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Elizabeth Becker Cambodia and Khmer Rouge Collection, 1970-1988

Overview of the Collection

Creator
Becker, Elizabeth
Title
Elizabeth Becker Cambodia and Khmer Rouge Collection
Dates
1970-1988 (inclusive)
Quantity
0.86 cubic feet (2 boxes), includes textual materials, photographs and DVDs
Collection Number
6036 (Accession No. 6036-001)
Summary
Publications, personal notes, photographs, recorded interviews, transcription of interview with Ieng Sary, and United Nations reports and correspondence regarding Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge compiled by journalist, Elizabeth Becker
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

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Languages
English, French
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Biographical Note

Elizabeth Becker has had an extensive career as an award winning international journalist for the New York Times, National Public Radio, and the Washington Post. Her primary area of expertise is in Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge due to her coverage of the Cambodian Civil War in the 1960s and 1970s. During this time she was one of only 2 journalists to interview Pol Pot while he was in power and is the author of "When the War was Over" (1986), a history of modern Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. She had also covered many other stories of international significance such as South Africa's first democratic election and the Rwandan Genocide.

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Content Description

Publications, personal notes, photographs, recorded interviews, transcription of interview with Ieng Sary, and United Nations reports and correspondence regarding Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge. Notes and materials were gathered by Becker on a 2 week reporting trip to Cambodia in December 1978. Some materials are in French. Also included are several subsequent interviews with Khmer Rouge Leaders. DVD copies of taped interviews include: Pol Pot- December 22, 1978, Ieng Sary- December 19, 1978, Ieng Thirith- 1980, and minor Khmer Rouge Officials at Sime Reap Zoo and Angkor Temples.

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Use of the Collection

Restrictions on Use

Creator's copyrights transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.

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Administrative Information

Arrangement

Arranged in 4 series.

  • Series 1, Interviews -- text and audio
  • Series 2, Notes and other papers
  • Series 3, Photographs
  • Series 4, Publications

Acquisition Information

Elizabeth Becker, 2009-04-15

Related Materials

Elizabeth Becker Photographs and Tapes of Cambodia

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Detailed Description of the Collection

 

  • Series 1: Interviews -- text and audio

  • Series 2: Notes and other papers

  • Series 3: Photographs

    • Description: Photographs of Sights and People in Cambodia
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/10-11
      Location: Series 3: Photographs
    • Description: Negatives of Sights and People in Cambodia
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 1/12
      Location: Series 3: Photographs

  • Series 4: Publications

    • Description: "Signal Victory of the Militant Unity of the Three Indo-Chinese Peoples"
      Dates: 1970
      Container: Box/Folder 2/1
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Communique de presse de la premiere session pleniere de la premiere legislature de l'assemblee des representants du peuple du Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1976
      Container: Box/Folder 2/2
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Democratic Kampuchea is Moving Forward"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 2/3
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Long Live the 17th Anniversay of the Communist Party of Kampuchea - Speech by Pol Pot, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Kampuchean Communist Party, Delivered on September 29, 1977"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 2/4
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Comment fut Decide et Prepare le Depart Officiel du Marechal President de Phnom Penh, Republique Khmere, le ler Avril 1975"
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 2/5
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Discours prononce par le Camarade Pol Pot, Secretaire du Comite Central du Parti Communiste du Kampuchea - Au Meeting Commemorant le 17 Anniversaire de la Fondation du Parti Communiste du Kampuchea et a l'occasion de la proclamation solennelle de L'exist
      Dates: 1977
      Container: Box/Folder 2/6
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Democratic Kampuchea: Black paper - Facts and Evidences of the Acts of Aggression and Annexation of Vietnam against Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/7
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Les Grandioses Victoires de la Revoluntionm du Kampuchea sous La Direction juste et Clairvoyante du Parti Communiste du Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/8
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Talks with the Delegation of the Sweden-Kampuchea Friendship Associaiton"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/9
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Continuons a tenir fermement haut leve le drapeau de la victoire du glorieux parti communiste du Kampuchea pour defendre le Kampuchea Democratique poursuivre ;a revolution socialiste et edifier le socialisme"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/10
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Evidences on the Vietnamese aggression against Democratic Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/11
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Interview of Comrade Pol Pot to the Delegation of Yugoslav Journalists in Visit to Democratic Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/12
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Interview of Comrade Pol Pot to the Democratic Kampuchea Press-Agency"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/13
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Talks with the Delegation of the Association Belgium - Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/14
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Interview to Mr. Jan Myrdal, Member of the Delegation of the Association of Friendship Sweden-Kampuchea for the Swedish Television"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/15
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Biography of Comrade Pol Pot"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/16
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Pol Pot - Interview to the Representatives of the Hong Kong's Newspapers Wen Wei Po and Ta Kun Pao"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/17
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Speech made by Comrade Pol Pot at the banquet given in honour of the delegation of the Communist Party of China and the government of the People's Republic of China"
      Dates: 1978
      Container: Box/Folder 2/18
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "The Peoples Republic of Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/19
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "The National United Front for the Salvation of Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/20
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Le conseil populaire revolutionnnaire du Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1979
      Container: Box/Folder 2/21
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Role of the Kampuchean Women for Equality, Development and Peace"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/22
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Heroism of the Kampuchean Women before and after the Vietnamese Invasion"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/23
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "L'Opinion Mondiale et la Situation Actuelle au Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1980
      Container: Box/Folder 2/24
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "La solidarite Kampuchea - Vietnam"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/25
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Thai authorities step up hostile activities against the People's Republic of Kampuchea"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/26
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Quelques preuves sur les manoeuvres des expansionnistes et hegemonistes chinois contre le peuple Kampucheen"
      Dates: 1982
      Container: Box/Folder 2/27
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Kampuchean Today"
      Dates: 1988
      Container: Box/Folder 2/28
      Location: Series 4: Publications
    • Description: "Women of Cambodia"
      Dates: undated
      Container: Box/Folder 2/29
      Location: Series 4: Publications


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