Arnaud and Alexandra de Borchgrave Papers
Collection
Identifier: GTM-151008
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
The collection contains the personal and professional papers of the journalist Arnaud de Borchgrave and his wife Alexandra de Borchgrave. It includes subject files, photographs, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, chronological files, and AV recordings that contain source materials for Arnaud's news stories. It also includes AV recordings of Arnaud's television appearances and events.
This collection is currently unprocessed and access to it may therefore be limited. Researchers are advised to contact the Booth Family Center for Special Collections for more information on access to this collection.
Researchers are solely responsible for determining the copyright status of the materials being used, establishing who the copyright owner is, locating the copyright owner, and obtaining permission for intended use.
Arnaud de Borchgrave (1926-2015) was a longtime American journalist known for his extensive coverage of wars across the world and his numerous interviews with international leaders.
Born in Belgium, Borchgrave moved to England and served that country in World War II. Early in his career, he became a wire servive reporter for the United Press International. He worked for many years at "Newsweek" as a correspondent. From 1985 to 1991, Borchgrave was an editor at the "Washington Times" in the early years of that periodical. Later, he worked as an executive at the Unted Press International. Borchgarve covered 17 wars during his lengthy journalistic career.
Arnaud de Borchgrave died in 2015 at the age of 88.
[Source: "Arnaud de Borchgrave Dies at 88; Fabled Foreign Correspondent," "Los Angeles Times," 2/17/2015].
69 Cubic Feet (105 boxes)
French
English
Gift of Alexandra Villard de Borchgrave, July 2015 and February 2017 (GTM-151008 and GTM-170214). Additional materials donated by Dimitri Villard, 2018 (GTM-180316).
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository