Bibliography of Whittaker Chambers explained

See main article: Whittaker Chambers.

Bibliography of writings by Chambers

Translations

thumb|right|1923 first edition cover of Bambi, which Chambers translated into English in 1928

• Bambi (1928): Bambi. Eine Lebensgeschichte aus dem Walde by Felix Salten. Published by Ullstein Verlag, Austria in 1923. Translated by Whittaker Chambers as Bambi, A Life in the Woods. Published by Simon & Schuster, New York in 1928.
• Complete list of translations 1928-1940

Books and plays

For the best known work written by Chambers, see separate entry Witness (memoir)

• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Can You Hear Their Voices? . International Pamphlets . 1932 . Can You Hear Their Voices? .
• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Witness . Random House . 1952 . 0-89526-571-0 .
• Book: Saints for Now . Ignatius Press . 1952 . 0-89870-476-6 . (includes a Commonweal article by Whittaker Chambers)^[1]
• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . Cold Friday . Random House . 1964 . 0-394-41969-3.

Online

• Chambers . Whittaker . National Review [complete articles] ]. . 2012-03-18.
• Web site: Chambers . Whittaker . A Letter to My Children . Heritage Foundation . 1986 . 29 September 2020.
• Web site: Chambers . Whittaker . List of Translations by Whittaker Chambers . WhittakerChambers.org . 2008 . 2012-03-11.

Collections

• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . William F. . Buckley Jr. . Odyssey of a Friend: Letters to William F. Buckley Jr. 1954-1961 . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 1987 . 0-89526-567-2 .
• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . Ralph . de Toledano . Notes from the Underground: The Whittaker Chambers/Ralph de Toledano Letters, 1949-1960 . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 1997 . 0-89526-425-0 .
• Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . Terry . Teachout . Ghosts on the Roof: Selected Journalism of Whittaker Chambers, 1931-1959 . Regnery Publishing, Inc. . 1989 . 0-89526-765-9 .

Magazine or journal articles

New Masses

• "Can You Make Out Their Voices" (March 1931)^[2]
• "You Have Seen the Heads" (April 1931)^[3]
• "Our Comrade Munn" (October 1931))^[4]
• "The Death of the Communists" (December 1931)^[5]

Time

• "The Ghosts on the Roof" (1945)^[6]
• "Books: Problem of the Century" (1946)^[7]
• "Religion: In Egypt Land" (1946)^[8]
• "Education: The Challenge" (1947)^[9]
• "Books: Circles of Perdition" (1947)^[10]
• "Religion: Faith for a Lenten Age" (1948)^[11]

Life

• 1947–1948:
  • "The Middle Ages" (April 7, 1947)
  • "Medieval Life" (May 26, 1947)
  • "The Glory of Venice" (August 4, 1947)
  • "The Age of Enlightenment" (September 15, 1947)
  • "The Edwardians" (November 17, 1947)
  • "Age of Exploration" (March 22, 1948)
  • "The Protestant Revolution" (June 14, 1948)
• "The Devil Throughout History," (February 2, 1948)
• "Is Academic Freedom in Danger?" (June 22, 1953)
• "The End of a Dark Age Ushers in New Dangers" (April 30, 1956)

Commonweal

• "The Sanctity of St. Benedict" (September 19, 1952)

National Review

• "Big Sister Is Watching You" (December 27, 1957)
• "all National Review articles 1957–1959

Collected magazine articles

• Web site: Chambers . Whittaker . Time articles by Whittaker Chambers . WhittakerChambers.org . 11 December 2010 .
• Web site: Chambers . Whittaker . National Review articles by Whittaker Chambers . WhittakerChambers.org . 28 June 2012 .

Other media

Video on Chambers

• Web site: Writings of Whittaker Chambers . . . 2002 . March 13, 2016 .
• Web site: David. Chambers. Doubled Links: Whittaker Chambers and the Global Network of Great Illegals, 1932-1935. C-SPAN. 2014. 16 March 2019.
• YouTube.com Red Spy Films. Chambers Farm, Secret Doc. 1948/12/06 (1948) time: 00:00:51
• RAM Whittaker Chambers on "close friends"
• RAM Alger Hiss Story - Chambers on the "tragedy of history"
• RAM Alger Hiss defends himself
• Historical Footage

Photos

• 1931 Whittaker Chambers
• 1939 Whittaker Chambers
• 1948 Whittaker Chambers before HUAC
• 1950 Whittaker Chambers reading of Hiss guilty verdict
• 1961 Whittaker Chambers near the time of his death

Hiss–Chambers case

Books on Hiss case

1. Book: Ralph de Toledano . De Toledano . Ralph . Victor Lasky . Lasky . Victor . Seeds of Treason - The True Story of the Hiss-Chambers Tragedy . registration . Funk and Wagnalls . 1950 .
2. Book: Cooke , Alistair . Alistair Cooke . A Generation on Trial: USA v. Alger Hiss . Greenwood Press . 1950 . 0-313-23373-X.
3. Book: Chambers , Whittaker . Witness . registration . Random House . 1952 .
4. Book: Morris , Richard Brandon . Fair trial: Fourteen who stood accused from Anne Hutchinson to Alger Hiss . Alfred A. Knopf . 1952 .
5. Book: Jowitt , William Allen . The Strange Case of Alger Hiss . registration . Hodder and Stoughton . 1953 .
6. Book: Kempton , Murray . Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties . NYRB Classics . 1955 . 2003 . 1-59017-087-3 .
7. Book: Hiss , Alger . In the Court of Public Opinion . Harper Collins . 1957 . 0-06-090293-0 .
8. Book: Cook , Fred J. . The Unfinished Story of Alger Hiss . William Morrow & Company . 1958 . 1-131-85352-0.
9. McHughes . Lee M. . The Hiss Act and Its Application to the Military . Military Law Review . Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army . 69–108 . October 1961 .
10. Book: Andrews . Bert . Andrews . Peter . A Tragedy Of History: A Journalist's Confidential Role In The Hiss-Chambers Case . Robert B. Luce . 1962 .
11. Book: Zeligs , Meyer A. . Friendship and Fratricide: An Analysis of Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss . registration . New York Viking Press . 1967 .
12. Book: Seth , Ronald . Ronald Seth . The Sleeping Truth: The Hiss-Chambers Affair Reappraised . Frewin . 1968 . 0-09-086890-0 .
13. Book: Buckley, Jr. , William F. . Odyssey of a friend: Whittaker Chambers' Letters to William F. Buckley, Jr., 1954-1961 . Putnam . 1969 .
14. Book: Levine , Isaac Don . Eyewitness to History . registration . Hawthorn Books, Inc. . 1973 . Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 72-4919 . 1-891936-53-0.
15. Book: Smith , John Chabot . John Chabot Smith . Alger Hiss, The True Story . Holt, Rinehart and Winston . 1976 . 0-03-013776-4 .
16. Book: Hiss , Tony . Laughing last: Alger Hiss . Houghton Mifflin . 1977 . 0-395-24899-X.
17. Book: Weinstein , Allen . Allen Weinstein . Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case . registration . Random House . 1978 . 0-679-77338-X.
18. Book: Levitt . Morton . Levitt . Michael . Tissue of Lies: Nixon vs. Hiss . Random House . 1979 . 0-517-37134-0.
19. Book: Theoharis , Athan (Editor) . Athan Theoharis . Beyond the Hiss Case: The FBI, Congress, and the Cold War . Temple University Press . 1982 . 0-87722-241-X .
20. Book: Reuben , William A . Footnote on an Historic Case: In Re Alger Hiss, No. 78 Civ. 3433 . Nation Institute . 1983 .
21. Book: A Tribute to Whittaker Chambers . Heritage Foundation . 1984 .
22. Book: Moore , William Howard . Two Foolish Men: The true story of the friendship between Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers . Moorop Press . 1987 .
23. Book: Hiss , Alger . Recollections of a Life . Little Brown & Co . 1989 . 1-55970-024-6 .
24. Book: Gwynn , Beatrice . Whittaker Chambers: The Discrepancy in the Evidence of the Typewriter . Mazzard Publishers . 1993 . 0-9518738-1-4 .
25. Book: Worth , Esme J. . Whittaker Chambers: The Secret Confession . Mazzard Publishers . 1993 . 0-9518738-0-6 .
26. Book: Oeste , Bob . Last Pumpkin Paper (novel) . Random House . 1996 . 0-679-44837-3 .
27. Book: Ralph , de Toledano . Notes from the underground: the Whittaker Chambers--Ralph de Toledano letters, 1949-1960 . Regnery . 1997 .
28. Book: Hiss , Tony . The View from Alger's Window: A Son's Memoir . Alfred E. Knopf . 1999 . 0-375-40127-X . registration .
29. Book: Olmsted , Kathryn S. . Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley . The University of North Carolina Press . 2002 . 0-8078-2739-8.
30. Book: Swan . Patrick . Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, and the Schism in the American Soul . ISI Books . 2003 . 1-882926-91-9.
31. Book: Ruddy , T. Michael . The Alger Hiss Espionage Case . Wadsworth Publishing . 2004 . 0-15-508560-3.
32. Book: White , G. Edward . Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars: The Covert Life of a Soviet Spy . Oxford University Press . 2005 . 0-19-518255-3.
33. Book: Tanenhaus , Sam . An Un-American Life: The Case of Whittaker Chambers . Old Street Publishing (UK) . 2007 . 978-1-905847-07-5.
34. Book: Hartshorn , L. . Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers and the case that ignited McCarthyism . McFarland . 2013 .

