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Title: Michal Múdry papers
Date (inclusive): 1939-2000
Collection Number: 2006C1
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Slovak, Czech and English
Physical Description:
12 manuscript boxes
(6.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Radio broadcast scripts, correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating mostly to Radio Free Europe
broadcasts to Czechoslovakia.
Creator:
Múdry, Michal
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2006.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Michal Múdry papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical/Historical Note
11 May 1909 |
Born, Drétoma / Drietoma, Austro-Hungary |
1930-1936 |
Studied at the Faculty of Law, Comenius University, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
1936-1939 |
Public lawyer, Bratislava |
1939 |
Emigrated to the U.S. |
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Married Jarmila Navaříková |
1939-1978 |
Member of Slovak and Czechoslovak émigré organizations in the U.S. throughout his career |
1943-1944 |
Secretary to the former Czechoslovak Prime Minister Milan Hodža |
1945-1947 |
A Slovak Democratic Party representative in the postwar Czechoslovak government |
1948 |
Emigrated again to the U.S. after allegations of espionage by the Communist Party against him and other Democratic Party members |
1949 |
Published a book about Milan Hodža entitled
Milan Hodža v Amerike
|
1951 |
Editor, Radio Free Europe, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
1951-1954 |
Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, Munich, Germany |
1954-1970 |
Associate Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
1970-1974 |
Editor-In-Chief, RFE, Czechoslovak Desk, New York |
20 September 1978 |
Died, New York |
Scope and Content of Collection
Radio broadcast scripts, correspondence, writings, memoranda, reports, and printed matter, relating to Radio Free Europe broadcasts
to Czechoslovakia.
Related Materials
Beneš (Edvard) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Osuský (Štefan) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Peroutka (Ferdinand) papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Radio Free Europe records, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Slovak League of America Congress Resolution, Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Radio broadcasting -- Czechoslovakia
Radio Free Europe