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  • Title: Jiří Horák papers
    Date (inclusive): 1946-2006
    Collection Number: 2006C66
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 74 manuscript boxes (29.6 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs, relating to socialism in Czechoslovakia, anti-communist political movements, Czech émigré affairs, Radio Free Europe, the Socialist International, and post-1989 political conditions in Czechoslovakia.
    Creator: Horák, Jiří, 1924-2003
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Jiří Horák papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    Czechoslovak social democratic leader; emigre and political scientist in the United States; secretary-general, Council of Free Czechoslovakia, 1974-1994; chairman, Ceskoslovenská Strana Sociálne Demokratická, 1990-1992.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Speeches and writings, correspondence, reports, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs, relating to socialism in Czechoslovakia, anti-communist political movements, Czech émigré affairs, Radio Free Europe, the Socialist International, and post-1989 political conditions in Czechoslovakia.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Czechs -- United States
    Anti-communist movements
    Radio broadcasting -- Czechoslovakia
    Socialism -- Czechoslovakia
    Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1989-1992
    Radio Free Europe
    Council of Free Czechoslovakia
    Československá strana sociálně demokratická
    Socialist International (1951- )