Register of the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Azerbaijani Service records

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Title: Azerbaijani Service records

Date (inclusive): 1934-1995

Collection Number: 2000C120

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English, Azerbaijani, and Russian

Physical Description: 42 manuscript boxes, 53 audio boxes (55 Linear Feet)

Abstract: American radio broadcasting organization operating Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty. The Azerbaijani Service records also known as Radio Azadliq. Includes Daily format and work plans, editor's file, scripts, special programs, and sound recordings.

Creator: Azadlıq Radiosu

Creator: RFE/RL.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Azerbaijani Service records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Processing Information

In 2020 Archivist Tanya Yule converted the container list from PDF to EAD.

Scope and Content of Collection

Includes daily format and work plans, editor's file which includes collected writings and research files created by the service chief, Mirza Michaeli, and older papers (including scripts prior to 1992) from the desk of Mecid Musazade. The collection also contains scripts, special programs, and sound recordings beginning from 1987, as received directly from RFE/RL. Languages include Azeri. Target regions include Azerbaijan.

Related Materials

See also Multiple Language Services sound recordings for recordings from 1995-2006 and Daily Broadcast Analyses for brief descriptions of topics covered during broadcasts.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Azerbaijan -- Politics and government -- 1991-

Radio broadcasting

Azerbaijan

Audiotapes

Radio Liberty

box 267, folder 1

Daily Broadcast Analyses 1985 January

Scope and Contents

Does not duplicate Daily Broadcast Analyses series

Daily format and work plans 1984-1993

box 267, folder 2

1984 October-December

box 267, folder 3

1985 November

box 267, folder 4

1992 September 19-December 31

box 267, folder 5-6

1993 January-December

Editor's file 1934-1988

Scope and Contents

Includes clippings, notes, offprints, reports, press monitoring, scripts, and other printed matter used for compiling broadcasts.

box 267, folder 7

Adǎtvǎ Ǎn'ǎnǎlǎr 1977

box 267, folder 8

Afghanistan 1984-1985

box 267, folder 9

Alcoholism among Soviet youth 1978-1981

box 267, folder 10

Aliyev, Gaidar 1979-1985

Scope and Contents

Includes notes, wires and clippings.

box 267, folder 11-12

Arts--Azerbaijan 1954-1978

box 268, folder 1

Asker, Suleymani (Employment application)

box 268, folder 2-7

Azerbaijan 1976-1990, undated

box 269, folder 1-2

Azerbaijan--History--1917-1991 1934-1979

Scope and Contents

Includes issues of Türk Yolu (1951 and 1955) and Azerbaycan Yurt Bilgisi (1934), materials relating to Fuad Emircan (Abdürrahman Fatalibeyli-Düdanginski), as well as scripts of broadcasts devoted to anniversaries of Azerbaijan's independence.

box 269, folder 3

Azerbaijani language

box 269, folder 4

Azerbaijani literature 1963-1982

Scope and Contents