The Alger Hiss Story

Donald and Catherine Hiss, 1950s

Alger Hiss on January 1, 1957.

Alger Hiss in 1960, age 58.

Margot Moore and Priscilla Hiss, 1960s

Alger and Tony Hiss, 1960s

Alger Hiss, right, after a New York City lunch in the early 1970s. Other guests include (from the left) actor Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., writer Anita Loos and actor Van Johnson.

Alger Hiss with writer Margaret Halsey and Isabel Johnson, 1970s

Alger Hiss and Tony Hiss, New York City, 1970's.

Alger and Tony Hiss with Isabel Johnson, 1970s

Tony and Alger Hiss at the publication party for Tony's book, "All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo," 1974

Alger Hiss and Tony Hiss celebrate the 1977 publication of "Laughing Last," Tony Hiss's biography of his father, by cutting into a cake baked in the shape of an old Woodstock typewriter.

Cake in the shape of an old Woodstock typewriter

Donald Hiss, 1984

Tim Hobson in 2007

"Stepping Out of the Shadows," Washington Post, April 5, 2007 (page 1)

"Stepping Out of the Shadows," Washington Post, April 5, 2007 (page 2)

Alger Hiss at a friend's summer house in East Hampton, New York, in 1985.

Alger Hiss with his daughter-in-law, Lois Metzger, celebrating the homecoming of his grandson, Jacob Hiss (born June 29th, 1991).

Alger Hiss talks to reporters after his 1975 readmission to the Massachusetts bar.

Alger Hiss with his biographer, Meyer Zeligs, 1970s.

Portrait of Alger Hiss by Henry Ries

Alger Hiss on vacation in Tucson, Arizona, in the 1980s.

Ada Condell, the jury forewoman at the second trial.

Alger and Priscilla Hiss buck a heavy wind outside Federal Court in New York after appeal hearing, October 1950. (Acme Telephoto)

Alger Hiss being taken to prison in handcuffs in 1951.

The United States Pentitentiary in Lewisburg, Pa. (seen here in the 1930's) is surrounded by some of the most beautiful farmland in America. Alger Hiss was incarcerated here between 1951 and 1954. (Photo courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.)

Alger Hiss's mug shots taken on his first day at Lewisburg Penitentiary on March 28, 1951. (Photos coutesy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons)

Alger Hiss's official prison portrait, sent home to his family from Lewisburg Pentitentiary.

Alger Hiss's mug shots taken on his last day in prison, November 27, 1954. (Photos courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Prisons)

The John Birch Society disseminated this anti-United Nations post card in the 1970s. (front of card)

The John Birch Society disseminated this anti-United Nations post card in the 1970s. (back of card)

Russian intelligence agent Anatoly Gorsky was featured in the Vassiliev Papers

Soviet General Sergei Savchenko was featured in the Vassiliev Papers

Soviet Ambassador Alexander Paniushkin was featured in the Vassiliev Papers

Richard M. Nixon in later years

Fred J. Cook, first investigative reporter to challenge the Hiss case verdict

“The Pumpkin Capers, Introduced and Explained by Alger Hiss,” The Real World (1976), page 5

“The Pumpkin Capers, Introduced and Explained by Alger Hiss,” The Real World (1976), page 6

FBI Interview notes, Kirkland with Harry Martin, Dec. 6, 1948 (1/2)

FBI Interview notes, Kirkland with Harry Martin, Dec. 6, 1948 (2/2)

FBI notes, reinterview with Thomas Grady, June 5, 1949 (1/3)

FBI notes, reinterview with Thomas Grady, June 5, 1949 (2/3)

FBI notes, reinterview with Thomas Grady, June 5, 1949 (3/3)

FBI Report from July 21, 1949 on Typing Errors in the Hiss Case show that Thomas Murphy's own experts could not prove that Priscilla Hiss had typed the Baltimore Documents. (1/2)

FBI Report from July 21, 1949 on Typing Errors in the Hiss Case show that Thomas Murphy's own experts could not prove that Priscilla Hiss had typed the Baltimore Documents. (2/2)