Articles on Hiss case

• "Deception and Betrayal: The Tragedy of Alger Hiss" by Donald Hermann (2005)

Film on Hiss case

• Nixon, 1995, directed by Oliver Stone, (IMDB) - video clips of Whittaker Chambers
• Concealed Enemies, 1984, directed by Jeff Bleckner, (IMDB) - made-for-television movie on the Hiss-Chambers case (pro-Hiss)
• The Trials of Alger Hiss, 1980, (IMDB) - pro-Hiss film (see also The New York Times)
• North by Northwest, 1959, directed by Alfred Hitchcock (IMDB) - reference to the Pumpkin Papers
• Commotion on the Ocean, 1959, Three Stooges (IMDB) - features microfilm in watermelon in reference to the Pumpkin Papers

Articles or chapters on Chambers

1. News: David. Chambers. Different Legal Risks In Hiss, Libby Cases. The Wall Street Journal. 20 March 2007. 16 March 2019.
2. Elena Maria. Vidal. History's Witness: His grandson sets the record straight about Whittaker Chambers. The American Conservative. 28 April 2011. 16 March 2019.
3. David. Chambers. The Baffling Harry White. History News Network . 2012. 16 March 2019.

Chambers and Soviet espionage

• Book: Christopher Andrew (historian) . Andrew . Christopher . Vasili Mitrokhin . Mitrokhin . Vasili . The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB . Basic Books . 2000 . 0-465-00312-5.
• Book: Weinstein . Allen . Vassiliev . Alexander . 2000 . The Haunted Wood: Soviet Espionage in America--The Stalin Era . Modern Library . 0-375-75536-5 .
• Book: Haynes . John Earl . Klehr . Harvey . In Denial: Historians, Communism, and Espionage . Encounter Books . 2003 . 1-893554-72-4 .
• Book: John Earl Haynes . Haynes . John Earl . Harvey Klehr . Klehr . Harvey . 2000 . Venona: Decoding Soviet Espionage in America . Yale University Press . 0-300-08462-5.
• Book: Meier , Andrew . The Lost Spy: An American in Stalin's Secret Service . W. W. Norton . 2008 . 978-0-393-06097-3 .
• Book: Schecter . Jerrold . Schecter . Leona . Sacred Secrets: How Soviet Intelligence Operations Changed American History . Potomac Books . 2003 . 1-57488-522-7.
• Book: Adams , Jefferson . The Early Days. Strategic Intelligence in the Cold War and Beyond (The Making of the Contemporary World). Routledge. 2014. 25–41.

Novels that include characters based on Chambers

• Book: Bacon , Susan . The History Teacher. 2019 . 978-1-7330827-0-9 . 4 November 2019.
• Book: Trilling , Lionel . Lionel Trilling . The Middle of the Journey . New York Review of Books Classics Series . 2002 . 1947 . 1-59017-015-6.
• Book: Buckley , William F. . The Redhunter: A Novel Based on the Life of Senator Joe McCarthy . Little, Brown . 1999 . 0-316-11589-4 .

