General information

Call No.:

300-1-8:2/4

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 #2 / No. 4

Digital ver. identifier

HU OSA 300-1-8_002-004

Legacy ID

rfe_person_004

Date

1985

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

Ben J. Wattenberg is sitting at a conference table and talking. He is wearing a suit and a tie. His name is both on a name tag pinned on his jacket as well as on a huge sign on the table. On the table there is a a microphone, a jug of water and a shoulder of another man sitting next to Wattenberg. Same event as in HU OSA 300-1-8:6/55, HU OSA 300-1-8:6/56, HU OSA 300-1-8:6/57, HU OSA 300-1-8:6/58, HU OSA 300-1-8:6/59, HU OSA 300-1-8:6/60.
ORIGINAL CAPTION:
n.a
Research based description
"Ben J. Wattenberg, Vice-Chairman, has been an aide and speechwriter to President Lyndon B. Johnson, a campaign advisor for the late Senator Hubert Humphrey's race for the Senate and an advisor for Senator Henry Jackson's contest for the Democratic Presidential nomination. Mr. Wattenberg served on President Carter's Advisory Board on Ambassadorial Appointments and was chosen as Public Member of the American delegation to the Madrid Conference on Human Rights. He is widely known as a writer, editor, publisher and broadcaster. He is currently Vice Chairman of the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C, and co-editor of the bi-monthly magazine Public Opinion. Throughout his career he has served as a narrator-essayist for the Public Broadcasting Service. Mr. Wattenberg's most recent book is entitled The Good News is the Bad News is Wrong." Board of Directors. In: Airwaves 2/1985, p. 15.

Context

Associated Names

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Copyright holder)

Associated Places

Munich

Subject / Coverage

Spatial Coverage

Munich

Germany

Collection Specific Tags

Broadcasting, Cold War, Crusade for Freedom, man, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty