Inventory of the Mihajlo Mihajlov papers

Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova and Brad Bauer
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Title: Mihajlo Mihajlov papers
Date (inclusive): 1921-2010
Collection Number: 87076
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Mainly in Serbo-Croatian and English
Physical Description: 44 manuscript boxes, 23 oversize boxes, 1 phonotape reel, digital media (40.0 Linear Feet)
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.
Creator: Mihajlov, Mihajlo, 1934-2010
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1987 with an addition in 2011.

Preferred Citation

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

Biographical Note

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 Author, A Historical Perspective
  Arrested and sentenced to jail for "slandering a friendly nation" with the publication of Moscow Summer
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.

Arrangement

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.

Related Materials

Rusko Matulić papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Milovan Djilas writings, Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russian literature
Audiotapes
Soviet Union -- Politics and government -- 1945-1991
Radio broadcasting -- Europe, Eastern
Civil rights -- Soviet Union
Yugoslavia -- Politics and government
Dissenters -- Yugoslavia
Civil rights -- Yugoslavia
Yugoslavs -- United States
Political prisoners -- Yugoslavia
Videotapes
Radio Free Europe

 

Biographical file 1935-2008

Scope and Contents note

Includes identification cards, curriculum vitae, a bibliography, academic appointments, contact lists, photographs, and political trial documents.

Arrangement note

Arranged by physical form
 

General 1935-2008

box 1, folder 1

Identification documents, birth certificate copy, 1935; Yugoslavian citizenship copy, 1978; newspaper reporter permits, 1972-1973

box 1, folder 2

Biography circa 1980

box 1, folder 3

Family history 1962-1992

box 1, folder 4

"Background Report," circa 1980

box 1, folder 5-6

Curriculum vitae circa 1982-1992

box 1, folder 7

Biographical clippings from the 1976 World Book Year Book; Current Biography Yearbook, 1979; International Who's Who, 1994-2005; International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 1989

box 1, folder 8

Awards 1998-1999

box 1, folder 9-11

Bibliography 1965-1998

box 1, folder 12-13

Contacts, including address book, mailing and telephone lists; business cards 1965-1998

Scope and Contents note

See also Card file
box 2, folder 1-2

Contacts circa 1980 (Contd.)

box 2, folder 3-6

Academic appointments 1983-1990

box 2, folder 7

Publishing contracts 1972-2008

box 2, folder 8-12

Photographs, depicting Mihajlo Mihajlov at various stages of his life and career 1952-2002

Scope and Contents note

Includes photos with Kurt Vonnegut, Vasilii Aksenov, Vladimir Bukovskii, Vladimir Voinovich, and others
box 3, folder 1-6

Political trials documents 1966-1975

Scope and Contents note

Includes applications and rejections for employment, health insurance, and international passport, as well as clippings and articles
 

Correspondence 1965-2010

Arrangement note

Arranged in two groups, general and alphabetical, the latter by name or organization
 

General 1966-2008

box 3, folder 7-8

Drafts 1969-1976

box 3, folder 9-13

Unidentified 1967-2006

box 3, folder 14

Invitations 1966-2008

box 4, folder 1

Publishers, A-Z 1970-2000

box 4, folder 2

Universities 1964-2006

 

