Register of the Hungarian subject collection
Finding aid prepared by Zbigniew L. Stanczyk
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
© 1998
434 Galvez Mall
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003
hoover-library-archives@stanford.edu
Title: Hungarian subject collection
Date (inclusive): 1917-2015
Collection Number: XX750
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In Hungarian and English
Physical Description:
16 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 24 digital image files (69.3 MB)
(11.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, serial issues, bulletins, press releases, studies, election campaign literature, and other printed
matter relating to various aspects of Hungarian history, including the Revolution of 1918-1919; the Revolution of 1956; Hungarian
minorities in other countries; and political, social, and economic conditions and elections in Hungary after 1989. Digital
copies of select records also available at
https://digitalcollections.hoover.org.
Access
Box FH13 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Hungarian subject collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Alternate Forms Available
Scope and Content of Collection
Pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, serial issues, bulletins, press releases, studies, election campaign literature, and other printed
matter relating to various aspects of Hungarian history, including the Revolution of 1918-1919; the Revolution of 1956; Hungarian
minorities in other countries; and political, social, and economic conditions and elections in Hungary after 1989.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956
Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1918-1919
Elections -- Hungary
Hungary -- Emigration and immigration
Hungary -- Politics and government -- 1989-
Hungary -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1989-
Subject File
1918-1995
Scope and Contents note
Flyers, posters, bulletins, brochures, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, newspaper issues, clippings, circulars, leaflets,
press releases and miscellanea, arranged chronologically and then alphabetically by subject.
box 1
Revolution of 1918-1919 - leaflets
1919
Language of Material: Hungarian.
drawer K03
Census of November 1939 - poster
box 1
Communist agitation - leaflets
1920s
box 1
Red Army officers - biographies and war records, photocopies of flyers
1944
box 1
Baranya County (1965) - social and economic conditions for government regional report by Gyula Keresz
1966
box 1
Catholic Church - pamphlet by Istvan Barankovics relating to the Catholic Church and faith in Hungary
1963
box 1
Ceausescu, Nicolae - analysis of his policies, interview given to Hearst Press
1978 March
box 1
Collectivization - poem written by villager from Borjad glorifying social progress, typescript
1962
box 1
Communist Party (Magyar Kommunista Part) - facsimile of first posters issued in 1944-1945
box 1
Emigrés - studies issued by various Hungarian anti-communist émigré organizations in the United States
1958
Scope and Contents note
Relates to Soviet influence in Hungary, forced labor camps in Hungary, and Hungarian minorities in other communist countries.
In Hungarian and English.
box 1
Housing - pamphlet relating to housing conditions after 1945,
Lakas-Viszonyok,
1986
Language of Material: Hungarian.
box 1
Opposition circles - debate on state of affairs in Hungary, report
1985 June
drawer K03
Aviation, promotional campaign for
1950s
Scope and Contents note
Folder also contains two small election stickers from the late 1940s and a scrap metal collection poster.
Museum of Contemporary History
box 2
Archives - opening of Soviet archives on Hungarian Communist Party, clippings
1992
box 2
Flyers announcing concerts of classical and rock music celebrating the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Hungary
1991 June
Language of Material: Hungarian.
box 2
Press releases, newsletters, and flyers issued by the Hungarian Cultural Service
1991-1992
Language of Material: Hungarian.
box 2
Defense, national - Ministry of Defense bulletin on official government position
1993
box 2
Economic reforms and privatization - government publications, brochures, magazines, academic analysis
1990-1993
Language of Material: In Hungarian and English.
box 2
Education - higher education system reform, brochures and bulletins
1993
Elections
Scope and Contents note
Party programs, newsletters, newspaper issues, and leaflets issued by various parties for the national elections. In Hungarian
and some in English.
box 3
General, electoral laws of 1989 and 1990
box 4
Environment - flyers against water-power station on Slovak-Hungarian border, Gabcikovo-Nagymaros, and polluting of Danube
river
1992
Language of Material: In Hungarian and English.
Hungarian News Agency - weekly bulletin
box 5
May Day - newsletters, newspaper issues, brochures, and flyers relating to the celebration of May 1
1991-1993
box 5
Media war - government statements and political analysis of free media
1992
Language of Material: English.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs - official press releases of Hungarian government on current issues
1992-1994
Language of Material: English.
box 5
Press file, maps and brochures on Hungary
Minorities - flyers, posters, official government press releases
box 6
General, press releases of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1992-1993
Scope and Contents note
Includes material on war in former Yugoslavia.
Political parties
1989-1992
Scope and Contents note
Programs, bulletins, brochures, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, newspaper issues, clippings, circulars, leaflets, and miscellanea.
In Hungarian and English.
box 7
Agrarian and peasant parties
box 8
Fiatal Demokratak Szovetsege, FIDESZ (Union of Young Democrats)
box 8
Keresztenydemokrata Neppart, KDNP (Christian Democratic People's Party)
box 8
Magyar Demokrata Fsrum, MDF (Hungarian Democratic Forum)
box 9
Magyar Igazsag Es Elet Partja
box 9
Magyar Szocialista Part (Socialist Party)
box 9
Magyaroszagi Szocialdemokrata Part
box 9
Nemzeti Demokrata Szovetseg
box 10
Szabad Demokratak, SZDSZ (Alliance of Free Democrats)
box 11
Press - newspaper issues and magazines reflecting process of political evolution since 1989
box 12
Public opinion - booklet, issued by the Hungarian Public Opinion Research Center, and clippings
1987
1991
box 12
Soros, George - correspondence on Hungarian internal politics
box 12
Trade unions - brochures and bulletins
1990-1995
box 13
Memorabilia
1956-1994
Scope and Contents note
Tote bags, buttons from 1994 national elections, pre-1945 national flag damaged in the 1956 Revolution, and flags with images
of Karl Marx and Vladimir I. Lenin.
Incremental Materials
2015
undated
online digital
24 digital image files documenting a political protest in Budapest and a political sticker relating to the Syrian refugee
crisis
2015 October
box 14
Material not yet described
box 15
Material not yet described
box 16
Material not yet described
box 17
Material not yet described
box 18
Material not yet described
box 19
Material not yet described
box FH13
Material not yet described
Access
Box FH13 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
