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Title: Mihajlo Mihajlov papers
Dates: 1921-2010
Collection Number: 87076
Creator: Mihajlov, Mihajlo, 1934-2010
Collection Size:
42 manuscript boxes, 23 oversize boxes
(40 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The papers consist mostly of writings and research materials relating to political conditions and human rights in Yugoslavia
and the Soviet Union, and to Russian literature. Additional materials include correspondence, printed matter, and sound and
video recordings.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Croatian,
Russian,
English, and
German
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
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[Identification of item], Mihajlo Mihajlov papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987 with an addition in 2011.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Rusko Matulić papers, Hoover Institution Archives
Milovan Djilas writings, Hoover Institution Archives
| September 26, 1934 | Born in Pančevo, Yugoslavia |
| 1959 | Graduated from Philosophy Faculty of Zagreb University |
| 1961-1962 | Served in the Yugoslav Army |
| 1962-1963 | Worked as translator and free-lance writer in Zagreb |
| 1963 | Assistant Professor of Russian literature and language at the Philosophy Faculty of the Zadar branch of Zagreb University |
| Summer 1964 | Visited the Soviet Union as part of a Soviet-Yugoslav cultural exchange program and spent several weeks in Moscow and other Soviet cities |
| 1965 | Author, Moscow Summer |
| 1966 | Arrested and sentenced to jail for "slandering a friendly nation" with the publication of Moscow Summer |
| Author, A Historical Perspective | |
| 1968 | Author, Russian Themes |
| 1970 | Released from prison |
| 1970-1974 | Worked as free-lance writer in Novi Sad, contributed to the world press, and drafted Unscientific Thoughts |
| October 1974 | Arrested for essays and articles published in the Western press |
| 1975 | Sentenced by the District Court at Novi Sad, Serbia, to seven years' imprisonment on charges of suspicion of hostile activity against Yugoslavia and spreading hostile propaganda, arising out of articles published in the West |
| 1976 | Author, Underground Notes |
| November 1977 | Amnestied before the end of his term under the pressure of President Jimmy Carter's human rights campaign |
| 1978 | Moved to the United States; received an award from the International League for Human Rights for outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of international human rights and justice |
| 1978-1985 | Taught courses in Russian literature and philosophy at several universities in the United States and Western Europe |
| 1979 | Author, Unscientific Thoughts |
| 1980 | Recipient of the Ford Foundation Award for Humanistic Perspectives on Contemporary Society |
| 1985-1994 | Worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty as an analyst and commentator for intellectual and ideological affairs, in Munich and Washington, D.C. |
| 1994-1999 | Senior associate with the program on transitions to democracy, Elliot School of International Affairs, the George Washington University, Washington, D.C. |
| 1999 | Adjunct fellow of the Hudson Institute |
| 2000 | Visiting Professor at State University - Higher School of Economics in Moscow, Russia |
| 2001-2010 | Resided in Belgrade, published and lectured actively |
| 2010 | Died in Belgrade, Serbia |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers of Mihajlo Mihajlov, a prominent dissident and author in the former Yugoslavia who was jailed as a political prisoner
during the Cold War, consist mostly of writings and research materials relating to political conditions and human rights in
Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union, as well as Russian literature. The papers also include correspondence, biographical material,
printed matter, and sound and visual recordings.
The
Biographical file contains records of Mihajlov's career and family, as well as documents relating to his political trials. The
Correspondence includes both personal and business correspondence. A significant number of letters are between Mihajlov and his family during
his imprisonment. Charles, Prince of Wales, also showed interest in Mihajlov's case; copies of some of his letters are filed
in the correspondence.
The
Subject files on human rights and dissident movements were developed by Mihajlov throughout his career. The files also include extensive
material on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
Speeches and writings contain manuscript drafts of most of Mihajlov's books and articles, as well as copies of his numerous published articles
and interviews in periodicals in the United States, Western Europe, and Serbia, including Russian and Serbian émigré newspapers
in the United States. The writings also contain notes, drafts, and collected research materials regarding his doctoral dissertation
on Russian literature.
The collection is organized into nine series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Subject file, Speeches and Writings, Writings
about Mihajlov, Writings by Others, Card file, Oversize material, and Audiovisual recordings.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Radio Free Europe.
Soviet Union--Politics and government--1945-1991.
Civil rights--Soviet Union.
Yugoslavia--Politics and government--1945-
Civil rights--Yugoslavia.
Radio broadcasting--Europe, Eastern.
Dissenters--Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavs--United States.
Political prisoners--Yugoslavia.
Russian literature.
Phonotapes.
Videotapes.