Subseries Information

Title

Speeches and writings

Dates

1965–2006

Conditions Governing Access

The papers are open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

Copyright is retained by Henry A. Kissinger for works he has authored and provided during his lifetime to the Yale University Library. After the lifetime of Dr. Kissinger, all intellectual property rights, including without limitation all copyrights, in and to the works authored by Dr. Kissinger pass to Yale University, with the exception of all intellectual property rights, including without limitation all copyrights, motion picture and/or audio rights in and to his books, interviews and any films that will be retained by Dr. Kissinger’s heirs and assigns. Copyright status for collection materials other than those authored by Dr. Kissinger is unknown.

Except for the limited purposes allowed by the Yale University Library Guide to Using Special Collections, exploitation, including without limitation the reproduction, distribution, adaption, or display of Dr. Kissinger’s works protected by the U.S. Copyright Act (Title 17 U.S.C. §101 et seq.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Works not in the public domain shall not be commercially exploited without permission of Dr. Kissinger, the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.

Existence and Location of Originals

Originals of documents marked with an [LC] in the upper right-hand corner are at the Library of Congress.

Existence and Location of Originals

Originals of documents marked with an [Y] in the upper right-hand corner are at the Yale University Library.

Scope and Contents

The speeches and writings files primarily consist of drafts and published versions of Kissinger’s speeches and articles from 1977 to 2006. A number of files contain notes or transcripts of interviews he gave during this period. A few of the files concern earlier speeches and writings from the 1960s and 1970s but include material added from later years, and these files were originally kept by Kissinger’s staff with the other post-government files. There are also smaller sections concerning reviews of Kissinger’s books and the regular articles Kissinger wrote for Newsweek magazine. The Newsweek files cover only a selection of Kissinger’s articles for the publication and additional related material can be found in the general section of the speeches and writings files. The speeches and writings files do not contain materials relating to the writing of his memoirs or other books from this period except for the copies of book reviews.