ContentsContainer List Series 1. Carter Administration, 1979-1981 Series 2. Speeches, Testimony, and Travel, 1983-2007 Series 3. Subject File, 1981-2004, and undated |
Sound Recordings and Other Material from the Zbigniew Brzezinski PapersAuthor: David Jackson2009
Biographical NoteForeign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Full name: Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski. Born in Warsaw, Poland, on March 28, 1928, Zbigniew Brzezinski moved with his family to Canada in 1938 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1958. Dr. Brzezinski served as instructor and assistant professor at Harvard, 1953-1960, and as assistant professor and professor at Columbia University, 1962-1977. While still at Columbia, he served as the first director of the Trilateral Commission from 1973 until 1976, which led to his position as foreign policy advisor to the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign. From 1977 until 1981, Brzezinski served as national security advisor within the Carter administration. He returned to his professorship at Columbia in 1981 and continued there until moving to Johns Hopkins University in 1989. In 1981, Brzezinski also accepted a position as counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content NoteThe Carter Administration series consists of recorded speeches and interviews, accompanying transcripts, and other material related to Brzezinski's tenure as national security advisor in President Jimmy Carter's administration. The Speeches, Testimony, and Travel series consists of post-1981 recorded speeches and interviews, diaries, accompanying transcripts, and other material concerning Brzezinski's domestic and foreign speaking engagements, and travel. The Subject File series consists of post-1981 recorded interviews with print and broadcast media sources, episodes from the NPR radio program on which Brzezinski occasionally guested, America Abroad, including the non-broadcast pilot program, and recorded instructions by Brzezinski to his secretary, Trudy Werner. Also included are recorded interviews with authors Tom Hayden and Sally Quinn, which were included with the Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers. The Supplementary Material series consists of cover letters and published editions of speeches that supplement the sound recordings in the collection. Return to the Table of Contents Selected Search TermsPeople
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Return to the Table of Contents Collection ArrangementThe collection materials are arranged in 4 series:
Return to the Table of Contents Container ListSeries 1. Carter Administration, 1979-1981Recorded speeches and interviews, accompanying transcripts, and other material related to Brzezinski's tenure as national security advisor in the Carter administration. Arranged alphabetically by title. Compilation of news about Billy Carter, 1980-07-14 to 1980-07-25 1 sound cassette : analog, monoCompilation of news broadcasts concerning the scandal involving Billy Carter's alleged connections to the Libyan government. Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski for ABC News, 1979-03-23Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses world security issues, with particular emphasis on U.S.-Soviet relations. Sound recording of the interview, 1979-03-23 1 sound cassette : analog, monoTranscript of the interview, undated 1 transcript (19 pages)Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, MacNeil/Lehrer Report, 1980-10-15Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses events in the Middle East, including the Iran-Iraq War and the role of the Soviet Union in the region, on the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, WETA-TV. Sound recording of the interview, 1980-10-15 1 sound cassette (26 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesTranscript of the interview, undated 1 transcript (9 pages)Remarks by President Jimmy Carter at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony, 1981-01-16President Jimmy Carter awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harold Brown, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Warren Christopher, Walter Cronkite, Kirk Douglas, Margaret Craig McNamara, Karl Menninger, Edmund S. Muskie, Esther Peterson, Gerard C. Smith, Robert S. Strauss, Elbert Tuttle, Earl Warren, Andrew Young, and, via proxy, Roger Baldwin. Sound recording of the speech, 1981-01-16 1 sound cassette : analog, monoTranscript of the speech, undated 1 transcript (14 pages)Zbigniew Brzezinski remarks at the dedication of the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family, 1980-09-14Sound recording of the speech, 1980-09-14 1 sound cassette : analog, monoZbigniew Brzezinski speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, 1979-12-18Sound recording of the speech, 1979-12-18 1 sound cassette : analog, monoSeries 2. Speeches, Testimony, and Travel, 1983-2007Recorded speeches, interviews, and diaries; accompanying transcripts; and other material concerning Brzezinski's domestic and foreign speaking engagements, and travel. Arranged alphabetically by title. Excerpts of Zbigniew Brzezinski comments on U.S.-Russian relations, Voice of America, 2000-05-17 1 sound cassette : analog, monoExcerpts of Zbigniew Brzezinski comments on U.S.-Russian relations, Liberty Live, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1996-05-14 1 sound cassette : analog, mono"New Dilemmas in U.S. Foreign Policy," 1988-02-06Sound recording of the speech, 1988-02-06 1 sound cassette : analog, mono"The New Frontier of Politics, the New Dimension of Ethics," 1994-10Zbigniew Brzezinski speech on the dehumanizing effects of the scientific revolution on culture, at the Geopolitics and Human Progress Conference (2nd Symposium sur la santé positive), Montreal, Canada. Sound recording of the speech, 1994-10 1 sound cassette : analog, monoTranscript of the speech, undated 1 transcript (7 pages)Zbigniew Brzezinski diary and instructions to his secretary, 1987-05-12 to1987-05-22 1 sound cassette (1 hour, 5 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesPrimarily consists of Brzezinski dictating a travel diary for his trip to Hungary and Poland during the inclusive dates. Zbigniew Brzezinski remarks on managing NATO enlargement at the United States Institute of Peace working group on European security, 1997-03-05Sound recording of the remarks, 1997-03-05 1 sound cassette : analog, monoZbigniew Brzezinski speech at American Council of Polish Cultural Clubs award banquet, 1984-06-30Sound recording of the speech, 1984-06-30 1 sound cassette : analog, monoZbigniew Brzezinski speech at the National War College, 1984-01-09Zbigniew Brzezinksi discusses U.S.