The sound discs are recordable compact discs.

The collection is open for research. Advance notice is required; contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 20540-4690; (202) 707-7833.

[Container number, eg., Box 3] or [Audio tape number, eg., RYB 2480], Sound Recordings and Other Material from the Zbigniew Brzezinski Papers, Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

Restrictions may exist on copying, quoting, or publishing materials included in the collection. For additional information, contact a reference librarian in the Recorded Sound Reference Center, Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, Library of Congress.

Transferred from the Manuscript Division (Zbigniew Brzezinski papers), Library of Congress, 2009.

Foreign policy advisor, political scientist, educator, and author. Born in Warsaw, Poland, in 1928, Zbigniew Brzezinski moved with his family to Canada in 1938 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1958. Brzezinski taught at Harvard and Columbia University and later became foreign policy advisor to the Jimmy Carter presidential campaign. From 1977 until 1981, Brzezinski served as national security advisor in the Carter administration. He then returned to teaching and also held a position at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.

Collection materials are chiefly in English with some Russian.

A finding aid to the sound recordings is available in the Recorded Sound Reference Center and at URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsrs/eadmbrs.rs009003

These materials are part of the Zbigniew Brzezinski papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress.