General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:1/96

Part of series

HU OSA 300-1-8 Records of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Research Institute: General Records: Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Public Affairs Photographic Files

Located at

Archival photo box #1 / No. 96

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_001-096

Legacy ID

rfe_workflow_096

Date

1955

Level

Item

Primary Type

Still image

Language

English

Notes

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Content

Form/Genre

Photograph

Contents Summary

A woman and a man work behind a huge desk strewn with dailies including Le Figaro, Népszava, New York Herald Tribune, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Le Monde. Some of the papers are still rolled up, unopened. There is a pair of scissors on the desk, and a telephone on a special holder. The woman is sitting at the table, consulting a file in a specially designed cabinet. The man is standing behind her, bending over and lifting a bunch of newspapers. The woman wears a summer dress, the man a white shirt, tie and vest. Cf HU OSA 300-1-8:1/94, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/95, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/114, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/115, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/116.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
#877, #849 - Rosenberg Series - 1/56 RFE Periodicals Library - Munich, Two librarians dispatch new publications to staff members. The file to which the young woman refers holds the key to each publications routing. RFE receives 1,300 newspapers and magazines from all over the world each month. (550 from behind the Iron Curtain and 650 from the West. RFE receives the leading newspapers from Moscow, Prague, Warsaw and Budapest one day after they are published. RFE editors have the text to the leading article in Pravda by 9 a.m. on the day of publication. This article sets the tone of propaganda for the entire Soviet bloc for the day and often introduces policy changes or new propaganda attacks. This article is broadcast from Moscow each morning on the early morning press review. RFE monitors and records this broadcast. The article is immediately translated, reproduced and distributed to RFE editors.

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

Cold War, disguised as Arrow Cross militiaman, library, man, monitoring, newspaper, press clipping, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, woman