan took a leave of absence to devote himself to research and scholarship at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.
Kennan returned to the State Department in March 1952 when President Harry S. Truman appointed him Ambassador to the U.S.S.R. The assignment was short-lived, however. Kept under heavy surveillance by the Soviets, in October 1952 he compared conditions to those he suffered under his Nazi internment during World War II, and the Soviet government declared him persona non grata, which forced his return to the United States. Because of policy differences between Kennan and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles (who found containment too passive), Dulles employed a technicality to force Kennan's retirement from the State Department in 1953.
He returned to the Institute for Advanced Study, where he became a professor in the School of Historical Studies in 1956. Kennan became a prolific and respected diplomatic historian, studying modern European and Russian history, international relations, and American foreign policy and diplomacy. He also remained an important, often critical, voice in the ongoing debate about American foreign policy, advocating the use of diplomacy rather than military force and for foreign policy that was "very modest and restrained." Kennan was critical of the buildup of conventional and nuclear weapons during the arms race, which many argued for in the name of containment. He also advocated against military involvement in Vietnam, indicating that it was not an area of the world critical to American security. Later in his career, Kennan became a supporter of Russian and Soviet studies in the United States, identifying scholarship as a productive means to establish favorable relations with Moscow.
Over the course of his career, Kennan wrote numerous influential and critically acclaimed books, including American Diplomacy 1900-1950 (1951), Russia Leaves the War (1956), Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin (1961), two volumes of memoirs (1967, 1972), The Decline of Bismarck's European Order (1979), The Nuclear Delusion (1982), and Around the Cragged Hill (1993). He won two Pulitzer Prizes, one for Russia Leaves the War and the other for the first volume of his memoirs. Though he remained at the Institute for Advanced Study until his retirement in 1974, Kennan did return to government service briefly on two occasions, as ambassador to Yugoslavia from 1961 until 1963 for President John F. Kennedy and traveling to Switzerland in 1967 as a representative for the State Department to help convince Svetlana Alliluyeva, the daughter of Josef Stalin, to immigrate to the United States.
George Frost Kennan was born on February 16, 1904 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to Kossuth Kent Kennan, a lawyer, and Florence (James) Kennan. He met Annelise Sorensen of Norway while studying in Berlin and they married in 1931. The Kennans had four children: Grace Kennan Warnecke, Joan Kennan, Wendy Kennan, and Christopher J. Kennan. Through the course of his career, Kennan was the recipient of many honors for his work in the field of international affairs, including the Albert Einstein Peace Prize (1981), the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade (1982), the Gold Medal in History of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters (1984), the FDR Freedom from Fear Award (1987), and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1989, the highest civilian honor in the United States). George Kennan died on March 17, 2005 in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 101.
- Acquisition:
This collection was donated by George Kennan in 1968 , 1974 and 1989 , with additional materials received from the Kennan family in September 2006 (Accession ML.2006.011) and from Christopher Kennan in August 2009 (Accession ML.2009.013). Additional small donations were received from many other individuals, including Kent Kennan in March 1983 , January 1985 and December 1987 , Edward L. Burke in January 2004 (Accession ML.2004.001), Andrew J. Cosentino in March 2004 (Accession ML.2004.005), Allen H. Kassof in March 2004 (Accession ML.2004.04), Richard Ullman in April 2004 (Accession ML.2004.009), Douglas C. James in December 2005 (ML.2005.017), and Shirley Kessler in April 2006 (ML.2005.005). Kennan's Foreign Service certificate was purchased from Stuart Lutz in August 2005 (ML.2005.006). John Summers donated a 1965 photograph of Svetlana Stalin at Kennan's farm in January 2011 (ML.2011.004). The materials that comprise Series 5 were donated by Joan Kennan in 2014 . The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2014.006. A letter from George Kennan to the children of Charles D. James was donated by Douglas C. James in 2014. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2014.045. George Kennan's insurance policy dated October 1934 was donated by Terrie Bramley in 2015. The accession number associated with this donation is ML.2015.015.
- Custodial History
The Kennan Papers were originally on deposit at the Firestone Library of Princeton University.