Alphabetical 1965-2010

box 4, folder 3-6

A-Z 1972-2006

box 4, folder 7

American Croatians for Human and National Rights 1987

box 4, folder 8

Amnesty International 1975-1980

box 4, folder 9

Arsen'ev, A. 2007

box 4, folder 10

Barbone, Donato 1971-1972

box 4, folder 11-12

Barovic, Jovan 1973-1975

box 4, folder 13

Barovic family 2001-2010

box 4, folder 14

Beljajev, S. 1995-1997

box 4, folder 15

Belotserkovsky, Vadim 1975-1978

box 4, folder 16

Bjelousov, A. 2004

box 5, folder 1-2

Bogunovic (Stambolic), Milici 1973-2000

box 5, folder 3

Bonner, Elena 1983

box 5, folder 4

"Borba," 1974

box 5, folder 5

Chafee, Richard 1972

box 5, folder 6

Chamraeff, V. 1974

box 5, folder 7

Charles, Prince of Wales 1982-1988

box 5, folder 8

Congratulatory letters on Mihajlov's release from prison 1978

box 5, folder 9

Cvetcovic, Dragomir 1974

box 5, folder 10

Delo 1965-1966

box 5, folder 11

DioGuardi, Shirley Cloyes 2001

box 5, folder 12

Dole, Bob 1991

box 5, folder 13

Dolinsek, Valerija 1974-1975

box 5, folder 14

Fond, Kraljevski Dvor 2005-2007

box 5, folder 15

Fosty, Vera 1975

box 5, folder 16

Freedom House 1972-1987

box 5, folder 17

Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte 1977

box 5, folder 18

Glowatzky, Ivo 1974-1975

box 5, folder 19

Goldstein, Slavko 1974

box 5, folder 20

Graƌanski Savez Srbije 1992

box 5, folder 21

Grkovic-Janovic, S. 2010

box 5, folder 22

Heritage Foundation 1979

box 5, folder 23

Hoover Institution 1972-1992

box 5, folder 24

Ivusic, Sean and Maureen 2000-2001

box 5, folder 25

Japan UNI Agency, Inc. 1970-1973

box 5, folder 26

Jonasson, Lise-Lotte 1970

box 5, folder 27

Jovanovic, T. 2000-2009

box 5, folder 28

Karadjordjevic, Aleksandar 2005

box 5, folder 29

Kovacevic, Veljko 1975

box 5, folder 30

Kuznetsov, Pavel 1992

box 5, folder 31

Lembourn, Hans Jorgen 1975, 1978

box 5, folder 32

Mackenzie, A. 2000

box 5, folder 33-34

Maksimov, Vladimir E. 1980-1983

box 6, folder 1-3

Mihajlov (Ivusic), Marija (sister) 1974-2010

box 6, folder 4-16

Mihajlov, Vera (mother) 1974-1981

box 7, folder 1-6

Mihajlov, Vera (mother) 1974-1981 (Contd.)

box 7, folder 7

Nedenlans Publishing, Sweden 1973

box 7, folder 8

New Leader 1970-2007

box 7, folder 9

New York Times 1970-1971

box 7, folder 10

Palavestra, P. 2005

box 7, folder 11

Pavloff, Vladko 1975

box 7, folder 12

Pavlovskii, A. 1990

box 7, folder 13

P.E.N. club français 1978

box 7, folder 14

Pejovic, D. 1974

box 7, folder 15

Petrovic, Nenand 2001-2008

box 7, folder 16

Petrovic, Zdenka 1975

box 7, folder 17

Pirozhkova, Vera 1970

box 7, folder 18

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1987-1997

box 7, folder 19

Radmonovic, Liliana 1975

box 7, folder 20

Rakauskaite, Violeta 2002

box 7, folder 21

Ratinic, Marijan 1969

box 7, folder 22

Ribi, Federica 1974-1975

box 7, folder 23

Rogers, Robert J. 1965

box 7, folder 24

Ruffin, Richard 1998

box 7, folder 25

Schwab, Andrea R. 2004-2007

box 7, folder 26

Siniavski, Andrei 1973

box 7, folder 27

Smith, Charles B. 1973

box 7, folder 28

Solov'eva, Marina 1996-1998

box 7, folder 29

Svirskii, Grigorii 1984

box 7, folder 30

Vidovic, Mirko 1970, 1978

box 7, folder 31

Zaslavskii, S. K. 1974

 

Subject file 1967-2007

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, printed matter, manuscripts, and clippings.

Arrangement note

Arranged alphabetically by subject
box 8, folder 1

Arsen'ev, Aleksei 1992-2002

box 8, folder 2

Carter, Jimmy 1977-1978

box 8, folder 3-4

Charles, Prince of Wales 1982-2000

box 8, folder 5-13

Conferences, seminars, and symposiums on human rights in Yugoslavia 1976-2007

box 9, folder 1-3

Dissident movement in Yugoslavia 1975-2007

box 9, folder 4

Genis, Aleksandar 1998

box 9, folder 5-6

Human rights 1976-2000

box 9, folder 7

Kosovo 1989-1999

box 9, folder 8

Mihajlov (Ivusic), Marija 1968-1988

box 9, folder 9-10

Mihajlov, Vera circa 1985-1993

box 10, folder 1-15

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty 1978-2001

box 11, folder 1

Russian immigration in Yugoslavia 1989-2002

box 11, folder 2

Rockefeller Foundation 1979-1980

box 11, folder 3

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr 1962-1970

box 11, folder 4

Tito, Josip Broz 1967-1979

 

Speeches and writings 1961-2009

Scope and Contents note

Consists of manuscripts, articles, and books.

Arrangement note

Arranged by physical form andchronologically therein
 

Manuscripts 1966-2005

box 11, folder 5-14

Doctoral dissertation materials 1971-1974

Scope and Contents note

Includes notes, drafts, collected articles and clippings
box 12, folder 1-11

Articles 1966-2000

box 13, folder 1-9

Articles 1966-2000 (Contd.)

box 13, folder 10

"Demokratiia i sotsializm," 1974

box 13, folder 11

"Čacovnik," 1979

box 14, folder 1

"Yugoslav Paradox," circa 1980

box 14, folder 2

"The Return of the Grand Inquisitor," circa 1980

box 14, folder 3-10

"Tiraniia i svoboda," 1986

box 15, folder 1-4

"Nenauchnye mysli," 1975, 2005

 

Periodical articles 1961-2009

 

