Peter Bergen Papers
Scope and Contents
The personal papers of journalist and documentarian Peter Bergen relating to his work covering Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, and global terrorism.
It consists of approximately 71,000 pages of archival papers containing extensive subject and research files, correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and drafts, and documentary scripts. It also includes 49 audio tapes containing 2,940 minutes of interviews, 12 video tapes containing 510 minutes of footage, and a videotape interview of Peter Bergen providing an extensive overview of the archival collection.
Dates
- Creation: 1980s-2010s
Creator
- Bergen, Peter, 1962- (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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.
Conditions Governing Use
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.
Extent
56 Cubic Feet (56 boxes and 1 binder )
Language of Materials
English
Metadata Rights Declarations
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Peter Bergen, 2024.
- Status
- Unprocessed
- Author
- John Zarrillo
- Date
- 2024-04
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu
