Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- Bingham, Alfred M. (Alfred Mitchell), 1905-1998
- Extent:
- 1 item and 1 folder
- Language:
- English .
- Preferred citation:
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alfred M. Bingham Manuscript; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Typescript by Alfred M. Bingham entitled "Soviet Experiments in Democracy: Report of a trip to the USSR in 1962." It concerns interviews he and his wife had with Soviet legal and educational personnel. In the report written following Bihgam's trip to the Soviet Union, he "attempted to evaluate those parts of the new Communist Party program which deal with democracy, in the light of conversations his wife and himself had with a number of Soviet citizens of professional standing in the fields of law, local government and education."
- Biographical / Historical:
Alfred Mitchell Bingham (1905-1998), lawyer, author, founder of the journal Common Sense. Graduated from Yale College in 1927 and Yale Law School in 1930. After graduation, he traveled for two-year around Europe and Asia interviewing many world figures, including Benito Mussolini, Mohatma Ghandi and Chiang Kai-Shek, for American newspapers. In the 1930s, Bingham served as an officer of the Farmer-Labor Political Federation and the American Civil Liberties Union. During World War II he joined the Army, rose to the rank of major during service in Europe, and after Germany's surrender served in the military government imposed on the country. After the war, worked briefly again as a journalist and then opened a law office but continued his interest in politics. Bingham is the author of numerous articles and number of books on economics, political theory, democracy, including in the Soviet Union.
- Acquisition information:
- Manuscript: Source of acquisition--Hazard, John Newbold. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1962.
- Processing information:
Manuscript Accessioned 1962.
Manuscript Processed 01/--/79.
Formerly part of Bakhmeteff (BAR) General Ms Collection with Coll No. BAR Ms Coll/Bingham.
- Rules or conventions:
- aapm
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
- Americans -- Soviet Union
Reports
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
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This collection is located on-site.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
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Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Alfred M. Bingham Manuscript; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
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6th Floor East Butler Library535 West 114th St.New York, NY 10027, United States
- CONTACT:
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(212) 854-5590rbml@library.columbia.edu