External links

• Web site: Whittaker Chambers in Books . WhittakerChambers.org . 11 December 2010 .
• Authors Guild
• Web site: Testimony of Whittaker Chambers before HUAC . August 3, 1948 . January 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100721004854/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-3testimony.html . July 21, 2010 .
• Web site: Testimony of Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss before HUAC . August 17, 1948 . January 3, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100721003156/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/8-17testimony.html . July 21, 2010 .
• Time Magazine's review of Witness . . June 9, 1952 .
• Web site: Douglas . Ann . Ann Douglas (historian) . Review of Sam Tanenhaus's Whittaker Chambers: A Biography .
• News: Schlesinger . Arthur . Arthur Schlesinger Jr. . Review of Sam Tanenhaus's Whittaker Chambers: A Biography . . 1997 .
• Web site: Langer . Elinor . Review of Sam Tanenhaus's Whittaker Chambers: A Biography . . 1999 .
• Historical Notes: Death of a Witness . Time . July 21, 1961 . 27 July 2021.
• News: Scott . Janny . Obituary of Alger Hiss . The New York Times . November 16, 1996 .
• Web site: Linder . Douglas . The Alger Hiss Trials: An Account . Famous Trials . University Of Missouri-Kansas City School Of Law . https://web.archive.org/web/20060830171725/http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hiss.html . 2006-08-30 .
• Web site: Sempa . Francis P. . Whittaker Chambers: A Centenary Reflection . American Diplomacy . 2001 .
• Web site: Edwards . Lee . Whittaker Chambers: Man of Courage and Faith . The Heritage Foundation . 2001 .
• Web site: Buckley . William F. . Witness and Friends; Remembering Whittaker Chambers . National Review . 2005 .
• Web site: Cryer . Dan . "We're a long way from the end of this"; An Interview with Tony Hiss . Salon.com . 2005 .
• Web site: Kramer . Hilton . Whittaker Chambers: the judgment of history . . 1997 .
• Web site: Isserman . Maurice . Disloyalty As a Principle: Why Communists Spied . https://web.archive.org/web/20081003030332/http://www.afsa.org/fsj/oct00/isserman.cfm . 2008-10-03 .
• Web site: Navasky . Victor . Allen Weinstein's Docudrama . A review of Weinstein's "Perjury" . The Nation . 1997 . https://web.archive.org/web/20030627200107/http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=19971103&s=navasky . June 27, 2003 .
• Web site: Schrecker . Ellen . Ellen Schrecker . The Spies Who Loved Us? . A discussion of Weinstein and "The Haunted Wood" . The Nation . 1999 .
• Web site: Fox . John F. Jr. . In the Enemy's House: Venona and the Maturation of American Counterintelligence . FBI . 2005 . 2006-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061115021025/http://www.fbi.gov/libref/historic/history/foxpaper.htm . 2006-11-15.
• Web site: Benson. Robert L.. The Venona Story. National Security Agency. 2006-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20061003130354/http://www.nsa.gov/publications/publi00039.cfm . 2006-10-03.

See also

• Witness (memoir)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chambers. Whittaker. Whittaker Chambers. The Sanity of St. Benedict. Commonweal. 19 September 1952. 28 June 2012.
2. Chambers . Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . Can You Make Out Their Voices . . 7–13 . April 1931 . 8 August 2021.
3. Chambers . Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . You Have Seen the Heads . New Masses . 14–17 . October 1931 . 8 August 2021.
4. Chambers . Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . Our Comrade Munn . New Masses . 14–16 . April 1931 . 8 August 2021.
5. Chambers . Whittaker . Whittaker Chambers . The Death of the Communists . New Masses . 10–12 . December 1931 . 8 August 2021.
6. Foreign News: The Ghosts on the Roof. Time. 5 March 1945. 27 June 2021.
7. Books: Problem of the Century. Time. 25 February 1946. 27 June 2021.
8. Religion: In Egypt Land. Time. 30 December 1946. 27 June 2021.
9. Education: The Challenge. Time. 7 March 1947. 27 June 2021.
10. Books: Circles of Perdition. Time. 8 December 1947. 27 June 2021.
11. Religion: Faith for a Lenten Age. Time. 8 December 1947. 27 June 2021.