Part One: February 1948 (Communist Coup in Czechoslovakia) to November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism to the Velvet Revolution)
1948
Ustřední svaz československých studentu v exilu (Central Union of Czechoslovak Students in exile)
Svaz československých uprchliku v Německu (Union of Czechoslovak Refugees in Germany)
Americký fond pro československé uprchliky (AFCR -American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees)
Jiří Horák - personal file: scholarship in Denmark, documents, photographs, correspondence
1955-1969
RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia)
1970-1975(I.)
1975(II.)-1976
1977
1978-79
1980-1983
1984-1986
1987-1988
a. until November 17, 1989
b. after November 17, 1989
RSC and Washington 1975
Correspondence with the White House, Dept. of State, Senate, Congress, Congressional
Record, AFUCIO, CSNRA (Československá národni rada americká), etc.
Jiří Horák -International 1949
a. International meetings and trips to Europe and Asia, lUSY (International Union of Socialist Youth), other youth organizations: trip reports, photographs, correspondence, etc.
b. FEC (Free Europe Committee) New York
Jiří Horák from 1951 on
a. AFCR -American Fund for Czechoslovak Refugees, New York
b. Mayor's Ethnic Council, New York (photographs)
c. BBLA - Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association ( Česká dobročinná a vzdelavací organizace), New York
d. contract with JPRS - U.S. Joint Publications Research Service, Washington, D.C. (samples of his research enclosed)
Jiří Horák from 1974 on
a. RFE - Radio Free Europe (Radio svobodná Evropa), Munich, Germany: correspondence, Radio University, scripts, etc.
b. FEC- Free Europe Committee (Výbor pro svobodnou Evropu), New York, New York: Mailing Project (George Minden)
c. Communist attacks (Radio Prague); communist agents in the West
Jiří Horák from 1953 on
Columbia University, New York; Manhattan College, New York correspondence, articles, reviews, press
Doctoral dissertation "The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party 1938-1945", New York, 1960;
M.A. thesis:"The Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party 1918-1945", New York)
RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1968
Charta 77 (I.) Documents and correspondence, Czechoslovak dissident movement
RSC - Rada svobodného Československá (Council of Free Czechoslovakia) 1968
Charta 77 (II.) Documents and correspodence, Czechoslovak dissident movement
Jiří Horák 1956
"Svědectví" ("Testimony," cultural and political quarterly) some early issues enclosed publisher and member of the editorial board: Jiří Horák, editor: Pavel Tigrid. published first in New York, then in Paris. Distributed in Czechoslovakia as an underground magazine.
Part Two: From November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia to the Velvet Revolution) From November 17, 1989 (Fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia to the Velvet Revolution)
ČSSD - Československastrana Sociálně Demokratická (Czechoslovak Social Democratic Party)
ČSSD Nov 17, 1989-1990
XXIV. Congress of ČSSD - Jiří Horák elected chairman. He accepts. Announces he will not take any salary during his office as chairman of ČSSD.
Articles and addresses, interviews, correspondence, agenda, press conferences, Party newspaper "Pravo lidu", photographs, clippings, etc.
ČSSD 1991 (I.)
ČSSD 1991(II.)
XXV. Congress of ČSSD - Jiří Horák re-elected chairman.
Articles and addresses, interviews, correspondence, agenda, press conferences, photos, clippings, etc.
ČSSD 1992(I.)
ČSSD 1992(II.)
Articles, clippings, press conferences, party agenda etc.
Party Monitor
ČSSD 1992(III.)-1993/March
Party press, agenda, articles, correspondence etc.
XXVI. Congress of ČSSD.
ČSSD
a. Interviews and speeches 1989-2993
b. MDH - Masarykovo demokratické hnuti, Prague
ČSSD/International 1989
Attends (51) Socialist International congresses and meetings, as chairman of ČSSD and also as co-chairman of the 51 Committe on East and Central Europe.
51 agenda, correspondence, speeches, etc.
ČSSD/Federal Assembly
Member of the Federal Assembly; member of the Presidium of the Federal
Assembly; chairman of the Foreign Committee of the Federal Assembly addresses, documents
Contains old publications going back before, during and after 1948
Personal file
Manuscripts (notes, short memoirs, political observations and comments) written by hand, presumably during the last years of his life (+July 25, 2003 in Englewood, Florida), were found only in 2004. There are no exact dates given. Manuscripts were retyped by his wife Zdena (original manuscripts are attached to the retyped originals).
Articles by Jiří Horák. Dozens of articles found and copied from his personal Internet file. Many were published in Czechoslovakia. There are no exact dates when these articles were written (presumably during his retirement), the dates given are the dates when the articles were entered in the Internet file.
Dated articles by Jiří Horák and correspondence since March 1993
Biographical data
Various biographies from different sources
Jiří Horák's life story, in his own words, as published in "Svět piny Čechů"
Biography of Josef Horák, father of Jiří, as published in "Poslední počta" Josef Horák was a Czechoslovak politician who died in exile in New York in 1978.
Personal documents: Photographs, copies of diplomas, medals and state decorations
A file in memory of Jiří Horák: Obituaries, press articles, memorial services in the USA and in the Czech Republic. Eulogies (by Professor Radomir Luza, Professor Mojmir Povolny, Professor Stanley Winterset al.)