-Soviet relations. Sound recording of the speech, 1984-01-09 1 sound cassette (approximately 53 minutes) : analog, 1.2 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesTranscript of the speech, undated 1 transcript (4 pages)Zbigniew Brzezinski speech delivered at the Poland in the Geopolitically Transforming World Conference, the 60th annual meeting of the Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences of America, Georgetown University, 1997-06-16The topic of the panel discussion was "Poland in the Geopolitically Transforming World." Sound recording of the speech, 1997-06-16 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (1 hour, 2 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski speech on the future of communism at the Glasnost: Illusion or Reality lecture series, 92nd Street Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association, 1989-03-23Sound recording of the speech, 1989-03-23 1 sound cassette : analog, monoZbigniew Brzezinski speech on National Security Advisor reform, circa 1983Sound recording of the speech, circa 1983 1 sound cassette (approximately 25 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski speech on Solidarity in Poland, circa 1982Zbigniew Brzezinski discusses the Solidarity movement in Poland, the imposition of martial law in Poland by the Soviet Union, and the imposition of economic sanctions by the United States. Sound recording of the speech, circa 1982 1 sound cassette (1 hour, 2 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski speech to the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security and the Center for National Security, 1993-12Speech given as a luncheon address at Democracy and the Rule of Law: A Tribute to Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, a conference co-sponsored by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Law and National Security and the Center for National Security Law, December 2-3, 1993. Sound recording of the speech, 1993-12 1 sound cassette : analog, monoSeries 3. Subject File, 1981-2004, and undatedConsists of post-1981 interviews with print and broadcast media sources, episodes from the NPR radio program America Abroad, on which Brzezinski occasionally guested, including the non-broadcast pilot program, and recorded instructions by Brzezinski to his secretary, Trudy Werner. Arranged alphabetically by title. America Abroad. Pilot program, circa 2003 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (approximately 53 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesAmerica Abroad. America and Afghanistan, Rebuilding a Nation, 2004-01 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (approximately 52 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesAmerica Abroad. America and Europe, an Alliance in Danger, 2003-04 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (59 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesAmerica Abroad. America and Iran, Cooperation or Conflict in the Post-Saddam Gulf, 2003-11 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (approximately 54 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesBrzezinski appears as a guest on this program. America Abroad. Pakistan, America's Unstable Ally, 2004-04 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (approximately 52 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesAmerica Abroad. The United States and the Two Koreas, Growing Tensions on the Peninsula, 2003-07 1 sound disc (compact disc-recordable) (59 minutes) : digital ; 4-3/4 inchesInterview with Sally Quinn, Diane Rehm Show, 1989-06-15Sound recording of the interview, 1989-06-15 on 1 sound cassette : analog, monoInterview with Tom Hayden, Dateline, 1983-03-14Sound recording of the interview, 1983-03-14 on 1 sound cassette : analog, monoInterview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, al Haaretz, 1997-01-10Sound recording of the interview, 1997-01-10 1 sound cassette (9 minutes) : analog, 1.2 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesTranscript of the interview, undated 1 transcript (3 pages)Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, al-Ahram, circa 1988Sound recording of the interview, circa 1988 on 1 sound cassette (approximately 22 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesTranscript of the interview, undated 1 transcript (8 pages)Interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Dateline, 1983-03-30Sound recording of the interview, 1983-03-30 on 1 sound cassette : analog, monoInterview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, Reporter's Roundup, 1984-09-15Sound recording of the interview, 1984-09-15 1 sound cassette : analog, monoOral history interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1981-02-20Sound recording of the interview, 1981-02-20 1 sound tape reel : analog, 3 3/4 inches per second, mono ; 7 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski instructions and memorandums, undated on 1 sound cassette (approximately 18 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski instructions to his secretary, circa 1983 1 sound cassette (approximately 12 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesZbigniew Brzezinski gives instructions to his secretary and dictates various letters. Refers to an Arabic translation of the Zbigniew Brzezinski book, Power and Principle, and includes instructions to send advance copies to various dignitaries. Zbigniew Brzezinski instructions to his secretary, circa 1986 1 sound cassette (approximately 9 minutes) : analog, 2.4 cm./second, mono ; 1-7/8 x 1 inchesBrzezinski gives instructions to send promotional pamphlets and advance copies of his book on U.S.-Soviet relations, Game Plan, to various dignitaries, with dictated cover letters to President Ronald Reagan and John Poindexter. Series 4. Supplementary Material, 1983-2008Consists of cover letters, notes, and published editions of speeches that supplement the sound recordings in the collection. These items are arranged according to the order of the materials in Series 1-3 to which they relate. Cover letter from Lauren Van Metre to Trudy Werner, and photocopy of original cassette label, 1997-04-08 2 pagesPhotocopy of Polish Heritage, v. 35, no. 3 (Fall 1984) 3 pagesNote to Zbigniew Brzezinski, 2008-04-14 1 pageCover letter from John Norton Moore and John M. Shenefield to Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1993-12-15 1 pageCover letter from Helene Atwan of publisher Farrar, Strauss & Giroux to Trudy Werner, 1983-04-08 1 pageCover letter from Barton J. Tessler of the Mutual Broadcasting System to Zbigniew Brzezinski, 1984-09-18 1 pageReturn to the Table of Contents |
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