In Serbian 1961-2009

box 15, folder 5

Circa 1970-1990

box 15, folder 6-9

1961-1964

box 16, folder 1-23

1964-1989

box 17, folder 1-10

1989-1992

box 18, folder 1-12

1993-1999

box 19, folder 1-11

2000-2002

box 20, folder 1-11

2002-2004

box 21, folder 1-11

2004-2006

box 22, folder 1-7

2006-2009

 

In Russian 1965-2004

box 22, folder 8-15

1965-1976

box 23, folder 1-12

1979-1988

box 24, folder 1-12

1988-2004

 

In English 1966-2006

box 25, folder 1-15

1966-1984

box 26, folder 1-13

1984-1988

box 27, folder 1-13

1988-1999

box 28, folder 1-2

2000-2006

box 28, folder 3

In Czech 1966

box 28, folder 4

In Finnish 1987

box 28, folder 5

In French 1965-1998

box 28, folder 6-11

In German 1976-1993

box 28, folder 12

In Italian 1971-1972

box 28, folder 13

In Polish 1985

box 28, folder 14

In Spanish 1980

 

Books 1965-2008

box 28, folder 15

Moscow Summer 1965

box 28, folder 16

A Historic Proposal 1966

box 28, folder 17

Russian Themes 1968

box 29, folder 1

Russische Themen 1969

box 29, folder 2

Underground Notes 1970

Scope and Contents note

Inscribed to Andrea Schwab
box 29, folder 3

Nenauchnye Mysli 1979

box 29, folder 4

Human Rights in Yugoslavia 1986

box 29, folder 5

Nietzsche in Russia 1986

box 29, folder 6

Planetarna Svest 2001

box 29, folder 7

Kontinent 3 2004

box 29, folder 8

Nenauchne Misli 2004

box 29, folder 9

Ponovljene Misli 2008

 

Writings about Mihajlov 1965-2007

Scope and Contents note

Contains reviews and comments on Mihajlov's writings and political activities.

Arrangement note

Arranged by language and chronologically therein
 

In Serbian 1965-2009

box 30, folder 1-18

1965-1993

box 31, folder 1-13

1994-2005

box 32, folder 1-7

2006-2009

box 32, folder 8-17

In Russian 1966-2000

box 33, folder 1-16

In Russian 1966-2000

box 33, folder 17

In German 1976-1999

 

Writings by others 1921-2010

Scope and Contents note

Consists of collected literary works and clippings.

Arrangement note

Arranged by language and chronologically therein
 

In Serbian 1921-2010

box 34, folder 1

Undated

box 34, folder 2-21

1921-1980

box 35, folder 1-16

1982-1996

box 36, folder 1-12

1997-2002

box 37, folder 1-9

2002-2003

box 38, folder 1-4

2004-2010

 

In Russian 1931-2005

box 38, folder 5-11

Undated

box 38, folder 12-16

1931-1941

box 39, folder 1-12

1946-1975

box 40, folder 1-12

1976-1988

box 41, folder 1-16

1989-2005

box 42, folder 1-21

In English 1947-2004

box 42, folder 22

In German 1978

 

Card file 1970-1985

Scope and Contents note

Includes index cards with contact information and notes for research and writings.

Arrangement note

Arranged in two groups, notes and contacts
box 43

Notes for Mihajlov's research projects and writings 1975-1980

box 44

Notes for Mihajlov's research projects and writings 1975-1980

box 45

Index cards with contact information circa 1980

box 46

Index cards with contact information circa 1980

 

Oversize material 1997-2004

Scope and Contents note

Contains scrapbooks and printed matter

Arrangement note

Arranged by format or title
box 47

Skriveni delovi istorije, Republika 1998

box 47

Moderna, srpski nacionalni identitet u XX veku April-May 2001

box 47

Scrapbook by Marina Solov'eva 1977

box 47

Scrapbook by Andrea Schwab 2004

 

Audiovisual materials 1967-2010

Scope and Contents note

VHS videocassettes, compact sound cassettes, CDs, and 3.5 inch floppy disks.

Arrangement note

Arranged by format
box 48

Compact sound cassettes

box 49

Compact sound cassettes

box 50

Compact sound cassettes

box 51

Compact sound cassettes

box 52

Compact sound cassettes

box 55

VHS videocassettes

box 56

VHS videocassettes

box 57

VHS videocassettes

box 58

VHS videocassettes

box 59

VHS videocassettes

box 60

VHS videocassettes

box 61

VHS videocassettes

box 62

VHS videocassettes

box 63

VHS videocassettes

box 64

VHS videocassettes

box 65

Unidentified audiovisual materials

 

Digital materials

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box 53

Material not yet described

Physical Description: CDs and 3.5 inch floppy disks
box 54

Material not yet described

Physical Description: CDs and 3.5 inch floppy disks
box MC37

Material not yet described

Physical Description: 6 CDs
 

Material not yet described

Physical Description: 17 3.5 inch floppy disks