- Appraisal
Duplicate writings and correspondence and routine medical records have been separated from this collection. Widely available published materials were separated from Series 5.
- Sponsorship:
These papers were processed with the generous support of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
- Processing Information
This collection was processed by Adriane Hanson, with assistance from Clelia Douyon, Grace Haaland, and Jamie LaMontagne in 2008. Finding aid written by Adriane Hanson in January 2009. Series 5 added by Rachel Van Unen in 2014.
- Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research use.
- Conditions Governing Use
Single copies may be made for research purposes. To cite or publish quotations that fall within Fair Use, as defined under U. S. Copyright Law, no permission is required. For instances beyond Fair Use, any copyright vested in the donor has passed to The Trustees of Princeton University and researchers do not need to obtain permission, complete any forms, or receive a letter to move forward with use of donor-created materials within the collection. For materials in the collection not created by the donor, or where the material is not an original, the copyright is likely not held by the University. In these instances, it is the responsibility of the researcher to determine whether any permissions related to copyright, privacy, publicity, or any other rights are necessary for their intended use of the Library's materials, and to obtain all required permissions from any existing rights holders, if they have not already done so. Princeton University Library's Special Collections does not charge any permission or use fees for the publication of images of materials from our collections. The department does request that its collections be properly cited and images credited. More detailed information can be found on the Copyright, Credit and Citations Guidelines page on our website. If you have a question about who owns the copyright for an item, you may request clarification by contacting us through the Ask Us! form.
- 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.
VHS tapes and audio cassette tapes of Kennan interviews, conference presentations, and television programs about Kennan are located in Series 3: Personal Files (Box 170-172 and Box 317). Series 5 of this collection contains images in TIFF and JPEG formats acquired from a CD. Researchers are responsible for meeting the technical requirements needed to access these materials, including any and all hardware and software.
- Credit this material:
George F. Kennan Papers; Public Policy Papers, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
- Permanent URL:
- http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/n009w2294
- Location:
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Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library65 Olden StreetPrinceton, NJ 08540, USA
- Storage Note:
- This is stored in multiple locations.
- ReCAP (scarcpph): Boxes 1-53; 298-311
- Mudd Manuscript Library (scamudd): Boxes 54-297; 312-334; 86A; 150A; 150B; 200A
- Existence and Location of Copies
FOR DIGITIZED CONTENT: Subseries 1A, Permanent Correspondence and Subseries 4G, Unpublished Works, have been digitized. Correspondence may be viewed or downloaded through this finding aid. To view materials, navigate to a specific person's name, rather than an entire series or subseries.
- Bibliography
Kennan's diaries were published as Sketches from a Life. New York: Pantheon Books, 1989. Correspondence between Kennan and John Lukacs were published as George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1997.
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical note: "George F. Kennan Dies at 101; Leading Strategist of Cold War" by Tim Weiner and Barbara Crossette. The New York Times, March 18, 2005. Obituary from Current Biography. H.W. Wilson Company, 2005. Obituary of George Kennan by Harold Jackson. The Guardian, March 19, 2005. "Outsider Forged Cold War Strategy" by J.Y. Smith. The Washington Post, March 19, 2005. Profile of George Frost Kennan. Marquis Who's Who on the Web. http://search.marquiswhoswho.com Accessed January 2009.
- Subject Terms:
- Ambassadors -- United States.
Arms control.
Cold War.
Communism -- Soviet Union.
Diplomatic and consular service, American -- Soviet Union.
Economic assistance, American -- Europe.
History -- Study and teaching -- United States.
International relations.
Nuclear nonproliferation.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States.
World politics -- 20th century. - Genre Terms:
- Born digital.
Correspondence
Photographs, Original.
Scrapbooks.
Speeches.
Writings. - Names:
- Council on foreign relations
United States. Foreign Service
Kennan Institute
Institute for advanced study Princeton, N.J.
Kennan, George F. (George Frost) (1904-2005) - Places:
- Europe -- Politics and government -- 1945-
Russia -- History.
Soviet Union -- Foreign relations.
Soviet Union -- Politics and government.
United States -- Foreign relations.
United States -- Foreign relations -- Yugoslavia.
United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.